I think Colorado Wildlife Council did well

[Sean Gadhar]

This add has been running on Hulu or Netflix I'm kind of happy with it. :thumbsup:

[youtube]2FTuNGX-VvY[/youtube]

 

[James Stella]

That is good.

 

[azmntman]

+1 :thumbsup:

 

[cynthialee]

spiffy

there are less hunters so the state wildlife folks are starting to react

That ad wasn't what it seems on the surface. On the surface it looks to be a salute to hunters and an acknowledgment of how much money we are giving the state. But what I saw was a veiled invitation to become a hunter to younger folks. First they have to remove the stigma of the hunter that the younger generations have bought into. {seems the anti hunting folks never take into account hunter money and our effect in helping the state manage herd numbers}
Subtle brain washing I can agree with for once.

The Washington state game manual this year has a call for hunters to try to recruit younger hunters. Dances around the fact that most hunters are of an older generation and nature is taking its course on the hunter numbers. None of us getting any younger...

I almost had an 18 year old young lady talked into getting her hunters safety out of the way. She does have some interest but like most of the 18-24 crowd she is far busier than what is natural and she is still a scatter brain. She forgot the deadline I set....
She is a WBTS re-enactor. So she wouldn't be a total rookie with the guns. But she is a city girl. She will need some sneaky lessons.

 

[Sean Gadhar]

Here in Colorado they combined division of wildlife and Colorado Parks :hmm: I don't know four or five years ago, because parks couldn't pay its own way. Now the combined parks and wildlife are starting to feel financial pressure,this is because of adding the parks on. Wildlife (hunters & fisherman) have been paying their own way for years and years in Colorado and never to my memory had any serious financial problems until we combined with the tree hugger granola crunching parks crowd :slap:

 

[laufer]

Here in Colorado they combined division of wildlife and Colorado Parks :hmm: I don't know four or five years ago, because parks couldn't pay its own way. Now the combined parks and wildlife are starting to feel financial pressure,this is because of adding the parks on. Wildlife (hunters & fisherman) have been paying their own way for years and years in Colorado and never to my memory had any serious financial problems until we combined with the tree hugger granola crunching parks crowd :slap:

so true, thank you for pointing this out. adding parks department and hiring every bs 'environmental' degree holder to cpw have made their budget so large that current fees paid by residence will double withing a year or two. slowly but surely collectivist and socialists took over dow, added parks and now their bloated bureaucratic never ending cry for more fees starts and will cause residents not buying tags as much as they have in the past.

 

[Don Steele]

Here in Colorado they combined division of wildlife and Colorado Parks :hmm: I don't know four or five years ago, because parks couldn't pay its own way. Now the combined parks and wildlife are starting to feel financial pressure,this is because of adding the parks on. Wildlife (hunters & fisherman) have been paying their own way for years and years in Colorado and never to my memory had any serious financial problems until we combined with the tree hugger granola crunching parks crowd :slap:

There you Go. :td:
That's a nice video, but given the obvious political shift that has been occurring for some time in Colorado you can bet your azz they didn't put that out because they love hunters. :nono:
Colorado government figured out that Hunters are a cash cow and they need to milk it until it also goes dry.
Note: I apologize in advance if this has gone to far into being some kind of political statement and will not be offended if it is deleted.

 

[coloradoclyde]

http://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/FinancialSustainability.aspx

 

[Sean Gadhar]

http://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/FinancialSustainability.aspx

:hmm: I'm no expert on cooking books. :hmm: BUT I don't see a break down of administrative costs, vehicle maintenance, office staffing, HR, or IT. If their budgets are split then parks went broke about 3 years ago. They can SAY that funding is kept apart, but if parks gets to use DOWs fleet maintenance, phone system, office staff ect ect ect They may be able to say the funds are separate, while loading maintenance ,communications, IT staffing, Janitorial and more on to the backs of the sportsmen. If they share all those things while DOW pays the bills for those things, maybe even parks can stay afloat.

 

[Tallswife]

Rumor i'm hearing is they are raising hunting fees for next year. Should put a license out of the hands of many now.