It
has been awhile since I posted one of John Walker's Fish Reports on my
stories page. Not that he hasn't kept sending them, or that they aren't
worth reading. I've just been busy. Tell me you haven't.
In
fact I'm so busy right now that I'm posting John's latest Fish Report
instead of blogging something original, like maybe my take on the great
Wisconsin feral cat debate, about which I have only this to say: Who'd
want to wade into that claw-fest? To do so is a good way to lose
friends and credibility, no matter which side of the issue you come
down on. Suffice it to say that feral cats are a major problem here and
across much of the country because of their heavy impact on game and
songbirds. Suffice it to add that having an advertised open season on
them isn't going to solve the problem. I mean, how many feral cats have
you seen while out hunting? I
don't mean driving on country roads, I mean actually hunting some type
of game. Not many, I'll wager. So even if it were legal to shoot them
(and it is currently not here in Cheeseland), there wouldn't be much
impact. In fact, the harm done to the image of hunters by the perception
that we are all out there stalking wild tabbies might well outweigh the
benefits in terms of birdnests saved by the shooting of a few hundred
cats by hunters each year. If you really want to help game and
songbirds, take out a few skunks. I don't think too many people will
complain.
Anyway, check out the latest Fish Report on my stories page. It's a
Yooper's litany of "lessons Mom taught me." It might even be original! (John
wouldn't just copy something off the Internet, would he?)
Later...
