>>One of the things that we (as a hobby) need to do is to make sure that we (like deer hunters) can point back and say "this is how we support herp conservation".

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>>There is a lot of talk on here about "economics of west Texas" and "rights" but a lot less talk about how we give back.

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>>Troy





When we buy a license we are giving back. That money is used for everything from farm raising birds and fish to maintaining their firing ranges. Tax dollars pay for everything else. The economy issue is very important to the locals. Del Rio will always be able to do well regardless but little towns like Comstock would have no motel without the hunters and fisherman. Unfortunately us out of staters can't make a huge impact by collecting data and such because we don't spend as much time in the field. It almost seems like the state has a hidden agenda and this is the first step to something worse. Possibly a total shutdown in the future? Too bad we don't have an organization to help us fight. If we carried guns instead of snake hooks people would listen a bit more. We're the exception, not the norm when it comes to the hunting community because what we do is still loathed by the average individual because they just don't understand it.
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Steve W.

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