It’s very tough reading on HT people who are blatantly against trapping or against the increase in hound hunting opportunity in Montana. Certainly does not help the cause when fellow hunters are opposed.
To a degree yes.
If thats your thoughts, then why fight this?
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Is it not in there already per C-41?In the recent legislative session in Montana, it was attempted to put the right to hunt, fish and trap on the ballot for a constitutional amendment.
HB 372 Right to Hunt, Fish and Trap
I've seen this floating around on social media quite a bit and was just wondering if anyone else has heard anything. Does this just add trapping to the constitution since the right to hunting and fishing are already there (it think)? I'm still trying to figure out the interpretation of this...
It didn't make it, but I'd expect it to be back in a year. It used the language, "current means and methods", and I heard a lot of assertions about what this could potentially mean. Lawyers use language down the line to support things one may not like. I asked a lot of questions about it that I couldn't get clear answers to, which personally made me uncertain about it.
One can hunt and trap and support it as I do. I think one could support hound hunting as I do, and yet be perfectly valid and sound in a position of not wanting to increase hound hunting opportunity in Montana. I suppose there's a lotta nuance in it.
I hope Colorado keeps their cat hunting.
Sadly, in your state its likely to only get worse with the uphill battle getting steeper as the urban populations there continue to skyrocket. I'm rooting for you guys and have tried to help where I could.
When we were dealing with an attack on hound hunting in Idaho, I was pretty active. My comments were read at the Boise commissioner meeting (although not heeded), I was vocal in meetings, and when I felt the hound community was doing an inadequate job of getting the information to the general public (who I thought could be valuable allies) I wrote the attached press release and sent it to media all over the state. It was followed with several interviews and articles (some of the links are below) which would not have happened had I not taken action. I probably did more to bring the lunacy of the IDFG proposals to the public than perhaps anyone else in my state. Non-hunters often agreed with me, but our battle was against deer hunters...and we lost. I can't do every state though, as much as I wish I could.Well, given your apparent lack of knowledge about the effort Colorado sportsmen are giving to fight this attempt to ban cat hunting, I think your blanket statement is BS. What are you doing for Colorado? If you'd like to do something from Idaho, here's a link where you can put your money where your mouth is.
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In my experience, almost every hound hunter I know has trapped, and probably 1/4 to 1/3 actively trap regularly.
When we were dealing with an attack on hound hunting in Idaho, I was pretty active. My comments were read at the Boise commissioner meeting (although not heeded), I was vocal in meetings, and when I felt the hound community was doing an inadequate job of getting the information to the general public (who I thought could be valuable allies) I wrote the attached press release and sent it to media all over the state. It was followed with several interviews and articles (some of the links are below) which would not have happened had I not taken action. I probably did more to bring the lunacy of the IDFG proposals to the public than perhaps anyone else in my state. Non-hunters often agreed with me, but our battle was against deer hunters...and we lost. I can't do every state though, as much as I wish I could.
Lion kill in my region went from 22 females and perhaps that many males on a normal year to about 140 lions last year if I recall.
Anyway, do whatever you want for your state. It sounds like you are plenty happy with the participation of hunters in defending hound hunting. Great to hear.
My suspicion from past experiences that I've either been involved in, or watched from afar, is that the majority of hunters do not care about speaking up for hound hunting because they don't personally participate. If you think that assumption is BS, that's fine. I disagree.
Interestingly, this new Colorado proposal is even more dangerous than the initial. First it was "stop hunting cats," and now it has morphed to, "stop trophy hunting, and we will start with cats."
And thank God those geniuses included the lynx, because it is not like those already have federal protection...
Idaho houndsmen say Fish and Game has declared war on mountain lions with plan to eliminate quotas statewide
A group of Southeast Idaho houndsmen are upset with a proposal from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to remove all statewide mountain lion harvest quotas, saying the plan
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Seemed the insulation from Oak was that my opinion is trash and I don't do anything to back up my stances.
I appreciated that. Thank you.
