Deer tagging Regulation inserted into state budget.

I'm not sure if there is a thread on this or not. But Joel Kleefisch has inserted into the state budget a rule change eliminating tagging all together. Any thoughts?

Some of you are not catching the primary issue here. Namely, that a legislator takes it upon HIMSELF,  bypassing public hearings, the conservation Congress and the Natural resources board to ram a significant rule change into the state budget where it cannot be debated and passed/rejected on its own merits.

This kind of behavior by our legislators should not be tolerated.

JC, I never thought of that one.  You are way ahead of me.

madforlabs,

If your Sen. or Rep. is on the JFC, call him or her. My Sen. is. I have already called. I have emailed Kleefisch before and he forwarded my email to my Rep., who sits on same committee. That was on a different issue.

I'll still email him to let him know how I feel. 

Tim

free for all WooooooWhooooo!  Now I can pound like 40 sand hills with my one permit.  Jk

Just the next step after phone in registration. If a warden catches you with a deer in the car or at your home (highly unlikely) and you didn't call it in you get a fine. A violator would violate before by not tagging, now he just doesn't call it in. Once you got away from not tagging immediately upon killing the animal it doesn't make a bit of difference. Businesses that registered deer may lose a little more business because more people will just call in to register but that's about it. Fines, if caught, are the only deterrent to poaching. There was a case in Waushara county where a land owner had poached and sold venison. The puny fine for taking a deer (I believe it was 100 at the time) was no deterrent as he had sold much more than that. Same as the illegal fish trade. Until the fines are much more than what can be made nothing stops. Even then there are some that will.

....and, the Kleefisch staff inform me that he won't take my call or respond to an email because I do not reside in his legislative district.

This is bad on so many levels...

I'll bypass the obvious issues relative to enforcement and increased poaching and focus on the PROCESS.

Kleefisch took it upon himself to ignore completely the Conservation Congress resolution procedure and consultation with the Natural Resources board . He took a personal agenda item, snuck it into the state budget where it receives no public comment or hearing and then has the audacity to state that this "simplifies" rules and helps recruit new hunters.  He effectively tears down the very process of citizen involvement and participation our elected officials purportedly use to guide their actions.

I'd contend that any future hunter whose barrier to entering the sport consists of having to tag a game animal is an individual I don't care to know or share the field with. 

I am totally disgusted with the actions of Joel Kleefisch.0

Evidently it includes turkey and goose tagging as well.

Not sure what you mean wicasa.

Agreed, proof of how sneaky it is , is the total lack of info on this. Talk about an end to enforcement as we know it.

Yeah. 1st off, what will this do ? What's the purpose? Recall the guy who stuck this into the budget is a known violator, though he has given back by taking a lot of new hunters out.

If this thing is such a great idea and he's so certain about it, introduce it as a stand alone bill the way it should be. He'd likely get an idea of how popular this idea is.

A non-fiscal item DOES NOT belong tucked into the state budget! It's cowardly at best to do so.

The best you can do is to call your elected officials and voice your opinion on this issue. The JFC has not finalized the budget yet.

Tim