Thinking of joining NTA utilizing the Senior Lifetime membership, however have noticed several threads about them have sounded pretty negative so to avoid a brouhaha please let me know if worth the expense even via PM
Thanks In Advance for your replies

Keep it to Private Messages. I'd hate to see more folks get kicked out of the NTA for expressing something negative about them on here.

Join your state association.

Agree, join your state association and/or a few surrounding state associations.

Some people like the NTA and some don't. I'd just reread those peeing match threads you referenced because nobody has changed their mind.

Paul’s comment will tell you what you need…….

Those threads have all been deleted so he can't reread them.

we need the nta, and the fta, but we need strong state memberships more than anything else. we need people that want to get active. and help raise money for their state association, we are going to need money to fight with,

Good point! I withdraw the suggestion.

Already member of WSTA was considering NTA and/ or ITA. Just don't want to join or be apart of another Good Ole Boys Club where not really welcome where new members suggestions are basically ignored

How many states did they save trapping in/ how many states lost their rights or got severely restricted in the past 60 years while they have been 'fighting for our rights'. It's that simple.

fta...

Join both nta and your state trappers associations.

Paul Dobbins does a nice job of dropping tiny bread crumbs to follow. Try not to twist an ankle on one of them.

The NTA helped fight the Idaho wolf trapping law suit. Just renewed my membership for the NTA and FTA.

There are other conservation organizations, which carry more political clout, that embrace trapping ideals that also need our financial support as well ... Sportsman's Alliance, F4WM, the new one in Colorado ...... to name a few.

Scott is right, in fact the Sportsman Alliance had a great trapping article in its magazine in the last issue....great to see!

ABSOLUTELY!!!

You tell us jtrapper. And while you are at it, how many states did other organizations get saved and how many states lost their rights?

Jingles, I would suggest joining the FTA. And if and when the NTA can get a rock solid group to lead it, then join the NTA. As was said earlier, the NTA is needed. The current group making the ethical and responsible decisions is not needed.

We trappers are few in number. Hard to get a politician to vote your way when animal rights becomes a more popular religion exponentially.

ou tell us jtrapper. And while you are at it, how many states did other organizations get saved and how many states lost their rights?

Im not asking for your money nitty, not asking you to join the jtrapper club, not telling you things you want to hear BUT if i was, id be more than happy to tell you everything i was doing and where ever dollar went, same as i did for four years when i was president of the alabama trappers association, had ONE member the whole time that wanted to look at the check book, it was at every meeting and every convention, any member could check it out when ever they wanted.

Called transparency!

I got kicked out of the NTA for making posts on this forum, so my opinion would probably be considered biased.

You cant change anything if you aint there,or run away.
Politics is a funny thing-you need to be able to persuade people to follow you more than the other guy can.And good political skills go a long way to that end.
Some have it and some dont.

Well said Boco.

Very true statement Boco, which makes for a difficult decision coming up. I would like to offer a differing point of view; but, I have respect for Paul, his website and the no politics request. In addition, I don't want to provide our national organization reason to cancel me for anything said here.

scott is right there are others, clubs with more clout, and boco is right we need more people that want to be active, in the state and national clubs,

Sportsmen’s Alliance is a great outfit. We had a baby anti issue here in Kentucky and they got on the phone immediately and scared them out of it and it was withdrawn. I’m very comfortable with United Trappers of Kentucky supporting them.

Giving up is giving in.