Will we be silent??

[thi9elsp]

Just sent notes to NRA, DSC and SCI asking them to mobilize the membership. By the time of the debate in May we should have millions of votes for this poll. If not, we only have our own apathy to blame.

 

[cpr0312]

Thanks @thi9elsp ,

If even 1% or 2% of the members vote, it should be in the 10's of thousands

 

[cpr0312]

66/34 now!

 

[Michael Dean]

Take a few moments and read some of the comments posted on the voting site. When you read comments from people who equate hunting to murder and demand an end to all hunting you begin to realize just how far from reality some people have gotten. Hunters are thrill murderers and love the blood sport. They honestly believe that hunting is the basis and cause for animal extinction. These people have no idea where conservation funds come from, they don't care and they simply wish that hunters would hunt each other. The hunting community has been silent far too long; its past time for educational films and intelligent objective reporting.

 

[Michael Dean]

67% vs 33%;; we need to keep up the good work!

 

[Muskox man]

You just got my vote.

 

[Shootist43]

Contrary to what anti-hunters think hunters like you and I are the true conservationists. We put our money where our mouth is. The anti-hunters as a rule contribute little if anything to the support of wild-life. The Pittman Robertson act which collects taxes on all of our firearms and ammo and distributes those dollars to State DNR s has provided well over 2 BILLION dollars for the support of wild-life. There also comes to mind the anti-hunting experiment involving the Kaibab Range in the early 1900(s) where deer hunting was prohibited and the animals reproduced at a rate that resulted in the deer exceeding the "carrying capacity" of the land. As a result 60,000 deer died a slow lingering death from starvation. Once managed hunting was restored, the number of deer living on the range was reduced to an ecologically sustainable number. Almost 90 years have passed since this experiment in anti -hunting ended. To date the Kaibab Range is home to a healthy deer herd and happy hunters. As a Hunter Education Instructor I explain to students that due to the conservation efforts of Michigan's hunters our deer herd has grown from an estimated 45,000 in 1914 to as high as 2,000,000 in the early 1940(s) and then paired down by hunters following various game management techniques to a sustainable number. Maintaining that number allows Michigan hunters to harvest about 400,000 deer per year without adversely affecting the year over year average of the total deer population. Another hard fact that I share with students is that Mother Nature i.e. hard winters kill more deer via starvation than hunters harvest.

 

[Bruce]

DONE... a few times already and will continue to cast votes as long as possible!!

 

[cpr0312]

DONE... a few times already and will continue to cast votes as long as possible!!

+1 here

 

[Pheroze]

Once again for the good guys

 

[billc]

they are catching up time to vote again so them the power of the hunters

 

[cpr0312]

yeah its gone down from 68% earlier today for us to 57% for us, more votes cast for the good guys

 

[CAustin]

57 to 43 right now we need to get out the vote!

 

[kathy]

Done, thanks for posting. Forrest

 

[David Middleton]

57% for! Would only let one vote good job AH.

 

[Pheroze]

54-46!

 

[vinnymbogo]

I found that by casting a vote....closing down and trying another search engine ...voting again works for me. Then just toggle back and forth between the 2 search engines.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

It was 65-35 yesterday. Looks like the anti's have woke up

 

[huntermn15]

53% to 47% for. Please vote if you haven't!

 

[Hearties]

Vote cast. Didn't read the comments as its a beautiful Sunday morning here in Cape Town and I don't want to ruin the day...