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Posted by bushrat on Mar 02 2006
Mike,
Not sure why you are saying I haven't responded to your post about the Advisory Committees. I had asked you this: "I often see proposals from ACs to curtail non-local hunting, non-res hunting, restrict atvs and aircraft, even close river corridors to hunting except for those who live in the area. Since you mostly espouse equal hunting opportunity for all, regardless of where a hunter lives and how they access the hunting grounds, do you support these type of proposals?"
And you neglected to answer. I was waiting for a reply.
You can't have it both ways, you can't keep telling people on this forum you support equal hunting opportunity for all yet practice just the opposite approach in your role on your local AC. You just said that the moose population was down in your unit and that was why there is local rural preference for the taking of moose. Yet not too long ago you said this:
"I live in a town with 3 dead end roads. Each road is 80 miles long. I can stop just about anywhere on that road and dump off a 4 wheeler and go........well, at least if a river, mountain, heavy brush, ditch, swamp, or some other natural obstacle doesn't stop me. There are no regs currently preventing me, and 3000 or so other people from using off road vehicles here. Nobody even gives a concern about the anadromous fish worry. Despite this access, hunting is pretty good here. We have a good F&G advisory committee, capable bio's, decent law enforcement. We even have evidence that our moose population is OVER ABUNDANT, tho it has come down from the early 90s. Plenty of griz to hunt, bou come around periodically..........and, AND, you can stop just about anywhere around here, look around, and our country is SCENIC. Very scenic. I would challenge any of you to come out to the Seward Pen. and say otherwise. I don't live in Fbks, or drive the haul road, or hunt over there. You guys can fight and point fingers all you want. I don't care. I can look around where I live, and see that some of you are just jealous the other guy might ruin your little spot. Some of you are just plain selfish!"
So which is it, is the moose population there in Unit 23 "OVER ABUNDANT" or is it "down"? Is your own advisory committee supporting local preference and do you support it as well when moose populations really are low? That's the key question I'd like you to answer, but you seem to be avoiding it. And if you do support local preference when game populations are low, isn't that "just plain selfish"?
Mark
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