WMA rules and changes

[greenheadgrimreaper]

Keep in line zu fools! Zu not look at me! Hurry up end draw zu ball zu fewl!

Piss on em. Occupy Eastover Drive.

I mean this in absolutely no disrespect to you chapper: we ain't them yankee missourians. It ain't gonna take too many more wma's to go draw before every som bitch that hunts delta wmas is gonna be affected by this. God forbid that happens for mdwfp administration. I will NOT give up my heritage so easily to the mdwfp administration's desire for power and control.

To the administration and powers that be: do NOT turn waterfowling into the travesty that deer hunting has become by managing for trophy hunting. I know you desire the praise from a few when they kill their carefully planned out limit. But you will acquire hell from those of us who want you to keep our place to hunt. Uphold the laws, keep the animals' best interest in mind while realizing the people who make that best interest possible for you and the birds BETTER be able to get our free will opportunity to hunt them.

It floors me how the government works these days. We pay salaries and pay for them to do
what the majority wants done. And yet they STILL defy us.

[the doctor]

segment on ms outdoors the other night suggested they were modeling our system after other systems that work...they specifically called out MO and TN

the doc

[rbsdrake]

I don't know why they think MO works. Talk to the people like us

[gator]

segment on ms outdoors the other night suggested they were modeling our system after other systems that work...they specifically called out MO and TN

the doc

depends on how you define "works".

gator

[PWS]

They defy us because we are insignificant to them. I was at the meeting in Vicksburg and what showed up 30 people. Not exactly blowing the doors of the joint, this year would have been a perfect time to have stopped this, “ you going to do it my way from the MDWFP”, because it is an election year. If enough people would have voiced an opinion and eluded that their vote for the Governor might be affected by the decision, you probably would have seen a change in policy. I am not sure that the meetings were not a gauge to see just how many people were discontent. Hunting in this state is a huge business and generates a tremendous amount of money in one otherwise broke ass State. But the problem is that not enough hunters are affected by their decisions thus rendering us insignificant. And as far as the North MS WMA, I would agree they are coming after yours next I would guess that the only reason it did not happen this year is that the Powers to be did not want to rock the boat too much and make it an issue this year. But next year who cares the election is over and you are insignificant for the next 4 year. Maybe I am being Conspiracy Theorist on this issue but that’s my take on it.

I know that most of the people reading this already know this but for the ones that don’t here is a quick Political Science lesson:

$$$$$ + VOTES = Policy Change
If we don’t have one the other or both we are INSIGNIFICANT TO THE POLITICIANS THAT DO MAKE THE POLICY

[GET-N-RITE]

TN WMA system works? F that nonsense!!!!! I am from TN but I lived in Itta Bena / Greenwood for 4 years and MS WMA program is far better than TN. In TN they have a blind drawing. The main drawing I go to has around 100 blinds and only 15-20 of them are worth a dam.. The average number of people that put in for this drawing is 2,500 (you have to be present to win). At this blind drawing there are people there that buy blinds from 5,000-10,000 a year (it’s illegal but will never be stopped). If you are lucky enough to be drawn then you have the rights to hunt that blind the whole year and if anything needs to be fixed, it is your responsibility to fix the blind or build a new one. If you are not lucky enough to be drawn then you are SOL. I have been going to this same blind drawing since I was 15 and I have only been drawn one time out of the 13 years I have been going.

TN'S WMA program would be the worst thing that could possibly happen to MS WMA program.

[greenheadgrimreaper]

You ignorant rednecks don't know what you're talking about.

They have college degrees. They know what's best for you.

Congratulations on your carefully planned limit of mallards sir. Now bow to me.

[MasterP]

I haven't decided if I am going to try to be drawn for any South Delta WMA's this year. I'm not sure if I want to put my money into this experiment. I only hunt stand-by and usually during the middle of the week because I am fortunate enough to have a job where I can hunt before work for a few hours. So, I usually leave the weekends for people that can only hunt the weekends. I've never been turned away and always have a good time. The hunting has gotten so much better and safer since the draw system was started. However, I'm not sure that the new draw system is going to be favorable to people like me who scout some during the week and wake up at 2:30 in the morning to get to Mahanna for the draw to try work a few ducks for a couple of hours before I go and put in a full 8 at work. I'm not sure if it is going to be worth the gas since the number of stand-by spots are going to be dependent on how many people that did not want to get up on their draw day. I was at the meeting in Vicksburg last month, and I'll be at the one in the spring and next fall. All of us that were at that meeting know how AWESOME those South Delta WMA's are for PUBLIC hunting and the last thing we want is these treasures to become something that we can only enjoy once or twice a year. I think we are stuck with it this year, but we need to write letters and emails to everyone we can think of come February about the new systems and how it effected our use. Was it better, worse, how so, how much, and to what extend. We (the WMA users) need to get together and develop our own ideas of how to make the system better and present them to MDWFP. More importantly, it needs to be a united front on how we would like to see our land managed for hunting. Maybe we should create a non-profit group with members and officers to work with MDWFP on the issues. Maybe the Mississippi Public Land Hunter Coalition: working to insure hunting opportunities on public lands for all Mississippians. Don't know, just ranting a little bit.


