i have also heard that the herons are protected or whatever...either way i heard you can get fined etc... if , IF , you get caught. now, just in case there is a federal agent looking at this web site, i have not, and will not shoot a heron or a protected bird!!
now, a shotgun or rifle kills things...i.e. NON fineable birds...but it also draws a lot of attention..which would tend to draw the attention of folks if you shoot say... a NON fineable bird.
Just a side note here...i bought a 99 dollar 1000 feet per second (note: that is a heck of a lot) Daisy pellet gun with a scope (can be found at wal-mart) that is very accurate, very powerful, and a whole lot quieter than any firearm such as a 22 etc... especially when shot out of a window of a vehicle or a house, which, i would NEVER do of course. of interesting note too...since i bought it...haven't seen many bothersome birds, especially the NON fineable ones!!! don't know where they went, haven't a clue.
some say that when brush is cleared and burned, NON fineable birds that have been shot are placed in the fire, there are hardly any remains of the NON fineable birds.
Now, this is just heresay, grapevine talk; i know nothing of this sort of stuff, not a clue. mark
