Idaho Allows Destruction of Game Herds, Then Discounts Tags

[bearpaw]

Who is condescending?

Lots of fallacies in that link.  The biggest being that game herds in Idaho have been destroyed.  Anybody who hunts or knows anything about Idaho can tell you that IDFG has a very strong predator management program, especially on wolves.  In most every unit and corner of the state game herds are doing quite well. 

Frankly, I say kudos to Idaho for looking for ways to provide sportsmen with more opportunity.  They realize they have surplus tags and surplus game to harvest and they find a workable solution that benefits the state and sportsmen.  Gosh, what a horrible thing that evil IDFG has done.  I mean, I can buy a multiseason tag in WA and still only shoot one deer...or for about the same money I can buy a 2nd deer tag in Idaho and hunt archery, rifle, muzzleloader over a 4 month period...gee...what shall I do? 

I guess it would be helpful if the guys writing these articles ever actually hunted in Idaho 

Trivialize my statements however you want...the fact remains that there is a ton of deer and elk in Idaho.  But I wouldn't expect people who have never been there or hunted there to know that.

None of that is remotely condescending.  It is not condescending to point out fallacies in an article.  It is not condescending to say that people who have not been to or hunted Idaho would not know the status of game in Idaho.
On the linked article, the author Tom Remington...the first two lines about him say this:
Tom Remington was born and raised in the state of Maine. In recent years he relocated to Largo, Florida

Now, if I had said to YOU, that "if you had ever been to Idaho"...that would be condescending because I obviously know that you hunt/guide in Idaho.

It is not condescending to disagree or point out why someone may have bad information...in this case I am making the observation that the author in Maine and Florida may not be the best source for Idaho elk herd status. 

I hope that you see the point here...I fully support your efforts to run a civilized website, disagreement in itself is not automatically a personal attack/condescending/rude etc.  Its when folks cross the line from talking factually about the subject (even if we disagree) to going completely off topic to talk about individuals when it has no bearing on the topic at hand.

Either way, this thread is shot and I'm done.  Looks like you've had a good week on bears...a buddy of mine got a little cinnamon bear last night over the hill from my place...can't believe how many bears I've seen these last few days!   

Your comments seemed like condescending remarks toward wolfbait who has been banned in the past and appears to be trying to maintain a civil tongue on the forum. Such comments seem to bait members into crossing the line with their comments and then they get in trouble.

For the record, it was you who self proclaimed your family history and your relationship with people in Idaho government to prove your intimate knowledge of Idaho, was it not? So, I don't think my comment "self proclaimed Idaho expert" was wildly inaccurate, perhaps unnecessary, perhaps I should have found better verbage for "expert", but I do not feel I was inaccurate! If you meant no harm with wolfbait I understand, but I do hope you can see the basis for my comments. Anyway like you said it can all be water under the bridge. 

[Stein]

Jeeze, their prices look to be about half the price of Montana and they keep jacking theirs up.