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Quote from: buckfvr on November 22, 2015, 10:36:11 AMBy agreeing to go along with baiting restrictions, you are essentially setting one foot over the line.......it will be only a short time before wdfw grabs you by the arm and pulls you all the way over the line. There is no argument to end baiting except that it is agenda driven as a consideration for non/anti hunting constituency of the governor and his wdfw hierarchy . They no doubt feel if they can stop baiting and save just one life by doing it, well then, its a victory/success story for them.If they again go with cwd concerns then obviously we must get rid of water tanks and feed bins. We must prohibit cattle ranchers from allowing deer and elk to feed with their stock, and or yard up in areas near their operations...........yes, this is all ridiculous as is the whole idea of it being related to cwd concerns, and yes, last go round it was one of their pointed concerns. WDFW wants baiting gone, they did last year and were very disappointed with the out come and my money says they will get their way this year period. They have too many people who make the formal recommendations in their corner. Too many political IOU's floating about. I fear the out come is predetermined as it so often seems to be. If you want to spend some effort that may pay off down the road sooner than later, come up with ideas on restricting the governor and changing management policies of wdfw from hierarchy management to regional management by regionally elected local managers........WDFW is the problem, not baiting.
By agreeing to go along with baiting restrictions, you are essentially setting one foot over the line.......it will be only a short time before wdfw grabs you by the arm and pulls you all the way over the line. There is no argument to end baiting except that it is agenda driven as a consideration for non/anti hunting constituency of the governor and his wdfw hierarchy . They no doubt feel if they can stop baiting and save just one life by doing it, well then, its a victory/success story for them.If they again go with cwd concerns then obviously we must get rid of water tanks and feed bins. We must prohibit cattle ranchers from allowing deer and elk to feed with their stock, and or yard up in areas near their operations...........yes, this is all ridiculous as is the whole idea of it being related to cwd concerns, and yes, last go round it was one of their pointed concerns. WDFW wants baiting gone, they did last year and were very disappointed with the out come and my money says they will get their way this year period. They have too many people who make the formal recommendations in their corner. Too many political IOU's floating about. I fear the out come is predetermined as it so often seems to be. If you want to spend some effort that may pay off down the road sooner than later, come up with ideas on restricting the governor and changing management policies of wdfw from hierarchy management to regional management by regionally elected local managers........WDFW is the problem, not baiting.
Baiting:1. Bring back the ability to bait bear. 2. Deer and Elk Baiting: Leave it alone, we don't need more rules / laws. How does it affect anything??? We are still only allowd to harvest one animal per year. What is next.....you are not allowed to hunt orchards because the deer are coming to bait, corn fields, alfalfa, wheat, etc. etc. etc. What is next you can't wear camoflauge because it give the hunter another advantage?? Where does all this insanity end?? Preference points: Not sure what you mean by this? If you mean the draw system, I would like to see where a person can only draw one "draw" per animal per year. Keep all the Catagories but if a person draws "quality" they cannot draw "buck" "doe" "second deer", etc. Start the draw with the quality and go down from there. This would prevent a person from drawing two tags and only being able to harvest one animal.
Sorry buckfvr, but I am on the GMAC and hunters are part of the driving force behind this.
SpecialT, this is not just driven by non/anti hunting groups, there are many hunters who are against baiting as they say it isn't ethical or fair chase. Some of them are worried that antis will take all baiting away if we don't police it ourselves.
The 2 biggest concerns seem to be social pressure and a couple of guides using multiple truck loads of bait every year and possibly affecting migration patterns.
