MN Legislators Managing Deer...AGAIN?!!!

[Grasshopper]

One of the beloved reps from SE MN is once again sticking his fingers into deer management.

MN Rep Steve Drazkowski has just introduced a bill to effectively kill the current APR in Zone 3 and to allow cross-tagging for bucks and to permanently maintain the 3A and 3B MN deer seasons "as is". There was a rumor of a petition circulating a few weeks ago, and now it has become reality. Drazkowski's bill goes before the "Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance Committee" http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/com...asp?comm=87007 next week Tuesday. Key contacts would be Rick Hansen and Denny McNamara, and Duane Quam. Please see below.




http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/docs/A11-0225.pdf

Text:

25.29 Sec. 62. DEER HUNTING RULES.
25.30 (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall not adopt a rule applicable for the
25.31 Series 300 deer permit areas that:
(1) imposes an antler point restriction for taking antlered 26.1 deer other than that
26.2 imposed under Minnesota Rules, part 6232.0200, subpart 6; or
26.3 (2) prohibits party hunting for antlered deer according to Minnesota Statutes, section
26.4 97B.301, subdivision 3.
26.5 (b) The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part
26.6 6232.1300, subpart 3, item B, to allow legal bucks to be taken in season option A for a
26.7 nine-day period beginning the Saturday nearest November 6. The commissioner may use
26.8 the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause
26.9 (3), to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not
26.10 apply except as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.
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[Dor]

Was just gonna post this. Drazkowski is a real piece of work. First wants to cut our trees down in the parks and now wants to manage our deer herd.

Demoncats = socialism
Republicraps= rape the enviroment

A no win situation.

[Grasshopper]

[QUOTE]Was just gonna post this. Drazkowski is a real piece of work. First wants to cut our trees down in the parks and now wants to manage our deer herd. /QUOTE]

AND sell off all the state land to help settle a debt created in part by the legislature itself...

Amazing how politicians can look at a public resource and say "hey, that's mine."

I could go on and on about this, but I won't...unless provoked

Bottom line (to me) on this one is; I don't care what your opinion on APR's or cross-tagging is, the legislature has no business managing deer. Or turkeys, or bluegills, or...

[Dor]

Couldn't agree more.