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Special T:
We have all talked about differnet ways to sen the WDFW the "Message" and they just don't seem to get it still.... There only 3 ways to affect change 1 Your $$$ (my personal choice) 2 your vote 3 your time.
I think we need a good brain storming session on how to EFFECTIVELY promote change within the WDFW... Lets just toss out some ideas and organize some thoughts... Brainstorming BTW does not include shooting down or rating any of the  ideas. What has worked in the past, and what hasn't should be our next stage, but not this one.  :twocents:

Here is my idea  Hit em in the wallet... I don't buy a fishing lic anymore because i don't like the way they run their program...  This year I'm not buying the big package... just my deer and elk instead of all 4... I would like to not buy at all but that's not possible... for me with out becoming an outlaw...

What are your ideas? the crazier the better! Most Great ideas come from thinking outside the box!

So I'll through out the first craze one.... put forth a initiative that requires WDFW employees to purchase a hunting and or fishing licence as a job requirement hunting for hunting related jobs and fishing for fishing related jobs!

Galpster:
I am really ignorant on this subject, but, I believe the only way to get real change is to change the leadership we have now. Is this elected positions or? If so then we need to find and support a hunter/fisherman to run for these positions to make change.

If not then I believe it is having a well educated hunter/fisherman group attending these meetings and voicing the truth. If we conduct ourselves professionally and regularly attend these meetings and discussions our voices will be heard.

change will not happen for sure if we just continue to complain about it and do nothing.

Great post by the way, I am looking forward to the ideas. If we get some real good ones maybe we all can act on it and make change!!

Gobble:

--- Quote from: Special T on April 19, 2010, 09:27:54 AM ---I think we need a good brain storming session on how to EFFECTIVELY promote change within the WDFW...
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HOPE and CHANGE, that sounds familiar  :chuckle:

ICEMAN:
If I said what I am thinking, I would probably be arrested. Instead of jailtime, how about these ideas;  :dunno:

I think the best way to send the message of what we want is to rally in their faces with signs and a bit of anger. Show some anger and force the discussion you want. The media already has decided all hunters are a bunch of whackos.  So who cares about the image? Maybe bus angry hunters to commisioners homes and protest in their neighborhoods.

Investigate the private dealings and indescretions of anyone involved in the decision making processes.

Get every hunter and fisherman in the state to pay for our licenses and tags with pennies and nickels. Piss of vendors so much that wildlife will have to start selling to the public again. This is half the problem, they have discarded all fiscal and customer service contact with the hunters that they are free to screw with you from a distance.

Post the salaries and any and all publically available information that you can get your hands on about every employee of Wildlife, and post it on the internet.

Get a few hundred hunters to hang a BA at them from their parking lot. 

Sporting_Man:
I think that we have to improve the image and show that mission of hunting community is to preserve and enjoy the nature, just as much as green groups do... In other words, we should be better established and show our genuine concern for our resources to the wider public, rather than to have wolf groups and similar idiots take things in their hands... Our stand should be put against theirs and compete in every way, in front of the public eye. I don't see a problem there, we would not fake anything, just show it in a better light. I see that hunters somehow shy away when needed to present what's good about us in general...
With the above process, we need to be more present with comission and try to change things within. Someone mentioned monitoring them, especially have their special dealings under scope. This one is hard and I don't know how...  :dunno:

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