Move over ducks and rabbits, it's sandhill crane season in Alberta starting this fall. The province announced the launch of sandhill crane hunting starting September in more than 50 wildlife management units in southern and east-central Alberta. Sandhill cranes are not to be confused with whooping cranes, though that are similar species with whooping cranes being larger and fully white. The province states they will be taking additional precautions by limiting sandhill crane hunting season to areas that are not known to overlap with the whooping crane migration or breeding range. Albertans interested in participating in sandhill crane hunting will require a provincial game bird licence and a federal migratory bird licence to do so.

Source: CBC News July 05, 2020 21:56 UTC