19/03/2025
The Sandhill Crane. What a cool bird to work on! There are 16 states and 3 Canadian provinces that have a hunting season for cranes. Wisconsin has a population that is well above what is needed to have a season. State biologists have recommended a season. Unfortunately, "public sentiment" has played WAY too big of a part in the decision of whether or not to have a season rather than sound, biological practices.
They are doing substantial crop damage in many parts of the state. They are a thriving, renewable resource. AND they taste GREAT! When people call them the "Ribeye of the Sky", they mean it! I can speak from experience. No, of course I have not poached them in Wisconsin. I have however, hunted them in Texas, Saskatchewan and South Dakota.
I hope the powers that be in WI get their head out of their dark or***ce and do what is right... let us hunt cranes!