NASHVILLE
Wildlife agency defers crane hunt
Tennessee’s wildlife agency has put off for two years a decision on a hunting season for sandhill cranes.
The Tennessean reports the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency took the action during a meeting Friday in Nashville. The vote followed a recommendation made Thursday by a TWRA committee that a decision be delayed.
A crane hunt is opposed by many birders and by some hunters, as reflected in a survey by the agency and in comments filed with it in response to the proposal.