Originally Posted By: canvasback
Originally Posted By: Run With The Fox
sure as shit do- and where do you get the idea that DU isn't hunter based? One of the DU area Chapters has a 30 person committee behind it-all the guys are serious hunters: waterfowling, deer, turkey, upland birds, etc.


Well maybe down there they still support hunters but they have totally abandoned hunters up here in Canada. And when I say abandoned I mean the corporate policies and actions.

There are still hunters who are members and help support it but IMHO they aren't paying attention to what the higher ups are doing. Millions of dollars spent on head office/interpretive centre and zero presence in the battle for hunting and gun rights.

Nothing about bringing new hunters into the sport. They now side with environmental groups when it comes to land use and ignore hunters and hunting. We are like the dog shit still stuck to their shoe.
I'd suggest you write a letter to CEO Dale Hall- detail your concerns as to how you think Canada is getting the dog-shit Thom McCann's-- Dale is a real down-to-earth guy- grew up in hardscrabble Eastern KY--has the touch of the common man Kipling mentioned so well in "If"--DU has grown in $ and members every year, they must be doing something right. And 90% of the ducks and geese we kill here in the 48 each Fall are born and bred in your Country-how 'bout that?


"The field is the touchstone of the man"..