Here in MI there is talk by sportsmen about a season. The anti (bird lovers) have not chimed in, yet, that I know of.
It seems the big brds are just like pheasants in the spring when crops, (corn, soybeans) are sprouting and sending up new growth. The birds love those softened seeds on the bottom of the sprouts.
They will go right down a row and wipe out several feet of the crop. Farmers support a season.