So this bill comes up.
The usuals start the usual whine, "this is an anti hunter, politician with a personal agenda"
Then guys see who wrote it and have to educate that this "anti hunter" is the same guy who got us the Willard Spur, and was a driving force behind the "right to hunt ammendment"
Then we get "wildlife should be handled by the RAC and WB, not POLITICIANS"
Of course they forget the WB is appointed by tge Governor
So next comes the " trail cams dont help" guys.
Of course they forget they are on a forum which actually has trail cam contests. Or that this is a hunting forum, where the majority have cams, use cams, know why they use cams, and know the truth.
Next comes the "you cant enforce the law" guys.
It is true, this is difficult, but pretty sad that getting caught is there moral compass.
Then the personal attacks "your jealous", "now you are a $fw guy", etc, etc
This lasts for about 20 min until a link to HUSH interviewing Snider gets posted. Suddenly the accusers realize that they are with the flat brim leadership council, and BHA, and that shuts that up.
Then comes the "lets take your LR then, its worse"
That's pretty much like arguing with crickets in this forum.
Then comes my favorite
"This only hurts average guys"
This argument made super clear on HUSH, as the dudes who have numerous monetized videos on trail cams, useage, hunts comprised of them, etc, tell us Ryan Carter (the outfitter with more cams on the Bolder than there are in Hollywood) is concerned it will hurt the average guy. That episode brought to you via a discount code for a trail cam company. Also from dudes who normally would have spent last weekend hanging around outfitters who miraculously can scout the entire West, Mexico, and Canada, proved by their CAM PICS, trying to tell everyone replacing that cam with a hired guide, wont change the game for outfitters
Finally we are at "it wont change the deer management plan" or " killing deer is the management goal"
Forgetting that the corporate class who really started this cam proliferation issue, guide ALL big game, not just deer, aside. If that's your weak argument, then we shouldn't have any laws on method of take, or seasons for that matter. We should just have a quota system, and open tge flood gates Jan1, then shut down hunting once that quota is reached.
THIS is why we are where we are in Utah. This attitude of I GET MINE NO MATTER WHAT. Its what spawned $fw. Its what's given rise to 500+ "conservation tags". Its why Utah is the home to corporate hunting. Its why we dont have mature deer(gotta kill something). THIS ATTITUDE is why we are where we are, and are rapidly spiraling downward. This short sighted, no vision, no regard for the future, screw everyone, ME, MINE, NOW. And the guys who scream tge loudest about quality or bad management, are the exact same guys screaming about any attempt to address it(YES THE DWR KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM, THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THIS BILL FROM THE START).
As a guy who hunted before cams were invented. I promise, it can be done. We all had jobs, families, life's too. It made scouting harder, no different than today. But we still hunted. You will survive