Article doesn't say anything about a rimfire. Just a 22 caliber gun. Might have been an AR or something with FMJs. That is a whole different sort of deal than a 22 LR.
I don’t think he ever said there were no poachers anywhere else, just that more seemed to be whitetail hunters in the south.
Given population densities and their overlap with whitetail herds, I’d tend to agree on sheer numbers. Per capita, not so much.
You are giving podunk county commissioners WAAAY to much credit. I’m guessing they don’t want the fed gov’t around more, just like they said.
And you’re also putting too much faith in democracy.
Maybe Randy can jump in and explain why LCWF money can’t be obtained without local support?
I’d like to see RMEF push this through regardless of what the county wants to do.