New York Outdoor Enthusiasts: Take Action for Your DEC!

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  • Joseph's avatar

    Where’s the link

  • Eric's avatar

    @Joseph wow, thank you 🤦🏼‍♂️. I was apparently too hasty to get this posted. I will be editing the post to include the link after I click send on this reply…

  • James's avatar

    Well guess I have some phone calls to make. Typical NY government overreach with no science to back it up just public opinion.

  • Eric's avatar

    @James that’s where I take issue for sure. I mean, yes the lead ban will happened eventually anyway, but it should come from DEC, not the legislative body (though, it may have taken this route, I’m not sure). I don’t like the trapping legislation and would bet money that didn’t stem from anything out of DEC. All of that said, I like the things you’ll see on the second screenshot. Things like these are where we get to exercise our rights and play a role in our government. Too many people don’t understand that it doesn’t stop at the polls.

  • James's avatar

    I basically take issue with the trapping one for sure being raised in a trapping family. I have some friends that work for DEC that will be getting a phone call. I’m all for the constitutional right to hunt and fish and the gas lease restriction. I also haven’t shot lead shot in many years. I really hope us as outdoorsman will get the voice and the ability to exercise our rights and use science backed reasoning.

  • Eric's avatar

    @James I’m with you for sure, on all of those points! That’s exactly the point I was hoping to make here, that we do have a voice and we have to use it to keep ourselves from being walked on. I often think that politicians will champion causes and push legislation for the sake of justifying their jobs, trying to fix things that often aren’t broken.

  • Joseph's avatar

    I had an account so I was able to voice my opinion on it and then submitting it sends it right to the person that proposed the bill.

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Eric B

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Proud father, OIF Veteran, Jack of just about no trades and definitely master of none…I like to camp, hike, fish, hunt, trap, garden and forage. I’ve done the first three for a while and am pretty new to the others. Always learning!

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