Grouse Guy, Ben Deeble, is a "Bird Biologist". Clearly he has an axe to grind here, namely the banning of lead shot in the state of Montana. Its a waste of time to quibble about the wording of their resolution, or the credibility of dead eagle studies. If you guys in Montana or elsewhere want to stop this kind of thing, get on the attack. Talk to your legislators about such things as the economic impact of such a law. IE if 50 % of the Bird Hunters stopped coming to Montana, X dollars would be lost in State Revenue. Get your Local Restaurant, Bar, Sporting Goods,Gas Station, Grocery store, Motel owners to write letters to your legislators, complaining about potential loss of revenue THAT gets their attention. Get someone to do an extrapolation of revenue loss. Doesnt have to be very accurate, their studies arent. Get it to the Department of Commerce. Get one or two legislators on your side, shouldnt be hard in Montana, I bet there are a lot more hunters than enviros in Helena. Get them to INSIST that at least 3-4-5 (you pick it) accredited independent studies support any recommended legislation. Make sure that the proposer has to pay for them. The Taxpayer shouldnt have to. Get Vocal, do it now. I tried to work with Mr Deeble, after a good number of comments about my character, his last comment to me was "clearly you wear camo, I dont trust you". That cleared it up for me...
