Quote Originally Posted by goshawkr View Post

Lastly, if this were to come down to a choice between having wild take or getting the USFWS jack boots off my neck, well, I'd burn my trapping gear in a new York minute. And in my falconry career I have had 2 out of my 15 hawks that were not taken from the wild. I think you may well be surprised at how many would agree with that.
+1

I love my passage birds, but given a choice i'd take no special hunting regs in a second.