Hunter backlash begins over WA wolf plan

[Dave Workman]

Hunter backlash begins over wolf plan adoption
 
   Unanimous adoption of a controversial wolf management plan by the Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission has ignited a firestorm in the hunting community, with concerns over the future viability of big game herds combining with a sense that the commission has turned its backs on sportsmen and women who pay the tab for wildlife management.
 
http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-seattle/hunter-backlash-begins-over-wolf-plan-adoption
 

[Special T]

your link don't work

[denali]

worked for me ,  thanks Dave

[Bigshooter]

I have already sent letters an emails to all of the comissioners telling them what I thought, and asking them to step down.  I hope more people are doing the same thing.

[Huntbear]

Good link.  Thanks Dave.  Now, who do we have to boot out of office to get this shut down and killed?  Am sick of taking it in the shorts for every animal/tree hugger that has a fantasy about wolves, and bears, and cougars and whatever else.....

Maybe we need an "Occupy WDFW Offices" protest started...... heck, the other ones got national exposure...   

[Skyvalhunter]

Nice article, It would have been nice to have said how the hunters in NO way want to see any of the money for the reintroduction of wolves to comes funds obtained thru the sale of liscenses, permits, tags, etc.

[bearpaw]

Dave that is a very good write up, THANKYOU.... 

[Curly]

I have already sent letters an emails to all of the comissioners telling them what I thought, and asking them to step down.  I hope more people are doing the same thing.

I will send a letter by the end of the week asking them to step down too.  I don't think this commission has done very much for the sportsmen of this state.  I know a lot of people disagree with me, but I don't like what the commission did with 4 point APR in the NE part of the state.  And I also hate that they approved the special permit system that we are stuck with now.  This commission is just flat not doing a good job of working for us.

There has been times when I've been just disgusted with the decisions that they have made, and I have wished that the commission would just go away.  But then I realize that we really should have a commission, we just need a better group of people.  This group sucks.

[mulehunter]

Thank you dave. Good write up.  I will share to all.

[Dave Workman]

Good link.  Thanks Dave.  Now, who do we have to boot out of office to get this shut down and killed?  Am sick of taking it in the shorts for every animal/tree hugger that has a fantasy about wolves, and bears, and cougars and whatever else.....

Maybe we need an "Occupy WDFW Offices" protest started...... heck, the other ones got national exposure...   

HB:

It's a bit late to get it killed but (and some folks here may not like this but here goes)...the ONLY way to bring some kind of sanity to this is to change governors and the political party of the governor.

TRANSLATION: In November 2012...vote Republican, period, end of story. I don't care if your daddy and granddaddy and momma voted Democrat, and your union tells you to vote Democrat...vote Republican. Change the course of government from the top down.  That is the ONLY way you are going to start cleaning up this mess. 

The governor appoints the wildlife commissioners. Get a governor in office who will appoint people to the commission who actually hunt deer and elk, and that means every seat on the commission, find a new wildlife director and do a performance audit on the WDFW...and, as I've said on other threads, including this one:
 
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,87738.165.html

we need to send some wolf advocates packing.

And lastly...we need someone who will take the Butch Otter approach:  Send a letter to the Interior Secretary and tell him point blank: My game cops will not respond to wolf complaints.  My state will not investigate wolf problems.

NOW UNDERSTAND this:  I don't have a desire to wipe out wolves.  But this plan for 15 breeding pairs is somebody's wet dream. They didn't, far as I can remember, suggest that many for Montana or Idaho IIRC. 

We've got 5 confirmed packs.  We need to amend the wolf management plan to set that as the goal. Five packs, anywhere in the state. The we manage the damn things ourselves and tell the feds to pound sand.

Anyone in the agency who doesn't like that..McDonald's is hiring. Expect lawsuits. Fine. We'll take money out of the DSHS budget, or maybe the Supt. of Public Instruction's budget, and move it to the Attorney General's office. 

Work with the Colvilles on this one. Identify the problem and turn them and their attorneys loose. This is an issue we can work with the tribes to resolve to our satisfaction and to the benefit of the elk and deer herds.

But that's just me talking.

And I haven't yet decided to run for Governor, although it's been suggested ...

[Dave Workman]

Dave that is a very good write up, THANKYOU.... 

Dale:

The WDFW pissed down your back and called it rain when the antis pushed that hound hunting ban.
You expect me to leave that go? 

That's my problem....I have a long memory about such things.
 

[Special T]

i got it to work... good article, and you are spot on about the tribes and hunters. we need to work together, because like it or not we wan the same thing.... Hunting elk and deer for food!

[Huntboy]

Great article, thanks.

[Curly]

Dave Workman for Governor!

[CedarPants]

Good read Dave, thank you.