>I was one who solicited support
>for a "primitive" ML hunt,
>stop baiting, and eliminate cameras
>before the hunts start, by
>writing the Wildlife Board.
>I told a friend of
>mine that just about every
>hunter I spoke with would
>like to see baiting stopped
>and the cameras gone.
>He said you may be
>talking to the "majority" of
>hunters, but it is obvious
>you are not talking to
>the people with "HUNT" as
>their middle name, nor the
>landowners and they are the
>driving force. Guess that
>just about sums it up!!
>
>
>I've got 10 grandsons and one,
>maybe two who like to
>hunt. Their dads liked
>to hunt and have had
>them with them. The
>no-trespassing land, the lack of
>a decent buck and let
>us face it if you
>don't have "HUNT" as your
>middle name so you can
>do a lot of scouting/baiting
>you most likely are not
>going to be very successful.
>
>
>In the future, you just may
>see 8 of those boys
>wanting gun control. Who knows?
> I know a couple
>of my kids have a
>wife who does not believe
>in trophy hunting.
>
>Finally, with Utah being one of
>the fastest-growing states in the
>Union I cannot understand why
>the DWR and the WB
>cannot be more progressive with
>their approach to our deer
>herds. Soon we may
>be becoming a "liberal state"
>as happens with larger populations.
> I guess the best
>way to put it is;
>they don't see the forest
>for the trees. The
>deer herds are not what
>they say they are and
>time and technology are going
>to destroy our herds.
>
>I really don't care - I
>guess I do, but not
>as much as I did
>40 or 50 years ago.
> Hope you get the
>picture. If you youngsters
>don't get on the band
>wagon you will get it.
> Can't leave to the
>old dogs, who have seen
>better times, to do it
>for you.
Ditto on your opening paragraph.
The WB let's never forget is owned by a special interest group. They aren't short sighted, they come from a org that fully supports the idea of the european model. The Don is on record.
It's an attitude of hunting as a revenue source. Not as a tradition. Not as a way of life. It's simply about clients, bookabke hunts, etc.
They care about the tiny little LE islands. They care about CWMU.
The sooner your other 2 boys quit, the better. Unless they have some money, then they do.
Did CWMU tag buyers get a 5 year wait? Huh, wonder why?
From the party of HUNTIN, FISHIN, PUBLIC LAND.