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I kind of hate to weigh in here, but throughout my career, I've been faced with "problems" continuously that needed to be fixed. The one thing I learned early on, and it has made me an effective problem solver, is to understand the goal of any solution. To do that, one needs to understand what the PROBLEM is. Everyone states that problems need fixing, the treaties, the natives policing their own, the importance of wildlife vs. shellfish with the WDFW, penalties are not strong enough, the wolves, cougars, bobcats, coyotes, liberals wanting to shut down our public lands, on and on and on. These problems will never be "fixed" unless everyone understands what impact these problems are creating today. In other words, in the big picture, what is the problem???So, start with the set of undesirable conditions that these "problems" are causing. What is the big problem? The answer is not "Natives hunt and kill a lot of animals". If you want to look at it from the other direction, "What does something look like AFTER a solution is implemented?" And the answer there is not "Natives must follow all the rules like everyone else". The answer is "What are you really pissed about?" My guess is that it's not easy enough for you (and every other hunter) to go out and kill a tasty trophy every time you want to. There are MANY reasons for this, so get to work formulating the reasons. Predators might be one. The Natives enforcement policies might be another. WDFW management strategies might be another. Poachers might be another. Develop a list of problems that are causing this "undesirable situation" that is making everyone complain. This is the beginning of the development of a STRATEGY. Impact analysis tells you what "problems" have the biggest impact on your desired outcome. Please remember that in the big picture, what something looks like AFTER the solutions are implemented to remedy the "problems" everyone has identified, it will NOT BE POSSIBLE for everyone to go out and kill a tasty trophy whenever they want. So, BE REASONABLE and REALISTIC in what you would like to see AFTER the solutions to the problems you identified are implemented. Now, from experience, and I've been doign this for over 30 years, people are way too small minded to understand a "big picture" or "top down" approach. Most are much more comfortable finding on and clinging to an emotional argument, one that they can yell and complain about, because face it, the big picture approach is HARD and takes a LOT OF WORK. However, by making all Natives follow the same rules as the general public, YOUR FUTURE VISION of hunting in WA will NOT HAPPEN! Why? Because there are poachers, and there are predators, and there are hard winters that kill a lot of game, and there are BS policies that the WDFW implements, and of course, there isn't enough MONEY to fix all the problems you identify. So, to those who, like bradley, claim a paradigm shift is needed to solve the "problem" of the treaties, I say you need a bigger paradigm shift and start not with a problem, but with a vision of what you would like to see in the future. THEN go out and find what is preventing that vision, and THEN understand the IMPACT of each thing that is preventing that vision, prioritize, and start knocking those things off. Be prepared for a long, hard implementation of the solutions, be prepared to PAY to realize your vision, and go out and get it done instead of pointing out random things that "need to be fixed".Now, small minded people that lack the mental capacity to understand what I just said, hold forth with your wisdom of what the real problem is. Dave
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The difference is that my ancestors hunted,fished and gathered in all these places and your did not
