Suit Filed to End All Hunting, Fishing and Trapping

[Outdoors Magazine]

Suit Filed to End All Hunting, Fishing and Trapping

In New Jersey



(Columbus) - Anti-hunters today filed a lawsuit against the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection to suspend all hunting, fishing and
trapping.



The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation is looking into the merits of the
case to determine what action to pursue.



The case alleges that the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife has
issued sporting licenses to convicted felons. To avoid future instances,
the plaintiffs are asking Judge Susan Reisner of the Superior Court of New
Jersey to suspend all hunting, fishing and trapping licenses until a
background check system for all license buyers is put into place.



"This is the most outrageous and blatant attack on sportsmen's rights that
we have seen in our 25-year history," said Bud Pidgeon, U.S. Sportsmen's
Alliance Foundation president. "To besmirch the reputation of sportsmen by
linking us to felons is unconscionable. Sportsmen are America's greatest
conservationists, paying literally billions each year to fund fish and
wildlife programs across the country."



It is illegal in New Jersey for any convicted felon to possess or purchase a
weapon, Pidgeon said. Criminal background checks would unnecessarily delay
the issuance of a sporting license. The lawsuit even asks that fishing
license purchases require background checks.



The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation protects and defends America's
wildlife conservation programs and the pursuits - hunting, fishing and
trapping - that generate the money to pay for them. The U.S. Sportsmen's
Alliance Foundation is responsible for public education, legal defense and
research. Its mission is accomplished through several distinct programs
coordinated to provide the most complete defense capability possible. For
more information about the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation and its
work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its website, www.ussportsmen.org.


--
James Ehlers

Outdoors Magazine
www.outdoorsmagazine.net

[Sam Salmon]

This is as funny as someone trying to assert that there really is
Hunting/Trapping/Fishing in New Jersey!
Give us a break-we weren't born yesterday.




On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:02:29 GMT, "Outdoors Magazine"
> wrote:

>Suit Filed to End All Hunting, Fishing and Trapping
>
>In New Jersey
>
>
>
>(Columbus) - Anti-hunters today filed a lawsuit against the New Jersey
>Department of Environmental Protection to suspend all hunting, fishing and
>trapping.
>
>
>
>The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation is looking into the merits of the
>case to determine what action to pursue.
>
>
>
>The case alleges that the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife has
>issued sporting licenses to convicted felons. To avoid future instances,
>the plaintiffs are asking Judge Susan Reisner of the Superior Court of New
>Jersey to suspend all hunting, fishing and trapping licenses until a
>background check system for all license buyers is put into place.
>
>
>
>"This is the most outrageous and blatant attack on sportsmen's rights that
>we have seen in our 25-year history," said Bud Pidgeon, U.S. Sportsmen's
>Alliance Foundation president. "To besmirch the reputation of sportsmen by
>linking us to felons is unconscionable. Sportsmen are America's greatest
>conservationists, paying literally billions each year to fund fish and
>wildlife programs across the country."
>
>
>
>It is illegal in New Jersey for any convicted felon to possess or purchase a
>weapon, Pidgeon said. Criminal background checks would unnecessarily delay
>the issuance of a sporting license. The lawsuit even asks that fishing
>license purchases require background checks.
>
>
>
>The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation protects and defends America's
>wildlife conservation programs and the pursuits - hunting, fishing and
>trapping - that generate the money to pay for them. The U.S. Sportsmen's
>Alliance Foundation is responsible for public education, legal defense and
>research. Its mission is accomplished through several distinct programs
>coordinated to provide the most complete defense capability possible. For
>more information about the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation and its
>work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its website, www.ussportsmen.org.

[Outdoors Magazine]

Sir,
I do not have time to play games. I am sure you will hear more about it in
due time, and the sal****er fishing in NJ is excellent. Hunting can be very
good in the Delaware Gap region.

By the way, the Sierra Club is attempting to ban hunting on public land in
Quebec.

