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Good
news for Nevada sportsmen! HUNTER'S ALERT has been waiting to write a report
like this for over 20 years. Sportsmen now have 5 (the majority) good Wildlife
commissioners on the Board. A very nasty Wildlife Commission meeting was held
on August 14 and 15 in Elko. The bighorn sheep people did everything they could
to see that Gerald Lent was not re-elected as chairman. Thankfully, the sheep
people were defeated.
Gerald
Lent is in the process of forming a Mule Deer Task Force committee. The intent
of this committee is to facilitate input from concerned deer hunters. For that
reason, we are requesting that everyone with an idea or suggestion to bring
back our deer to submit it to the committee chair, Scott Raine. He can be
reached at
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or PO Box 812, Eureka,
NV 89316. All ideas will be considered
and I can assure you that some will be presented to the Wildlife Commission for
implementation.
Past
and current directors and NDOW biologists have done nothing to bring back our
deer so it is going to be up to this Wildlife Commission to implement some
changes. At last the general public is going to have some direct input. Please
pass this information on to your fellow hunters as the committee wants as many
suggestions as possible.
Thank
you for your support of HUNTER'S ALERT. We are working for ALL of the sportsmen
of Nevada to preserve and protect our hunting heritage.
Listed
below are recommendations sent to Commissioner Raine by HUNTER'S ALERT.
Dear
Commissioner Raine:
HUNTER'S ALERT is pleased
that someone with some authority has finally realized that we have lost our
deer and actually wants to do something to address this loss. For that reason,
HUNTER'S ALERT is listing five suggestions which we hope you will consider.
1.
Replace the
current director with someone who wants to bring back our deer.
2.
Managing mountain
lions is a state right. The mountain lion should be returned to predator status
without any federal repercussions. The threat of withholding P-R money goes
against the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution. P-R money should be given to
states with no strings attached.
3.
If number 2 is
unattainable, insure the objective harvest of mountain lions is accomplished
every year.
4.
No killing of
does until deer numbers are at 200,000 statewide.
5.
More emphasis on
predator control.
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