+I don't think your going to hear as much complaining from the silent sport users as many here feel they will do. Many already support financially many conservation and outdoor organizations and clubs etc. What is strange to me is why legislators and agencies have not sought more to tap into that resource. Maybe they don't want them to have much of a voice and one way to limit their voice is to not ask for financial support.

Bryce

3 ? Well hey big spender!
As Finn said I firmly believe this state has people on the payroll who's only job is to cook up more taxes.

Osky

Most of us are begging the government to take our money.

Well, I'll be danged. I've never heard of the government turning away free money. Send your checks, I'm sure voluntarism would get your own money better spent than mandating everyone else fork over cash, too.

Well, I'll be danged. I've never heard of the government turning away free money. Send your checks, I'm sure voluntarism would get your own money better spent than mandating everyone else fork over cash, too.

+I don't think your going to hear as much complaining from the silent sport users as many here feel they will do. Many already support financially many conservation and outdoor organizations and clubs etc. What is strange to me is why legislators and agencies have not sought more to tap into that resource. Maybe they don't want them to have much of a voice and one way to limit their voice is to not ask for financial support.
Bryce

https://www.facebook.com/Hillmans-Resort-Tall-Tales-Tavern-101406583237769/

I don't know if the link worked. It's a video of the most ridiculous fish house I've ever seen, and it's on Red lake right now.



Two storys tall, sleeps 12, and has 20 holes. It's a far cry from sitting on a bucket....

I don't know what other state averages are but in Maine, sportsmen take/harvest about ten percent of our big game population year in/year out.

One out of ten bear, one out of ten deer, one out of ten moose. I had the opportunity to point that out in a Letter to the Editor in one of our states larger newspapers.

That letter was in response to a nonconsumptive user (anti-hunter) who was complaining about how our F&G catered to outdoorsmen. I think it helped put our consumption in a clearer light. I'm in the woods year round and I don't see these nonconsumptive users. They seem to stick to KOA and state parks.

I pay plenty of fees. I'm good with it.

It's a great and noble thing that you love paying fees. Nothing is stoping you from paying all that your heart desires. Heck send $16 a week if you believe you are getting your money's worth. Form a group of other voluntarists and pool your money for lobbyists if you believe your money will be better spent to influence the divvying up of our natural resources.
However, don't feel that your campaign of making everyone else pay is noble. There is very rarely anything virtuous in force.

It's a great and noble thing that you love paying fees. Nothing is stoping you from paying all that your heart desires. Heck send $16 a week if you believe you are getting your money's worth. Form a group of other voluntarists and pool your money for lobbyists if you believe your money will be better spent to influence the divvying up of our natural resources.
However, don't feel that your campaign of making everyone else pay is noble. There is very rarely anything virtuous in force.

So if we don't want others to help fund wildlife and conservation work and research then we need to pony up more, not less unless we want those resources totally not managed, which may change the landscape considerably for many consumptive users. I feel it is better to have other users contribute some skin in the game plus they learn more about managing a resource by being a part of that instead of just letting the demographic changes taking place determine the outcomes over time.

Bryce