Can you possibly imagine a super predator much like the black plague in the 13th century going through your home state and wiping out nearly all of your big game animals within only a few years time? Well it is happening right now in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. And will absolutely happen to the surrounding states and all states if sportsmen sit back, remain idle and do nothing to fight the animal rights groups and the wolves they reintroduced back into the wild.
There are anti-hunting groups right now that are trying their damndest to reintroduce wolves into all of the lower 48 states. Their argument is that wolves were here first and so they should be allowed to roam free and kill at will. Well in our opinion humans were here first and its up to us to control the wildlife populations not a super predator (killer) that will wipe out every big game animal in its path if given the chance. Wolves have no sense at all of wildlife population control. There wolves right now in Montana and Yellowstone that are dying of starvation because they wiped out all of their food source.
The elk and deer that are roaming the mountains in America right now have never seen or dealt with a super predator like this and that makes them very easy targets. It was a very bad idea to reintroduce wolves back into Yellowstone and an even worse idea to want to reintroduce them back into the lower 48 states. We at Hunters Against PETA have made this serious wolf problem our crusade and personal fight and will keep fighting this threat until we win.
If wolves spread throughout all the lower 48 states our big game will disappear and our hunting rights and hunting period will disappear.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Update Regarding Our Wilderness
This article was pulled directly from MSNBC.com
DENVER — The Obama administration on Thursday undid a Bush-era policy that curbed some types of wilderness designations within the 245 million acres managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management.
While Congress remains the only body allowed to create “Wilderness Areas,” the move gives BLM field managers the go ahead to protect areas determined to have “wilderness characteristics.”
“I am proud to sign a secretarial order that restores protections for the wild lands that the Bureau of Land Management oversees on behalf of the American people,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in Denver, where he announced the shift.
Congressional Republicans pounced on the announcement as an attempt by the Obama administration to close land to development without congressional approval.
“This backdoor approach is intended to circumvent both the people who will be directly affected and Congress. I have to question why this announcement is being made only after Congress adjourned for the year,” said Washington state Rep. Doc Hastings, a Republican tapped to lead to the House Natural Resources Committee when the GOP takes control of the House in January.
The order essentially repeals a policy adopted in 2003 under then Interior Secretary Gale Norton. That policy stated that Interior could not designate some wilderness protections on its own and had to rely only on Congress for any designations.
The 2003 policy reflected an out-of-court deal struck between Norton and then-Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt to remove protections for some 2.6 million acres of federal land in Utah.
The policy allowed oil and gas drilling, mining and other commercial uses on land under consideration as wilderness areas.
The new policy creates a management category called “Wild Lands”.
The Interior Department said that “‘Wild Lands,’ which will be designated through a public process, will be managed to protect wilderness characteristics unless or until such time as a new public planning process modifies the designation.
“Because the ‘Wild Lands’ designation can be made and later modified through a public administrative process, it differs from ‘Wilderness Areas,’ which are designated by Congress and cannot be modified except by legislation, and ‘Wilderness Study Areas,’ which BLM typically must manage to protect wilderness characteristics until Congress determines whether to permanently protect them as Wilderness Areas or modify their management.”
BLM Director Bob Abbey said it hasn’t been decided how many acres are expected be designated as “Wild Lands” and whether those acres will be off-limits to motorized recreation or commercial development while under congressional review. It’s also unclear whether there will be a time limit on how long acres can be managed as “Wild Lands” before a decision is made on their future.
Salazar said the agency will also resume evaluating federal BLM lands that could be recommended to Congress for designation as wilderness areas.
The BLM has six months to submit a plan for new wilderness evaluations, Salazar said.
Ranchers, oil men and others have been suspicious of federal plans to lock up land in the West, worrying that taking the BLM land out of production would kill rural economies that rely on ranchers and the eastern Montana oil and gas business.
Their suspicions have been heightened since memos leaked in February revealed the Obama administration was considering 14 sites in nine states for possible presidential monument declarations.
That included 2.5 million acres of northeastern Montana prairie land proposed as a possible bison range, along with sites in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington.
Environmental groups praised the reversal, though there has been grumbling that it took the Obama administration nearly two years to overturn the Bush-era policy.
“Washington D.C. always takes longer than you want, but we’re glad we’ve gotten here,” said Suzanne Jones, regional director for The Wilderness Society.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
DENVER — The Obama administration on Thursday undid a Bush-era policy that curbed some types of wilderness designations within the 245 million acres managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management.
While Congress remains the only body allowed to create “Wilderness Areas,” the move gives BLM field managers the go ahead to protect areas determined to have “wilderness characteristics.”
“I am proud to sign a secretarial order that restores protections for the wild lands that the Bureau of Land Management oversees on behalf of the American people,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in Denver, where he announced the shift.
Congressional Republicans pounced on the announcement as an attempt by the Obama administration to close land to development without congressional approval.
“This backdoor approach is intended to circumvent both the people who will be directly affected and Congress. I have to question why this announcement is being made only after Congress adjourned for the year,” said Washington state Rep. Doc Hastings, a Republican tapped to lead to the House Natural Resources Committee when the GOP takes control of the House in January.
The order essentially repeals a policy adopted in 2003 under then Interior Secretary Gale Norton. That policy stated that Interior could not designate some wilderness protections on its own and had to rely only on Congress for any designations.
The 2003 policy reflected an out-of-court deal struck between Norton and then-Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt to remove protections for some 2.6 million acres of federal land in Utah.
The policy allowed oil and gas drilling, mining and other commercial uses on land under consideration as wilderness areas.
The new policy creates a management category called “Wild Lands”.
The Interior Department said that “‘Wild Lands,’ which will be designated through a public process, will be managed to protect wilderness characteristics unless or until such time as a new public planning process modifies the designation.
“Because the ‘Wild Lands’ designation can be made and later modified through a public administrative process, it differs from ‘Wilderness Areas,’ which are designated by Congress and cannot be modified except by legislation, and ‘Wilderness Study Areas,’ which BLM typically must manage to protect wilderness characteristics until Congress determines whether to permanently protect them as Wilderness Areas or modify their management.”
BLM Director Bob Abbey said it hasn’t been decided how many acres are expected be designated as “Wild Lands” and whether those acres will be off-limits to motorized recreation or commercial development while under congressional review. It’s also unclear whether there will be a time limit on how long acres can be managed as “Wild Lands” before a decision is made on their future.
Salazar said the agency will also resume evaluating federal BLM lands that could be recommended to Congress for designation as wilderness areas.
The BLM has six months to submit a plan for new wilderness evaluations, Salazar said.
Ranchers, oil men and others have been suspicious of federal plans to lock up land in the West, worrying that taking the BLM land out of production would kill rural economies that rely on ranchers and the eastern Montana oil and gas business.
Their suspicions have been heightened since memos leaked in February revealed the Obama administration was considering 14 sites in nine states for possible presidential monument declarations.
That included 2.5 million acres of northeastern Montana prairie land proposed as a possible bison range, along with sites in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington.
Environmental groups praised the reversal, though there has been grumbling that it took the Obama administration nearly two years to overturn the Bush-era policy.
“Washington D.C. always takes longer than you want, but we’re glad we’ve gotten here,” said Suzanne Jones, regional director for The Wilderness Society.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Group Pushing for Wolves to be Put Back into all lower 48 States
This article was pulled directly from ‘Heraldextra.com’
BILLINGS, Mont. — Environmentalists said Tuesday they intend to sue the Obama administration to force it to restore gray wolves across the lower 48 states — even as Republicans in Congress sought unsuccessfully to strip the animals of protection.
The Center for Biological Diversity said in a formal notice to the Interior Department that it will sue the agency in 60 days unless the government crafts a plan to bring back wolves throughout their historical range.
“Wolves once roamed nearly the whole country and down into Mexico, but at this point there just in a fraction of that range,” said Noah Greenwald, director of endangered species for the Center for Biological Diversity.
About 6,000 wolves live in the lower 48 states. They are protected from hunting except in Alaska.
Biologists for the Arizona-based group argue there is enough wild habitat to support thousands of wolves in New England and New York, the southern Rocky Mountains, parts of Colorado and the Cascade Range of Oregon and Washington.
But prospects for new wolf packs in other parts of the country are uncertain at best, given how polarized the debate over wolves has become in recent months.
Like the Bush administration, the Obama administration has pushed to end federal protections for wolves and turn control over the animals over to states. Lawmakers from states where wolves already roam say there are too many of the predators.
On Tuesday, Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, tried to force a full Senate vote on a bill to strip wolves nationwide of federal protections.
The measure was backed by Republicans in Wyoming and Utah, but failed in the face of Democratic objections.
Wolves were poisoned and trapped to near-extermination in the United States in the last century. They have bounced back in some wilderness areas over the last few decades, in part through government-sponsored reintroduction programs.
Crapo said the growing population of wolves in the Northern Rockies — more than 1,700 at the end of 2009 — was harming big game herds and domestic livestock.
“The longer we wait to resolve this issue, the more difficult it’s going to be,” he said.
But Sen. Benjamin Cardin, a Maryland Democrat, said the Republican bill would undermine the Endangered Species Act. He criticized what he called an attempt “to solve politically what should be done by good science.”
Cardin suggested he would support a compromise pushed by Montana lawmakers and the administration that would limit the scope of the bill to include only wolves in the Northern Rockies.
Crapo said that proposal was unacceptable because it would have forced Idaho to change the way it manages the animals.
Public hunts for wolves were allowed briefly in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming in recent years. Those were halted after the federal government was rebuffed by the courts in several attempts to take the animal off the endangered list.
Judges have ruled that the government has not proved existing wolf numbers would ensure the population’s long-term survival.
Wolves are notorious predators. Experts say they could survive in most of the country if they were allowed. But a hunger for livestock often gets the animals into trouble, particularly in the Northern Rockies where ranches and wolf territories often overlap.
Young adult wolves sometimes travel hundreds of miles when looking to establish a new territory. In the last several years, packs have gained a toehold in parts of Oregon and Washington. Others have been spotted in Colorado, Utah and northern New England.
“We’ve learned from where wolves have been reintroduced that they have a tremendous benefit,” Greenwald, of the Center for Biological Diversity, said. “They force elk to move around more, which allows riparian vegetation to come back and increases songbirds, and they control coyote populations.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently analyzing research into wolf genetics to see how populations in different parts of the country relate to one another.
Agency spokesman Chris Tollefson on Tuesday said the effort is not part of a nationwide recovery plan, but declined to say if it could be used for such an effort in the future.
He said results of the agency’s work are expected in early 2011.
“It’s designed to establish the best scientific foundation to make future management decisions about wolves. That’s about all I can say about it at this point,” Tollefson said.
We will fight this and do whatever it takes to stop wolves from being reintroduced back into the 48. – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
BILLINGS, Mont. — Environmentalists said Tuesday they intend to sue the Obama administration to force it to restore gray wolves across the lower 48 states — even as Republicans in Congress sought unsuccessfully to strip the animals of protection.
The Center for Biological Diversity said in a formal notice to the Interior Department that it will sue the agency in 60 days unless the government crafts a plan to bring back wolves throughout their historical range.
“Wolves once roamed nearly the whole country and down into Mexico, but at this point there just in a fraction of that range,” said Noah Greenwald, director of endangered species for the Center for Biological Diversity.
About 6,000 wolves live in the lower 48 states. They are protected from hunting except in Alaska.
Biologists for the Arizona-based group argue there is enough wild habitat to support thousands of wolves in New England and New York, the southern Rocky Mountains, parts of Colorado and the Cascade Range of Oregon and Washington.
But prospects for new wolf packs in other parts of the country are uncertain at best, given how polarized the debate over wolves has become in recent months.
Like the Bush administration, the Obama administration has pushed to end federal protections for wolves and turn control over the animals over to states. Lawmakers from states where wolves already roam say there are too many of the predators.
On Tuesday, Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, tried to force a full Senate vote on a bill to strip wolves nationwide of federal protections.
The measure was backed by Republicans in Wyoming and Utah, but failed in the face of Democratic objections.
Wolves were poisoned and trapped to near-extermination in the United States in the last century. They have bounced back in some wilderness areas over the last few decades, in part through government-sponsored reintroduction programs.
Crapo said the growing population of wolves in the Northern Rockies — more than 1,700 at the end of 2009 — was harming big game herds and domestic livestock.
“The longer we wait to resolve this issue, the more difficult it’s going to be,” he said.
But Sen. Benjamin Cardin, a Maryland Democrat, said the Republican bill would undermine the Endangered Species Act. He criticized what he called an attempt “to solve politically what should be done by good science.”
Cardin suggested he would support a compromise pushed by Montana lawmakers and the administration that would limit the scope of the bill to include only wolves in the Northern Rockies.
Crapo said that proposal was unacceptable because it would have forced Idaho to change the way it manages the animals.
Public hunts for wolves were allowed briefly in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming in recent years. Those were halted after the federal government was rebuffed by the courts in several attempts to take the animal off the endangered list.
Judges have ruled that the government has not proved existing wolf numbers would ensure the population’s long-term survival.
Wolves are notorious predators. Experts say they could survive in most of the country if they were allowed. But a hunger for livestock often gets the animals into trouble, particularly in the Northern Rockies where ranches and wolf territories often overlap.
Young adult wolves sometimes travel hundreds of miles when looking to establish a new territory. In the last several years, packs have gained a toehold in parts of Oregon and Washington. Others have been spotted in Colorado, Utah and northern New England.
“We’ve learned from where wolves have been reintroduced that they have a tremendous benefit,” Greenwald, of the Center for Biological Diversity, said. “They force elk to move around more, which allows riparian vegetation to come back and increases songbirds, and they control coyote populations.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently analyzing research into wolf genetics to see how populations in different parts of the country relate to one another.
Agency spokesman Chris Tollefson on Tuesday said the effort is not part of a nationwide recovery plan, but declined to say if it could be used for such an effort in the future.
He said results of the agency’s work are expected in early 2011.
“It’s designed to establish the best scientific foundation to make future management decisions about wolves. That’s about all I can say about it at this point,” Tollefson said.
We will fight this and do whatever it takes to stop wolves from being reintroduced back into the 48. – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
New Mexican Wolf Dies
This article was pulled directly from NewsWest9.com
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a Mexican gray wolf found dead in southwestern New Mexico in October probably died of an intestinal rupture.
A preliminary report says the female wolf from the Morgart pack ingested a plastic ear tag commonly used on domestic cattle and that a rupture in the small intestines likely killed the animal.
An analysis found no sign of cattle hair in the wolf’s digestive tract, and officials had no reports of wolf-related cattle depredations in the area.
Fish and Wildlife law enforcement says the wolf’s death appears to be accidental.
The agency wasn’t able to determine how the animal swallowed an ear tag.
The federal government began releasing wolves in 1998 along the Arizona-New Mexico border in an effort to establish a wild population.
We wonder where the cow is that was wearing that plastic ear tag? – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a Mexican gray wolf found dead in southwestern New Mexico in October probably died of an intestinal rupture.
