Eliminate Pro-Wolf Wildlife Commissioners Now! (poll added)

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[pianoman9701]

2 Gov publications contradict each other? Say it ain't SO! 

I know, right.

[FSTaxidermy]

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[Hunter4Life]

Talk about a laughable government punlication.  I have attached a documentt produced by WDFW "Washington's fish and wildlife mean business and jobs."  According to this document, wildlife watching means more to the economy and create more jobs than hunting and fishing do combines.  This is so laughable.  When the wolf plan was being adopted, I can't tell you how many wolf huggers used this to justify so many breeding pairs in the plan.  Wolf watchers would flock into this state to see wolves and crate an economic boom.  Even if this BS were true and not pure fantasy, WDFW would not get any of it.  The sales tax revenue would go into the general fund and not to WDFW. 

[Pinetar]

Done. Thanks for the heads up!

[Hunter4Life]

Here is a national poll commissioned by Nation Hunting and Fishing Day:

Poll Data

Do you approve or disapprove of legal hunting? (2006)
 77.6% Approve (45.4% strongly approve, 32.2% moderately approve)
 16.3% Disapprove (8% strongly disapprove, 8.3% moderately disapprove)
 6.1% Neither approve nor disapprove, don't know

Do you approve or disapprove of legal hunting? (1995)
 73% Approve (40% strongly approve, 33% moderately approve)
 22% Disapprove (11% strong disapprove, 11% moderately disapprove)
 5% Neither approve nor disapprove, don't know

Do you approve or disapprove of recreational fishing? (2006)
 93.3% Approve (68.5% strongly approve, 24.8% moderately approve)
 5.2% Disapprove (2% strongly disapprove, 3.2% moderately disapprove)
 1.5% Neither approve nor disapprove

Do you approve or disapprove of legal fishing? (1995)
 95% Approve (65% strongly approve, 30% moderately approve)
 3% Disapprove (1% strongly disapprove, 2% moderately disapprove)
 2% Neither approve nor disapprove, don't know

"We have been seeing public support for hunting increase at state levels, but this is the first nationwide study where we could verify that public support has increased over the past decade. In 1995, 73 percent of Americans approved of hunting. In 2006, 78 percent approved," said Mark Damian Duda, executive director of Responsive Management, which conducted the survey.

Why the increasing support for hunting? Duda says research shows that as Americans learn more about the role of hunting in wildlife management, coupled with a visible increase of deer in urban areas, public support grows

A great quote in the same story:

"Without hunters, many game species would go unmanaged, unbalanced, with populations too high or too low to suit an environmentally conscious America. That was the original message of National Hunting and Fishing Day 35 years ago, and it's gratifying to see it still ringing true in modern society," said Doug Painter, president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which founded the annual commemoration.

WDFW hired the same company to do the same poll for Washington State alone and the hunting support numbers in our state were higher than the national average.  We are the majority.  Hunters far outnumber HSUS and PETA and all the other animal-rights wackos many times combined.   

Why does it seem the animal-rights movement is so strong?  They outwork us.  One reason is that these wackos don't have jobs, so they have more time.  You can bet they are sending their messages in support of Kehne and Jennings. 

It's time to do our part.  The hunting community can be an awesome political force.  Hunters organized to beat propsed Thurston County No Shppting Zone Ordinance and put so much pressure on the commissioners that it was defeated.  One Democratic operative called it "The Thurston County No Political future Ordinance" just before the vote.  Even anti-gun Ken Schram agreed with the hunters in this fight and did a story "I agree with the Waterfowlers."  Getting Kehne and Jennings out is just a short message away from each one of us

[Big10gauge]

Done

[washelkhunter]

Tagging, i'll get on this Sunday. Thx for the heads up. By the way how is one selected to sit on the commission?

[6x6in6]

Done!

[bearpaw]

Idaho found that 44 deer and 20 elk per wolf are killed each year in their state, the WDFW estimate for ungulate depredation in this state was significantly lower as well.

The comment that should really have hunters pissed off came out of the mouths of the WDFW themselves saying "wolves will likely take up to half the elk slotted for hunters"

Do you know when this was said and by whom, I would like to bring this up at the Colville meeting?

[bear hunter]

DONE- Thanks bearpaw

[huntnphool]

Idaho found that 44 deer and 20 elk per wolf are killed each year in their state, the WDFW estimate for ungulate depredation in this state was significantly lower as well.

The comment that should really have hunters pissed off came out of the mouths of the WDFW themselves saying "wolves will likely take up to half the elk slotted for hunters"

Do you know when this was said and by whom, I would like to bring this up at the Colville meeting?

I don't. It was said by one of the commissioners as he was looking at the WDFW numbers on the screen during the powerpoint presentation. He was basically doing his own math as he was talking to WDFW and reading the numbers.

[huntnphool]

I found the WDFW estimated costs of wolf management, I'll post it in the other thread as well. As you can see they were a little off, and Duvia was spot on.

[Humptulips]

So I sent an e-mail and filled the poll out. Come on guys only 26 sent something off.

[NoImpactNoIdea]

I will do this as soon as I get home tonight.