Thank you Karen for allowing me to express my opinion. I will give you a call soon as I find e-mails a bit monotone and static. That said I'll add this- I would think that birds ( whether merlins or any other depredating raptor) taken should be offered through the management office to those that show an interest in having them, through a lotto just as all the other 'sensitive' species are handled.

btw it's not about making me happy, it's about what is fair for all the falconers in Mich., there is a difference.