A preliminary report says the female wolf from the Morgart pack ingested a plastic ear tag commonly used on domestic cattle and that a rupture in the small intestines likely killed the animal.
An analysis found no sign of cattle hair in the wolf’s digestive tract, and officials had no reports of wolf-related cattle depredations in the area.
Fish and Wildlife law enforcement says the wolf’s death appears to be accidental.
The agency wasn’t able to determine how the animal swallowed an ear tag.
The federal government began releasing wolves in 1998 along the Arizona-New Mexico border in an effort to establish a wild population.
We wonder where the cow is that was wearing that plastic ear tag? – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Monday, November 29, 2010
The HSUS gets support from Pepsi
The HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) which happens to be the largest anti-hunting organization in the world is very close to receiving a $250,000 dollar grant from Pepsi.
Pepsi will give $250,000 to the top two vote getters in an online grant program it developed to provide funding to a variety of different projects. Currently, the HSUS is leading the race.
This program is called the ”Pepsi Refresh Program” and was started in January, 2010. Here’s the rules: “an online grant program which makes available millions of dollars to be granted to projects which are intended to improve communities through an online, democratic voting process…”
“Basically is states that up to 1,000 ideas can be submitted each month by individuals, companies and non-profit organizations. Thirty two of those ideas will be approved for funding based upon the number of votes received from registered online users. Of those thirty two; two will receive $250,000 and ten each will receive grants of $5 thousand, $25 thousand, or $50 thousand.”
“The Pepsi Refresh Program rules state that no proposal seeking funding can involve lobbying for the changing of laws.” The HSUS’s proposal that is leading in the current round of voting claims its goal is to “rescue animals who are suffering from extreme neglect.”
However the HSUS can do whatever they like with the grant money if they win, consequently putting more money in their pocket to further fight our hunting rights.
All sportsmen please take action and let Pepsi know that you’re displeased with them supporting the HSUS.
•Register at the Pepsi Refresh Program website, www.refresheverything.com and vote for a more worthy proposal.
•Contact Pepsi through their consumer phone number, 1-800-433-2652 or Click here to send an e-mail by picking “Question or comment about the Pepsi Refresh Project” from the drop down menu. Please ask Pepsi Co. not to support the HSUS. Explain that HSUS is the number one anti-hunting organization in the United States and has opposed sportsmen on many issues for years.
We at Hunters Against PETA are currently putting together a letter that we will send to Pepsi telling them the truth about the HSUS and our disapproval of them supporting the HSUS.
Other great groups such as the USSA and the Animal Agriculture Alliance have sent letters expressing their disapproval and we encourage all sportsmen to follow suit. – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Pepsi will give $250,000 to the top two vote getters in an online grant program it developed to provide funding to a variety of different projects. Currently, the HSUS is leading the race.
This program is called the ”Pepsi Refresh Program” and was started in January, 2010. Here’s the rules: “an online grant program which makes available millions of dollars to be granted to projects which are intended to improve communities through an online, democratic voting process…”
“Basically is states that up to 1,000 ideas can be submitted each month by individuals, companies and non-profit organizations. Thirty two of those ideas will be approved for funding based upon the number of votes received from registered online users. Of those thirty two; two will receive $250,000 and ten each will receive grants of $5 thousand, $25 thousand, or $50 thousand.”
“The Pepsi Refresh Program rules state that no proposal seeking funding can involve lobbying for the changing of laws.” The HSUS’s proposal that is leading in the current round of voting claims its goal is to “rescue animals who are suffering from extreme neglect.”
However the HSUS can do whatever they like with the grant money if they win, consequently putting more money in their pocket to further fight our hunting rights.
All sportsmen please take action and let Pepsi know that you’re displeased with them supporting the HSUS.
•Register at the Pepsi Refresh Program website, www.refresheverything.com and vote for a more worthy proposal.
•Contact Pepsi through their consumer phone number, 1-800-433-2652 or Click here to send an e-mail by picking “Question or comment about the Pepsi Refresh Project” from the drop down menu. Please ask Pepsi Co. not to support the HSUS. Explain that HSUS is the number one anti-hunting organization in the United States and has opposed sportsmen on many issues for years.
We at Hunters Against PETA are currently putting together a letter that we will send to Pepsi telling them the truth about the HSUS and our disapproval of them supporting the HSUS.
Other great groups such as the USSA and the Animal Agriculture Alliance have sent letters expressing their disapproval and we encourage all sportsmen to follow suit. – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Wolf News from Wyoming
Wyoming Wolf Coalition News Release–November 18, 2010
U.S. District Judge Johnson: USFWS rejection of Wyoming Wolf Management plan was arbitrary and capricious.
CHEYENNE, Nov. 18, 2010–In a Nov. 18, 2010 ruling, United States District Judge Alan Johnson ruled that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) rejection of the Wyoming Wolf Management plan was arbitrary and capricious. The court remanded the issue back to the USFWS to fix.
“We are pleased with the decision,” Harriet Hageman, attorney for the Wyoming Wolf Coalition, stated. “We have felt all along the USFWS actions weren’t based on science.”
The Wyoming Wolf Coalition is a petitioner-intervenor in the case of the State of Wyoming v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
“The deal from the beginning was that the gray wolf would be introduced into and managed in the Yellowstone area,” Hageman continued. “The FWS rejection of the Wyoming Wolf Management plan was an effort to force Wyoming to adopt a management plan that ensures that the wolves move throughout the State. That is directly contrary to everything that the FWS told us when they brought the wolves into Yellowstone.”
Judge Johnson wrote in his ruling: “There is no scientific or commercial data that suggest the state’s dual classification of wolves, in and of itself, cannot meet, accomplish, and maintain the identified recovery goals in the GYA, including northwestern Wyoming.”
He continued in his writing: “….the agency’s requirement that the trophy game management area, rather than that portion of northwestern Wyoming (including the GYA recovery area) necessary to facilitate movement and ensure dispersal of wolves so as to preserve genetic connectivity and to ensure that self sustaining populations will be maintained above recovery goals, is arbitrary and capricious and should be set aside.”
In the order Judge Johnson remanded the matter back to the USFWS saying the agency should determine: “…whether the proposed regulatory framework ensures the conservation and protection of gray wolves in an approved trophy game area in northwestern Wyoming as required by the Endangered Species Act, and to analyze in this context the defense of property and wolf depredation laws in considering whether the management plan is an adequate regulatory mechanism.”
It is now up to the USFWS to determine if they will appeal the decision. If they appeal, the case would go before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
In 2004, 27 different associations, including agriculture, wildlife interests and county government joined together to form the “Wolf Coalition.”
“Wildlife interests, county governments and agriculture have come together recognizing the need to protect livestock and the depleted wildlife populations,” Hageman stated. “This broad diversity of organizations shows the significant impacts wolf introduction is having on Wyoming citizens.”
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
U.S. District Judge Johnson: USFWS rejection of Wyoming Wolf Management plan was arbitrary and capricious.
CHEYENNE, Nov. 18, 2010–In a Nov. 18, 2010 ruling, United States District Judge Alan Johnson ruled that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) rejection of the Wyoming Wolf Management plan was arbitrary and capricious. The court remanded the issue back to the USFWS to fix.
“We are pleased with the decision,” Harriet Hageman, attorney for the Wyoming Wolf Coalition, stated. “We have felt all along the USFWS actions weren’t based on science.”
The Wyoming Wolf Coalition is a petitioner-intervenor in the case of the State of Wyoming v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
“The deal from the beginning was that the gray wolf would be introduced into and managed in the Yellowstone area,” Hageman continued. “The FWS rejection of the Wyoming Wolf Management plan was an effort to force Wyoming to adopt a management plan that ensures that the wolves move throughout the State. That is directly contrary to everything that the FWS told us when they brought the wolves into Yellowstone.”
Judge Johnson wrote in his ruling: “There is no scientific or commercial data that suggest the state’s dual classification of wolves, in and of itself, cannot meet, accomplish, and maintain the identified recovery goals in the GYA, including northwestern Wyoming.”
He continued in his writing: “….the agency’s requirement that the trophy game management area, rather than that portion of northwestern Wyoming (including the GYA recovery area) necessary to facilitate movement and ensure dispersal of wolves so as to preserve genetic connectivity and to ensure that self sustaining populations will be maintained above recovery goals, is arbitrary and capricious and should be set aside.”
In the order Judge Johnson remanded the matter back to the USFWS saying the agency should determine: “…whether the proposed regulatory framework ensures the conservation and protection of gray wolves in an approved trophy game area in northwestern Wyoming as required by the Endangered Species Act, and to analyze in this context the defense of property and wolf depredation laws in considering whether the management plan is an adequate regulatory mechanism.”
It is now up to the USFWS to determine if they will appeal the decision. If they appeal, the case would go before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
In 2004, 27 different associations, including agriculture, wildlife interests and county government joined together to form the “Wolf Coalition.”
“Wildlife interests, county governments and agriculture have come together recognizing the need to protect livestock and the depleted wildlife populations,” Hageman stated. “This broad diversity of organizations shows the significant impacts wolf introduction is having on Wyoming citizens.”
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Thursday, November 18, 2010
“Help Us Save the Sheldon Mule Deer, Bighorn Sheep & Antelope Herds”
“The back fence of my 5~Mile Ranch is the Sheldon National Wildlife Range. The Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge is half a million acres of high desert habitat for large wintering herds of pronghorn antelope, mule deer, scattered bands of bighorn sheep, and a rich assortment of other wildlife.A truly unique high desert with sage brush and mountain mahogany which used to be one of the most superb mule deer and antelope habitats in Nevada or the western U.S. Large groups of deer and antelope could be seen at almost any time and whether you were a hunter, wildlife photographer or just someone that likes to watch wildlife in their natural beautiful habitat the Sheldon was the place to be.
I have run Nevada Trophy Hunts for close to twenty years. I also have a 160 acre ranch that joins the Sheldon and from my point of view it was heaven. Just a few short years ago I would guarantee my clients that every third hunter would get to take or at least have a shot at a 30” plus wide 180 B&C type buck and I had the photos to prove it. Many of you receiving this email have taken those bucks with me in the past. Well, the genetics are still there and with your help we can bring our mule deer back.
A dark cloud has descended on the Sheldon in the form of an out of control feral horse and burro population championed by the liberal California and Colorado Wild Horse lobby the same people that champion and brought you the wolf! The overpopulation of non-native feral horses has an obvious and lasting impact to resources like fisheries, sage-grouse or other non-game species, as well as the large native bighorn sheep, antelope and mule deer. Large grassy riparian areas around the clear flowing springs of the refuge that used to give cover to sage hen are gone. Now these important areas are dusty areas devoid of grass or sage brush and the springs are mud holes. These devastated spring areas are guarded most of the day by aggressive feral horses that not only prevent antelope and bighorn sheep the opportunity to come to water, as I have witnessed, will chase them from water.
There is one hope of saving this wonderful refuge and it is that U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is in the process of drafting a management plan to deal with the Feral Horse & Burro Population among other issues and you are being invited to give your opinion. Only you have the power to make the Sheldon what it was set aside to be, a true wildlife refuge. Only you have the power to remove the destructive non-native species that are there now, feral horses and burros. It will only take a few minutes of your time and with a few clicks of your computer you will be helping to restore one of the greatest mule deer habitats that has ever been from becoming a horse corral.
Be assured the liberal Wild Horse lobby is taking those few minutes to push for no control.
Use this link to take you to the Sheldon webpage.
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/planning/main/docs/NV/docssheldon.htm
then at the left side of this screen click on: Use this link to submit your comments to us electronically link on the left hand side of the page below the antelope photo. Fill out the form info and scroll down to the first set of choices.
~Managing Feral Horses & Burros~
Then check alternative “ 2” = Remove all feral horses and burros within five years
Then in the comment box make a comment:
For example: “Please make the Sheldon a true wildlife refuge as it was set aside to be and take out all feral horses & burros.”
Then click Submit Comments
If you will take the time to do this small thing we may be able to save one of the greatest wildlife areas in the western United States. Then maybe in a few years you or your kids may be lucky enough to hunt one of those thirty inch plus 180B&C mule deer that used to be common on the Sheldon. Like I said the genetics are still there we just need your help.
This is a time sensitive comment period that ends in December so do not put it off. Send this to every hunter you know and we can whip the liberal horse lobby on this one.
Thanks in advance for helping on this very IMPORTANT issue,
Tony Diebold
FiveMileRanch@gbis.com”
This is a cause we want to get behind and support. We’re urging all sportsmen who read this to complete the survey and submit your comments. – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
I have run Nevada Trophy Hunts for close to twenty years. I also have a 160 acre ranch that joins the Sheldon and from my point of view it was heaven. Just a few short years ago I would guarantee my clients that every third hunter would get to take or at least have a shot at a 30” plus wide 180 B&C type buck and I had the photos to prove it. Many of you receiving this email have taken those bucks with me in the past. Well, the genetics are still there and with your help we can bring our mule deer back.
A dark cloud has descended on the Sheldon in the form of an out of control feral horse and burro population championed by the liberal California and Colorado Wild Horse lobby the same people that champion and brought you the wolf! The overpopulation of non-native feral horses has an obvious and lasting impact to resources like fisheries, sage-grouse or other non-game species, as well as the large native bighorn sheep, antelope and mule deer. Large grassy riparian areas around the clear flowing springs of the refuge that used to give cover to sage hen are gone. Now these important areas are dusty areas devoid of grass or sage brush and the springs are mud holes. These devastated spring areas are guarded most of the day by aggressive feral horses that not only prevent antelope and bighorn sheep the opportunity to come to water, as I have witnessed, will chase them from water.
There is one hope of saving this wonderful refuge and it is that U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is in the process of drafting a management plan to deal with the Feral Horse & Burro Population among other issues and you are being invited to give your opinion. Only you have the power to make the Sheldon what it was set aside to be, a true wildlife refuge. Only you have the power to remove the destructive non-native species that are there now, feral horses and burros. It will only take a few minutes of your time and with a few clicks of your computer you will be helping to restore one of the greatest mule deer habitats that has ever been from becoming a horse corral.
Be assured the liberal Wild Horse lobby is taking those few minutes to push for no control.
Use this link to take you to the Sheldon webpage.
http://www.fws.gov/pacific/planning/main/docs/NV/docssheldon.htm
then at the left side of this screen click on: Use this link to submit your comments to us electronically link on the left hand side of the page below the antelope photo. Fill out the form info and scroll down to the first set of choices.
~Managing Feral Horses & Burros~
Then check alternative “ 2” = Remove all feral horses and burros within five years
Then in the comment box make a comment:
For example: “Please make the Sheldon a true wildlife refuge as it was set aside to be and take out all feral horses & burros.”
Then click Submit Comments
If you will take the time to do this small thing we may be able to save one of the greatest wildlife areas in the western United States. Then maybe in a few years you or your kids may be lucky enough to hunt one of those thirty inch plus 180B&C mule deer that used to be common on the Sheldon. Like I said the genetics are still there we just need your help.
