It's Past Time to Resign my Master Hunter Certification

[billythekidrock]

Would you want WDFW giving out the contact information for all hunters to anyone who asked?

I wouldn't.

Nope. And I was not happy to find out that my contact info was sent to other AHE members without my knowledge or consent.

[bearpaw]

Pman, I don't know much about the MH program, but I am sure you can be more effective from the inside than from the outside of anything. Lot's of good points here, good luck with your decision.

[t6]

When I read your first post, I aplauded your decision to resign and show WDFW that you were unhappy.  After reading the responses from other HW Members, I feel as though many are right in saying that you could do more good from inside the orginization than by giving them a piece of your mind once. 

Good luck with YOUR decision.  Hopefully someone within the agency is listening before its too late and none of them has a job due to a lack of public support. 

T

[templar021]

Trying to change a group's culture from the inside is a very lonely endeavor.  It is probably the only to make a change.

[j_h_nimrod]

 

I think you know my thoughts on the program. I applaud the volunteer work you did but I'm not a fan of the MH program.

I have never been and, though I feel eminently qualified, I would never have applied. It seems like the program had great potential but due to the game regs, policies, and practices really hobbled the program. It was almost like blackmail, a lot of work for dubious benefit.

[CAMPMEAT]

Any gubmint agency is not your friend. Bob33, go with your gut....

[CP]

My MH status expires in two weeks.  I won’t be resigning but I won’t be renewing it either.

[pianoman9701]

I'm going to take the good advice most of you have given and stay in the program, working from within to affect change. I'm currently working on a letter to the commission and to the papers and governor's office. I'll paste it when I'm done.

[buckfvr]

Even though I supported your initial feelings, I also now believe you can be a force on the inside that will keep them jumping and scrambling for ways to answer your questions correctly.  I have no doubt you will be relentless in your pursuit for answers............

[elkh8me]

To be a part of this program has to come from the heart because the incentive permits aren't all that great. Follow your heart

[Bob33]

I'm glad to hear you made the decision that you did. You have a better chance of effecting change from the inside, and more importantly you can represent the type of ethical behavior that the program espouses.

[pianoman9701]

I've been on the phone several times in the last three weeks with Sen. Benton's office regarding Elk Hoof disease. Having the MH certificate seems to carry some weight. We'll see how far we get. I'm sure most politicians from either side of the aisle get money from the timber companies. We'll see how far we get here.

[bbarnes]

Pianoman P M me your phone number were going to the forest practice board tomorrow, would love to have you testify.