http://www.americanlandscouncil.org...ssed_resolution_of_support?recruiter_id=18379
With this stand that SFW has decided to chose on the land transfer situation, you should all ask yourself who they have in mind before you support SFW again. Land being turned over to the state would be a great loss for sportsmen. SFW is the only sportsmen organization that has decided to support this BS and for me aside from all the other things SFW does that don't benefit sportsmen, this is the last straw for me. SFW is about the rich hunter and commercializing our wildlife here in Utah. They have not stayed true to their mission and worry more about economical and political values of the paths they take.
As a sportsman consider these points:
-Since SFW has been established you have less hunting opportunity
-There has been great loss in tag numbers since their establishment
- deer populations have decreased steadily over the last few decades since they were established
- they continue to use failed management strategies that have been proven ineffective
Now ask yourself these questions:
-Do you see more deer now that they've had 3 decades to prove their mission and have failed?
- is it easier or much harder for you to draw a permit to hunt?
-why should public tags be taken out of the general publics hands and given to a private organization that gets to benefit by keeping even a portion of the funds raised off a 100% public resource ?
-what has happened to your hunting opportunity?
There was also this quote:
?We can't do our part for our nation?s wildlife resources without the support of the hunters who come to Expo to buy the hunt of a lifetime in our auction,? commented Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife CEO, Jon Larson. ?We are so thankful for their generosity and wish them all the best of luck on their hunts this year.?
This to me shows how much SFW is for the rich hunter and commercialization of our wildlife. He thanks the few millionaires who bought auctioned tags but not the thousands of hunters that go to the expo or buy public hunting licenses supporting Utahs economy and wildlife.
There are some great volunteers at SFW that have been fed crap by an organization that is letting us pay our own way right out of the hunting and fishing heritage we all hold so dear. SFW's true mission is dollar signs for wildlife and they prove it more every day by staying in bed with the Utah legislature to keep our tax dollars pouring in instead of standing beside every single other conservation group and saying NO to this ridiculous land transfer agenda and standing up for thee sportsmen they rely on for support. I will never attend the expo again so long as SFW is in charge of it, I will never go to one of their banquets, and I will never be a supporting member until they change their tune and honor the mission statement on their website.
To SFW say NO, until they have our interest in mind.
With this stand that SFW has decided to chose on the land transfer situation, you should all ask yourself who they have in mind before you support SFW again. Land being turned over to the state would be a great loss for sportsmen. SFW is the only sportsmen organization that has decided to support this BS and for me aside from all the other things SFW does that don't benefit sportsmen, this is the last straw for me. SFW is about the rich hunter and commercializing our wildlife here in Utah. They have not stayed true to their mission and worry more about economical and political values of the paths they take.
As a sportsman consider these points:
-Since SFW has been established you have less hunting opportunity
-There has been great loss in tag numbers since their establishment
- deer populations have decreased steadily over the last few decades since they were established
- they continue to use failed management strategies that have been proven ineffective
Now ask yourself these questions:
-Do you see more deer now that they've had 3 decades to prove their mission and have failed?
- is it easier or much harder for you to draw a permit to hunt?
-why should public tags be taken out of the general publics hands and given to a private organization that gets to benefit by keeping even a portion of the funds raised off a 100% public resource ?
-what has happened to your hunting opportunity?
There was also this quote:
?We can't do our part for our nation?s wildlife resources without the support of the hunters who come to Expo to buy the hunt of a lifetime in our auction,? commented Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife CEO, Jon Larson. ?We are so thankful for their generosity and wish them all the best of luck on their hunts this year.?
This to me shows how much SFW is for the rich hunter and commercialization of our wildlife. He thanks the few millionaires who bought auctioned tags but not the thousands of hunters that go to the expo or buy public hunting licenses supporting Utahs economy and wildlife.
There are some great volunteers at SFW that have been fed crap by an organization that is letting us pay our own way right out of the hunting and fishing heritage we all hold so dear. SFW's true mission is dollar signs for wildlife and they prove it more every day by staying in bed with the Utah legislature to keep our tax dollars pouring in instead of standing beside every single other conservation group and saying NO to this ridiculous land transfer agenda and standing up for thee sportsmen they rely on for support. I will never attend the expo again so long as SFW is in charge of it, I will never go to one of their banquets, and I will never be a supporting member until they change their tune and honor the mission statement on their website.
To SFW say NO, until they have our interest in mind.