Show m. mm OUTDOOR CORNER have taken toward the federal ban of he Associations Intend to close of acres of private land to This is the of dove It's unfortunate that the scapegoats in their efforts to fight the By closing their the association Is anticipating that hunters will write their legislators and demand that the 1080 ban be The is unfair and While I agree that are having a tough time with coyotes and that control might be necessary in some I can't see the logic in using hunters as the could not win so they're asking sportsmen to join in the There are a few reasons why hunters glad to many of them tave their own Problems and are besieged on all sides by anti-hunters who are increasing In numbers and effectiveness each People opposed to hunting are at- tacking the Wildlife Refuge the Pittman-Robertson Act that charges excise taxes for wildlife sport of hunting and dozens of omer ways that are all directed toward banning hunting in America through the the National Shooting Sports and other are fighting Some of the battles are and it's only a matter of time before there are major hunters must remain and The opposition is getting stronger every The present skirmishes are bad enough but along comes Uie asking for the support of Now we have another issue tt the anti-hunters can in favor of poisons that mer- sensitive to America's y A far-fetched Not at I and There's not much love believe It's a fact of life that the anti-hunting movement la centered in large or anything else con- corning Yet they are well and would dearly love to find another way to attack In my the 1080 issue is a Juicy one rm confident the anti-hunters will focus in as quickly as they According to brochures handed out by the Idaho of the fishing and recreation areas you have enjoyed in the past will 1 off Closure of this land may limit access to millions of additional You will be a criminal trespasser where you once walked Elsewhere in the it producers have a deep and abiding love and respect for the With few they enjoy sharing their land with None of us want this but something must be The federal government must be FORCED to take action on this I called Lew Executive Secretary d the Idaho in Boise and asked why his association was putting hunters on the a last resort gesture of he six of Idaho's biggest sheep outfitters went out of business because of We've got to do and this is what we've We hate to close up 2 million acres of but there's no other There is no easy answer to this It's a shame that sportsmen are being dragged into My own is to stay completely away from And you can bet I'll write to the 7 at their How about I I i Jj jM l JV Vi HK X BL Vj j S V k hK X 1 ur r W fW li th-f u- i- u JS hog as they in the Photograph by Jim |