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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dirty" data-source="post: 312212" data-attributes="member: 6535">After reading through all of these posts I get the impression that the work of the local ND chapter, no matter how beneficial it may be, will always be overshadowed by the politics of the National heads of the organization. It kind of reminds me of people calling for a boycott of a particular store or business because the long since retired CEO doesn’t agree with football players kneeling for the anthem, or maybe he voted for Trump. The anger is at one person or maybe a few, but all of the employees of the store, suppliers of the store, and on down the line get to pay the penalty for an ill-advised, narrow-minded, poorly thought out boycott. It also vaguely reminds me of people throwing bricks through the windows of their neighborhood store before burning it to the ground because a cop in another town treated a person poorly in their eyes. Obviously these comparisons aren’t equal, but it makes me wonder if you guys hate the ND BHA chapter or if you hate the politics behind the BHA organization as a whole. I know Uncle Jimbo pretty well. I know his intentions and actions are admirable and are not self-serving. If he says the other guys in the group are good guys also, I’m inclined to believe him. I wonder if the same group of guys got together and did the exact same things, like replacing old, faded, bullet ridden signs and called themselves “the good ol’ boys of ND hunting and fishing club” and had Trump 2020 on all of their hats and never wore masks if you guys would like them a little more. I’m getting the overall impression the BHA label is what is losing their support more than anything. Of course, in my own personal opinion it doesn’t help when your “chairman” can’t keep his emotions in check and publicly throws out a long-winded, expletive-laden, poorly delivered bitch fest for all to see. Regardless of who he was targeting or why his feeling got hurt, it is a turn off to just about everyone. For many people that was their first impression of BHA and not a good one. For others who were on the fence about joining, they just hopped off the fence and walked away. For others who were members, they are probably face palming out of embarrassment. If the local chapter needed additional support, he just shot them all in the foot. No matter how hard he works and how proud he is, that is piss poor leadership. Originally, I thought maybe his wife served him up too many pink umbrella drinks one night and he started drunk typing but he cleared that up with his one and only Nodak post - he apologizes for nothing and meant everything. Anyway, to me it seems like a group of people who mean well are going to have to figure out a way to shed the stigma of the founding fathers of their organization to get a foot hold here in ND. There is just too much left-wing and right-wing in everything these days. However, as long as they enjoy what they are doing I haven’t seen any reason to call foul on their actions locally. I think they do need a new spokesman for the group though to replace Mr. Chairman. KurtR has my vote.</blockquote>

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