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<blockquote data-quote="Ray Meketa" data-source="post: 42321" data-attributes="member: 2778"><p>LB</p><p></p><p>You'll get no indignant comments from me because most of what you said is true. The only place I think you're wrong is in thinking that it's the State Game & Fish people who are behind the inequities. Each State is different but I live in Arizona and know that it's the politicians who are making these funding decisions, many times over the protests of Game & Fish personnel and the sportsmen themselves. The easiest way out for any politician is to dump on those people who can't vote for or against them, the out-of-staters. This is true of not only hunting and fishing fees but of just about every revenue source that these guys have access to. For example, a few months ago my wife and I went to Reno to shoot the 1000 yard nationals. Our hotel bill was high enough as it was but the added hotel taxes just about equaled the hotel's charges. These charges are only paid by out-of-staters, like me, and who can I complain to? No one, of course, which is the beauty of it as far as politicians are concerned. I shoot 3 or 4 times year in California and know that I'm paying for a lot of things that I shouldn't have to but I try not to even think about it cause it's not worth ruining my shooting pleasure. One of my best shooting buddies always calms me down by saying "they're going to screw you one way or the other so you might as well lay back and enjoy it". I just wish they'd buy me dinner first. </p><p></p><p>There are always going to be conflicts between the "hunter" States and the "huntee" states. Unfortunately it's the sportsmen who pay the price and it's even more unfortunate when it causes us to fight among ourselves. </p><p></p><p>Ray</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ray Meketa, post: 42321, member: 2778"] LB You'll get no indignant comments from me because most of what you said is true. The only place I think you're wrong is in thinking that it's the State Game & Fish people who are behind the inequities. Each State is different but I live in Arizona and know that it's the politicians who are making these funding decisions, many times over the protests of Game & Fish personnel and the sportsmen themselves. The easiest way out for any politician is to dump on those people who can't vote for or against them, the out-of-staters. This is true of not only hunting and fishing fees but of just about every revenue source that these guys have access to. For example, a few months ago my wife and I went to Reno to shoot the 1000 yard nationals. Our hotel bill was high enough as it was but the added hotel taxes just about equaled the hotel's charges. These charges are only paid by out-of-staters, like me, and who can I complain to? No one, of course, which is the beauty of it as far as politicians are concerned. I shoot 3 or 4 times year in California and know that I'm paying for a lot of things that I shouldn't have to but I try not to even think about it cause it's not worth ruining my shooting pleasure. One of my best shooting buddies always calms me down by saying "they're going to screw you one way or the other so you might as well lay back and enjoy it". I just wish they'd buy me dinner first. There are always going to be conflicts between the "hunter" States and the "huntee" states. Unfortunately it's the sportsmen who pay the price and it's even more unfortunate when it causes us to fight among ourselves. Ray [/QUOTE]
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