This is a time sensitive comment period that ends in December so do not put it off. Send this to every hunter you know and we can whip the liberal horse lobby on this one.
Thanks in advance for helping on this very IMPORTANT issue,
Tony Diebold
FiveMileRanch@gbis.com”
This is a cause we want to get behind and support. We’re urging all sportsmen who read this to complete the survey and submit your comments. – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Monday, November 15, 2010
Thanksgiving Time
Could you possibly imagine having Thanksgiving without any turkey meat? Well that's exactly what the animal groups want and what they're pushing for. Every year around this time the anti's start sending out letters to turkey farmers and grocery stores urging them to stop selling and killing turkeys. Saying it's cruel and unusual to kill and eat so many turkeys.
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I can still remember how excited I would get when I was a kid and Thanksgiving rolled around. My family has had a tradition that's been going on for the last 50+ years. We all get together and play a football game in the morning before dinner and we call it the "Turkey Bowl", do you notice that it's not called the "Soy Bowl" or "Vegetarian Bowl". Eating meat is as natural to man as waking up everyday or the sun rising in the east.
Thanksgiving just wouldn't be Thanksgiving if we didn't consume some delicious turkey meat. As a matter of fact, if I get lucky next year and draw a turkey tag I'll be eating some wild turkey for my next turkey day.
Some of the best turkey I've ever had, was a wild turkey that was deep fried in peanut oil. Peanut oil gives turkey meat some of the flavor I've ever had.
I wish and hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. We must do whatever we can to carry on our American traditions. We must fight to keep our freedoms and rights to carry on our traditions to future generations.
Take care and good hunting.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I can still remember how excited I would get when I was a kid and Thanksgiving rolled around. My family has had a tradition that's been going on for the last 50+ years. We all get together and play a football game in the morning before dinner and we call it the "Turkey Bowl", do you notice that it's not called the "Soy Bowl" or "Vegetarian Bowl". Eating meat is as natural to man as waking up everyday or the sun rising in the east.
Thanksgiving just wouldn't be Thanksgiving if we didn't consume some delicious turkey meat. As a matter of fact, if I get lucky next year and draw a turkey tag I'll be eating some wild turkey for my next turkey day.
Some of the best turkey I've ever had, was a wild turkey that was deep fried in peanut oil. Peanut oil gives turkey meat some of the flavor I've ever had.
I wish and hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. We must do whatever we can to carry on our American traditions. We must fight to keep our freedoms and rights to carry on our traditions to future generations.
Take care and good hunting.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Great Job Sportsmen!
Recently is was announced that the EPA rejected the petition to ban all lead fishing tackle that was being pushed by the animal rights groups. This victory is a huge stepping stone in the right direction to protecting our rights. If sportsmen would've lost this fight, it would've spilled over making it easier to ban lead ammo which animal rights groups are pushing as well right now.
When I read the email that was sent to me stating that sportsmen had won this fight and that over 48,000 sportsmen voiced their opinions of disapproval. I nearly shouted in excitement, it's great to see so many sportsmen stand up and voice their opinions. This goes to show that sportsmen will not just sit back and let their rights get taken away by anti-hunting/fishing - animal rights groups. If they had it their way everyone would be vegetarians/vegans, driving electrical cars and eating soy steaks and soy hot dogs instead of a good ole prime rib beef steak.
This fight has nothing (ZERO) to do with lead fishing tackle or lead ammo. This is 100% about trying to take away our fishing and hunting rights. Animal rights groups do want us to hunt and fish any more and they'll keep pushing their agenda and beliefs onto to us as long as they're in business.
We at Hunters Against PETA want to say thank you and congratulate all those sportsmen who took a stand to fight this. It's only because of you that we were able to win this fight.
Thanks for you support.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
When I read the email that was sent to me stating that sportsmen had won this fight and that over 48,000 sportsmen voiced their opinions of disapproval. I nearly shouted in excitement, it's great to see so many sportsmen stand up and voice their opinions. This goes to show that sportsmen will not just sit back and let their rights get taken away by anti-hunting/fishing - animal rights groups. If they had it their way everyone would be vegetarians/vegans, driving electrical cars and eating soy steaks and soy hot dogs instead of a good ole prime rib beef steak.
This fight has nothing (ZERO) to do with lead fishing tackle or lead ammo. This is 100% about trying to take away our fishing and hunting rights. Animal rights groups do want us to hunt and fish any more and they'll keep pushing their agenda and beliefs onto to us as long as they're in business.
We at Hunters Against PETA want to say thank you and congratulate all those sportsmen who took a stand to fight this. It's only because of you that we were able to win this fight.
Thanks for you support.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Lead Fishing Tackle is Safe
Thanks to your help, on Thursday, November 4, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected the petition to ban lead in all fishing tackle.
The EPA and Members of Congress received more than 43,000 messages from anglers just like you opposing a federal ban on lead in fishing tackle. Your voice was heard and had a direct impact on the EPA’s decision.
Despite the good news, the fight is not over! There is still work to be done and we can’t do it without your help.
Donate now to help KeepAmericaFishing™ keep the EPA out of fishing.
Legislation recently introduced in Congress will ensure future efforts to ban lead in fishing tackle are based on scientific fact, not guess work or unproven claims. If this legislation fails to pass, the costs of sinkers, jigs and other fishing tackle will significantly increase.
Donate now to help KeepAmericaFishing advocate and preserve your right to fish on our public waters.
Your contribution will directly support KeepAmericaFishing’s efforts to keep our nation’s waters open, clean, and abundant with fish now and for generations to come.
Thank you for sharing your voice.
Here’s to tight lines!
Gordon Robertson
KeepAmericaFishing™
This is great news and a victory for all sportsmen across America. It’s great to see sportsmen ban together and fight for something we all love. – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
The EPA and Members of Congress received more than 43,000 messages from anglers just like you opposing a federal ban on lead in fishing tackle. Your voice was heard and had a direct impact on the EPA’s decision.
Despite the good news, the fight is not over! There is still work to be done and we can’t do it without your help.
Donate now to help KeepAmericaFishing™ keep the EPA out of fishing.
Legislation recently introduced in Congress will ensure future efforts to ban lead in fishing tackle are based on scientific fact, not guess work or unproven claims. If this legislation fails to pass, the costs of sinkers, jigs and other fishing tackle will significantly increase.
Donate now to help KeepAmericaFishing advocate and preserve your right to fish on our public waters.
Your contribution will directly support KeepAmericaFishing’s efforts to keep our nation’s waters open, clean, and abundant with fish now and for generations to come.
Thank you for sharing your voice.
Here’s to tight lines!
Gordon Robertson
KeepAmericaFishing™
This is great news and a victory for all sportsmen across America. It’s great to see sportsmen ban together and fight for something we all love. – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Monday, November 8, 2010
Get Your Hunters Against PETA Apparel Now!
We've been around for over a year now and during that time we've received a lot of requests asking us when we'd have hats, shirts and window decals available.
Well they're finally available and we have some great and different options to choose from and just in time for Christmas. Make sure you add HAP apparel to your Christmas list.
Check them out and order yours today. Show that you're proud to be a hunter/sportsmen by sporting HAP apparel around town.
http://www.huntersagainstpeta.com/store
Thanks again for all of your support. We couldn't of made Hunters Against PETA what it is today without everyone's support.
Sincerely.
Jason Fackrell
Founder of Hunters Against PETA
http://www.huntersagainstpeta.com/store
Well they're finally available and we have some great and different options to choose from and just in time for Christmas. Make sure you add HAP apparel to your Christmas list.
Check them out and order yours today. Show that you're proud to be a hunter/sportsmen by sporting HAP apparel around town.
http://www.huntersagainstpeta.com/store
Thanks again for all of your support. We couldn't of made Hunters Against PETA what it is today without everyone's support.
Sincerely.
Jason Fackrell
Founder of Hunters Against PETA
http://www.huntersagainstpeta.com/store
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Montana Letter that Supports the Delisting of Wolves
Monday, October 21, 2010
Dear Montana Congressional Delegation,
We write to express our support for H.R. 6028 sponsored by Congressman Denny Rehberg and Congressman Chet Edwards, to remove wolves from listing under the Endangered Species Act and return wolves to state management. We also support the Senate version of H.R. 6028, S. 3919, sponsored by Senators Hatch, Crapo, Risch, Barrasso and Enzi. We applaud the efforts which have resulted in obtaining broad based bi-partisan support for this important legislation.
The experimental reintroduction and explosive growth of wolf populations across the Northern Rockies and Upper Midwest, and in particular in our own state of Montana has become of great concern to the Montana livestock industry, wildlife organizations and sportsmen’s groups. Wolf populations reached delisting criteria as early as the 1970’s in Minnesota, 1993-1994 in Wisconsin and Michigan and 2002 in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The decisions by both the Bush and Obama administrations to delist wolves have been repeatedly challenged in an ongoing effort to stop any wolf management in the lower 48 states and to undermine state management of its wildlife and grazing resources.
Notwithstanding the best efforts by the state of Montana and the explosion of wolf populations far beyond established delisting numbers, legal and political maneuvering has prevented the promised return of wolves to state wildlife management. Montana is not alone. The states of Idaho, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan are experiencing similar challenges. It has become clear that saturated wolf populations are now doing significant damage not only to wildlife populations in some of our most important wilderness areas, but also threatening the economic health of livestock producers across much of the Northern Rockies. We feel the future of the livestock industry and wildlife populations in Montana depend on the passage of these two important bills.
We join with our counterpart organizations in the states of Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Arizona and New Mexico in support of these bills. We strongly oppose any efforts that would: (1) delist only portions of the United States wolf population; (2) leave the door open to ongoing legal challenges by anti-grazing and anti-hunting groups that could further delay needed wolf control activities; or (3) that would undermine the authority of state fish and game agencies to manage wolves or other wildlife populations.
Given the importance of this legislation to the state of Montana, we urge each of you to dedicate whatever resources are needed to enact this legislation. Additionally, we ask you to apply the political capital with members of Congress across the country to obtain the remaining votes needed for passage of S. 3919 and H.R. 6028. While we understand that Congress has many important matters to address, no legislation is more important to the future of wildlife and livestock in Montana.
Thank you for your leadership on this important management issue.
Sincerely,
Bob Hanson, President
Montana Farm Bureau Federation
Errol Rice
Montana Stockgrowers Association
David L. McEwen
Montana Woolgrowers Association
Alan Merrill, President
Montana Farmers Union
Kim Baker, MCA, President
Montana Cattleman Association
David Allen, CEO
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Marshall Johnson, Regional Director
Mule Deer Foundation-Montana
Bill Merrill, President
Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife and Wildlife-Montana
Jon Wemple
Safari Club International
Western Montana
George Cobb, Regional Representative
Safari Club International-Montana
We fully support this letter and encourage other sportsmen/hunters to do the same – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Dear Montana Congressional Delegation,
We write to express our support for H.R. 6028 sponsored by Congressman Denny Rehberg and Congressman Chet Edwards, to remove wolves from listing under the Endangered Species Act and return wolves to state management. We also support the Senate version of H.R. 6028, S. 3919, sponsored by Senators Hatch, Crapo, Risch, Barrasso and Enzi. We applaud the efforts which have resulted in obtaining broad based bi-partisan support for this important legislation.
The experimental reintroduction and explosive growth of wolf populations across the Northern Rockies and Upper Midwest, and in particular in our own state of Montana has become of great concern to the Montana livestock industry, wildlife organizations and sportsmen’s groups. Wolf populations reached delisting criteria as early as the 1970’s in Minnesota, 1993-1994 in Wisconsin and Michigan and 2002 in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The decisions by both the Bush and Obama administrations to delist wolves have been repeatedly challenged in an ongoing effort to stop any wolf management in the lower 48 states and to undermine state management of its wildlife and grazing resources.
Notwithstanding the best efforts by the state of Montana and the explosion of wolf populations far beyond established delisting numbers, legal and political maneuvering has prevented the promised return of wolves to state wildlife management. Montana is not alone. The states of Idaho, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan are experiencing similar challenges. It has become clear that saturated wolf populations are now doing significant damage not only to wildlife populations in some of our most important wilderness areas, but also threatening the economic health of livestock producers across much of the Northern Rockies. We feel the future of the livestock industry and wildlife populations in Montana depend on the passage of these two important bills.
We join with our counterpart organizations in the states of Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Arizona and New Mexico in support of these bills. We strongly oppose any efforts that would: (1) delist only portions of the United States wolf population; (2) leave the door open to ongoing legal challenges by anti-grazing and anti-hunting groups that could further delay needed wolf control activities; or (3) that would undermine the authority of state fish and game agencies to manage wolves or other wildlife populations.
Given the importance of this legislation to the state of Montana, we urge each of you to dedicate whatever resources are needed to enact this legislation. Additionally, we ask you to apply the political capital with members of Congress across the country to obtain the remaining votes needed for passage of S. 3919 and H.R. 6028. While we understand that Congress has many important matters to address, no legislation is more important to the future of wildlife and livestock in Montana.
Thank you for your leadership on this important management issue.
Sincerely,
Bob Hanson, President
Montana Farm Bureau Federation
Errol Rice
Montana Stockgrowers Association
David L. McEwen
Montana Woolgrowers Association
Alan Merrill, President
Montana Farmers Union
Kim Baker, MCA, President
Montana Cattleman Association
David Allen, CEO
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Marshall Johnson, Regional Director
Mule Deer Foundation-Montana
Bill Merrill, President
Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife and Wildlife-Montana
Jon Wemple
Safari Club International
Western Montana
George Cobb, Regional Representative
Safari Club International-Montana
We fully support this letter and encourage other sportsmen/hunters to do the same – Hunters Against PETA
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Prop 109 in AZ Gets Voted "NO"
If you're a sportsmen living in Arizona then by now you've heard that sportsmen's rights took a big hit there yesterday. Anti-hunters won this round with 56% of the votes and sportsmen losing with 44% of the votes. There's been a lot of rumors flying around that a good majority of sportsmen in AZ were opposed to Prop 109 getting passed. If this is indeed true all we can say regarding this is that, those sportsmen who opposed Prop 109 were seriously misinformed either by the biased media or anti-hunting groups such as the HSUS.
Sportsmen's rights in AZ just knocked down.
Here's Prop 109 in detail. This information was pulled directly from ballotpedia.org:
A - "yes" vote shall have the effect of:
1. making hunting, fishing and harvesting wildlife a constitutional right,
2. giving the State Legislature exclusive authority to enact laws regulating these activities,
3. prohibiting laws that unreasonably restrict hunting, fishing and harvesting wildlife or the use of traditional means and methods, and
4. establishing hunting and fishing as a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife.
A - "no" vote shall have the effect of retaining the current laws regarding hunting, fishing and harvesting wildlife.
Anti-hunting groups like the HSUS don't want hunting and fishing to become constitutional rights. They know if that happens it will very difficult or impossible to ever make hunting or fishing illegal. If you're not aware of this already, anti-hunting groups such as the HSUS, PETA and The Defenders of Wildlife main goal is to STOP (make illegal) all hunting and fishing.
