Sandhill Crane Hunters,

The packages containing the permits and tags were delivered to the state mail service last Friday, October 30. From there they would be transferred to the USPS. Some of the packages have been delivered to hunters, some are still in transit, and some haven't been shipped from the USPS facility yet. I assume that the USPS is somewhat overwhelmed with the election mail, so delays are likely. Please be patient, I am tracking the progress of the packages and if we have any issues we will make sure to get every hunter their permit and tags before the hunting season opens in December.

No need to reply that you haven’t received your package yet. Continue to check your mail for your package to arrive. If we continue to have issues by next Friday, I will investigate further.

Thanks,


Seth Maddox
Migratory Game Bird Coordinator
Alabama Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources
Division of Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries

PM sent RainCrow

Still looking for a guide. One outfitter booked up. Other can’t get a lease.

Mailbox still empty. Not good optics for the Dept of Conservation

Tags arrived in the mail yesterday. Buddy down the hill is still waiting....

Out fishing today. Lots of them flying over. Love to hear them

Anyone else still waiting on their permit? I moved the 1st of the month so mine will be late.

Contact Seth Maddox directly to report your situation

I am completely ignorant about these birds....I mean to the point I’ve never heard of them
What do you do with them when you kill them ?

Eat them

Ribeye of the sky

Finally got my permit. Sent to my old address. USPS didn’t forward it.

y'all let us know how they tasted

I'd have to get one mounted.

Has some grilled Saturday. Fantastic

You look at the breast meat and think it's gonna be some stringy, gamey meat coming out of that bird that is all legs and wings. And then you taste it and it blows your mind.

There were a bunch of them on the refuge yesterday when I was on my way to Decatur.

They are here in town very thick.

And 99% know the refuge boundaries better than the wardens.

We hunted them on the Kansas/Oklahoma line last week. We were put with another group for a total of 10 guns, with a 3 bird limit. We were all limited out in less than 2 hours. We were in Kansas, with the birds coming off a reserve in Oklahoma to a wheat field behind us. We were in cut soybeans. The guide told us they don't hunt a field with less than 7000 birds. The wheat field looked like it turned from green to gray. It is as close as I will ever come to seeing the number of birds talked about in the glory days of waterfowling. They just kept coming in waves.

We grilled some a couple of nights later that were prepped like we would prep a steak. They looked and tasted like a very good steak.