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What a great idea! I just joined! $35 to join, and the money goes to successful trappers ($500/dog).
Join or Donate Which is the choice for you? Single Membership is $35/year and once approved entitles you to Harvest Expense Reimbursement, access to the Members Only Forum, Annual Report and invitation to Member Functions. Donations can be in any amount and donations of $35 or more will qualify you for all Member entitlements as well. Donating is for those who want make a larger difference by contributing more than the minimum or for those who can’t afford the $35 membership but still want to help support the cause in some way. It only takes 5 donations of $100 to fund a hunter/trapper reimbursement for one harvest or it takes 15 memberships. Your donation over and above the minimum membership will get this organization fully funded sooner, able to achieve our goals of Management for the whole State and eventually the Northwest. Regardless of whether you Join or Donate, every dollar will go toward accomplishing our goal of reducing wolf numbers to an acceptable level that will allow our elk, deer and moose populations to rebound.
well damn thats a step in the right direction, did they say if the trappers get money for any bear or cats that they catch or is it strictly for wolves?
This is a good idea, that's why it has a snowballs chance of happening in Washington. This is working well in Idaho because there are enough people that hunt and are true conservationist that understand the big picture. Here, being there are more non hunters and liberals that vote with their hearts and not their heads inhabiting the major population areas, I can see a push by wolfaboo's to make sure leg hold trapping is taken off the table. Oregon eliminated leg hold trapping a few years back in large part because of a media push by the anti trapping community and a successful misinformation campaign stating how cruel and inhumane this form of trapping is. The anti trapping community was successful in their misinformation campaign because the majority of voters live in urban areas where the hunting/trapping life style is very low. The rural voters, where they are the ones that have to deal with these pests are out numbered. Never underestimate the stupidity of the voter, and the urban Washington voters can be easily swayed. Hope I'm wrong on this one because if we as hunters, outdoorsmen and conservationist don't become vocal and convince the misinformed we will have lost a valuable resource and a tradition we can't replace.
Quote from: wence5 on February 27, 2014, 03:03:16 PMThis is a good idea, that's why it has a snowballs chance of happening in Washington. This is working well in Idaho because there are enough people that hunt and are true conservationist that understand the big picture. Here, being there are more non hunters and liberals that vote with their hearts and not their heads inhabiting the major population areas, I can see a push by wolfaboo's to make sure leg hold trapping is taken off the table. Oregon eliminated leg hold trapping a few years back in large part because of a media push by the anti trapping community and a successful misinformation campaign stating how cruel and inhumane this form of trapping is. The anti trapping community was successful in their misinformation campaign because the majority of voters live in urban areas where the hunting/trapping life style is very low. The rural voters, where they are the ones that have to deal with these pests are out numbered. Never underestimate the stupidity of the voter, and the urban Washington voters can be easily swayed. Hope I'm wrong on this one because if we as hunters, outdoorsmen and conservationist don't become vocal and convince the misinformed we will have lost a valuable resource and a tradition we can't replace.You have your facts wrong. Oregon trappers can still use foot traps, of course no open season on wolves there.It is Washington trappers that lost the use of foot traps, conibears and snares in the year 2000 when Initiative 713 passed.If wolves in WA were delisted, declared a furbearer and an open season declared we could still not trap them because the tools we would need are illegal for us to use.There is a special permit process for padded jaw traps that could be used but it can only be issued for damage control, scientific research or public safety.