So if the HSUS was pushing for everyone to vote "no" and spent $250,000 campaigning for everyone to vote "no" then why would any hunter/sportsman in AZ vote "no" as well?
Again we have to assume it was misinformation.
We at Hunters Against PETA will never stop campaigning to get this decision overturned and help sportsmen in AZ get their rights back. Sportsmen in AZ have two years until we can put this back on the ballot and get their rights back and solidified. Hunting and fishing is a God given right. It should never be up to politicians or animal rights groups/anti-hunting groups to decide when and how we can hunt and fish.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Sportsmen's rights in AZ just knocked down.
Here's Prop 109 in detail. This information was pulled directly from ballotpedia.org:
A - "yes" vote shall have the effect of:
1. making hunting, fishing and harvesting wildlife a constitutional right,
2. giving the State Legislature exclusive authority to enact laws regulating these activities,
3. prohibiting laws that unreasonably restrict hunting, fishing and harvesting wildlife or the use of traditional means and methods, and
4. establishing hunting and fishing as a preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife.
A - "no" vote shall have the effect of retaining the current laws regarding hunting, fishing and harvesting wildlife.
Anti-hunting groups like the HSUS don't want hunting and fishing to become constitutional rights. They know if that happens it will very difficult or impossible to ever make hunting or fishing illegal. If you're not aware of this already, anti-hunting groups such as the HSUS, PETA and The Defenders of Wildlife main goal is to STOP (make illegal) all hunting and fishing.
So if the HSUS was pushing for everyone to vote "no" and spent $250,000 campaigning for everyone to vote "no" then why would any hunter/sportsman in AZ vote "no" as well?
Again we have to assume it was misinformation.
We at Hunters Against PETA will never stop campaigning to get this decision overturned and help sportsmen in AZ get their rights back. Sportsmen in AZ have two years until we can put this back on the ballot and get their rights back and solidified. Hunting and fishing is a God given right. It should never be up to politicians or animal rights groups/anti-hunting groups to decide when and how we can hunt and fish.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
All Sportsmen in America Need to Voice Their Opinions to the New Mexico Game Commision
It seems these days you can't read a headline or talk to someone without hearing news about animal rights groups trying to change the laws. Their main goal and purpose in life to get all animals throughout the whole world 100% protected. That means no eating any kind of meat, hunting, fishing, trapping and even milking cows for milk.
As of yesterday November 1st, 2010 trapping has been banned in New Mexico. This ban was of course fronted and pushed by animal rights groups as such is the case with any new law that protects animals. Behind every new animal protection law you can bet there's an animal rights group that thought it up and is pushing it to get passed.
Animal rights groups are reasoning that this new trapping ban has been established to protect the Mexican Gray Wolf which is now protected in AZ and NM.
Having done research on this particular issue I've come to the conclusion that this ban and like all animal rights groups motive's is an attempt to get them one step closer to their target goal which is to shut down all forms of hunting, trapping and fishing.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and that's what makes this country the best country in the world. However when animal rights groups spend millions of dollars and thousands of man hours towards getting our hunting and fishing rights taken away it's time to stand up and fight. Hunting, trapping and fishing are sports that we all love and something that none of us could even imagine being without.
I urge everyone who reads this to contact the New Mexico Game Commission and voice your opinion in disapproval. If they can take away our trapping rights in New Mexico then they can do it anywhere and everywhere.
Here are the people you need to contact at the New Mexico Game Commission to voice your disapproval of this ban:
Commission Mailing addresses:
Jim McClintic
Chairman
PO Box 21027
Albuquerque, NM 87154
jmsconst@comcast.net
Sandy Buffett
Vice-Chair
320 Aztec St Suite B
Santa Fe, NM 87501
sandyNMGC@gmail.com
Tom Arvas
7905 Spain NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
tomarvas@hotmail.com
M.H. “Dutch” Salmon
PO Box 878
Silver City, NM 88062
dutch@high-lonesomebooks.com
Gary Fonay
5333 North Baggett
Hobbs, NM 88242
GWFonay@aol.com
Kent Salazar
1621 Vassar Drive SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
kentsala@aol.com
Thomas “Dick” Salopek
975 Holcomb Road
Las Cruces, NM 88007
dicksalopek@hotmail.com
Game Department addresses:
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Wildlife Management Division
1 Wildlife Way
Santa Fe, NM 87507
nmdeptofgameandfish@state.nm.us
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
As of yesterday November 1st, 2010 trapping has been banned in New Mexico. This ban was of course fronted and pushed by animal rights groups as such is the case with any new law that protects animals. Behind every new animal protection law you can bet there's an animal rights group that thought it up and is pushing it to get passed.
Animal rights groups are reasoning that this new trapping ban has been established to protect the Mexican Gray Wolf which is now protected in AZ and NM.
Having done research on this particular issue I've come to the conclusion that this ban and like all animal rights groups motive's is an attempt to get them one step closer to their target goal which is to shut down all forms of hunting, trapping and fishing.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and that's what makes this country the best country in the world. However when animal rights groups spend millions of dollars and thousands of man hours towards getting our hunting and fishing rights taken away it's time to stand up and fight. Hunting, trapping and fishing are sports that we all love and something that none of us could even imagine being without.
I urge everyone who reads this to contact the New Mexico Game Commission and voice your opinion in disapproval. If they can take away our trapping rights in New Mexico then they can do it anywhere and everywhere.
Here are the people you need to contact at the New Mexico Game Commission to voice your disapproval of this ban:
Commission Mailing addresses:
Jim McClintic
Chairman
PO Box 21027
Albuquerque, NM 87154
jmsconst@comcast.net
Sandy Buffett
Vice-Chair
320 Aztec St Suite B
Santa Fe, NM 87501
sandyNMGC@gmail.com
Tom Arvas
7905 Spain NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
tomarvas@hotmail.com
M.H. “Dutch” Salmon
PO Box 878
Silver City, NM 88062
dutch@high-lonesomebooks.com
Gary Fonay
5333 North Baggett
Hobbs, NM 88242
GWFonay@aol.com
Kent Salazar
1621 Vassar Drive SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
kentsala@aol.com
Thomas “Dick” Salopek
975 Holcomb Road
Las Cruces, NM 88007
dicksalopek@hotmail.com
Game Department addresses:
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Wildlife Management Division
1 Wildlife Way
Santa Fe, NM 87507
nmdeptofgameandfish@state.nm.us
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Friday, October 29, 2010
Sportsmen in New Mexico it's Time to Fight Back
Once again wolves are the reason for this controversy and trapping ban that will take effect on November 1st, 2010 in New Mexico. The New Mexico Game Commission, The Wild Earth Guardians and The Center for Biological Diversity are claiming that the Mexican Gray Wolf is being unintentionally or (cruely) trapped by trappers.
Animal rights groups like the The Wild Earth Guardians and The Center for Biological Diversity are leading this ban and issued a formal request in June 2010 to stop all trapping in New Mexico. Saying that trapping is “The bone-crushing retort of a steel-jawed leghold trap is still legal on a part of the Mexican wolf’s habitat. These horrific restraints cause unbearable pain, but they also injure and maim. Some wolves even chew off their limbs to get free.” ”Traps are nasty, cruel devices. Mexican wolves, bobcats, coyotes, and foxes captured in body-gripping traps endure physiological trauma, dehydration, and exposure to extreme weather. Lobos that have been trapped and then released may sustain tissue damage and other injuries that can reduce their survivability, or increase the likelihood of their preying on domestic livestock because they are easier prey than the native wildlife, their natural preference.”
Click here for the full Wild Earth Guardians’ story. Click here for the full Center of Biological Diversity story.
Here’s what the New Mexico Game Commission issued about the trapping ban.
“Commencing November 1, 2010, for a minimum of six months, it shall be illegal to place, set or maintain any steel trap, conibear trap, foothold trap or snare anywhere within the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area in New Mexico, public land which is comprised of the Gila and Apache National Forest, unless otherwise allowed by statute. The prohibition shall remain in place until the State Game Commission takes action based upon a Department study to assess the risks to Mexican gray wolves due to trapping and a determination if some methods of trapping could be allowed that pose minimal risk of injury to the Mexican gray wolf.”
On November 30th, 2007, Mexican Gray Wolves were spotted stalking children at Glenwood Playground in New Mexico. This of course has made parents very scared for their children’s lives and now kids in certain areas must sit in giant chicken coop like boxes while waiting for the school bus, to protect them from the wolves. There have also been many reports of parents giving their kids guns when they go out to play for protection against the wolves. View the full story here. Cattle, pets and horses are also continually falling prey to the Mexican Gray Wolf in New Mexico with reports of as many as 1500 cattle being killed by wolves.
Here’s what Larry Lightner has to say about the trapping ban. “Now, this is just my opinion, but it is also an opinion shared by many others, and it is this; the banning of leg-hold traps is NOT about the wolf. What it is really about is those folks who want a permanent ban on trapping and hunting of any kind, anywhere — the wolf is just a vehicle for them to git it done.”
Larry writes for the ’Glenwood Gazette’ out of Southern New Mexico and Arizona and ‘The Real Agenda’: Click here for the full story.
Here’s another article regarding this wolf controversy. Click here.
This ban is nothing more than a ploy to get all trapping/hunting eventually banned in the state of New Mexico which means us sportsmen keep losing more of our rights. It’s up to us sportsmen to take a stand and voice our opinions. Sportsmen please contact The New Mexico Game Commission and voice your disapproval of this ban and help us fight for our rights. – Hunters Against PETA
Here’s New Mexico’s Game Commission/Department contact info:
Commission Mailing addresses:
Jim McClintic
Chairman
PO Box 21027
Albuquerque, NM 87154
jmsconst@comcast.net
Sandy Buffett
Vice-Chair
320 Aztec St Suite B
Santa Fe, NM 87501
sandyNMGC@gmail.com
Tom Arvas
7905 Spain NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
tomarvas@hotmail.com
M.H. “Dutch” Salmon
PO Box 878
Silver City, NM 88062
dutch@high-lonesomebooks.com
Gary Fonay
5333 North Baggett
Hobbs, NM 88242
GWFonay@aol.com
Kent Salazar
1621 Vassar Drive SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
kentsala@aol.com
Thomas “Dick” Salopek
975 Holcomb Road
Las Cruces, NM 88007
dicksalopek@hotmail.com
Game Department addresses:
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Wildlife Management Division
1 Wildlife Way
Santa Fe, NM 87507
nmdeptofgameandfish@state.nm.us
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Animal rights groups like the The Wild Earth Guardians and The Center for Biological Diversity are leading this ban and issued a formal request in June 2010 to stop all trapping in New Mexico. Saying that trapping is “The bone-crushing retort of a steel-jawed leghold trap is still legal on a part of the Mexican wolf’s habitat. These horrific restraints cause unbearable pain, but they also injure and maim. Some wolves even chew off their limbs to get free.” ”Traps are nasty, cruel devices. Mexican wolves, bobcats, coyotes, and foxes captured in body-gripping traps endure physiological trauma, dehydration, and exposure to extreme weather. Lobos that have been trapped and then released may sustain tissue damage and other injuries that can reduce their survivability, or increase the likelihood of their preying on domestic livestock because they are easier prey than the native wildlife, their natural preference.”
Click here for the full Wild Earth Guardians’ story. Click here for the full Center of Biological Diversity story.
Here’s what the New Mexico Game Commission issued about the trapping ban.
“Commencing November 1, 2010, for a minimum of six months, it shall be illegal to place, set or maintain any steel trap, conibear trap, foothold trap or snare anywhere within the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area in New Mexico, public land which is comprised of the Gila and Apache National Forest, unless otherwise allowed by statute. The prohibition shall remain in place until the State Game Commission takes action based upon a Department study to assess the risks to Mexican gray wolves due to trapping and a determination if some methods of trapping could be allowed that pose minimal risk of injury to the Mexican gray wolf.”
On November 30th, 2007, Mexican Gray Wolves were spotted stalking children at Glenwood Playground in New Mexico. This of course has made parents very scared for their children’s lives and now kids in certain areas must sit in giant chicken coop like boxes while waiting for the school bus, to protect them from the wolves. There have also been many reports of parents giving their kids guns when they go out to play for protection against the wolves. View the full story here. Cattle, pets and horses are also continually falling prey to the Mexican Gray Wolf in New Mexico with reports of as many as 1500 cattle being killed by wolves.
Here’s what Larry Lightner has to say about the trapping ban. “Now, this is just my opinion, but it is also an opinion shared by many others, and it is this; the banning of leg-hold traps is NOT about the wolf. What it is really about is those folks who want a permanent ban on trapping and hunting of any kind, anywhere — the wolf is just a vehicle for them to git it done.”
Larry writes for the ’Glenwood Gazette’ out of Southern New Mexico and Arizona and ‘The Real Agenda’: Click here for the full story.
Here’s another article regarding this wolf controversy. Click here.
This ban is nothing more than a ploy to get all trapping/hunting eventually banned in the state of New Mexico which means us sportsmen keep losing more of our rights. It’s up to us sportsmen to take a stand and voice our opinions. Sportsmen please contact The New Mexico Game Commission and voice your disapproval of this ban and help us fight for our rights. – Hunters Against PETA
Here’s New Mexico’s Game Commission/Department contact info:
Commission Mailing addresses:
Jim McClintic
Chairman
PO Box 21027
Albuquerque, NM 87154
jmsconst@comcast.net
Sandy Buffett
Vice-Chair
320 Aztec St Suite B
Santa Fe, NM 87501
sandyNMGC@gmail.com
Tom Arvas
7905 Spain NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
tomarvas@hotmail.com
M.H. “Dutch” Salmon
PO Box 878
Silver City, NM 88062
dutch@high-lonesomebooks.com
Gary Fonay
5333 North Baggett
Hobbs, NM 88242
GWFonay@aol.com
Kent Salazar
1621 Vassar Drive SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
kentsala@aol.com
Thomas “Dick” Salopek
975 Holcomb Road
Las Cruces, NM 88007
dicksalopek@hotmail.com
Game Department addresses:
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Wildlife Management Division
1 Wildlife Way
Santa Fe, NM 87507
nmdeptofgameandfish@state.nm.us
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Monday, October 25, 2010
Arizona Sportsmen Must Vote "YES" to Prop 109
This article is for all sportsmen in AZ and something that all sportsmen across America need to pay close attention to. Proposition 109 would guarantee Arizonans the right to “hunt, fish and harvest wildlife lawfully.” It would prohibit any law or rule that unreasonably restricts hunting or fishing using traditional means. So as you can see Prop 109 is very important to sportsmen's rights. It's very important that this bill gets passed not only in AZ but for sportsmen all across America.
The Humane Society is leading the fight in opposition to this bill. If you don't know this already the Humane Society is the world's largest anti-hunting organization and if given the power they would shut down all forms of hunting and fishing immediately without question or concern.
