Originally Posted By: Clem

They've been pretty outgoing about the voluntary system since it was instituted. It's just that not enough hunters did it voluntarily -- after 80something years of not having any kind of check system at all -- so they wanted to make it mandatory (like other states).

They didn't do the traveling road show, but they didn't keep it a secret, either.


As I recall Mr. Sykes was not happy with the results he got with the "voluntary" system AFTER he tried ramming the MANDATORY version through that backfired in a big way. Kind of got his panties in a wad, so to speak and now he politiced enough with the career pathetics in Montgomery so he could get his way. Now he's trying to sale the wonders of game check because all of the other States have it. Isn't that how it goes.

By the way, I have no problem with them getting whatever information they want for their experiment. The problem is the way in which they are going about getting it through mandate and punishment when there are many other options to get more information that has not been explored or probably considered because mandate and punishment is just much easier.

"After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope