Our legislators in Augusta may have had a hard time deciding whether or not to impose a canoe and kayak tax recently, but they didn't waste much time getting a bill passed to ban remote-control hunting in Maine.

Thank goodness. See, there is a modicum of common sense up there in the Capitol. On occasion.

By the way, who the heck has ever heard of remote-control hunting?

Now, I'm not a hunter, but I do support the right and long tradition in Maine to hunt for sport. I remember a thing or two about wildlife management from my forestry days at the University of Maine, and therefore understand the principles of game management. And hunting--appalling as it is to many people--plays a critical role in maintaining healthy population levels of the various game species, both big and small.

But remote-control hunting? No way. Hunters have a big enough advantage as it is. They're called guns. By at least having to track their quarry the old-fashioned way, rather than using high-tech gear, it keeps at least some of the sport in the sport.

Way to go on this one Gov.

Now how about that canoe and kayak tax? And you never got back to me on my hiking boot tax? When you gonna call?