The high road? RMEF took the high road?
Once upon a time, there was a little red hen who lived on a farm. She was friends with a dog, a cat, and a yellow duck .
One day the little red hen found some seeds on the ground. The little red hen had an IIDEA. She would plant the seeds . The little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me plant the seeds ?"
"Not I," barked the dog .
"Not I," purred the cat .
"Not I," quacked the yellow duck .
"Then I will," said the little red hen . So the little red hen planted the seeds by herself.
When the seeds had grown, the little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me cut the wheat ?
"Not I," barked the dog .
"Not I," purred the cat .
"Not I," quacked the yellow duck .
"Then I will," said the little red hen. So the little red hen cut the wheat by herself.
When all the wheat was cut, the little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me take the wheat to the mill to be ground into flour?"
"Not I," barked the dog .
"Not I," purred the cat .
"Not I," quacked the yellow duck .
"Then I will," said the little red hen . So the little red hen brought the wheat to the mill all by herself, ground the wheat into flour, and carried the heavy sack of flour back to the farm .
The tired little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me bake the bread?"
"Not I," barked the dog .
"Not I," purred the cat .
"Not I," quacked the yellow duck .
"Then I will," said the little red hen. So the little red hen brought the wheat to the mill all by herself, ground the wheat into flour, and carried the heavy sack of flour back to the farm .
The tired little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me bake the bread?"
"Not I," barked the dog .
"Not I," purred the cat .
"Not I," quacked the yellow duck .
"Then I will," said the little red hen. So the little red heN baked the bread all by herself.
When the bread was finished, the tired little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me eat the bread ?"
"I will," barked the dog .
"I will," purred the cat .
"I will," quacked the yellow duck .
"No!" said the little red hen. "I will." And the little red hen ate the bread by herself.
This is not another of my "back of the bus" explanations, I didn't write the story, it's a story that has resonated with people for decades. Because it accurately portrays human nature and combines a not so subtle lesson on living with the consequences of your decisions.
I'm betting this evenings KUTV report will be a subtle or not so subtle rebuke of the Governor, the DWR, the AG's Office and misguided or worse, sportsmen. The investigation was motivated by calls for change and calls for the news media to follow a specific philosophical belief in hunting and fishing conservation, so, it started with a bias and I'm predicting it will make every effort to justify it's bias beginnings.
What's more, if this investigation is unsuccessful in the any "mean justify the end" for the boy in the back of the bus, there will be another, an another, an another, for at least another ten years. It'll give us something to attack each other here on the "home of the brave". And that's good.......NOT!
I'll record the KUTV report, in the event anyone happens to be off baking bread and gives a darn.
Kenny, SFW's mission is all hunt-able wildlife species, MDF and the Sheep Foundation are species specific. These three orgs. are the little red hens, doing the work, I guess I would suggest those organizations should be given the lions share of the decision as to how these revenues are spent. The turkey tags would seem to justify upland game besides big game. Fish? That's a more complicated issue. I'm more of a holistic conservation kind of guy but iI understand categorical funding helps make sure deer and elk raised revenue does NOT get spent on prairie dogs.
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