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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wct12" data-source="post: 368777" data-attributes="member: 8117">Those meetings have been attempted and essentially turned back into a their way or the highway and trust the science unfortunately (senator Thomas references this in his initial testimony). this way was the only way left available due to the game and fishes unwillingness to even come to the table open minded about this topic.Food plots provide habitat (we use them and know the benefits) but they also congregate deer (the same 20 deer at my bait pile in July were also in my food plot in July-now) so it still congregates them unnaturally.Our solution was to proactively increase tag numbers to get ahead of it, not to be reactive to deer counts and then have to bump them up off of that. It seems in my opinion that the game and fish hands down is more reactive then proactive on many things and this puts them behind the 8 ball.I never tried to turn this into a private property rights movement. My testimony never alludes to it and I have told many people the government has lots of control over private property whether it be how close I can spray xtendimax to borders or build a fence to a property line or if I can bait a deer or shoot none or 20.I know I don't speak for many landowners, heck.. I just try to speak for myself.. but I've had quite a few reach out about how to epost land the last 36 hours that have never posted ground besides maybe the quarter their yard sits on if your olive branch possibility isn't extended by the game and fish. As I stated earlier, access is a double edged sword. Im a very avid sportsman (probably more so then most since I have a fantastic job that allows me waterfowl hunt multiple days during the week, show up late and leave early during deer season, and take multiple week long trips a year) who doesn't want to see opportunity taken away, but at the same time I understand why it will be done if it's done. Is it the right solution? Probably not, and can widen the landowner/sportsmen gap.. But it can certainly send a message in a state where 93% of land is Privately owned.As far as the sportsmen/sportsmen wedge.. I have no thoughts ethically on people that don't want to use bait or that. If you want to run pinch points, food plots, spot and stalk in the badlands.. good on ya! I wish I didn't like waterfowl hunting enough where I was spending tons of days down in the badlands chasing mule deer with my bow, but Waterfowling is my passion so I pursue that the hardest. Besides the odd joke and jab at jump shooters, I try not to care what any other sportsmen is doing in their chase of game as long as it's fair chase. If you want to use trail cams and lighted knocks or electronic range finding bow sights, cool and good on ya. If you want use a recurve and home made arrows or rifle with turrets to adjust for range.. or public land vs private land.. go for it! I'm not going to belittle my fellow sportsmen because I don't hunt the same way that you hunt.. and I didn't hear much of that out of The people in support of this bill at least.</blockquote>

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