Drizzt
Member
Dove hunters have their say
I am very glad to be able to report that AB 1190, the California Assembly bill that would have stopped dove hunting forever in the state of California, was withdrawn by the assemblyman who cooked it up!
In an April 2 letter, Assemblyman Joe Nation (D-Marin) asked that AB 1190 be withdrawn from the April 8 agenda for the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee.
In the letter, Nation said he remained concerned about the issues of environment and the number of doves crippled by hunters, but that he would work with the California Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on those matters.
There is no doubt that the great number of sportsmen who phoned or wrote Nation in protest of the bill also had a huge influence on his decision.
According to reports, communications to the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee opposed the bill 4-to-1.
The decision was one of common sense. Besides taking away a healthy outdoor activity for more than 100,000 hunters, the negative economic impact would have been significant. That includes the $3.5 million dollars in lost hunting license revenue plus lost sales tax on equipment purchases. Retailers would have been hurt by a reduction in the purchase of equipment, lodging, food, ammunition and gasoline.
http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204~21475~1314440,00.html
I am very glad to be able to report that AB 1190, the California Assembly bill that would have stopped dove hunting forever in the state of California, was withdrawn by the assemblyman who cooked it up!
In an April 2 letter, Assemblyman Joe Nation (D-Marin) asked that AB 1190 be withdrawn from the April 8 agenda for the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee.
In the letter, Nation said he remained concerned about the issues of environment and the number of doves crippled by hunters, but that he would work with the California Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on those matters.
There is no doubt that the great number of sportsmen who phoned or wrote Nation in protest of the bill also had a huge influence on his decision.
According to reports, communications to the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee opposed the bill 4-to-1.
The decision was one of common sense. Besides taking away a healthy outdoor activity for more than 100,000 hunters, the negative economic impact would have been significant. That includes the $3.5 million dollars in lost hunting license revenue plus lost sales tax on equipment purchases. Retailers would have been hurt by a reduction in the purchase of equipment, lodging, food, ammunition and gasoline.
http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204~21475~1314440,00.html
