United States v. Stephen S. Boynton James R. Booth Bernard Dadds, Jr.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge ERVIN and Senior Judge PHILLIPS joined.

OPINION

MURNAGHAN,' .Circuit Judge:

Defendants were convicted of hunting migratory birds over a baited area, a strict liability crime. Defendants admitted at a bench trial that they were hunting migratory birds over bait, but claimed that the grain which constituted the bait was scattered as the result of “normal agricultural planting or harvesting” or “bona fide agricultural operations and procedures” and thus that their hunting was lawful pursuant to the exceptions in…