"So you would rather have career politicians trying to secure votes to keep themsleves in office dictating things vs. scientific wildlife resource management?"
Yes. Everything isnt about science. There are also social issues in every deer management plan, and goals that are also set upon values. Those are the things currently being taken advantage of. Environmentalist extremists completely dictating is FAR FAR worse than legislators tweaking or restructuring the commission or whatever esle that most sportsmen would support. Pgc is charged with managing responsibly. They arent. Our legislators are charged with representing us. Not sure why anyone would think they should follow pgcs lead and NOT do their jobs.
The legislators are already involved deeply anyway, as that how the system was set up. The house, the senate, the governor... All deeply involved in everything from pgc structure to fee increase to oversight to approving law changes. It is what it is, and if we hunters are so apathetic that we dont put that system to work for us...especially when other interest are, then we dont deserve better management.
Course those who strongly support the dmp, who feign the disgust at legislator involvement usually only do so to prevent others from doing it, because they know it is the ONLY thing that CAN evoke change, and they fear sportsmen might undermine the changing of the guard that has taken place.
Last edited by Cornelius08; 02-24-2010 at 07:39 AM.