Post by: lastmk8 on May 08, 2013, 08:58:40 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/08/michigan-governor-approves-bill-that-clears-way-for-wolf-hunt/ (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/08/michigan-governor-approves-bill-that-clears-way-for-wolf-hunt/)
Post by: Jingles on May 08, 2013, 09:09:36 PM
Post by: AspenBud on May 09, 2013, 07:03:17 AM
Don't get me wrong though, I see a wolf season happening out there.
The legislation also opens the door to other types of hunting like dove hunting out there, something was prevented thanks to HSUS and a voter referendum.
Post by: AspenBud on May 09, 2013, 07:09:21 AM
Voters are not wildlife biologists and should not be making wildlife management decisions (ie-the ban on hunting bear and cougar with hounds).
Post by: AspenBud on May 09, 2013, 07:20:18 AM
"Another bill Snyder signed Wednesday guarantees a right to hunt and fish in Michigan"
We need something like that here as well.
Post by: bearpaw on May 09, 2013, 07:22:45 AM
Post by: lastmk8 on May 09, 2013, 11:37:37 AM
Some of the highlights:
“I was signing a bill that dealt with sound scientific management principles for game and for fish.”
That bill, which became Public Act 21 of 2013, supersedes legislation passed last year that designated the gray wolf as a game species. Opponents of that law had filed more than 250,000 signatures in the hopes of having the wolf hunt repealed by a vote in the November 2014 election.
The Natural Resources Commission could authorize a wolf hunt at a meeting today in Roscommon. If it does so, the wolf hunt would remain the law under the bill Snyder signed Wednesday, even if the law passed last year is repealed by voters.
http://www.freep.com/article/20130509/NEWS06/305090117/Snyder-says-bill-allowing-wolf-hunt-not-about-wolves (http://www.freep.com/article/20130509/NEWS06/305090117/Snyder-says-bill-allowing-wolf-hunt-not-about-wolves)
Post by: AspenBud on May 09, 2013, 11:51:24 AM
Here now is the article in the Detroit Free Press, a little more information. We could use some common sense thinking with our elected officials once in a while, maybe even some fish and game folks who worked with the sportsmen every now and again.....
Some of the highlights:
“I was signing a bill that dealt with sound scientific management principles for game and for fish.”
That bill, which became Public Act 21 of 2013, supersedes legislation passed last year that designated the gray wolf as a game species. Opponents of that law had filed more than 250,000 signatures in the hopes of having the wolf hunt repealed by a vote in the November 2014 election.
The Natural Resources Commission could authorize a wolf hunt at a meeting today in Roscommon. If it does so, the wolf hunt would remain the law under the bill Snyder signed Wednesday, even if the law passed last year is repealed by voters.
http://www.freep.com/article/20130509/NEWS06/305090117/Snyder-says-bill-allowing-wolf-hunt-not-about-wolves (http://www.freep.com/article/20130509/NEWS06/305090117/Snyder-says-bill-allowing-wolf-hunt-not-about-wolves)
The whole culture between the DNR and hunters is different out there. Much less distrust and more working together. Of course that may have a lot to do with the fact that a lot of their DNR's officers are hunters themselves. The midwest still has a hunting culture that we are losing.
HSUS is the problem. Lots of out of state money was coming in from California to try and stop their wolf hunt.
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on May 09, 2013, 11:55:43 AM
Post by: jackmaster on May 09, 2013, 12:30:21 PM
Post by: Orion88 on May 09, 2013, 12:32:58 PM