> Had a hankerin' for passenger pigeon pie.
>
> Might do an overnight and have a dodo bird egg omelet for breakfast.
>

Back in the early '70s here in BC, some back-to-the-land backwoods 
neighbours who were also serious mountain climbers decided to traverse a 
nearby mountain chain.   The three couples, all experienced backwoods 
hikers, took off well prepared for the week long isolated wilderness 
expedition but in the midst of the journey discovered a particularly 
difficult climb up to the highest mountain plateau, the climb requiring 
several days instead of the one day anticipated.   This set them back in 
their food supply, and they determined to live off the land as much as 
possible to conserve in case of more slow-downs.

Up there in a little open alpine meadow, they discovered a vulnerable 
ptarmigan and immediately attacked it, lit a fire and ate it, pleased with 
their skills of survival in a difficult situation.   What they didn't know 
was that on the ridge overlooking the meadow was a group of bird watchers 
who had helicoptered up the alpine unseen and unheard on the other side of 
the ridge, all with binoculars trained collectively on the exposed 
ptarmigan, enjoying the intimate and expensive view of wildlife when 
suddenly a group of long haired bearded wild men emerged into the 
binocularred view, pouncing on the innocent ptarmigan, ripping it apart, 
roasting it and eating it right before their eyes!   It was a shocking scene 
for the helicoptered gentle naturalists.

Several days later, when the mountaineers made their final descent to the 
road that was the end of their wilderness journey, they were met by 
Government officials who served them Summonses for court cases.   The debate 
between which group was making more of an environmental impact, helicopters 
or desperately hungry hikers, didn't go far with the Judge, and they had to 
pay substantial fines for killing a wild thing while approaching starvation 
in a place seen by few humans before.


cp in wild bc
Note: bc is not the same as bh (before helicopters) 

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