>Tristate:
>This was NOT a meeting about
>who will kill the last
>deer but a meeting attended
>by a group of well
>informed, concerned, dedicated and genuine
>SPORTSMAN (look up in dictionary
>for meaning if needed for
>ya) which by looking at
>the average age there and
>given the current PP to
>draw, most will only draw
>the tag 1-2 more times
>in their life if lucky!!
>Seemed to me (and I
>didn't know anybody there as
>I drove 3 1/2 hrs
>to attend) that these guys
>and gals were more concerned
>about the deer we care
>about and the way they
>are hunted than about the
>next tag drawn.. And don't
>give me the blah blah
>about not caring about a
>tag... we all want to
>hunt... it just goes beyond
>that.
>ALOT of the comments and suggestions
>made would cost everybody in
>that room some hunting opportunities.
>
>This is what conservationist do... at
>least on PUBLIC ground.
>We have bigger issues ahead of
>us... a little more pressing
>than where to place the
>next corn feeder, tower stand,
>trail cam, food plot and
>whatever other BS it takes
>for you to kill an
>animal.
>It's Not about how hard the
>hunt has to be for
>us either because our EASIEST
>day of hunting puts to
>shame the HARDEST day of
>hunting you probably ever will
>have.
>This will not be an easy
>task but judging by what
>I heard and saw we
>will work at this as
>long as needed!!
>To everyone there I had the
>opportunity to meet..Thanks!!
>Now fire away with the insults
>and riveting comments... we all
>await!!
Well Said