Posted on 09/27/2013 4:50:48 AM PDT by 11th_VA
SOUTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) - More moose are being spotted in western Massachusetts, and some people would like to see a change in state policy, which would allow for moose hunting.
The practice is allowed in other New England states such as New Hampshire, where it is so popular that they have to hold a lottery just to get a license, but here in Massachusetts, it is against the law.
This time of year, moose sightings tend to be more common. This is due to the fact that September is the beginning of their mating season, in which moose are less likely to be looking out for people.
Just Thursday morning, a roaming moose was spotted in a residential neighborhood of Southampton, and in New Britain, Connecticut, environmental police had to shoot and kill a moose that they say was about to cross a busy highway.
22News asked people in Hampshire County whether they think the state should consider a legal moose hunting season.
“We could do a lot more to live in better harmony with our natural environment, including natural predators. So I'm not sure that just because we are seeing a few more moose means that it should be open season. But I also recognize that sometimes hunters are some of the best conservationists,” Laura Anderson of Florence said.
According to the State Department of Fish and Game, despite being more visible in the fall, moose are still rare in Massachusetts. In 2007, the population was estimated between 850 and 950 statewide, with the largest number of moose in northern Worcester County.
You've probably heard about George Smathers' "redneck speech":
Are you aware that Claude Pepper is known all over Washington as a shameless extrovert? Not only that, but this man is reliably reported to practice nepotism with his sister-in-law, he has a brother who is a known homo sapiens, and he has a sister who was once a thespian in wicked New York. Worst of all, it is an established fact that Mr. Pepper, before his marriage, habitually practiced celibacy.
Supposedly, this horrified rural Florida voters and they rejected Pepper in the Democrat primary (which was the real election in Florida at the time). Pepper did win in the subsequent primary, in 1952.
However, the speech never actually occurred. It was dreamed up by reporter, and reported as fact by Time magazine. The campaign denied it, and the reporters covering the campaign confirmed it was a hoax, but it never went away.
Sorry, too early in the morning and I need to change the lens in my glasses.
Pepper subsequently won in 1962, not 1952.
First they come for the Noose. Then they come for the Elk. Then they comfort the Shriners.
They run up and down the street here in our neighborhood and they ate my sunflowers a couple of weeks ago. They eat everything in sight.
Tell the MA moose hunters to come down to GA and hunt deer. We are lousy with them.
Hey! I got it! Seriesly!
You are soon to be lousy with Lyme’s Disease then! Watchout!
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