--
James Ehlers

Outdoors Magazine
www.outdoorsmagazine.net


"Sam Salmon" > wrote in message
...
>
> This is as funny as someone trying to assert that there really is
> Hunting/Trapping/Fishing in New Jersey!
> Give us a break-we weren't born yesterday.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:02:29 GMT, "Outdoors Magazine"
> > wrote:
>
> >Suit Filed to End All Hunting, Fishing and Trapping
> >
> >In New Jersey
> >
> >
> >
> >(Columbus) - Anti-hunters today filed a lawsuit against the New Jersey
> >Department of Environmental Protection to suspend all hunting, fishing
and
> >trapping.
> >
> >
> >
> >The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation is looking into the merits of
the
> >case to determine what action to pursue.
> >
> >
> >
> >The case alleges that the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife has
> >issued sporting licenses to convicted felons. To avoid future instances,
> >the plaintiffs are asking Judge Susan Reisner of the Superior Court of
New
> >Jersey to suspend all hunting, fishing and trapping licenses until a
> >background check system for all license buyers is put into place.
> >
> >
> >
> >"This is the most outrageous and blatant attack on sportsmen's rights
that
> >we have seen in our 25-year history," said Bud Pidgeon, U.S. Sportsmen's
> >Alliance Foundation president. "To besmirch the reputation of sportsmen
by
> >linking us to felons is unconscionable. Sportsmen are America's greatest
> >conservationists, paying literally billions each year to fund fish and
> >wildlife programs across the country."
> >
> >
> >
> >It is illegal in New Jersey for any convicted felon to possess or
purchase a
> >weapon, Pidgeon said. Criminal background checks would unnecessarily
delay
> >the issuance of a sporting license. The lawsuit even asks that fishing
> >license purchases require background checks.
> >
> >
> >
> >The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation protects and defends America's
> >wildlife conservation programs and the pursuits - hunting, fishing and
> >trapping - that generate the money to pay for them. The U.S. Sportsmen's
> >Alliance Foundation is responsible for public education, legal defense
and
> >research. Its mission is accomplished through several distinct programs
> >coordinated to provide the most complete defense capability possible. For
> >more information about the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation and its
> >work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its website, www.ussportsmen.org.
>

[Sam Salmon]

LMAO!!!
Canadians don't put up with the kind of bull you're bombarded with in
the USA.
Here in BC PETA hides in dank apartments in the poorest part of
Vancouver they never venture into the outdoors because they can't
afford to drive-so I'm told I've never seen them there.







On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:42:43 GMT, "Outdoors Magazine"
> wrote:

>Sir,
>I do not have time to play games. I am sure you will hear more about it in
>due time, and the sal****er fishing in NJ is excellent. Hunting can be very
>good in the Delaware Gap region.
>
>By the way, the Sierra Club is attempting to ban hunting on public land in
>Quebec.

[Outdoors Magazine]

Environmental Group Working to Ban Hunting- (12/13)






A chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada is planning to initiate a
movement to ban hunting and trapping in Canada's wildlife reserves.





According to the Montreal Gazette, the Quebec Group of the Eastern
Canada Chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada launched a campaign to denounce
Quebec's wildlife conservation policies and begin a movement to ban hunting
and trapping on reserves.





"Well-organized groups of hunters and trappers, with government
collaboration, have succeeded in subverting the original purpose of
reserves," said Ray Raymond, chairman of the Quebec Group. "Hunting and
trapping are activities that have no basis in conservation and are
incompatible with species-conservation objectives."





Raymond goes on to imply that permitting hunting and trapping will
devastate biodiversity on reserves.





Nothing could be further from the truth.





Trapping, hunting and fishing are regulated to prevent declines in
wildlife populations and deterioration of habitats. According to the Draft
Québec Strategy on Biological Diversity 2002-2007, sportsmen will be helpful
in monitoring biodiversity. Records showing the number of white-tailed deer
and moose taken by hunters will help gauge the condition of these wildlife
populations.






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Information on this website can be reprinted with a citation to the
U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and www.ussportsmen.org



--
James Ehlers

Outdoors Magazine
www.outdoorsmagazine.net
"Sam Salmon" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> LMAO!!!
> Canadians don't put up with the kind of bull you're bombarded with in
> the USA.
> Here in BC PETA hides in dank apartments in the poorest part of
> Vancouver they never venture into the outdoors because they can't
> afford to drive-so I'm told I've never seen them there.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:42:43 GMT, "Outdoors Magazine"
> > wrote:
>
> >Sir,
> >I do not have time to play games. I am sure you will hear more about it
in
> >due time, and the sal****er fishing in NJ is excellent. Hunting can be
very
> >good in the Delaware Gap region.
> >
> >By the way, the Sierra Club is attempting to ban hunting on public land
in
> >Quebec.
>

[Outdoors Magazine]

No Constitutional 'Right' To Hunt, Say Animal Advocates
by ANC Staff and The Fund for Animals

Posted on November 24, 2003

On November 18 the House Game and Fisheries Committee passed a joint
resolution (H.B. 1512) proposing to amend the state constitution to grant
residents of Pennsylvania the 'right' to hunt.

