from another author, but what do you think? I know the author and his views as a sportsman are true. spin in the wording to trick??
Right to Hunt & Fish Amendment In Indiana Sucks Vote NO!
Public Question #1 will present Hoosiers on election day with a seemingly harmless amendment to our constitution- "The right to hunt, fish, and harvest game in our state."
It seems that the propaganda used to get voters to vote yes for this amendment is effectivly convincing nearly everyone to vote without thinking twice...
Sales pitch #1: It is supported by the NRA, (Which many, if not all of us support) and....
Sales Pitch #2: Since all of the the nutty animal right's and anti hunting groups are against it, so, it MUST be good- Right?
WRONG!
Take a breath here and think about this... This amendment to Indiana's constitution is dangerous. Here's why:
The dangerous part of the proposed amendment Reads: "The people have a right, which includes the right to use traditional methods, to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife."
The dangerous part here is: "which includes the right to use TRADITIONAL METHODS"
I am primarily a catfish angler-- so I don't know much about the history of traditional hunting and trapping methods, and what good or bad may come from resurrecting all of those traditional methods and making them a constitutional right to do - So, I'll leave that to my hunting and trapping buddies to think about it, and I'll talk about the part I do know. The FISHING part.
As a catfish angler who has spent the last 10 years fighting for regulation changes in this state for catfish, I know exactly what "The right to use traditional method's" WILL mean to the sport angler. Especially the catfish angler, because catfish are especially vulnerable to traditional mass harvest fishing method's and gear....
It mean's that if you vote yes, and this amendment to the Indiana constitution is made- Noodling, snagging, gill netting, hoop netting, and use of other "traditional" tools and methods of fishing and mass harvest that are now either regulated or flat-out illegal because they violate fair chase ethics, damage fish populations, etc., will become a constitutionally protected right for ANYONE and EVERYONE... it is a commercial fishermen, meat hoarder, and paylake owners, dream come true.
Constitutionally protected rights are d**n near, if not completely impossible to regulate, and there will be no changing your mind after you vote yes, and then realize later the grave mistake that you have made by voting yes- and it WILL BE your fault.... Your fault that you have let yourself be be tricked and fooled into voting yes by those who would do massive harm to our states fish and wildlife resources.
Conservation and fair chase ethics are not considered with this amendment. Doing whatever the hell they want to do is the intention.... being able to fish and hunt however, and with whatever they wish. THINK!
The ability to hunt and fish in Indiana is already a protected privilege for all of us under the public trust doctrine. Amending the constitution to create a fundamentally protected right is redundant-
The real intention here is to SNEAK-in the "right to use TRADITIONAL METHODS", and make it stick forever- make it a constitutionally protected right.
I'M VOTING NO!
And to be very clear- for those who don't know me... I am completely a protected privilege to hunt and to fish for sportsman who give fair chase and do it ethically... BUT!
I am NOT for handing over our Fish and wildlife resource's and becoming DEFENSELESS to fishers and hunters, who have no ethic's or respect for fair chase and conservation-
I will not vote to become defenseless to the hunters and fishers who crafted and pushed this amendment to make their unethical, mass harvesting methods an irreversible, constitutional right for themselves and those just like them.... a right that will encourage tragedy of the common's, type behavior in this state. (google it)
It is too late for many states who sportsmen and women have unwittingly adopted this nightmare into their state constitution without thinking about it first, but thank God that Hoosiers can still avoid it in ours... vote HELL NO! Bill Avery. Share.
