Originally Posted By: Clem

One argument I've heard about the "non-consumptive" users -- hikers, campers, birders, horse riders, ATVers -- is they aren't taking anything. "Hunters kill animals and take them from the WMA (property). Birders only go look and leave."

Horse manure. If you use it, you're using it.


If thats the case they should only charge hunters when ya harvest something. Otherwise hunters are doing no more if they dont pull the trigger than walking and watching like the hikers and bird watchers.


Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching - even when doing the wrong thing is legal. Aldo Leopold .. (except when it comes to trailer tags)