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Community => Advocacy, Agencies, Access => Topic started by: dreamingbig on November 02, 2011, 12:07:17 PM

Title: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: dreamingbig on November 02, 2011, 12:07:17 PM: Gee, great. The write in comments are loaded with antihunting comments.

some examples:

"eliminate all hunting" "Thou shalt not kill" "stop the hunting" "no elk hunting period" "there is no reason for a hunter to need to kill an elk" It goes on and on from here. Do they really have to post them?

Here is a link to them. http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/seasonsetting/ (http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/seasonsetting/)
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: kckrawler on November 02, 2011, 12:11:06 PM: What a failure!!! :pee: And that's the reason they're requiring Wild ID's in the new survey.
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: dreamingbig on November 02, 2011, 12:18:58 PM: Looking at it again, I would say 30%+ of the write in comments are from anti hunters. Agreed, they needed to lock it down to hunters only for valid results.
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: JimmyHoffa on November 02, 2011, 12:21:35 PM: I think requiring a Wild ID is a good start. Although the antis have been buying licenses to try to get all the special permits, so some will have a Wild ID, but it will be far fewer. Also, with the Wild ID you can track how many of the comments were made from the same person. If you look at those comments, many were made within the same time frame like a group of similar comments all 2 minutes apart. Kind of reminds me of that wolf plan survey where a large portion of comments were from Florida or Maryland.
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on November 02, 2011, 12:24:51 PM: You can see the canned "12% harvest of cougar" answers in that section...lame survey.
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: Special T on November 02, 2011, 01:51:39 PM: I sent the WDFW a positive email about requirieng the Wild ID#. Sicne it helps them decipher hunters form activists... I would send them a short positive note. :twocents:
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on November 02, 2011, 01:59:32 PM: good idea- i think I'll do the same thing.
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: coyotewallace on November 02, 2011, 02:01:07 PM: Quote from: dreamingbig on November 02, 2011, 12:18:58 PM
Looking at it again, I would say 30%+ of the write in comments are from anti hunters. Agreed, they needed to lock it down to hunters only for valid results.

:yeah:
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: pianoman9701 on November 02, 2011, 02:50:31 PM: email sent to the director and commissioners:

"Dear Sirs (and Madams),

I wanted to thank you for adding the Wild ID requirement on the surveys that we were notified about this morning. I believe that will go a long way to getting a true picture of what the state's hunters really feel about the questions asked, instead of skewing results with responses from anyone who has a bug in the wrong place. Thank you so much. I do feel like you're listening to us on this.

Most Sincerely,
John W"
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: blackhorn on November 02, 2011, 03:17:02 PM: Nice work Pianoman! How is that the anti's even find these surveys? Must be pretty hard core, especially with the numbers that responded... pretty eye opening!
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: bearpaw on November 02, 2011, 03:25:27 PM: Quote from: blackhorn on November 02, 2011, 03:17:02 PM
Nice work Pianoman! How is that the anti's even find these surveys? Must be pretty hard core, especially with the numbers that responded... pretty eye opening!

Antihunting is a religion, religions have caused most wars in the world. Does this help you to understand why they are so determined to stop hunting.
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: asl20bball on November 02, 2011, 03:32:54 PM: Quote from: bearpaw on November 02, 2011, 03:25:27 PM
Quote from: blackhorn on November 02, 2011, 03:17:02 PM
Nice work Pianoman! How is that the anti's even find these surveys? Must be pretty hard core, especially with the numbers that responded... pretty eye opening!

Antihunting is a religion, religions have caused most wars in the world. Does this help you to understand why they are so determined to stop hunting.

I just figured they hate animals so they'd rather them die a slow brutal death due to overpopulation and winterkill and then the predators die due to starvation :bash::bdid:
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: bigpaw on December 03, 2011, 03:44:34 PM: I wonder how many anti-hunters buy a tag and put in for special permits because they are keeping one more hunter from killing a deer or elk if they draw it.
Title: Re: Anti Hunters taking the survey...
Post by: seth30 on December 03, 2011, 03:51:32 PM: Quote from: bigpaw on December 03, 2011, 03:44:34 PM
I wonder how many anti-hunters buy a tag and put in for special permits because they are keeping one more hunter from killing a deer or elk if they draw it.
probaly a lot of them.