So who, In your opinion, should speak up for the trappers?

Ah, right on cue Diggerman. Too bad your boy was too busy pleasing the Kochs to notice even Republicans were taking a dim view of his shenanigans.

Your boy Tony evers has not yet mentioned anything about crossing RR tracks but has been throwin around some GUN CONTROL talk. I am certainly glad you are careing now about the outdoors.

Patience, Diggerman, patience! He'll get to it.

There is nobody that speaks for all trappers. Each individual trapper speaks for himself. You should know this from when you beat other trappers on the mandatory trapper ed issue.

You said it best! Each individual trapper can attend this annual meeting tonight to speak and/or vote their mind.

It that is what it takes, that is what it takes

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I don't know if you know this or not but that is how the world works.

I pretend not to notice.

So that means you will be on here tonight while some of us are at the meetings.

I did what I could If It helps great If not I tried. That's all you can do.

Nope, they don't have any couches in the auditorium at the high school in Lancaster. Would be a nice touch though. Might fit all in attendance on it.

Channel 3 had a segment on the hearings this morning.

Channel 15 Is about to air a segment On the Hearings. So we are getting lots of coverage. That may be good or bad.

The online vote quickly proved to be as big a joke as I expected. I'm sitting here with a few guys at our county meeting. I could probably hear a pin drop. Tonight it's me and a few other guys (well, more than a few, but hardly any compared to last years).
The apparent anti that shows up every year once again showed up with her possee. After repeatedly getting voted down for several years, she easily won election tonight.
This online vote, as you may recall me saying in prior year(s), will probably lead to the end of CC. I don't doubt that the DNR portion of the hearing will last long into the future though, albeit online.

Think about the leverage we've now given anti's.

Sitting here shaking my head eager to head home after the meeting for a drink. There's so few people here it's hardly worth me speaking in support or opposed to a question to the tiny group in the room.

Beav, thanks for your effort getting people to attend.
Ps. You probably like the proposed colony trap changes.

Two other trappers and myself did our best to inform the non-trappers in the room. Not the best turn-out in Phillips tonight, 15 - 20 people. Thanks Nimzy for getting me there!

20 or so in Medford...pretty quiet

21 at the Grant County hearing. Couldn't all fit on the couch.

so what was the WTA call about earlier last week ...not supporting the fisher season extension?

I was told that it was due to already having a really long season and by increasing the length of season, the success rate will climb and it will take even longer to get a permit. IMO, we should shorten it even more but take some time off the front end.

Not sure what our attendence was.... Maybe 60 in Winnebago. I know we had some folks just come to get the code so they could vote online but be counted in the county total. I need to go vote online now!

like dec 1 til feb 15?