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My email.Dear WDFW and the Commission,I think it is a bit ironic that that you are now asking for help from the fishing and hunting community to help defeat this bill. I guess I just need to remind you of all of the times the WDFW was either neutral or proactive in eliminating hunters rights. Continually raising the cost while providing less and less opportunity to us hunters and fishers. Where were you when they wanted to eliminate hound hunting for cats and bears? Where were you when they eliminated bear baiting? The commission eliminated dogs for coyote hunting all on its own because it had become "socially unacceptable". Where was the WDFW when our most effective tools were eliminated for trapping. You continually choose predators over hunters for wildlife management. The wolf plan is prime example of this. Creating a lop sided wolf commission to choose wolves over hunters not considering hunting as way of wolf management. And it is only thanks to State law and the U.S. Constitution that you allow us to carry weapon for protection while archery hunting. Not making enforcement officers the number one priority has led to rampant poaching, trespassing, and other outdoors abuses. Which has closed most of the roads and timber lands to driving. I cant take my young daughter and my dad hunting anymore because they cant walk miles into gated areas. And you ask us to help with this as well. Now that your jobs and control are on the line you have the nerve to ask for our help....unbelievable. I just read your email and no where in it did it even mention hunters and fishers as any kind of concern to you. Maybe its time you experience how it feels to be hung out to dry.Happy hunting....(job hunting.)-- Naithan Kain
Quote from: Kain on February 12, 2010, 03:48:42 PMMy email.Dear WDFW and the Commission,I think it is a bit ironic that that you are now asking for help from the fishing and hunting community to help defeat this bill. I guess I just need to remind you of all of the times the WDFW was either neutral or proactive in eliminating hunters rights. Continually raising the cost while providing less and less opportunity to us hunters and fishers. Where were you when they wanted to eliminate hound hunting for cats and bears? Where were you when they eliminated bear baiting? The commission eliminated dogs for coyote hunting all on its own because it had become "socially unacceptable". Where was the WDFW when our most effective tools were eliminated for trapping. You continually choose predators over hunters for wildlife management. The wolf plan is prime example of this. Creating a lop sided wolf commission to choose wolves over hunters not considering hunting as way of wolf management. And it is only thanks to State law and the U.S. Constitution that you allow us to carry weapon for protection while archery hunting. Not making enforcement officers the number one priority has led to rampant poaching, trespassing, and other outdoors abuses. Which has closed most of the roads and timber lands to driving. I cant take my young daughter and my dad hunting anymore because they cant walk miles into gated areas. And you ask us to help with this as well. Now that your jobs and control are on the line you have the nerve to ask for our help....unbelievable. I just read your email and no where in it did it even mention hunters and fishers as any kind of concern to you. Maybe its time you experience how it feels to be hung out to dry.Happy hunting....(job hunting.)-- Naithan KainThis is priceless!!
Yes, a thousand of that type of letter would get some notice, even 50 would have to get some attention. What's sad, in 30 days after the leg votes it's probably all water under the bridge and forgotten.
DNR is not a general authorities agency (an enforcement issue) hence the bill would create numerous wildlife enforcement issues across all elements of the regulated communities. Many of the comments forwarded when the bill focused on the measure being nothing but political "reform smoke and mirrors;" a bill "designed to eliminate citizen participation in wildlife management" and numerous, similar examples.
Illegal wood cutters are destroying habitat on our state owned property. DNR people are unable to do anything about it, according to a acquaintance with DNR, not enough enforcement people. The Pend Oreille county prosecuter told him, he is not going to get concerned about a little wood cutting. DFW may have a little more clout.If you think DFW deserves closed and it can't get any worse, WAKE UP. It can get a lot worse. It is a long way's from perfect now, but nothing like it could be.
Bigtex that certainly brings another piece of wood to the fire. Some officers are spending a lot of time with speeders and woodcutters. That doesn't seem quite right to me, I think wildlife dollars should be spent stopping poachers rather than worrying about wood permits and people breaking the speed limit in a speed zone, that's what other law enforcement agencies are for.
