03-14-2018, 12:55 PM
I read some of the comments supporting the bill from some of the legislators, and one said that in today's world, any hunter or sportsman can purchase a GPS and know where they are all the time. Falsehood with this is that in timbered areas and areas of canyons and other tough topography, signals can't get out and that doesn't work. In addition, I challenge that legislator to take a GPS unit out and know exactly where he is at any given time due to the error factor in any GPS unit. I spent over 40 years of my life working outdoors having to know where I was at all the time, and short of a Cadastral survey, no way can you know exactly if you are on a certain piece of land. This bill is all bogus and it just goes to show once again how little support the recreationist, sportsmen and women, and Fish and Game get in this state from our legislature. With out hunting, fishing, recreation, etc in this state, many many business's wouldn't be here today. There are already laws on the book to handle this, use them. I did send an e-mail to Senator Bair who is chairman over the Senate Resources committee, but, he is so deep into the Idaho Farm Bureaus pocket no way will he vote down this bill. In fact, he was one of the Senators a year or so ago that influenced the Governor to get rid of a couple Idaho Fish and Game commissioners because they wouldn't do what he wanted with the big game license draw tags. He scooted free and there is no way anyone can take him on to oust him from his seat because of the heavy ties he has to non-outdoor business and Farm Bureau. All we can do is pray and keep pressure on Otter to not sign the bill, which I think is a wing and a prayer. Good luck to everyone with this.
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