Crane Hunts

[YumaOutdoorsman]

Just a general question. How come they only do the crane hunts in one portion of the state? I live like an hour from Cibola wildlife refuge and they’ve got thousands of them. We also get some here in Yuma that trickle down the Colorado river. I never put in because I do not want to drive that far to hunt them but it sure would be nice to be able to hunt them closer to home if I did get drawn.

 

[Blank]

Generally, the only times that they closely regulate or close crane seasons is when you have the endangered whooping cranes in the flyway. They don't want to risk mis-identifying one for a sandhill.