Name & fee change coming to NM

[noharleyyet]

Much ado about highest bidder premium hunts regardless of residency....less commodity/mo-money

 

[F250]

To hunt on the local National Wildlife Refuge hunters pay a $10.00 fee. Bird watchers and hikers pay NOTHING.

 

[hank4elk]

20 years and the price goes up $10...................................LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

 

[mrcowboy]

I believe that SB5 is heading to the senate finance committee next.
Write the members of the committee and give them your thoughts on this bill. SFC members are as follows:

Senator	George K. Muñoz	4	D	Chair
Senator	Benny Shendo, Jr.	22	D	Vice Chair
Senator	Craig W. Brandt	40	R	Ranking Member
Senator	Pete Campos	8	D	Member
Senator	Roberto "Bobby" J. Gonzales	6	D	Member
Senator	Steve D. Lanier	2	R	Member
Senator	Michael Padilla	14	D	Member
Senator	Jeff Steinborn	36	D	Member
Senator	Nicole Tobiassen	21	R	Member
Senator	Linda M. Trujillo	24	D	Member
Senator	Pat Woods

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Looks like this bill is pretty close to passing the legislature. I raised my concern with hunters and anglers only holding one seat. Seems the NM wildlife orgs aren’t terribly concerned. Pretty dangerous precedent going forward considering what happened in WA and what’s happening CO. Wildlife For All is headquartered in NM, they will dictate those appointments, no doubt. Could pack the commission with anti-hunting activists to push their agenda.

Disclaimer: Not a NM resident, just a concerned individual who hunts there regularly.

 

[mrcowboy]

Looks like this bill is pretty close to passing the legislature. I raised my concern with hunters and anglers only holding one seat. Seems the NM wildlife orgs aren’t terribly concerned. Pretty dangerous precedent going forward considering what happened in WA and what’s happening CO. Wildlife For All is headquartered in NM, they will dictate those appointments, no doubt. Could pack the commission with anti-hunting activists to push their agenda.

Disclaimer: Not a NM resident, just a concerned individual who hunts there regularly.

I guess that I was going to reply to bayoublaster7527 but didn't compose anything. Not certain why LOL. Probably agreeing with the possibility of anti hunting commission.

 

[hank4elk]

NMWF is big sponsor along with Audabon folks. BHA?

Highlight from them is a hunter/fisherman on commish 1st time and wanting funding from legislature.

No mention of outdoor user fee or tax on packs ,boots, etc.

Big mistake getting in bed with Audabon. They love the legislature funding and way in to change depts.
This is how CA & CO have been taken over and governed hunting & fishing.

I do like the 6 yr terms.
Fee increases are too low.
Landowners not happy but I think that is the open waters deal and trespassers.

I do not want the legislative funding. I want a outdoors user fee or tax.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

NMWF is big sponsor along with Audabon folks. BHA?

Highlight from them is a hunter/fisherman on commish 1st time and wanting funding from legislature.

No mention of outdoor user fee or tax on packs ,boots, etc.

Big mistake getting in bed with Audabon. They love the legislature funding and way in to change depts.
This is how CA & CO have been taken over and governed hunting & fishing.

I do like the 6 yr terms.
Fee increases are too low.
Landowners not happy but I think that is the open waters deal and trespassers.

I do not want the legislative funding. I want an outdoors user fee or tax.

Yeah, it was my understanding NMWF wrote the bill basically along with Audubon, WFA, etc. They aren’t concerned about only one hunter or angler seat on commission. Even hosted Kevin Bixby of WFA at a recent event, where Bixby used his platform to take a dig at Randy Newberg. Anti’s will claim this as a huge victory in reimagining wildlife management and replacing the NAM with “coexistence” and “mutualism”. I’d say mountain lion and black bear hunting is done in NM. That’s where they will start.

 

[mrcowboy]

Yeah, it was my understanding NMWF wrote the bill basically along with Audubon, WFA, etc. They aren’t concerned about only one hunter or angler seat on commission. Even hosted Kevin Bixby of WFA at a recent event, where Bixby used his platform to take a dig at Randy Newberg. Anti’s will claim this as a huge victory in reimagining wildlife management and replacing the NAM with “coexistence” and “mutualism”. I’d say mountain lion and black bear hunting is done in NM. That’s where they will start.

Yeah agree with you. WFA believes that wildlife management should be democratic (ballot biology). Wild life management should be based off of sound science. Do we vote to determine what the acceleration due to gravity is? 9.82 m/s^2. No. Perhaps we should determine all our scientific constants this way.

 

[Valley1320]

Yeah, it was my understanding NMWF wrote the bill basically along with Audubon, WFA, etc. They aren’t concerned about only one hunter or angler seat on commission. Even hosted Kevin Bixby of WFA at a recent event, where Bixby used his platform to take a dig at Randy Newberg. Anti’s will claim this as a huge victory in reimagining wildlife management and replacing the NAM with “coexistence” and “mutualism”. I’d say mountain lion and black bear hunting is done in NM. That’s where they will start.

And what's crazy is the amount of hunters especially outfitters going along with this thing and sayings its good

 

[mrcowboy]

And what's crazy is the amount of hunters especially outfitters going along with this thing and sayings its good

I keeping wondering what deal was cut with Kerrie Romero Cox (NM guides and outfitters) and the SB5 coalition? To keep status quo on outfitter tag pools and E plus vouchers for large land owner/outfitters?
That being said the fee adjustments in my opinion were over due. Some good and some bad in this bill. I feel we will regret the allegiances formed in crafting this bill. We better have our act together when they target predator hunting. It's going to happen.

 

[mrcowboy]

Just go to the WFA website. Check out their agenda.

Arizonans Rally Against Hounding—and HB 2552 | Wildlife for All

More than 50 Arizonans rally against hounding in a webinar to support a rulemaking petition to end hound hunting of wildlife in the state.

wildlifeforall.us

Not too happy with NM wildlife Federation at this point. Strange bed fellows the anti's

 

[bayoublaster7527]

What is odd to me was when they were looking to decrease landowner and non-resident tags, there were all these NM hunting org reps on HuntTalk posting long threads making their case. Now that they will be on the wrong end of a 6-1 wildlife commission voting bloc against WFA, not a word…..crickets.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Just go to the WFA website. Check out their agenda.

Arizonans Rally Against Hounding—and HB 2552 | Wildlife for All

More than 50 Arizonans rally against hounding in a webinar to support a rulemaking petition to end hound hunting of wildlife in the state.

wildlifeforall.us

Not too happy with NM wildlife Federation at this point. Strange bed fellows the anti's

Absolutely. Coming to NM shortly. And with only one hunter/angler seat on the 7-seat commission, you’re toast.

 

[Valley1320]

I keeping wondering what deal was cut with Kerrie Romero Cox (NM guides and outfitters) and the SB5 coalition? To keep status quo on outfitter tag pools and E plus vouchers for large land owner/outfitters?
That being said the fee adjustments in my opinion were over due. Some good and some bad in this bill. I feel we will regret the allegiances formed in crafting this bill. We better have our act together when they target predator hunting. It's going to happen.

Gonna make us all poachers