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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4629699" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Andy is correct.</p><p>TWRA had nothing to do with this ----- it was a purely political move by the political appointees (Commissioners).</p><p>TWRA would have allowed for public discussion of all the pros & cons.</p><p>Again, <u>the TWRA biologists did not request this, did not want this,</u></p><p><u>in part because it projects an image of "trophy-only" hunting to a general voting public of non-hunters</u>.</p><p></p><p>It was a very bad move in general for our "image", as well as catering to a very small sub-set of archery hunters,</p><p>at the expense of most other deer hunters. No matter how it gets rationalized, that's still going to be the bottom line.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There was at least one commissioner wanting it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As they say, "follow the money".</p><p>For sure TWRA could use more money.</p><p>Maybe a commissioner also wants to lease his land to non-residents as well?</p><p></p><p><u>It's not that the velvet opportunity is necessarily a horrible idea</u>,</p><p>but the way it was so quickly pushed into law was a horrible way of doing it,</p><p>basically without vetting of the pros & cons by the very hunters most negatively effected:</p><p>Tennessee's <u>average</u> <em>RESIDENT</em> hunter who will not participate in this.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps, Joe Average Hunter would have preferred something different <em>INSTEAD?</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4629699, member: 1409"] Andy is correct. TWRA had nothing to do with this ----- it was a purely political move by the political appointees (Commissioners). TWRA would have allowed for public discussion of all the pros & cons. Again, [u]the TWRA biologists did not request this, did not want this, in part because it projects an image of "trophy-only" hunting to a general voting public of non-hunters[/u]. It was a very bad move in general for our "image", as well as catering to a very small sub-set of archery hunters, at the expense of most other deer hunters. No matter how it gets rationalized, that's still going to be the bottom line. There was at least one commissioner wanting it. As they say, "follow the money". For sure TWRA could use more money. Maybe a commissioner also wants to lease his land to non-residents as well? [u]It's not that the velvet opportunity is necessarily a horrible idea[/u], but the way it was so quickly pushed into law was a horrible way of doing it, basically without vetting of the pros & cons by the very hunters most negatively effected: Tennessee's [u]average[/u] [i]RESIDENT[/i] hunter who will not participate in this. Perhaps, Joe Average Hunter would have preferred something different [i]INSTEAD?[/i] [/QUOTE]
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