It is not the same as a WMA but it is an opportunity to allow public hunting on land that was previously closed to public hunting. That is a step in the right direction for sure and hopefully will lead to more state parks being opened for hunting.
It is not true that Oak Mountain has not been opened to public hunting. It was opened to public hunting for the last couple of years utilizing a lottery system to allow every applicant an equal opportunity to hunt.
If you dropped the BHA membership requirement and used a lottery system to fill the quota of hunters the park can support so that everyone has an equal chance of hunting, I don't think I would have a problem with BHA conducting the hunt. Having an application fee is not a problem as long as you can show records that the fee was not in excess of the costs incurred by putting on the hunt. I don't think BHA should be able to make money off of a state park.
