metau Report post Posted March 29, 2012 My mind has a tendency to wander, and somehow this thought got in my head, and it scares the dung out of me. If memory serves me right, with the wording that was used in the original HB2072, any 'conservation group' with a certain amount of member 'chapters' that are not part of a national org, who have been in existance for X amount of years, would qualify for being able to secure 350+ tags for raffle and auction for that particular group. Does that mean that if enough local anti-hunting groups formed multiple 'conservation groups', waited the X amount of years, paid the deposit up front, that each of the overhead 'conservation groups' would be able to take an additional 350+ tags from the pool? Also, what would stop them from limiting raffle/auction tags to only thier members, a member only expo, and no one paying more then $1.00 for a tag, just to throw it in the trash to keep hunters from hunting. The $350 they raise would not be enough to cover administrative costs, so they would not have to worry about paying for hunter retention or conservation. I saw nothing in the wording that I could tell would prevent this from happening. Just think, if there were 10 of these groups, that would be over 3500 of the premium tags out of the draw with none of them being used. Which would leave how many for us to draw? Any? I've always been told that I tend to read into things a little too far, but this has me very worried. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
donniedent Report post Posted March 29, 2012 Yes, theoretically that could very well happen. The bill was retarded at best. The way its written, the way it was introduced, the way it has been pushed... The whole thing. The idea will continue to be pushed on the off chance it will pass like a kidney stone. But I believe that there enough diligent watchmen in our ranks that any attempt to slip it thru will be spotted and dealt with. The TV interview that coueshunter did should be the last nail in the coffin. Oh they will posture and puff up like a scared cat but their claws are gone. Be we must continue to be watchful though. They learned a lot this go round and will be much slicker in the next attempt. We must be watchful. They really blew it. The awoke a sleeping giant and this giant won't go back to sleep. This is only the beginning of our unification. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
