The Deficit Problem

Hunters had a frightening shake-up last year. Around this time last year, cuts proposed to the Federal budget seemed to rip into conservation more than other programs. Many of us were shocked the way you are when an 18-wheeler abruptly cuts you off at highway speed. It felt that way because that is…

essentially what was happening: we were, in fact, being pushed around by forces much bigger than we are. Some of us flew into a road rage, but most of the sporting community and many others who share our interest in conservation buckled down. We looked into what was really going on, organized ourselves, and we recovered.