District 5 Public Hearing
January 8, 2009
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission held there second of nine public hearings, on a multiple of proposed changes for next year, in Graham North Carolina. Graham is in district 5 the district I predominantly hunt so a little bit more then an hour away. The hearing started pretty promptly at 7pm and the photo is of Director Gordon Myers giving some opening remarks. The auditorium was poorly lit and made photographs as well as reading the written material difficult but on the plus side it had ample room to accommodate the 350 to 400 people that were in attendance and the PA system made it easier to hear what was being said.
All 34 fishing proposals were covered in about 10 minutes with virtually no public comments. I was thinking it might be an early evening but the 49 hunting and trapping proposals were far more involved with a number of them generating numerous public comments. It was after 930pm when the hearing was adorned and after 11:30 pm when I got home.
I’m sitting here writing and it’s midnight and I know I can’t do justice to what all transpired this evening. There was a lot of lively discussion and some great points made on a number of issues that I just don’t want to breeze over. So what I’m going to do is I’ll do a number of posts on the hearing I attended and try to give you some of the comments and my views on the topics. The big issues were; Deer Hunting Season ( altering the break up of Muzzle Loading, Archery, and Firearm Season), Turkey Hunting ( eliminating youth day and opening the season early ) Sunday Hunting with Archery Equipment, Tagging of Big Game, legalizing Crossbows, and a few odds and ends. I could not possible do justice to that in one post nor can I fully decipher my 4 pages of notes that I took in a reasonable amount of time to get the post up.
So bear with me and over the next couple of days I’ll get the information up. If you have an interest in the outdoors in North Carolina there are still a number of public hearings you can attend or you can email the NCWRC your comments.
Moose Droppings is a place that chronicles my journey, I’ll explore new places and ideas I’ll learn new things and I’ll teach the things I’ve learned to others. Join me on the adventure and hopefully it will help you in your outdoor endeavors.
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