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MichealJI'm glad you feel all warm and fuzzy because I don't, of course I have been dealing with them for 40 years.Anytime you base management on lottery style revenue the animals will suffer. Insidewdfw,There are very good people inside the wdfw that deserve better.
Reply to insdewdfw comment to prove my statement on the wdfw looking to buy a 3 or 4 million dollar boat, you might ask suzan yeager she takes the minutes of all commission meetings.These statements were made at the ellsburg meeting on march 6 by the interm director phil anderson.Thanks B Barnes.
The proof is in the meeting minutes and the point was, if we are laying off employees why are we thinking about expensive toys.Its like saying i need a new pair of shoes but i don't need a 300 dollar pair of Nike's.
I'm torn here.....what do we stand to lose?I would support the wdfw if we would have a voice but up to this point I haven't seen it. Creating a lottery system for hunters hasn't done the game or hunters justice at all. Elk are dying of starvation in the st. Helen's area due to lack of management, why? to create a lottery system based on revenue vs. management. Buckrub, we have everything to lose. I have to wonder if you have ever gone to a meeting and testified. Whether you belong to HHC or not, you have a lobbyist trying to include your voice with his, but he does not support your activites. He has sold you out and sportfishermen by dividing you, without your input. It appears there will be some type of lottery game to help finance the Department.How can hunting survive with very little opportunity for youth? Has the well paid commission (100+k yr.) really done the job?Where the hell did you get that info. They are paid about 100 dollars for each meeting plus travel expenses. It amounts to less than 10K per commissioner per year. As far as the youth goes, you cant make everyone hunt or fish. You have competition from golfing and other sports. We could have the best hunting in the west but lottery style management compounded with habitat expenditures trying to sustain overpopulated pet areas for the dept. is destroying our net worth. I think most hunters would pay for good management.We have 6 commissioners now that have hunting experience and have the degrees in a variety of areas to back up, their expertise. These people were appointed by at least one governor. We dont have a full commission because noone is demanding it from our legislators. That is three people who cannot contribute to the Commission or the Dept.If they gut the commission, the department will not hire and pay professionals to do the leg work.How much do we have to pay to have a voice? How many letters, emails and meetings do we have to commit to?I will pay for common sense management creating opportunity for all hunters especially the youth! If you want quality hunting for all go to five/ six / seven point or better elk...whatever. manage the herd with hunting days not permits. Why do we have three point restriction on mule deer? (good mangement) Why is west side elk different than east side? NO BS about more cover for eastside...OK, less cover less hunting days with mandatory reporting and GOOD escapement figures to manage properly. Quality for all not just the lucky few who 10 friggin years of not drawing a permit then having a 35% success rate...what a joke.OK..my rant is over...how many emails and where do you want them to go?
the wdfw SUCKS what do they do for us. Not a damn thing if you wanna see management look at the odfw the wdfw needs to be schooled by the odfw.
