It just looks like they are getting traction. The same guys that were selling this nonsense 20-30 years ago, are the same guys selling it today. It is unfortunately a war of attrition. The bight side being that they are rapidly aging.
From a hunters point of view, yes we need a bigger voice, and a better education platform. I won't mention any names because I don't play well with anyone, at least not publicly.
Perception is key to much of this. We had not seen even a frame work for Bishop's Grand Bargain in the 3 years since it was conceived. Then suddenly in the midst of a nutter tard fest at the Malheur wildlife refuge Bishop unveils the plan?
If anyone has ever played 6 degrees of separation, just shorten it to 2 and apply it to Utah anti hunting politics and the current narrative(people are working on this depth). Example: Shawna Cox, Malheur wildlife refuge "occupier". Has been involved in this thing since at least 2009 when she participated in the Paria canyon ride. She was at the Bundy welfare compound, and at the recapture canyon ride. From there start connecting the dots going forward and backwards in time, and by association to elected officials. Shawna Cox......Mike Noel(Utah legislator and personal friend).............Ken Ivory(Utah legislator, Noels bud, lands council)...........etc.
Bishop, Ivory, and Swallow all on the same page here:
http://utahsfreedom.org/reclaim-western-lands.html I don't know about the rest of them, but Swallow is a stand up guy..........
This can be done with a lot of key Utah officials, both elected and appointed,especially the appointed ones. The games fun when you start tying the contracts and other hand outs that are give to the nutter tards to help carry out this agenda.
Here is the bitterest pill of all for some here. You are going to have to start voting on the bigger issue. It is the party line voters of this state that have brought us to this point. I have nothing against Conservatism or Liberalism. Ultimately they are just ideas, and frame works for accomplishing things. It is truly the people that claim to be either of these things, and claim to represent either of them, while telling you they are end all solutions, that are the problem. Like conservatives selling anti property rights agendas under the guise of property rights, or wildlife orgs and agencies selling anti hunting agendas under the guise of conservation. The proof is the reality and consequences on the ground that can't be cooked like numbers in a book, or pulled from the internet like data bases(that were already copied anyway).
Not to get too personal or political, but we have the same Congressman, Bishop. Did you vote for or support his pro public lands, veteran challenger? I'm not asking anyone to reply to the question, only making a statement about why and how we are where we are at.