:lol: This is a quote from an article written by the editor of the Benson county Farmers Press. The Press is a weekly paper printed in Minnewaukan, ND.
The hunting issue is heating up and it will be a hot potato in the state legislature.
If urban legislators are successful in stifling the economic development were seeing in this area by restricting out-of-state hunters, there will be a severe backlash.
If urban interests are successful in restricting out-of-state hunters, this newspaper will be part of a crusade to post every acre of privately owned land in North Dakota. Im not sure of the strings attached to the posting. Maybe landowners will be urged to refuse access to in-state hunters. Maybe landowners will be urged to charge in-state hunters. Maybe hunters who come from legislative districts whose representatives and senators vote to stifle economic development by limiting out-of-state hunters will be the only ones affected. I only know that there must and will be a severe backlash from landowners if out-of-state hunters are restricted.
These urban hunters think they have the right t use privately owned land as they see fit. They have to be shown that this is not the case.
We must put up a fight for our very existence. Urban hunters must understand there will be consequences.
-Richard Peterson, Editor, Benson County Farmers Press
The hunting issue is heating up and it will be a hot potato in the state legislature.
If urban legislators are successful in stifling the economic development were seeing in this area by restricting out-of-state hunters, there will be a severe backlash.
If urban interests are successful in restricting out-of-state hunters, this newspaper will be part of a crusade to post every acre of privately owned land in North Dakota. Im not sure of the strings attached to the posting. Maybe landowners will be urged to refuse access to in-state hunters. Maybe landowners will be urged to charge in-state hunters. Maybe hunters who come from legislative districts whose representatives and senators vote to stifle economic development by limiting out-of-state hunters will be the only ones affected. I only know that there must and will be a severe backlash from landowners if out-of-state hunters are restricted.
These urban hunters think they have the right t use privately owned land as they see fit. They have to be shown that this is not the case.
We must put up a fight for our very existence. Urban hunters must understand there will be consequences.
-Richard Peterson, Editor, Benson County Farmers Press