Then there are people such as Sandy Bahr director of the Sierra Club's Grand Canyon Chapter, who is saying hunting and fishing should remain privileges, just like being able to drive a car. Bahr said amending the constitution would change the way officials can manage hunting and fishing and how citizens can change things via initiative. Here's what else she has to say about hunting: “You're putting it on par with things like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to bear arms, all of those very important fundamental rights,” Bahr said. “We find that pretty outrageous.”
If voters approve Proposition 109, Arizona would become the 11th state to make hunting and fishing a constitutional right.
Hunting and fishing are our constitutional rights. It's been a right and freedom in America since explorers first landed in America. They should remain our rights forever as we see fit and should never change. Hunting and fishing is a God given right and is an American right. It's who we are and what we stand for. This is still a free country right?
Groups like the Humane Society, PETA and the Defenders of Wildlife are going to keep pushing their anti-hunting agenda as long as they're around and still in business.
It's up to us sportsmen to put a stop to their anti-hunting/fishing agenda. We must ban together, voice our opinions and all stand up for something we all love and believe in.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
The Humane Society is leading the fight in opposition to this bill. If you don't know this already the Humane Society is the world's largest anti-hunting organization and if given the power they would shut down all forms of hunting and fishing immediately without question or concern.
Then there are people such as Sandy Bahr director of the Sierra Club's Grand Canyon Chapter, who is saying hunting and fishing should remain privileges, just like being able to drive a car. Bahr said amending the constitution would change the way officials can manage hunting and fishing and how citizens can change things via initiative. Here's what else she has to say about hunting: “You're putting it on par with things like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to bear arms, all of those very important fundamental rights,” Bahr said. “We find that pretty outrageous.”
If voters approve Proposition 109, Arizona would become the 11th state to make hunting and fishing a constitutional right.
Hunting and fishing are our constitutional rights. It's been a right and freedom in America since explorers first landed in America. They should remain our rights forever as we see fit and should never change. Hunting and fishing is a God given right and is an American right. It's who we are and what we stand for. This is still a free country right?
Groups like the Humane Society, PETA and the Defenders of Wildlife are going to keep pushing their anti-hunting agenda as long as they're around and still in business.
It's up to us sportsmen to put a stop to their anti-hunting/fishing agenda. We must ban together, voice our opinions and all stand up for something we all love and believe in.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Sportsmen in AZ vote "YES" to Prop 109
Some hunters may or may not agree with Arizona’s Prop 109. However we want to encourage and make all hunters aware that whether or not you agree or disagree with some of the laws and rules in Prop 109 you must do your part and vote “YES”. It all boils down to our freedoms to continue to hunt and fish the way we see fit. We can’t allow animal rights groups to dictate to us how and when we can hunt and fish.
Think about this for a moment. Do you really want groups like The Humane Society, PETA and the Defenders of Wildlife deciding the rules and regulations regarding our hunting and fishing? Animal rights groups are the reason that these new rules and laws protecting wildlife get started. They start with simple ideas like to quit using steel-jawed traps, hound hunting of bears and bear baiting. These methods of hunting and trapping have been common hunting practices in America for generations. After these hunting methods are outlawed then they choose the next method of hunting to try and ban, and it goes on and on.
The Humane Society is really pushing their members to vote “NO” on Prop 109.
Here’s what the Humane Society has to say regarding this: “If approved, Prop 109 could repeal the voter-approved ballot measure on trapping, legalize canned hunting, and protect outrageous practices like hound hunting of bears or even bear baiting, if someone decided to start engaging in that activity. And we could forget about any attempt to restrict the use of lead shot that is killing highly endangered California condors, since a requirement to use nontoxic shot would “unreasonably restrict hunting.”
“They don’t like that we succeeded in convincing Arizona voters to outlaw cockfighting and extreme confinement of veal calves and breeding pigs on factory farms by ballot initiative. And they especially don’t like that we succeeded in persuading the electorate to ban the use of cruel and inhumane steel-jawed leg hold traps on public lands—since that was a restriction on the taking of wildlife.”
Click here for the full Humane Society article: http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2010/10/arizona-prop-109.html
The Humane Society has spent over $250,000 on this issue, so as you can see this is very important to them.
Here’s what Sen. John McCain had to say regarding this issue: “Hunters are true conservationists and stewards of wildlands.” “Protecting the right of hunters in Arizona means a highly effective way to preserve wildlife populations and land management.”
Sandy Froman, the former president of the NRA is trying to defend sportsmen’s rights in AZ and is working with Sen. McCain on this issue. She had this to say: “Prop 109′s opponents, led by the anti-hunting Humane Society of the United States, are trying to mislead Arizona voters by throwing around terms such as – quote – power grab by the Legislature,” Froman said. “They’ve chosen this line of attack not because it’s in any way true but in an attempt to appeal to people’s current dissatisfaction with government.”
Click here for the full article: http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102210_mccain_prop109
Hunters Against PETA is urging all Arizona sportsmen to vote “YES” on Prop 109 to defend your rights to hunt. If animal rights groups succeed in AZ then it adds power to their cause and affects all sportsmen across America.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Utah and Montana Fight Back Against the Wolf Threat
These articles were pulled directly from Standard.net.
Utah Article
“SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Wildlife Board has taken a stand supporting federal legislation that would take the gray wolf population off the endangered species list, a move that angers some wildlife advocates.
On Tuesday, the board voted unanimously to support both a U.S. House and Senate version of legislation that reverses a recent federal court decision ordering protection for the gray wolf, an animal with few confirmed sightings in the Utah wilds since 2002.
Part of the debate over how to manage the wolves is connected to state legislation passed in the 2010 session and sponsored by Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden.
The Wildlife Board believes if federal lawmakers de-list wolves from the Endangered Species Act, Christensen’s legislation will kick into gear a 2005 state management plan that has been dormant since it was written. The plan, partially supervised by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, would allow a limited population growth for the wolves.
The Salt Lake City hearing on the board letter supporting federal legislation had its tension, which often happens over the wolf issues.
“There is no neutral zone, everyone is either for them or against them,” said Bill Fenimore, a Farmington member of the board who acknowledged the long-standing heat in the room surrounding the topic.
The gray wolf, not officially seen in Utah for years, has been sighted six times in 2010, state officials said. Two of those confirmed sightings were in the northern area of Utah that was an unprotected area for the wolf until the August court case.
“We want wolves to return to Utah,” said Bob Brister of the Utah Environmental Congress.
Brister and others at the meeting worry how the wolf-management plan would be carried out.
Wildlife advocates say the federal ruling to renew Endangered Species Act protection buys time to create a plan that ensures the wolf population doesn’t dwindle again in the northern Rockies.
“Wolves are growing exponentially; (the population) grows worse, not better,” said Don Peay, representing a multi-state group called BigGame Forever.
Peay and others believe wolves deplete big game or livestock and remain a threat.
The board also supported a second letter to the Utah congressional delegation, one signed by leaders in nine groups and three state agencies, which expresses a similar view to supporters of the move to override the court ruling.
The federal legislation that does that is co-sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.”
Montana Article
“KALISPELL, Mont. — Rep. Denny Rehberg, who manages a ranch outside Billings, Mont., knows quite literally what it means to have the wolf at the door: Several years ago, a single wolf got into his pasture and killed 51 prized cashmere goats.
“‘Shoot, shovel and shut up’ is a joke in Montana,” said Rehberg, referring to a longstanding reference among landowners across the West — perhaps only half in jest — to the best way to deal with a federally protected endangered species like the gray wolf.
The reintroduction of the wolf in the northern Rocky Mountains has been so contentious that Rehberg, a Republican, is joining a group of congressmen preparing an unusual move to aim their weapons at the Endangered Species Act itself.
Bills introduced in Congress over the last few weeks would either remove the act’s protection of wolves in the Northwest or, as proposed by Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Texas, prohibit any listing at all of the once nearly extinct predator. Biologists say that outcome could jeopardize recovery efforts in the Southwest and Midwest and in fledgling new populations in Washington and Oregon.
The 1973 act, the nation’s landmark species protection law, has rarely been amended, and conservationists say the bills mark a significant shift in the enduring contest between mining, timber and ranching interests and the plants and animals often squeezed out by human expansion.
“Heretofore there’s been fairly strong bipartisan support of the sort of Noah’s Ark notion that if we’re serious about our moral commitment to share the planet with our fellow inhabitants, we don’t start throwing identified species off the ark,” said Douglas Honnold of the public interest legal organization Earthjustice, which has been fighting to expand wolf protections in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
“I think to a large degree it would really be unprecedented,” said Andrew Wetzler of the Natural Resources Defense Council. “If passed, any of these bills will rip the heart out of the Endangered Species Act and set a terrible precedent for wildlife management generally.”
Government officials in Montana and Idaho say that after 15 years of trying to follow the letter of the law in restoring wolves around Yellowstone National Park, they have been rewarded with a large and growing wolf population that threatens livestock and game animals like elk, as well as hunters and hikers in the backcountry.
“They’re everywhere. There’s a problem that’s got to be controlled, and now’s the time to do it,” Ed Jonas, a rancher from Rollins, Mont., said at a meeting Rehberg convened here and in two other towns last week.
“Two times in the last two weeks, I’ve been out there in the middle of the night with a rifle because my coon hound was chasing something. You don’t sleep well anymore because you don’t know when you wake up if you’re going to have all live animals,” he said.
The original target was 300 wolves spread across the three states. Officials now estimate there are more than 1,700 wolves; conservationists say about 2,000 are necessary for full recovery.
“It’s not that we want to gut the Endangered Species Act. It’s not that we want to destroy a species. It’s that we want some finality,” Rehberg said at the Kalispell meeting. “We met the threshold, and now the courts have changed the goal lines. That’s the problem.”
The act’s protections were lifted in Montana and Idaho in 2007, clearing the way for the states’ first legal hunts last year. Restrictions were kept in place in Wyoming, where officials have held out for the right to shoot wolves on sight outside a narrow protected area near Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.
Wyoming’s intransigence proved to be the undoing of the progress that had been made in the two neighboring states; U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled in August that the government couldn’t continue to call the wolves endangered in Wyoming but recovered in Montana and Idaho.
The wolves were relisted, this year’s hunts were canceled, wolf populations have continued to increase, and ranchers and elk hunters say they have reached the end of their rope.
“We held up our part of the bargain. But the rules keep changing,” said Jon Hanian, spokesman for Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, a Republican. “People are expressing their frustration, and it’s at a boiling point.”
Similar disputes have been ongoing in the Midwest over protection of wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and in the Southwest, where federal biologists are attempting to bolster the population of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico.
In Oregon, Rehberg’s “shoot, shovel and shut up” dictum has come into play: A $7,500 private reward has been offered for information about the Sept. 30 shooting of a radio-collared wolf in the Umatilla National Forest.
On Sept. 22, Idaho Republican Sens. Michael D. Crapo and Jim Risch introduced legislation to delist wolves through most of the northern Rockies.
Edwards’ bill goes a step further, removing wolves from the act’s purview across the country.
On Sept. 28, Montana’s two Democratic U.S. senators, Max Baucus and Jon Tester, introduced their bill to delist wolves in Idaho and Montana and place the animals under state management plans that, as currently written, could take wolf populations down as low as the original target of 300 animals.
“This bill provides a common-sense solution that will put wolves in Montana back in Montana’s control,” Baucus said in a statement. “The debate has gone on long enough.”
Only twice before have special provisions been carved out of the Endangered Species Act, beginning with a 1978 amendment passed as a result of the controversy over the snail darter blocking a Tennessee Valley Authority dam.
It allows a Cabinet-level committee known as the “God Squad” to deliberate especially problematic listings. The committee was convened in the 1991 controversy over the northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest and cleared the way for some timber sales within the owl’s habitat.
In neither case was there a wholesale exemption from the act for a species.”
Monday, October 18, 2010
Idaho Blasts The Federal Gov Saying They Won't Protect Wolves Anymore
This article was pulled directly from the Idaho Reporter.com.
Idaho wildlife officials will leave it to the federal government to manage wolves in the state. Gov. Butch Otter sent U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar a letter Monday saying that the state won’t manage wolves as a designated agent of the federal government.
“While some herald the introduction of wolves and the current population as a biological triumph, history will show that this program as a tragic example of oppressive, ham-handed ‘conservation’ at its worst,” Otter said in his letter to Salazar. “Starting today, at least the state will no longer be complicit.”
State and federal officials, including Otter and Salazar, have communicated regularly since an August federal court decision put wolves in Idaho and Montana back on the endangered species list. That ruling ended Idaho’s public wolf hunt. Otter said that without the wolf hunt, there is no reason for Idaho to be involved in managing wolves.
With the governor’s decision, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) will no longer monitor wolf populations, investigate illegal wolf killings, or run a program helping livestock producers whose animals are killed by wolves. It’s unclear if or how federal agencies will step in to manage wolves. Officials with the governor’s office and IDFG said they haven’t heard a response, and the Interior Department has not responded to phone calls from IdahoReporter.com.
“We don’t know how this is going to shake out,” said IDFG spokesman Ed Mitchell. “It starts right now.”
Otter said he didn’t want money from hunting and fishing licenses to pay for monitoring wolves while a public hunt is barred. He also said the Idaho is still working with the feds on a path to ultimately delisting wolves.
Mitchell said the agency spent $1.7 million on wolves during its last fiscal year. Approximately $500,000 came from license fees, with the rest coming from federal funding sources. Two IDFG biologists who focused on wolves will now turn their attention to ungulates, including elk, moose, and deer, that can be prey to wolves.
The governor’s decision was called reckless by Keith Allred, the Democratic challenger in the November election. Allred, who also panned the August court decision protecting wolves, said Idaho should manages its wolf population.
“Idaho needs to control its own destiny, and in an Allred administration we’d take control of this issue, not avoid it,” Allred said in a news release.
Defenders of Wildlife, one of the environmental groups that brought the lawsuit ending Idaho’s wolf hunt, also criticized Otter. “Refusing to allow state agencies to participate in wolf management or to investigate, or enforce against, illegal killings of wolves is political showmanship, not the statesmanship that one expects from a governor,” Defenders President Rodger Schlickeisen said in a news release.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Help Us Stop the Spread of Wolves Before Our Big Game Herds and Hunting Heritage is Gone
To all Sportsmen,
As you know there’s been a lot of talk and controversy surrounding the wolf issue lately. Wolves are a very serious threat to the future of our big game herds and hunting here in the west and soon to be many states in America. We must fight this problem tooth and nail and we must make our senators and congressmen fight this serious problem as well.
Recently there’s been a few anti-wolf bills that have been submitted by a few senators that will stop wolves from spreading through the western states and wiping out our big game herds.
We’re urging everyone to contact your state’s senators and congressman by PHONE or EMAIL and tell them to get behind these bills that I’m going to discuss below.
House bill (6028) was submitted by Texas Senator. Chet Edwards and would make it impossible for the federal government to protect wolves by taking them off of the Endangered Species List and keeping them off.
Another bill (3919) that was submitted by Utah Senator. Orrin Hatch would also take wolves off of the endangered species list and keep them off.
