Comments on: Decline in Hunting : Impact on outdoor places?

By: Mike B

Mike B — Sun, 06 May 2018 18:17:13 +0000

I don’t know about other states, butin California, the hunting regulations are increasingly difficult to navigate and both hunting and fishing license fees and stamps have quadrupled in my 35 years of fishing. I recently saw someone commenting on the large number of deer in California now (with regards to a lack of redators, i.e. wolves and mountain lions). If the Department of Fish and Wildlife (it’s no longer game to be hunted) are to be believed, the number of deer in California are dangerously low. Strange how I see them in green spaces when riding in town or along freeways when I used to need to head out to forests and meadows to even have a chance at seeing a herd of deer. The true environmentalists are hunters and fishers. We actually go out in nature (or use to before we were pushed out of the wilderness). We see the destruction caused by failed protection policies that allowed the destruction of watersheds and forests, but under government oversight paid for by taxes and fees, so it was “good.” Maybe an unresponsive government agency and increased oversight by well meaning college graduates wth little real experience isn’t the answer. It sure hasn’t been in California. Rant over. 🙂

By: Leon

Leon — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 01:57:01 +0000

Please support the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act that will provide greatly needed funding for conservation of non-game wildlife and their habitats using a small fraction of the existing revenues from off-shore oil leases.

By: Clint Williams

Clint Williams — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:56:14 +0000

It looks like if “we the people” don’t do something, the burden of funding will fall to corporations. And that will not be a good thing. Maybe a non-profit could be created to take on the burden of funding and managing the public lands when states do not have the resources. The Nature Conservancy seems like a viable option, but it’s run by corporate CEOs and I’m not too up to speed on its actual efforts, though their marketing is laudable.

By: Doug K

Doug K — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:00:33 +0000

here in CO they have been trying..
House Bill 1321 failed last year, but a reduced version just passed the Senate, to raise hunting and fishing license fees and tie them to the CPI. CPW (parks and wildlife) is trying to engage other outdoor recreationists and will do some surveys this year. As you say the path we’re on is not sustainable..

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/14/colorado-parks-raising-hunting-fishing-fees/

I buy a Federal duck stamp every year though I’ve never hunted ducks, because that stamp funds all kinds of wetland protections which are an unalloyed good. I like to see the ducks when I’m out fishing anyway..
Also buy a hunting license each year, though I seldom get out anymore, just to keep hunting alive..