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Re: Are Animal-Rights Activists Hijacking Our Wildlife Commissions?
« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2023, 06:18:30 AM »


To counter act the game management by ballot box we need to do the same to shut down in its tracks. A petition that makes hunting a right. A petition that absolutely no game management by ballot box can be legal. Worded correctly they may have a chance. A lawsuit against commission for Not following science. The commissions new conservation policy can not be legal if not following science proved in court.

What do you mean by petition? You mean initiative? If you do, it seems weird to have an initiative to make it unlawful to have an itiative regarding wildlife management.

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Yes I guess they are initiatives but shouldn’t be legal for game mgmt, science not feelings. But it is a long shot. Just think there needs to be a law against it.
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Re: Are Animal-Rights Activists Hijacking Our Wildlife Commissions?
« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2023, 05:52:11 PM »
Thanks Big Tex for a very well thought out reosne to my questions.  .

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Re: Are Animal-Rights Activists Hijacking Our Wildlife Commissions?
« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2023, 09:27:49 PM »


To counter act the game management by ballot box we need to do the same to shut down in its tracks. A petition that makes hunting a right. A petition that absolutely no game management by ballot box can be legal. Worded correctly they may have a chance. A lawsuit against commission for Not following science. The commissions new conservation policy can not be legal if not following science proved in court.

What do you mean by petition? You mean initiative? If you do, it seems weird to have an initiative to make it unlawful to have an itiative regarding wildlife management.

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Not really, the Initiative would say wildlife management is done by scientifically accredited processes, not public opinion.  :dunno: :dunno:

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Re: Are Animal-Rights Activists Hijacking Our Wildlife Commissions?
« Reply #18 on: November 17, 2023, 08:15:14 AM »
I wonder if this might do the trick.  We get an initiative on the ballot that isn't so much about hunting policy per se, but that takes commission appointments out of the hands of the governor, and into the hands of the voters (by region).  In other words, the commission becomes an elected body, each representing their particular region (based on geography, not population).  I THINK the governor's power to appoint commissioners is a matter of statutory law, not something enshrined in the State constitution, which I THINK means it is something that can be changed via the initiative process.  If it's more an issue about representing local people's interests, rather than specifically about individual hunting policies or a right to vote, it might stand a better chance of passing.  As I understand it, a constitutional amendment our State has to go through the legislature at some point, which means a "right to hunt" amendment would be DOA.  I am not a lawyer, so would love to hear thoughts about that from someone smarter than me.

 


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