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[LODI QUACKER]

the Mississippi Public Land Hunter Coalition: working to insure hunting opportunities on public lands for all Mississippians.


I was talking about something just like this the other day with a friend of mine.

A few that would speak for the multitude, so to speak. We would need dues and a elected commitee.

Sounds a hell of a lot like a union though doesnt it. Its a shame its gotten to this.

[southernmallard]

the Mississippi Public Land Hunter Coalition: working to insure hunting opportunities on public lands for all Mississippians.

We need to make something like this happen. We need a unified voice. Problem is, and from what I gauged at the Vicksburg meeting, they don't care.

[Agua]

The draw hunts as they were set up worked well.

I am really struggling to figure out what they're hoping to achieve by going to pre-season draw, with standby hunters getting to choose from the leftovers, unless they are trying to discourage use. On the face of it, they're still going to have to have someone on site to run the draw, so I don't see where it is a $ saving thing.

[southernmallard]

The draw hunts as they were set up worked well.

I am really struggling to figure out what they're hoping to achieve by going to pre-season draw, with standby hunters getting to choose from the leftovers, unless they are trying to discourage use. On the face of it, they're still going to have to have someone on site to run the draw, so I don't see where it is a $ saving thing.

The whole basis of it is to give everyone a "shot" to hunt. What they are doing is spoonfeeding the hunters that didn't have the ethic to get up at 4am and take the risk they wouldn't get to hunt. Now, they are trying to open it up to where they are GUARANTEED a spot. They are turning their backs on the lifeblood of the whole system to appease a few.

Quinn said it best at the meeting, its welfare duck hunting.

[levi127]

The draw hunts as they were set up worked well.

I am really struggling to figure out what they're hoping to achieve by going to pre-season draw, with standby hunters getting to choose from the leftovers, unless they are trying to discourage use. On the face of it, they're still going to have to have someone on site to run the draw, so I don't see where it is a $ saving thing.

The whole basis of it is to give everyone a "shot" to hunt. What they are doing is spoonfeeding the hunters that didn't have the ethic to get up at 4am and take the risk they wouldn't get to hunt. Now, they are trying to open it up to where they are GUARANTEED a spot. They are turning their backs on the lifeblood of the whole system to appease a few.

Quinn said it best at the meeting, its welfare duck hunting.

That is exactly what I was thinking when reading all this. Keeps the true waterfowlers, you could call them from actually being involved. Helps the people that really dont want to do anything

[davidees]

Welfare Duck Hunting. That's exactly right. Maybe theyre trying to attract "minorities"?

[vicksburg]

The draw hunts as they were set up worked well.

I am really struggling to figure out what they're hoping to achieve by going to pre-season draw, with standby hunters getting to choose from the leftovers, unless they are trying to discourage use. On the face of it, they're still going to have to have someone on site to run the draw, so I don't see where it is a $ saving thing.

The whole basis of it is to give everyone a "shot" to hunt. What they are doing is spoonfeeding the hunters that didn't have the ethic to get up at 4am and take the risk they wouldn't get to hunt. Now, they are trying to open it up to where they are GUARANTEED a spot. They are turning their backs on the lifeblood of the whole system to appease a few.

Quinn said it best at the meeting, its welfare duck hunting.

I wish yall would let this one die. I get pissed off everytime i click on it. It is EXACTLY welfare duck hunting. The days of walking miles, scouting, putting out some hard work, and killing birds are over. It doesn't make 2 chits now how much effort you put in it. They just want to cater to the lazy booty, internet scouting type. Ed Penny said himself, that these "hunters" were more important than the locals who use it regularly. I like Ed as a person, but his political agenda is getting in the way of his common sense.