I have no problem about people being passionate when it comes to bowhunting. Positive energy channelled in the right direction can be a good thing.

You don' t have to kill a record book deer to be a member of P&Y. By the same token, killing a record book buck having it officially measured, signing an affidavit and paying the $25.00 entry fee to be listed in the book doesn' t make one a member either. If a person feels strongly about the rules the club makes or where they draw a line in the sand on certain issues than you should join the club and let your voice be heard. Get in there and lobby for the position you want to see endorsed, otherwise you are just blowing hot air into the ecology.

I am not a member so don' t get the idea that I am on a membership drive here . I guess what I am trying to say is, if one is not a member why get bent out of shape over issues you can' t control?

If getting a buck entered in the book is important to you, (certainly, nothing wrong with that) than learn what the rules are and that is what you play by. If it is different next fall, then those are the rules you play by at that time, no big deal. I can' t think of a single sport where certain rules haven' t been changed over the years.

I think the very fact that we have these discussions at least twice a year speaks for the prestige of the club. Currently it is the " record book of choice" to be in if your a bowhunter. The best example of that statement could be the Zaft buck. He was all set up to reap the rewards of a " World Record" bow kill. Guess what, he got his wish. He owns the title to the " World Record" typical bow kill. However it is for ' Buck Masters' not P&Y and obviously the payoff isn' t going to be the same.