I would like to remind y'all that Tom Whatley isn't exactly the hunters best friend. He was the primary opponent of the reauthorization of Forever Wild.

Both bills are awful and hopefully they won't make it out of committee. In addition to the problem of the creation of a new felony offense, SB 116 would require the Court to place a monetary value on wildlife for the purposes of restitution. This is in contradiction to the North American model of conservation wherein wildlife has intrinsic value and is owned collectively by people and managed by the State for the peoples benefit. If we are going to start placing a monetary value on every game animal, we might as well reduce them all to livestock to be bought and sold.