30inchbuck,
So to be pro-sportsman you have to be pro oil and gas, anti-regulation of industry and allow public tags to be privatized?
Sounds like you want an organization that promotes ranching, oil and gas and the guiding industry at the expense of New Mexico hunters and anglers.
Luckily for you, there already is a "sportsman" organization that believes we should drill every inch of mule deer habitat, give guides access to whatever tags they want at the expense of residents, allow private landowners to dictate who can hunt antelope in New Mexico and generally support the corruption at NMGF and the commission. That "sportsman's" organization is SFW, but I think you already knew that.
Some of you guys that are so interested in protecting your little fiefdoms should think long and hard about the legacy you are going to leave and ask yourselves if your children and their children will be proud of your efforts or if they will be trying to clean up the mess you're making.
Public wildlife is a good thing, it's why we still have hunting when the rest of the world doesn't. Clean water, clean air and healthy habitat is the key to quality hunting and fishing.
If you can't get behind those simple ideas, then you're not a sportsman, you're just a jackass with rifle.
The privilege of hunting comes with the responsibility of stewardship, both to the land, and to the public ownership of our fish and wildlife.
