Media Coverage - Michigan Proposal 3 - No on Proposal 3

Published November 1, 2006. Editorial. Lansing City Pulse

Simply put, throwing a mourning dove into the “game bird” designation defies common sense. We’re talking about creating a hunting season for a bird you can cup in your hands. Why? Because it’s there?

Look, even if you’re a good enough shot to hit a moving dove, what are the odds of finding what’s left of it? And what do you do with it if you do? If the meat isn’t ruined, it takes four or five dove breasts to satisfy one grown human’s appetite. So now we’re talking 15 or so to feed a family of four.

Come on.

Gun-happy scientists can try to justify this gloried target practice. We’d prefer they stick to clay pigeons.

City Pulse recommends a vote of: No

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