Dana, I think if you compare the roster of the Ag Comm, to the Natural Resource Comm, you will find they are almost identical, with the exception of one or two Senators. Its late tonight, had a rough day. Will try and respond to the rest of your post tomorrow.

Is tomorrow now.

Have you ever went in a spoke with Lloyd Fox or Keith Sexton when he was big game cood.? I think if you havent done this, you will find they have a greater grasp on how many deer we have than you think they do. I can' t answer for their reason for how they handled the management changes, but I do know they were told by members of the legislature to do something about reducing the herd or laws would be passed. The original complaints in SE Kansas were an attempt to get more NR tag access to profit off of. KDWP only issued extra doe tags. I was at one of the meetings and listened to the complaints fly from Outfitters and large land owners who were upset because NR hunters wouldn' t bring their money here to spend on skinheads. When asked if they wanted herd reduction or profits, they clammed up and would not respond.

I would be willing to bet I know which Sen/Reps. you talked with. They have responded to my letters questioning why I so against allowing landowners to sell tags" to help save the farm" , their other political nose yank they are using. Funny you were told the KDWP, KBA, and archery hunters are to blame. In the reponses I have gotten, they have been supportive of my conservative views. They named KFB, KLA, Outfitters, and the insurance lobby as the ones pushing them to act, guess like most polititians it depends what side of the fence you are on as to how they respond.

I agree they could do better with their data collection. But I truly feel that the State Reps are mad because they didn' t get what they wanted, not because they wanted more data. Next time you have any contact with the Natural Resource Senators, ask them how many of them sold T-tags and either Outfit or lease their ground, if they respond truthfully, you will see the motive for pushing these kind of bills thru. Its not for herd reduction, its for $$$$.


Randy