I don't know, they might have helped with the exotics part. I think it was mostly grayband hunters and private herpers who got involved in the roadban part. The roadban thing was orchestrated by just a few guys within TPWD. It was never based on any science or data or records, just revenge for old personal confrontations these guys had in the field with gryaband hunters.

Anyways that's just my opinion but I can tell you that these confrontations were already legendary by the time I started hunting graybands in 1996. The behavior and lack of respect by some grayband hunters was wrong but IMHO that pales in comparision to the misuse of power by these higher ups in TPWD. There was no science behind the grayband prohibitions of the 1980's and there is no science behind this new roadban. It is the same circus of bullpucky happening all over again.

You guys in TPWD (and I know you're watching) need to realize that most of us today had nothing to do with that stuff that went on in the 70's and 80's. Let it go. Let us walk the freakin' roadcuts.

Sorry for the rant.

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