The decision has provoked strong protest from The Fund for Animals, a
national animal protection organization with 9,000 members and active
supporters in Pennsylvania.

"The constitution is a sacred document which shouldn't be used as a graffiti
wall for political rhetoric," The Fund's National Director, Heidi Prescott,
said.

"To establish constitutional protections for recreational pursuits such as
hunting is not only inappropriate, but redundant." she said. "Nearly a
million people already hunt in Pennsylvania without having that 'right'
enshrined in the constitution."

Prescott said the bill may expose the Pennsylvania Game Commission to
lawsuits from hunters who do not think any restriction on hunting is
reasonable - wanting larger bag limits, longer season dates, and additional
species to shoot.

"If one special interest group is allowed to use the state constitution for
its purposes, the floodgates will be opened for other groups to follow,"
said Prescott. "What's next? An amendment allowing the right to play golf or
go shopping?"

Only a handful of states across America have "right-to-hunt" amendments in
their constitutions. Most states have rejected such measures.

"Legislators in most states - even major hunting states - have had the
common sense to defeat bills granting constitutional status to sport
hunting," said Prescott. "The citizens of Pennsylvania do not need to add a
silly provision protecting a recreational hobby."

Sources
The Fund for Animals
www.fund.org
November 18 Press Release


--
James Ehlers

Outdoors Magazine
www.outdoorsmagazine.net
"Outdoors Magazine" > wrote in message
et...
> Suit Filed to End All Hunting, Fishing and Trapping
>
> In New Jersey
>
>
>
> (Columbus) - Anti-hunters today filed a lawsuit against the New Jersey
> Department of Environmental Protection to suspend all hunting, fishing and
> trapping.
>
>
>
> The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation is looking into the merits of the
> case to determine what action to pursue.
>
>
>
> The case alleges that the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife has
> issued sporting licenses to convicted felons. To avoid future instances,
> the plaintiffs are asking Judge Susan Reisner of the Superior Court of New
> Jersey to suspend all hunting, fishing and trapping licenses until a
> background check system for all license buyers is put into place.
>
>
>
> "This is the most outrageous and blatant attack on sportsmen's rights that
> we have seen in our 25-year history," said Bud Pidgeon, U.S. Sportsmen's
> Alliance Foundation president. "To besmirch the reputation of sportsmen
by
> linking us to felons is unconscionable. Sportsmen are America's greatest
> conservationists, paying literally billions each year to fund fish and
> wildlife programs across the country."
>
>
>
> It is illegal in New Jersey for any convicted felon to possess or purchase
a
> weapon, Pidgeon said. Criminal background checks would unnecessarily
delay
> the issuance of a sporting license. The lawsuit even asks that fishing
> license purchases require background checks.
>
>
>
> The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation protects and defends America's
> wildlife conservation programs and the pursuits - hunting, fishing and
> trapping - that generate the money to pay for them. The U.S. Sportsmen's
> Alliance Foundation is responsible for public education, legal defense and
> research. Its mission is accomplished through several distinct programs
> coordinated to provide the most complete defense capability possible. For
> more information about the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation and its
> work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its website, www.ussportsmen.org.
>
>
> --
> James Ehlers
>
> Outdoors Magazine
> www.outdoorsmagazine.net
>
>

[Sam Salmon]

You paranoid yanqui asswipes are too much to be believed-why are you
so scared all the time anyway?
What's next-'terrorist attack' on fishin'?
LMAO!!!!
Isn't there some way for you to invent a reason to lock up everyone
who isn't excatly like you?
Oh right I forgot it's called 'Homeland Security' and is run by a
convicted criminal.
You spend to much time worrying and not enough fishing.
Taking your heads out of your collective asses and having a breath of
fresh air is a start but maybe too radical a course of action for you
to contemplate-I know for a fact that independent thought is
discouraged in your dungheap of a country.
Don't believe me?
Try watching your television for 30 minutes without throwing up.







