Insanity has been described as “doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result.” By that definition I may be insane, though my expectations are lowered. Today Kaia and I walked a modest size cattail slough looking for pheasants. It was the same result as yesterday, nary a bird. Because we both need the exercise it was worth while endeavor.
Nothing I’ve seen in print suggests that Avian Flu has decimated the upland bird population. South Dakota’s Governor made a very unwise decision when she took office a couple of years ago. For many decades the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks had conducted annual brood counts to determine pheasant populations. The same routes, at the same times, on the same days, would be driven, each year in the early morning, to count pheasant broods. The count then was compared with previous years and percentage increases or decreases would be publicized. It would be helpful data this year to compare with my ‘in the field experience.’
The Governor’s reason was that if brood counts were down out of state hunters wouldn’t come and the state would lose money. Well, duh, what if out of state hunters come and have a bad experience because brood counts are down and no one told them? It seemed everyone involved tried to dissuade her to no avail. Stupidity can be very frustrating but par for the course.
Takk for alt,
Al
Oceans of grass but no pheasants.
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