I had the pleasure of listening to Utah Senator. Orrin Hatch and Utah Congressman. Jim Matheson on Monday, Oct 11th regarding this issue and these men are going to do whatever it takes to protect our big game herds and heritage in America.
Here’s some disturbing numbers and the negative impact wolves have had on our big game herds here in the west:
Big Game Population Statistics
Lolo Elk Herd, Idaho
Before Wolf Introduction: 20,000
After Wolf Introduction: 1,700
Yellowstone Elk Herd
Before Wolf Introduction: 20,000
After Wolf Introduction: 6,500
Jackson, WY Shiras Moose
Before Wolf Introduction: 1,200
After Wolf Introduction: 120
Gallitan Valley Elk Herd
Before Wolf Introduction: 1,500
After Wolf Introduction: 200
Also don’t be fooled, worldwide wolf abundance-wolves are NOT endangered.
Canada
50,000 wolves
Alaska
11,000 wolves
Europe and Asian
60,000 to 100,000 wolves (estimated)
Here’s a directory that has phone numbers and web form contact info for all of the congressmen and senators for your state. It’s easy to use just pick your state and hit search.
Click on this link to contact your state’s representatives: http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html
Contact your Senators and Congressmen and urge them to join the fight and to get behind bills 6028 and 3919.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
As you know there’s been a lot of talk and controversy surrounding the wolf issue lately. Wolves are a very serious threat to the future of our big game herds and hunting here in the west and soon to be many states in America. We must fight this problem tooth and nail and we must make our senators and congressmen fight this serious problem as well.
Recently there’s been a few anti-wolf bills that have been submitted by a few senators that will stop wolves from spreading through the western states and wiping out our big game herds.
We’re urging everyone to contact your state’s senators and congressman by PHONE or EMAIL and tell them to get behind these bills that I’m going to discuss below.
House bill (6028) was submitted by Texas Senator. Chet Edwards and would make it impossible for the federal government to protect wolves by taking them off of the Endangered Species List and keeping them off.
Another bill (3919) that was submitted by Utah Senator. Orrin Hatch would also take wolves off of the endangered species list and keep them off.
I had the pleasure of listening to Utah Senator. Orrin Hatch and Utah Congressman. Jim Matheson on Monday, Oct 11th regarding this issue and these men are going to do whatever it takes to protect our big game herds and heritage in America.
Here’s some disturbing numbers and the negative impact wolves have had on our big game herds here in the west:
Big Game Population Statistics
Lolo Elk Herd, Idaho
Before Wolf Introduction: 20,000
After Wolf Introduction: 1,700
Yellowstone Elk Herd
Before Wolf Introduction: 20,000
After Wolf Introduction: 6,500
Jackson, WY Shiras Moose
Before Wolf Introduction: 1,200
After Wolf Introduction: 120
Gallitan Valley Elk Herd
Before Wolf Introduction: 1,500
After Wolf Introduction: 200
Also don’t be fooled, worldwide wolf abundance-wolves are NOT endangered.
Canada
50,000 wolves
Alaska
11,000 wolves
Europe and Asian
60,000 to 100,000 wolves (estimated)
Here’s a directory that has phone numbers and web form contact info for all of the congressmen and senators for your state. It’s easy to use just pick your state and hit search.
Click on this link to contact your state’s representatives: http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html
Contact your Senators and Congressmen and urge them to join the fight and to get behind bills 6028 and 3919.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Wolf Poll Out Of Montana
New Poll Being Conducted by the Bozeman Chronicle out of Montana
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
“Do you agree with recently proposed legislation that would remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act?”
Sportsmen please vote “YES” to help get wolves off of the Endangered Species List.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/poll_60d42232-cf43-11df-a90d-001cc4c002e0.html
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
“Do you agree with recently proposed legislation that would remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act?”
Sportsmen please vote “YES” to help get wolves off of the Endangered Species List.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/poll_60d42232-cf43-11df-a90d-001cc4c002e0.html
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Chip Ward an Author Tries to Defend Wolves
Chip Ward who is an author out of Utah recently wrote an article that has been published nationwide by numerous news sources. In his article he states all of the benefits of the wolf reintroduction. However he left out all the facts stating all the damage and havoc wolves have caused in Yellowstone and more importantly outside of Yellowstone since they were reintroduced back into Yellowstone 15 years ago.
After reading Chip’s article it’s easy to see whose side he is on. Here’s what Chip has to say about hunters: “Worse yet, from the hunting point of view, elk behavior has changed dramatically. Instead of camping out on stream banks and overeating, they roam far more and in smaller numbers, browsing in brushy areas where there is more protective cover. Surviving elk are healthier, but leaner, warier, far more dispersed, and significantly harder to hunt. This further dismays those who had become accustomed to easy hunting and bigger animals.”
Does Chip not know that there’s no hunting in Yellowstone National Park?
If hunting were allowed in Yellowstone Park of course it would be easy, animals in Yellowstone are like animals in a petting zoo. In my 15 years of hunting experience though I’ve never heard of or experienced such a thing as “easy hunting” or an easy elk hunt for that matter.
Chip we urge you to write an article about the benefits of wolves not living in Yellowstone. Cause there aren’t any.
After all, wasn’t the original plan for wolves to be reintroduced only in Yellowstone National Park? Why is it then that they’ve been allowed to survive and thrive once they’ve left Yellowstone Park?
If wolves are actually a “scientific” benefit to Yellowstone National Park; great lets keep them there, only in Yellowstone. We at Hunters Against PETA will not stop until all wolves outside of Yellowstone National Park are dealt with.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
After reading Chip’s article it’s easy to see whose side he is on. Here’s what Chip has to say about hunters: “Worse yet, from the hunting point of view, elk behavior has changed dramatically. Instead of camping out on stream banks and overeating, they roam far more and in smaller numbers, browsing in brushy areas where there is more protective cover. Surviving elk are healthier, but leaner, warier, far more dispersed, and significantly harder to hunt. This further dismays those who had become accustomed to easy hunting and bigger animals.”
Does Chip not know that there’s no hunting in Yellowstone National Park?
If hunting were allowed in Yellowstone Park of course it would be easy, animals in Yellowstone are like animals in a petting zoo. In my 15 years of hunting experience though I’ve never heard of or experienced such a thing as “easy hunting” or an easy elk hunt for that matter.
Chip we urge you to write an article about the benefits of wolves not living in Yellowstone. Cause there aren’t any.
After all, wasn’t the original plan for wolves to be reintroduced only in Yellowstone National Park? Why is it then that they’ve been allowed to survive and thrive once they’ve left Yellowstone Park?
If wolves are actually a “scientific” benefit to Yellowstone National Park; great lets keep them there, only in Yellowstone. We at Hunters Against PETA will not stop until all wolves outside of Yellowstone National Park are dealt with.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Idaho and Wolves
This article was pulled directly from MagicValley.com which is a news source out of Twin Falls, Idaho:
“Idaho joined Montana and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar this week in appealing a U.S. District Court ruling relisting wolves as endangered species in the Intermountain West.
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden led the pack Thursday to ask the 9thU.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy’s Aug. 5 decision that restored federal protections to wolves in Idaho and Montana.
Going at it from a different angle, U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, both R-Idaho, introduced a bill Wednesday to remove the wolves from the endangered species list altogether.
Under the Endangered Species Act, wolves are managed as a single population. If a population spans more than one state, Molloy ruled, protection cannot be removed on a state-by-state basis. In this case, Salazar had tried to delist wolves in Idaho and Montana, but not Wyoming.
“We’re seeing a troubling pattern of behavior here, with Judge Molloy consistently ruling in support of federal control over our land, our resources and our way of life in the West,” Otter said in a press release, referring to another of the judge’s decisions this week that upheld federal control over regulating firearms.
However, Garrick Dutcher of Ketchum-based Living With Wolves called Idaho’s appeal just an 11th-hour election-year stunt, and claims by Otter of livestock carnage overstated, saying attacks on livestock have fallen this year.
“This is not a state sovereignty issue,” Dutcher said. “Sadly, the waste of taxpayer funds to pursue this appeal is not about wildlife management and reality; it is about politics.”
Bob Clark, associate regional organizer of the Sierra Club wolf program, said his group — which fought delisting in court — isn’t saying state fish and game departments aren’t capable of managing wolves. And it respects the states’ right to appeal.
“The courts are used by both sides,” Clark said. “But delisting wolves along political boundaries doesn’t meet the requirements of the Endangered Species Act, which demands decisions based not upon emotion or politics but on the best-available science as recently upheld by Salazar,” he continued, referring to the Interior secretary’s Wednesday move to issue rules to protect scientific integrity.
Meanwhile, the clock’s still ticking on an ultimatum by Otter to stop monitoring, providing law enforcement support or investigating wolf deaths in Idaho.
Otter told Salazar that he’d negotiate a new agreement for the state to manage wolves until this Thursday. But if an agreement isn’t struck by then, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game will cease to carry out its wolf management responsibilities.”
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“Idaho joined Montana and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar this week in appealing a U.S. District Court ruling relisting wolves as endangered species in the Intermountain West.
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden led the pack Thursday to ask the 9thU.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy’s Aug. 5 decision that restored federal protections to wolves in Idaho and Montana.
Going at it from a different angle, U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, both R-Idaho, introduced a bill Wednesday to remove the wolves from the endangered species list altogether.
Under the Endangered Species Act, wolves are managed as a single population. If a population spans more than one state, Molloy ruled, protection cannot be removed on a state-by-state basis. In this case, Salazar had tried to delist wolves in Idaho and Montana, but not Wyoming.
“We’re seeing a troubling pattern of behavior here, with Judge Molloy consistently ruling in support of federal control over our land, our resources and our way of life in the West,” Otter said in a press release, referring to another of the judge’s decisions this week that upheld federal control over regulating firearms.
However, Garrick Dutcher of Ketchum-based Living With Wolves called Idaho’s appeal just an 11th-hour election-year stunt, and claims by Otter of livestock carnage overstated, saying attacks on livestock have fallen this year.
“This is not a state sovereignty issue,” Dutcher said. “Sadly, the waste of taxpayer funds to pursue this appeal is not about wildlife management and reality; it is about politics.”
Bob Clark, associate regional organizer of the Sierra Club wolf program, said his group — which fought delisting in court — isn’t saying state fish and game departments aren’t capable of managing wolves. And it respects the states’ right to appeal.
“The courts are used by both sides,” Clark said. “But delisting wolves along political boundaries doesn’t meet the requirements of the Endangered Species Act, which demands decisions based not upon emotion or politics but on the best-available science as recently upheld by Salazar,” he continued, referring to the Interior secretary’s Wednesday move to issue rules to protect scientific integrity.
Meanwhile, the clock’s still ticking on an ultimatum by Otter to stop monitoring, providing law enforcement support or investigating wolf deaths in Idaho.
Otter told Salazar that he’d negotiate a new agreement for the state to manage wolves until this Thursday. But if an agreement isn’t struck by then, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game will cease to carry out its wolf management responsibilities.”
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Friday, October 1, 2010
Bobby Rush and Lead Ammo
With the recent of push of trying to ban lead fishing tackle, Congressman Bobby Rush decided to add to it by introducing a legislation that would ban all traditional lead ammo.
Bobby Rush is a U.S. Representative out of Illinois and is famous for introducing the anti-gun legislation H.R. 45 (Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act).
This House Resolution 5820 would amend the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) by removing the exemption included in the law for traditional ammunition. It was that specific exemption that forced the EPA to deny the ammunition portion of a petition filed by several groups seeking to ban both traditional ammunition and fishing tackle.
At the same time Bobby Rush introduced this bill that would ban lead ammo and fishing tackle another bill was introduced (S. 3850) that would protect all lead fishing tackle. This bill was introduced on September 28 by Senator Blanche Lincoln (D- AR).
”If the petition is accepted as presented, all lead in all fishing tackle would be banned, which would substantially increase the cost of recreational fishing and negatively impact angler participation across the country,” said American Sport fishing Association (ASA) Vice President Gordon Robertson. ”Senator Lincoln’s legislation will help to ensure that future regulations on fishing tackle are established in response to scientific data instead of unjustified petitions.”
All sportsmen should oppose the 5820 legislation by voicing your opinions to your state’s U.S. Representative. This bill will raise the prices of ammo and fishing tackle 3 to 5 times higher and will have devistating effects on the hunting and fishing industry.
Sportsmen should also contact their U.S. Senators immediately and ask that they join Sen. Lincoln in sponsoring this legislation (S. 3850) so it will go through protecting our rights.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Bobby Rush is a U.S. Representative out of Illinois and is famous for introducing the anti-gun legislation H.R. 45 (Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act).
This House Resolution 5820 would amend the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) by removing the exemption included in the law for traditional ammunition. It was that specific exemption that forced the EPA to deny the ammunition portion of a petition filed by several groups seeking to ban both traditional ammunition and fishing tackle.
At the same time Bobby Rush introduced this bill that would ban lead ammo and fishing tackle another bill was introduced (S. 3850) that would protect all lead fishing tackle. This bill was introduced on September 28 by Senator Blanche Lincoln (D- AR).
”If the petition is accepted as presented, all lead in all fishing tackle would be banned, which would substantially increase the cost of recreational fishing and negatively impact angler participation across the country,” said American Sport fishing Association (ASA) Vice President Gordon Robertson. ”Senator Lincoln’s legislation will help to ensure that future regulations on fishing tackle are established in response to scientific data instead of unjustified petitions.”
All sportsmen should oppose the 5820 legislation by voicing your opinions to your state’s U.S. Representative. This bill will raise the prices of ammo and fishing tackle 3 to 5 times higher and will have devistating effects on the hunting and fishing industry.
Sportsmen should also contact their U.S. Senators immediately and ask that they join Sen. Lincoln in sponsoring this legislation (S. 3850) so it will go through protecting our rights.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
PETA's 30th Anniversary
PETA kicked off their 30th anniversary celebration on Sept 25th, with a red carpet full of famous Hollywood stars ranging from Pamela Anderson, Wilmer Valderrama, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Kelly Osbourne, James Cromwell, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Fred Willard, Jay Hernandez, Iggy Pop, Yvonne Strahovski, Sophia Bush, Owain Yeoman, Lucy Davis, Jim Parsons, Jena Malone, Bryan Adams, Eli Roth, Dave Navarro, Eva Mendes and Anjelica Huston.
It’s a shame to see PETA receive so much support from so many famous people. However it’s good to know who really supports PETA.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
It’s a shame to see PETA receive so much support from so many famous people. However it’s good to know who really supports PETA.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Email from Congressman Jim Matheson
September 28, 2010
Dear Mr. Fackrell,
Thank you for sharing your concerns regarding a petition currently pending before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban lead ammunition and fishing sinkers. I appreciate your interest in the issues facing our country and state, and I am glad for the opportunity to respond to your inquiry. By contacting me on issues important to you, I am better able to represent Utah in Congress.
