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Jeff I understand this is political in nature but it needs to gain maximum exposure and this forum is the most relevant for that. If you visit Ohio for whatever reason (Like hunting) this Bill will impact you. We are trying to make felons out of people that alter their vehicles to construct hidden compartments.

Must read and most urgent!
http://www.ohioliber...lls-needed-now/

Out of state calls representing tourism will impact the outcome of this Bill. Please take action.

Please pass this information on to other venues. If this passes and you come here oblivious? You won't be going home in some cases.

Bowhunters Again Under Attack by PETA

Posted on May 24, 2012
Grab your calendars and turn them back about 20 years, and then you’ll see today’s PETA—a radical animal rights group that continues to oppose bowhunting. PETA has again turned its ire on the bowhunting community. In the small, quaint town of Avon Lake, Ohio, the city council will soon permit bowhunting to help reduce nuisance deer and control population numbers. PETA, however, is trying to overwhelm the town with hatred by its uneducated members.

The Avon Lake City Council recently released full details of its planned deer herd-reduction bowhunt.  You can read the details at: http://www.avonlake....ommendation.pdf. The project is following guidelines of Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources, and will also be assisted by a local Gander Mountain store in qualifying bowhunters.

According to PETA’s attack on the proposal and bowhunting

“Bowhunting is among the cruelest forms of hunting. Bowhunters often spend hours following bloody tracks before finding wounded deer. Many are not found, and their deaths are slow and painful. It can take weeks for them to succumb to their injuries. Families are then torn apart, and young and weak animals starve or die of dehydration.

Please urge Avon Lake officials to toss bowhunting—and then forward this message widely!”

PETA then asks its minions to call and write the mayor and all council members and flood them with hate mail. The real question is why does loud and radical PETA believe it has the right to control quaint and quiet Avon Lake?

Source:http://www.ussportsmen.org/antis/bowhunters-again-under-attack-by-peta/

Folks I cannot begin to stress how critical it is that sportsman be involved in their political processes. While this activity pertains to California it is vital to the rest of us. Groups like HSUS spend a lot of money trying to figure out what they can and can't take away from all of us while we sleep. California is a more radical example of what they can get away with but they are persistent. It is literally a glimpse of things to come where you live.

If you think that is an exaggeration then I implore you to seek out the states that used to allow dove hunting and ask the hunters that reside there what it means to remain oblivious and apathetic. Groups like HSUS do not care if they cannot stop hunting overall. They simply attack the most appropriate aspects of it until they systematically eliminate it.

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(Columbus, OH) –California Senate Bill 1221, a bill that will ban the use of hounds to hunt black bears and bobcats, passed the state’s Senate today. The passage of SB 1221 by the senate casts a dark cloud over the future of all hunting and wildlife management in California.  Senate Bill 1221 passed with a vote of 22 to 15 in favor.

The bill, which is sponsored by the radical animal rights group Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), triggered a strong outpouring of opposition from California sportsmen and women, plus sportsmen’s organizations, in the state and nationwide. The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) denounced this retaliatory wildlife management bill that was created when HSUS could not have a state game commissioner removed for his legal mountain lion hunt.  As the bill moved forward from introduction and through the hearing process, hundreds of opponents wearing orange “NO on SB 1221” buttons also packed the corridors of the capital to let their Senators know they opposed this anti-hunting bill.

“The California Senate today chose retribution and revenge over sound science-based wildlife management,” explained Evan Heusinkveld, USSA’s director of state services. “Despite having a Fish and Game Commission explicitly designed to handle these questions free from the politics of the statehouse, the California Senate voted in favor of a hunting ban.”

USSA has been working with the Masters of Foxhounds Association, California Houndsmen for Conservation and the California Outdoor Heritage Alliance to defeat SB 1221.
Fast Facts on SB 1221

• The bill would outlaw the use of hounds to hunt bears and bobcats.
  
• Hunting bears and bobcats with hounds has been legal since the state formally organized a game commission and established game management and hunting laws.
  
• Hounds are actually used in wildlife management practices and projects.
  
• Hunters using hounds to pursue bears actually take fewer bears than is recommended by the state’s game department.
  
• This bill is being pushed by the radical animal rights group—the Humane Society of the United States—the same group that has pushed anti-farming and puppy mill bills in California in the past.

COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio deer hunters donated more than 104,400 pounds of venison to local food banks through the 2011-12 deer hunting season, according to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

The venison donation equals approximately 417,600 meals for Ohioans in need. A total of 2,088 deer were donated during this season compared to 2,503 last year, 2,336 in 2009-10, 1,096 in 2008-09, and 418 in 2007-08.
Last year 219,698 deer were killed during Ohio's 2011-12 hunting season, compared to 239,379 in the 2010-11 hunting season.

The Division of Wildlife has collaborated with FHFH for the last four years in an effort to assist with the processing costs associated with donating venison to a food bank. A subsidy grant was provided in allotments that are matched with funds generated or collected by local Ohio FHFH chapters. ODNR's Division of Wildlife subsidizes this program as an additional deer management tool, helping wildlife managers encourage hunters to kill more does.

Venison that is donated to food banks must be processed by a federal, state or locally inspected and insured meat processor that is participating with FHFH. Hunters wishing to donate their deer to a food bank are not required to pay for the processing of the venison as long as the program has funds available to cover the cost. There are currently 77 participating meat processors across the state. A list is provided at www.fhfh.org.

Currently, there are 34 local chapters across the state. Anyone interested in becoming a local program coordinator or a participating meat processor should visit the "Local FHFH" page at www.fhfh.org. The webpage includes a current list of coordinators, program names and the counties that they serve.
ODNR ensures a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all. Visit the ODNR website at www.ohiodnr.com.

Ted has been under attack for the past couple of years for all sorts of things. He tells the real story here:
http://www.glennbeck...the-full-story/