"I most certainly don’t think there is anything wrong with those states, or any others, using tax dollars to help fund their wildlife management programs. I wish we could do that in Pennsylvania too; it would allow for better wildlife management programs and funding that all of the state’s citizens were paying for instead of hunters paying for it all. "

If pgc were an organization that could be trusted such as those other states it might not be a problem.


"That is also why I certainly don’t see anything wrong with using money donated from non-hunter groups to help in the management of non-game species, why shouldn’t they help pay for the management of the species of their interest?"

Because its not "earmarked" for that purpose. It could and would be used for such distasteful purposes as being a crutch to "prop up" a miserably failed deer management program.

I also like Pikes Idea of alternate funding for nongame only, but it would take a lot of system tweaking to make work. wouldnt be just a plug in and play as is deal.