On August 3, 2010, a petition was filed by several environmental groups requesting the EPA revise the rules governing toxic substances to ban the manufacture, processing and distribution of lead shot, bullets, and fishing sinkers. As you may know, EPA has the authority to protect against unreasonable risk of injury to health or environment from chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On August 27, the EPA determined that it did not have authority to regulate lead shot and bullets due to the exemption provided for these substances in TSCA, and subsequently denied that portion of the petition. However, EPA is still reviewing the request on lead fishing sinkers and must make a determination by November 3.
As a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights and sportsmen’s rights, I agree with the EPA’s decision to deny the petition regarding lead shot and bullets and hope they will make the same determination for lead fishing sinkers. The EPA is currently accepting public comments on the fishing sinker issue, and I strongly encourage you to weigh in during this process.
Again, thank you for sharing your concerns with me. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact my office.
Sincerely,
JIM MATHESON
Member of Congress
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Dear Mr. Fackrell,
Thank you for sharing your concerns regarding a petition currently pending before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban lead ammunition and fishing sinkers. I appreciate your interest in the issues facing our country and state, and I am glad for the opportunity to respond to your inquiry. By contacting me on issues important to you, I am better able to represent Utah in Congress.
On August 3, 2010, a petition was filed by several environmental groups requesting the EPA revise the rules governing toxic substances to ban the manufacture, processing and distribution of lead shot, bullets, and fishing sinkers. As you may know, EPA has the authority to protect against unreasonable risk of injury to health or environment from chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On August 27, the EPA determined that it did not have authority to regulate lead shot and bullets due to the exemption provided for these substances in TSCA, and subsequently denied that portion of the petition. However, EPA is still reviewing the request on lead fishing sinkers and must make a determination by November 3.
As a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights and sportsmen’s rights, I agree with the EPA’s decision to deny the petition regarding lead shot and bullets and hope they will make the same determination for lead fishing sinkers. The EPA is currently accepting public comments on the fishing sinker issue, and I strongly encourage you to weigh in during this process.
Again, thank you for sharing your concerns with me. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact my office.
Sincerely,
JIM MATHESON
Member of Congress
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Hunting and The New York Times
A few days ago the New York Times posted an article in their newspaper talking about why it's important to preserve our heritage. Not only was I shocked to see this article posted in the New York Times, I was very impressed and happy to see this.
If you don't know this already public opinion has a lot of sway in how our laws are decided and whether they are passed or not. If the majority of Americans decide they don't like hunting or fishing because they think it's cruel and inhumane and it should be banned. How long do you think our hunting and fishing rights will last? Public opinion is very important and is overlooked most of the time.
Seeing a major publication like this publish a pro hunting article is very promising and a great step forward in the preservation of our hunting rights. I'm sure it had the anti's squirming in their seats. Every hunter and sportsman should rejoice and look at this as a positive step in the right direction.
When you think about the New York Times, publishing a pro hunting article is not the first thing that comes to mind. I know it was definitely a great surprise to me when I read it in the Sunday morning paper. It's not often that a major publication publishes a pro hunting article like this one. Hunting is our heritage and something that we must preserve for all time so generations of kids can make the same great memories we did growing up.
I recommend every sportsmen to check out that article when you get a chance.
It sure brought a smile to my face.
Be safe and good hunting.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
If you don't know this already public opinion has a lot of sway in how our laws are decided and whether they are passed or not. If the majority of Americans decide they don't like hunting or fishing because they think it's cruel and inhumane and it should be banned. How long do you think our hunting and fishing rights will last? Public opinion is very important and is overlooked most of the time.
Seeing a major publication like this publish a pro hunting article is very promising and a great step forward in the preservation of our hunting rights. I'm sure it had the anti's squirming in their seats. Every hunter and sportsman should rejoice and look at this as a positive step in the right direction.
When you think about the New York Times, publishing a pro hunting article is not the first thing that comes to mind. I know it was definitely a great surprise to me when I read it in the Sunday morning paper. It's not often that a major publication publishes a pro hunting article like this one. Hunting is our heritage and something that we must preserve for all time so generations of kids can make the same great memories we did growing up.
I recommend every sportsmen to check out that article when you get a chance.
It sure brought a smile to my face.
Be safe and good hunting.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Hunting and The New York Times
Working to Keep a Heritage Relevant
This article was pulled directly from the New York Times.
HAMBURG, Pa. — To millions of Americans, autumn means not just N.F.L. games and the World Series but also the start of hunting season — a few months packed with chances to stalk deer, bear, ducks and doves with rifles, shotguns, bows and even black-powder muskets.
“Hunting is one of those sports where you can’t have too much stuff,” said Dan Gechtman, 46, one of many customers streaming into Cabela’s, a hunting and fishing megastore here, on a balmy afternoon. “This store is on steroids,” he said while trying on a camouflage suit that fluttered with artificial leaves and taking in the dazzling array of products, stuffed animal dioramas and a laser-shooting arcade.
In some rural areas, hunting is still so universal that schools close on the opening day of deer season. President Obama, in a ritual White House act requested by sporting fans and manufacturers, proclaimed Saturday National Hunting and Fishing Day. But as the hunters revel in their preparations for their annual forays into the wild, hunting enthusiasts are gearing up to reverse the long-term dwindling of their ranks.
As the nation becomes more urban and teenagers seek other recreation, the popularity of hunting is declining. The latest federal survey, in 2006, found that 12.5 million people hunt each year, down from 17 million in 1975. Other studies suggest that perhaps 18 million people hunt occasionally, but in any case, hunters represent a shrinking part of the population.
The graying ranks and the impulses that have sustained stores like Cabela’s, even in the recession, are typified by Gerard Dick, 72, who has hunted since childhood and through a career as a high school science teacher. He owns plenty of weapons, he said, but on Thursday afternoon he was checking out a small rifle with a camouflage-covered stock.
“I’ll use it on turkeys and groundhogs,” he said.
The decline in hunters is a concern for state fish and game agencies, which are financed through licenses and excise taxes on sporting goods, as well as for pro-hunting conservation groups and advocates like the National Rifle Association.
“We’re concerned that in the future we aren’t going to have adequate dollars to manage our wildlife resources,” said John E. Frampton, director of South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources and president of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. “We also want to preserve an important part of our heritage.”
Mr. Frampton serves on a new federal advisory board intended “to help promote and preserve America’s hunting heritage for future generations,” in part by drawing in more youths and women.
While declining interest and shrinking wildlife habitat may be the main threats to the pastime, hunting and gun groups are worried by the occasional efforts to restrict it, like the ban on mourning dove hunting in Michigan that was promoted by animal rights advocates.
South Carolina is one of four states, along with Arizona, Arkansas and Tennessee, that will vote this fall on adding the right to hunt and fish to their constitutions. Ten states already have such provisions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
None of these long-term worries were on the mind of Victor Hakes, 53, as he wandered in Cabela’s on Thursday afternoon with his wife, Shawna, and their grandson after making a two-hour drive from northern Pennsylvania. Mr. Hakes, who builds custom trailers, bags deer and turkeys every year but has not yet shot a bear, “although I passed over two cubs,” he said.
On this trip he was just buying boots, but his eyes shifted toward the gun racks. “I’ve got 10 rifles and shotguns, and she won’t let me buy any more,” he said, nudging his wife with a laugh.
Their 3-year-old grandson, Aiden Jaeger, looked with wide eyes at a huge stuffed moose. “He’ll be a hunter and a fisherman,” Mr. Hakes said, expressing a hope that Aiden would buck the national trend and carry on a family tradition.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
This article was pulled directly from the New York Times.
HAMBURG, Pa. — To millions of Americans, autumn means not just N.F.L. games and the World Series but also the start of hunting season — a few months packed with chances to stalk deer, bear, ducks and doves with rifles, shotguns, bows and even black-powder muskets.
“Hunting is one of those sports where you can’t have too much stuff,” said Dan Gechtman, 46, one of many customers streaming into Cabela’s, a hunting and fishing megastore here, on a balmy afternoon. “This store is on steroids,” he said while trying on a camouflage suit that fluttered with artificial leaves and taking in the dazzling array of products, stuffed animal dioramas and a laser-shooting arcade.
In some rural areas, hunting is still so universal that schools close on the opening day of deer season. President Obama, in a ritual White House act requested by sporting fans and manufacturers, proclaimed Saturday National Hunting and Fishing Day. But as the hunters revel in their preparations for their annual forays into the wild, hunting enthusiasts are gearing up to reverse the long-term dwindling of their ranks.
As the nation becomes more urban and teenagers seek other recreation, the popularity of hunting is declining. The latest federal survey, in 2006, found that 12.5 million people hunt each year, down from 17 million in 1975. Other studies suggest that perhaps 18 million people hunt occasionally, but in any case, hunters represent a shrinking part of the population.
The graying ranks and the impulses that have sustained stores like Cabela’s, even in the recession, are typified by Gerard Dick, 72, who has hunted since childhood and through a career as a high school science teacher. He owns plenty of weapons, he said, but on Thursday afternoon he was checking out a small rifle with a camouflage-covered stock.
“I’ll use it on turkeys and groundhogs,” he said.
The decline in hunters is a concern for state fish and game agencies, which are financed through licenses and excise taxes on sporting goods, as well as for pro-hunting conservation groups and advocates like the National Rifle Association.
“We’re concerned that in the future we aren’t going to have adequate dollars to manage our wildlife resources,” said John E. Frampton, director of South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources and president of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. “We also want to preserve an important part of our heritage.”
Mr. Frampton serves on a new federal advisory board intended “to help promote and preserve America’s hunting heritage for future generations,” in part by drawing in more youths and women.
While declining interest and shrinking wildlife habitat may be the main threats to the pastime, hunting and gun groups are worried by the occasional efforts to restrict it, like the ban on mourning dove hunting in Michigan that was promoted by animal rights advocates.
South Carolina is one of four states, along with Arizona, Arkansas and Tennessee, that will vote this fall on adding the right to hunt and fish to their constitutions. Ten states already have such provisions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
None of these long-term worries were on the mind of Victor Hakes, 53, as he wandered in Cabela’s on Thursday afternoon with his wife, Shawna, and their grandson after making a two-hour drive from northern Pennsylvania. Mr. Hakes, who builds custom trailers, bags deer and turkeys every year but has not yet shot a bear, “although I passed over two cubs,” he said.
On this trip he was just buying boots, but his eyes shifted toward the gun racks. “I’ve got 10 rifles and shotguns, and she won’t let me buy any more,” he said, nudging his wife with a laugh.
Their 3-year-old grandson, Aiden Jaeger, looked with wide eyes at a huge stuffed moose. “He’ll be a hunter and a fisherman,” Mr. Hakes said, expressing a hope that Aiden would buck the national trend and carry on a family tradition.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Friday, September 24, 2010
Now More Hunting and Fishing In America
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Announces More Fishing and Hunting Opportunies
Last week September, 15th the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that more hunting and fishing opportunities would be expanded on 8 different refuges. These new openings include some lands that are already open to hunting and fishing but sportsmen are now able to harvest more species on more land that they weren’t able to before.
Here’s a list of the refuges:
1. Modoc in California - more land opened for migratory bird hunting.
2. Cape May in New Jersey - now able to harvest upland game and turkey hunting.
3. Fort Niobrara in Nebraska – opening land to big game hunting.
4. Caddo Lake in Texas – first time hunting and offering big game opportunities.
5. Deep Fork in Oklahoma - more land opened for big game hunting.
6. Bosque del Apache in New Mexico - now adding turkey to the list of game animals that can be hunted.
7. Rappahannock River Valley in Virginia – opening land for fishing where it was previously not allowed.
8. Minnesota Valley in Minnesota - more land and species for migratory bird and upland game hunting and additional land for big game hunting.
This is great news for us sportsmen. It’s always great to see our rights moving forward.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Last week September, 15th the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that more hunting and fishing opportunities would be expanded on 8 different refuges. These new openings include some lands that are already open to hunting and fishing but sportsmen are now able to harvest more species on more land that they weren’t able to before.
Here’s a list of the refuges:
1. Modoc in California - more land opened for migratory bird hunting.
2. Cape May in New Jersey - now able to harvest upland game and turkey hunting.
3. Fort Niobrara in Nebraska – opening land to big game hunting.
4. Caddo Lake in Texas – first time hunting and offering big game opportunities.
5. Deep Fork in Oklahoma - more land opened for big game hunting.
6. Bosque del Apache in New Mexico - now adding turkey to the list of game animals that can be hunted.
7. Rappahannock River Valley in Virginia – opening land for fishing where it was previously not allowed.
8. Minnesota Valley in Minnesota - more land and species for migratory bird and upland game hunting and additional land for big game hunting.
This is great news for us sportsmen. It’s always great to see our rights moving forward.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Monday, September 20, 2010
New York Troops Need Our Help
We recently received an email from a gentleman by the name of George Wooden stating that a group of troops out of Ithaca, New York who happen to be sportsmen are being attacked by animal rights groups for wanting to go hunting and fishing. There's a lodge that provides free fishing and hunting for our troops in Ithaca. It's titled the "Liberty Lodge". This is a great place for these troops to go and relax and forgot about everything they saw in the Middle East and now these animal rights groups are attacking them.
It boggles my mind that some people and groups have absolutely no shame whatsoever. These troops put their lives on the line so we can all enjoy our lives and be able to be free to pursue whatever it is we desire. Troops allow us to live in a free country that in my opinion is the best country in the world.
I would like to encourage members of these groups to hang out with some wounded and disabled veterans for a day. And then try to continue to bash and attack them merely because they want to pursue a love and passion that 13 million Americans share.
We as sportsmen must ban together and stop these hateful, negative groups from taking away something that we all love and enjoy all year long.
It's up to us if we want to keep our rights and stop things like this from happening again and again.
Please show your support.
Be safe and good hunting.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
It boggles my mind that some people and groups have absolutely no shame whatsoever. These troops put their lives on the line so we can all enjoy our lives and be able to be free to pursue whatever it is we desire. Troops allow us to live in a free country that in my opinion is the best country in the world.
I would like to encourage members of these groups to hang out with some wounded and disabled veterans for a day. And then try to continue to bash and attack them merely because they want to pursue a love and passion that 13 million Americans share.
We as sportsmen must ban together and stop these hateful, negative groups from taking away something that we all love and enjoy all year long.
It's up to us if we want to keep our rights and stop things like this from happening again and again.
Please show your support.
Be safe and good hunting.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Our Troops Need Your Support
This is an email we recieved from George Wooden. We’re going to do what we can to help these guys out and we urge everyone who reads this to do the same.
“Hey ya’all…
PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE…its VITALLY important!!!
Ive been hunting for 20 years. Walks, crawls, flies or slithers…I hunt it. I grew up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay…so you know I have been fishing all my life.
At the same time, I am a red blooded American. I know one thing about people like us…we love our country.
HERE is where I am begging you all to help out. I am helping out a non profit Hunting Lodge in Ithaca, New York called “Liberty Lodge.” Its a place, where men and women who were wounded in the Armed Forces can go, relax and hunt/fish totally free.
So far, because of their upcoming fundraising event…they have been attacked by PETA and other organizations out there. THEY ARE ONLY TRYING TO TAKE VETERANS HUNTING!!! This is absolutely a true story!!!