On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:34:02 GMT, "Outdoors Magazine"
> wrote:

> Environmental Group Working to Ban Hunting- (12/13)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> A chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada is planning to initiate a
>movement to ban hunting and trapping in Canada's wildlife reserves.
>
>
>
>
>
> According to the Montreal Gazette, the Quebec Group of the Eastern
>Canada Chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada launched a campaign to denounce
>Quebec's wildlife conservation policies and begin a movement to ban hunting
>and trapping on reserves.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Well-organized groups of hunters and trappers, with government
>collaboration, have succeeded in subverting the original purpose of
>reserves," said Ray Raymond, chairman of the Quebec Group. "Hunting and
>trapping are activities that have no basis in conservation and are
>incompatible with species-conservation objectives."
>
>
>
>
>
> Raymond goes on to imply that permitting hunting and trapping will
>devastate biodiversity on reserves.
>
>
>
>
>
> Nothing could be further from the truth.
>
>
>
>
>
> Trapping, hunting and fishing are regulated to prevent declines in
>wildlife populations and deterioration of habitats. According to the Draft
>Québec Strategy on Biological Diversity 2002-2007, sportsmen will be helpful
>in monitoring biodiversity. Records showing the number of white-tailed deer
>and moose taken by hunters will help gauge the condition of these wildlife
>populations.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Information on this website can be reprinted with a citation to the
>U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and www.ussportsmen.org

[Outdoors Magazine]

Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. Salmon.

--
James Ehlers

Outdoors Magazine
www.outdoorsmagazine.net



"Sam Salmon" > wrote in message
...
>
>
>
> You paranoid yanqui asswipes are too much to be believed-why are you
> so scared all the time anyway?
> What's next-'terrorist attack' on fishin'?
> LMAO!!!!
> Isn't there some way for you to invent a reason to lock up everyone
> who isn't excatly like you?
> Oh right I forgot it's called 'Homeland Security' and is run by a
> convicted criminal.
> You spend to much time worrying and not enough fishing.
> Taking your heads out of your collective asses and having a breath of
> fresh air is a start but maybe too radical a course of action for you
> to contemplate-I know for a fact that independent thought is
> discouraged in your dungheap of a country.
> Don't believe me?
> Try watching your television for 30 minutes without throwing up.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:34:02 GMT, "Outdoors Magazine"
> > wrote:
>
> > Environmental Group Working to Ban Hunting- (12/13)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > A chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada is planning to initiate a
> >movement to ban hunting and trapping in Canada's wildlife reserves.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > According to the Montreal Gazette, the Quebec Group of the Eastern
> >Canada Chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada launched a campaign to
denounce
> >Quebec's wildlife conservation policies and begin a movement to ban
hunting
> >and trapping on reserves.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Well-organized groups of hunters and trappers, with government
> >collaboration, have succeeded in subverting the original purpose of
> >reserves," said Ray Raymond, chairman of the Quebec Group. "Hunting and
> >trapping are activities that have no basis in conservation and are
> >incompatible with species-conservation objectives."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Raymond goes on to imply that permitting hunting and trapping will
> >devastate biodiversity on reserves.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Nothing could be further from the truth.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Trapping, hunting and fishing are regulated to prevent declines in
> >wildlife populations and deterioration of habitats. According to the
Draft
> >Québec Strategy on Biological Diversity 2002-2007, sportsmen will be
helpful
> >in monitoring biodiversity. Records showing the number of white-tailed
deer
> >and moose taken by hunters will help gauge the condition of these
wildlife
> >populations.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Information on this website can be reprinted with a citation to the
> >U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and www.ussportsmen.org
>

[Wild Bill]

"Sam Salmon" > wrote in message
...
>
>
>
> You paranoid yanqui asswipes are too much to be believed-why are you
> so scared all the time anyway?
> What's next-'terrorist attack' on fishin'?
> LMAO!!!!
> Isn't there some way for you to invent a reason to lock up everyone
> who isn't excatly like you?
> Oh right I forgot it's called 'Homeland Security' and is run by a
> convicted criminal.
> You spend to much time worrying and not enough fishing.
> Taking your heads out of your collective asses and having a breath of
> fresh air is a start but maybe too radical a course of action for you
> to contemplate-I know for a fact that independent thought is
> discouraged in your dungheap of a country.
> Don't believe me?
> Try watching your television for 30 minutes without throwing up.
>
>

Sam...are ALL canadians as pleasant and charming as you?
Please don't make comments about us since you Canadians haven't been hit at
home.
In fact, maybe we should put Canada on the same list as Muslim countries for
immigration purposes.

Bill