Crane Hunting ?????? article on courier journal website

[url]http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20111011/NEWS01/310110077/1001/rsslink[/url]

i found this on courier journals website. i never have heard of anyone hunting these birds. just wonder if it would make good table fair?? anyone ever tried this ?

They've been hunted out west. I've never eaten one, but what I've heard is they're apparently quite good to eat, I believe they call them the 'Rib-eye of the sky".

There's been a ton of coverage on this over the past several months since the season was first proposed. It's seems to have turned into an argument of hunting vs. anti-hunting, rather than if the population of cranes can handle the proposed season & limits.