If you live near Ithaca, New York or within traveling distance…please come to the “Out of the Rubble Gala”…even if you dont spend a dime there, come out and have a FANTASTIC Dinner only for $40.00 each. Its a HUGE Hunting show, BIG Fundraiser…like a DU Dinner on Steroids.
If you dont live anywhere near there, you can still help out if you truly believe in our Troops or our country NOT THE GOVERNMENT…you can buy a seat for a hero, donate something to this incredible cause OR just post up the link to the Gala which is:
http://www.outoftherubblegala.com/
Its time that people like us, stand up for people like us…I am not asking for your help…I am BEGGING FOR IT…Please!!!
George Wooden”
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
“Hey ya’all…
PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE…its VITALLY important!!!
Ive been hunting for 20 years. Walks, crawls, flies or slithers…I hunt it. I grew up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay…so you know I have been fishing all my life.
At the same time, I am a red blooded American. I know one thing about people like us…we love our country.
HERE is where I am begging you all to help out. I am helping out a non profit Hunting Lodge in Ithaca, New York called “Liberty Lodge.” Its a place, where men and women who were wounded in the Armed Forces can go, relax and hunt/fish totally free.
So far, because of their upcoming fundraising event…they have been attacked by PETA and other organizations out there. THEY ARE ONLY TRYING TO TAKE VETERANS HUNTING!!! This is absolutely a true story!!!
If you live near Ithaca, New York or within traveling distance…please come to the “Out of the Rubble Gala”…even if you dont spend a dime there, come out and have a FANTASTIC Dinner only for $40.00 each. Its a HUGE Hunting show, BIG Fundraiser…like a DU Dinner on Steroids.
If you dont live anywhere near there, you can still help out if you truly believe in our Troops or our country NOT THE GOVERNMENT…you can buy a seat for a hero, donate something to this incredible cause OR just post up the link to the Gala which is:
http://www.outoftherubblegala.com/
Its time that people like us, stand up for people like us…I am not asking for your help…I am BEGGING FOR IT…Please!!!
George Wooden”
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Monday, September 13, 2010
PETA and Coyotes in California
The large Station Fire that happened last year in San Gabriel Valley, CA wiped out a lot of animals leaving little food for the coyotes to prey on thus causing coyotes to wander into to the surrounding neighborhoods killing pets and harassing people.
Arcadia City has setup a campaign to control the population of coyotes.
PETA is fighting this campaign stating that it’s a “misguided program” and are calling their members to take action to stop it.
We would also like to call all sportsmen who live in the Arcadia area to go out, take action and help with the coyote population by exercising some predator control with a rifle and predator call in hand.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Arcadia City has setup a campaign to control the population of coyotes.
PETA is fighting this campaign stating that it’s a “misguided program” and are calling their members to take action to stop it.
We would also like to call all sportsmen who live in the Arcadia area to go out, take action and help with the coyote population by exercising some predator control with a rifle and predator call in hand.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Friday, September 10, 2010
There Are 13 Million Hunters In America
Last time I checked the numbers there were around 13 million hunters across America and the rate is growing. Sit back and think about that for a minute, that's a heck of a lot of hunters and sportsmen. It's also safe to say that there's between 15 to 20 million animal rights/anti-hunting activists worldwide.
So my question to everyone is why are the animal rights groups so powerful and have so much sway with how our laws are made and changed when it comes to hunting and fishing? It's simple no other group dumps more time or money into their cause then animal rights activists.
The HSUS is worth more than $130 million dollars, PETA is worth $34 million dollars and the Defenders of Wildlife are worth $31 million and they have the least amount of members compared to the HSUS and PETA. Which makes them a powerful group.
If 13 million hunters and sportsmen were to put the same amount of money and effort into protecting our rights as the animal rights groups do we would stomp these groups out of existence and there would be no need for us to fight for our rights.
One thing for every sportsmen to think about and what's most scary about these groups are, they're professionals at changing the public's ideas and beliefs about hunting, fishing and trapping. When the majority of Americans start to believe that hunting, fishing and trapping are evil and should be banned then we're in serious trouble. This is happening everyday. It's safe to say many laws are made because of pressure from public opinion.
Hunters and sportsmen know how great and beneficial hunting is but those who don't and those who oppose us think we're murders and cruel people and think that all forms of hunting, fishing and trapping should be banned.
I challenge everyone during their down time from hunting to take more action and donate more money to groups who are out there on the front lines trying their best to protect our rights. We're all brothers and in this fight together.
We need everyone to join in if we're going to win this battle. Make no mistake it's a battle that is out for blood and our adversaries play dirty and will show us sportsmen no mercy.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
So my question to everyone is why are the animal rights groups so powerful and have so much sway with how our laws are made and changed when it comes to hunting and fishing? It's simple no other group dumps more time or money into their cause then animal rights activists.
The HSUS is worth more than $130 million dollars, PETA is worth $34 million dollars and the Defenders of Wildlife are worth $31 million and they have the least amount of members compared to the HSUS and PETA. Which makes them a powerful group.
If 13 million hunters and sportsmen were to put the same amount of money and effort into protecting our rights as the animal rights groups do we would stomp these groups out of existence and there would be no need for us to fight for our rights.
One thing for every sportsmen to think about and what's most scary about these groups are, they're professionals at changing the public's ideas and beliefs about hunting, fishing and trapping. When the majority of Americans start to believe that hunting, fishing and trapping are evil and should be banned then we're in serious trouble. This is happening everyday. It's safe to say many laws are made because of pressure from public opinion.
Hunters and sportsmen know how great and beneficial hunting is but those who don't and those who oppose us think we're murders and cruel people and think that all forms of hunting, fishing and trapping should be banned.
I challenge everyone during their down time from hunting to take more action and donate more money to groups who are out there on the front lines trying their best to protect our rights. We're all brothers and in this fight together.
We need everyone to join in if we're going to win this battle. Make no mistake it's a battle that is out for blood and our adversaries play dirty and will show us sportsmen no mercy.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Samsung Gets Award From PETA
Samsung recently released a web based video that attacks hunters and insults us, putting us in a very bad light.
On August 26th PETA released a statement stating they would be bestowing their “GOODY” award to Samsung for their viral video.
Here`s what PETA’s Executive Vice President, Tracy Reiman had to say, “Samsung’s ad reflects society’s evolved attitudes towards animals and shows that compassion is a far better marketing tool than cruelty.” Reiman then went on to say that hunting should not be part of a modern society.
Here are the video’s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maUfx2iUThY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRuXBxuEanY
We urge all sportsmen to stop buying Samsung products, if you do you’re fueling the anti’s fire.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Please Ban Together Sportsmen
Yesterday we at Hunters Against PETA received an email from Cabela's urging us and all sportsmen to take action regarding what could be a possible ban on all lead fishing tackle and soon to be ammunition. We know that this ban is being pushed by the anti-hunting - animal rights groups as a way to slowly take away our rights as sportsmen.
We've actually heard some sportsmen say they don't care if lead fishing tackle or lead ammunition becomes illegal reasoning that they could use other means for fishing and hunting. This ban that the animal rights groups are pushing has nothing to do with lead. It's a way for them to push their anti-hunting/fishing agenda. This is a very serious problem, if this ban goes through this will damage many businesses that sell lead fishing tackle. Alternative fishing tackle that doesn't contain lead is very expensive and cost six to fifteen times more money.
In the end though this about our rights being taken away from us. The EPA and the animal rights groups have no scientific data to back their claims up with. This is a just a good old fashion Plains Indian war trick, send out 14 warriors so your 100 man cavalry will chase the 14 into 4000 more, hiding in the cedar trees. Works every time.
We must stop them dead in their tracks and not let them gain an inch here or there. Inches add up in time and every win makes them more powerful.
Every sportsmen that reads this please do your part in protecting our rights and please take action and pass this info onto your friends.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
We've actually heard some sportsmen say they don't care if lead fishing tackle or lead ammunition becomes illegal reasoning that they could use other means for fishing and hunting. This ban that the animal rights groups are pushing has nothing to do with lead. It's a way for them to push their anti-hunting/fishing agenda. This is a very serious problem, if this ban goes through this will damage many businesses that sell lead fishing tackle. Alternative fishing tackle that doesn't contain lead is very expensive and cost six to fifteen times more money.
In the end though this about our rights being taken away from us. The EPA and the animal rights groups have no scientific data to back their claims up with. This is a just a good old fashion Plains Indian war trick, send out 14 warriors so your 100 man cavalry will chase the 14 into 4000 more, hiding in the cedar trees. Works every time.
We must stop them dead in their tracks and not let them gain an inch here or there. Inches add up in time and every win makes them more powerful.
Every sportsmen that reads this please do your part in protecting our rights and please take action and pass this info onto your friends.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Important Message From Cabelas's
September 2, 2010
Dear Cabela’s Customer:
Occasionally, an issue of such importance arises we feel it necessary to contact our loyal customers. With our fishing rights at stake, this is such an issue.
On August 23, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was petitioned by the Center for Biological Diversity and others to ban lead from ammunition and fishing tackle, including sinkers, jigs, weighted fly lines and components containing lead, such as brass and ballast in lures, spinners, stick baits and other fishing products.
On August 27, the EPA denied the petition regarding ammunition, but let stand the petition to ban lead in fishing tackle and has opened a short period for taking public comment.
Such a ban would cause prices of fishing products to skyrocket. Alternative metals can cost from six to 15 times more than lead, and most do not perform as well. For many, fishing would no longer be the affordable sport it is now.
Please join Cabela’s and Keep America Fishing in opposing this ban by submitting your comments to the EPA no later than September 15, 2010. You can easily do so by clicking here:
It is a fast and easy way to assure your opinion is heard.
Cabela’s is working in conjunction with the American Sportfishing Association and Keep America Fishing to protect our tradition and heritage of fishing.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Cabela’s
We are urging everyone who reads this to please take action and to tell everyone you know to also take action. Our rights are in serious threat right now and we must stand up against the anti’s and take action and let our voices be heard.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Help Get Grizzlies Off The Endangered Species List
Judge Donald W. Molloy put grizzlies in Montana on the endangered species list back in 2009 which is now being appealed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This appeal and it’s outcome is very important and may decide how difficult it will be in the future to delist animals once they’re put on the endangered species list.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services have stated that the grizzlies have surpassed their recovery goals but anti-hunting groups are fighting to keep grizzlies on the endangered species list.
The current grizzly population in Yellowstone is at 600. Many biologist believe that the grizzly population is oversaturated. The target recovery goal was 400-500 bears.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services have stated that the grizzlies have surpassed their recovery goals but anti-hunting groups are fighting to keep grizzlies on the endangered species list.
The current grizzly population in Yellowstone is at 600. Many biologist believe that the grizzly population is oversaturated. The target recovery goal was 400-500 bears.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Friday, August 27, 2010
Sportsmen Are True Stewards For The Outdoors
Nobody and I mean nobody loves or respects the outdoors and our wildlife more than hunters and sportsmen. There're people out there who will tell you a different story and call us murders and killers but that couldn't be further from the truth. Nobody studies, watches, protects, reintroduces or respects America's wildlife more than hunters. Hunters spend billions of dollars every year to sustain and protect our wildlife through licenses, donations and buying land to protect their habitat.
How much do animal rights groups spend to protect and sustain America's wildlife?....Yeah, we have no idea either.
Theodore Roosevelt was a true sportsmen, a true hunter and a true conservationists. He started by protecting land for our wildlife and reintroducing species into areas that were wiped out because of settlers. Without his efforts it's unimaginable to think where our big game populations and wildlife would be right now. Since him there hasn't really been a president that did as much for our wildlife and sportsmen's rights as Theodore Roosevelt did.
It's up to us sportsmen to protect and preserve our rights and wildlife if we wish to continue hunting, fishing, trapping and enjoying America's beautiful outdoors for generations to come.
I know I want my children to have the same awesome experiences I had with my father and family out hunting and fishing. I cherish those memories more than any other memories from my childhood.
Hunting and fishing is much more than a hobby for sportsmen. It's a lifestyle, it's a way of life, it's a religion.
Everyone needs to become more aware of the problems sportsmen are facing everyday.
We wish everyone a great hunting season. Be safe and the best of succes.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
How much do animal rights groups spend to protect and sustain America's wildlife?....Yeah, we have no idea either.
Theodore Roosevelt was a true sportsmen, a true hunter and a true conservationists. He started by protecting land for our wildlife and reintroducing species into areas that were wiped out because of settlers. Without his efforts it's unimaginable to think where our big game populations and wildlife would be right now. Since him there hasn't really been a president that did as much for our wildlife and sportsmen's rights as Theodore Roosevelt did.
It's up to us sportsmen to protect and preserve our rights and wildlife if we wish to continue hunting, fishing, trapping and enjoying America's beautiful outdoors for generations to come.
I know I want my children to have the same awesome experiences I had with my father and family out hunting and fishing. I cherish those memories more than any other memories from my childhood.
Hunting and fishing is much more than a hobby for sportsmen. It's a lifestyle, it's a way of life, it's a religion.
Everyone needs to become more aware of the problems sportsmen are facing everyday.
We wish everyone a great hunting season. Be safe and the best of succes.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wolf Petition
Wolf Petition -
We will call on Congress to:
1. Immediately and permanently delist wolves in America.
2. Place a stop on further wolf reintroductions.
We will call on the Western States to:
1. Immediately reduce wolf numbers to the levels that were originally agreed upon in reintroduction areas.
2. Manage wolves in states that were never supposed to have wolves reintroduced into them and address the serious threat and disappearance of our big game animals.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
California Sportsmen- Tell Your Senator to Vote NO on Gun Registry Bill
“A gun registry bill in California is dangerously close to passage.
Assembly Bill 1810, sponsored by Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D- LA), would require the state to keep registration information for all firearm transfers, including from transfers of commonly used hunting rifles and shotguns.
Current California law requires the state to keep a database containing information acquired from handgun transfers only. The information kept by the state includes the owner’s name and address as well as a description and serial number of the handgun. Under AB 1810, this same information would be kept for all firearms transfers.
“It’s bad enough that the state keeps personal information from handgun transfers,” said Jeremy Rine, U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance associate director of state services. “There is no compelling reason for Californians’ Second Amendment rights being further infringed through this legislation.”
Earlier this year, AB 1810 passed the California Assembly and, on August 12, the bill passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill could now be voted on by the full Senate at any time.
Take Action! California sportsmen should immediately contact their state senators and urge them to oppose AB 1810. Tell them there is no justification for expanding the state’s registry to include all firearms transfers by law abiding gun owners.”
To find your state senator’s contact information, please visit www.ussportsmen.org/LAC.
For more information, contact the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance: email info@ussportsmen.org
U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance
801 Kingsmill Parkway
Columbus, Ohio 43229
614-888-4868
www.ussportsmen.org
info@ussportsmen.org
Please support our brothers at the USSA in this fight by clicking on the links and taking action.
Hunters Against PETA
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