Re: [RC] the best places to ride - Sisu West Ranch
One of the best places we ride has been preserved
by Elk Hunters. They purchased a calving area and graciously allow the
public to use it for recreation when the elk are not
calving.
Some groups would like everyone to forget that
HUNTERS do a tremendous job of conservation. Billions (that's right
billions) of dollars have been raised by the voluntary (that is hunters lobbied
hard for it) 10% tax on firearms and ammunition. I won't even mention
ducks or pheasants unlimited.
Yesterday on the radio I heard a commercial for a
well known group that was soliciting folk to put their land into a trust to
prevent development etc. The only thing that bothered me was that they
specifically mentioned that this would protect the area from (apparently) evil
hunters.
Ed
PS. While I endorse regulated hunting (the
only kind we have), aside from scaring a few pheasants I have never
hunted.
Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower
Road Victor, MT 59875
