Outdoorsmen and Women Beware

The Humane Society of the United States has declared Jihad on the Hunters and Fishermen in this country. Their attack on hunting in Michigan was successful. Dove Hunting has been banned again in Michigan. The HSUS financed in excess of 50% of the budget for this attack from outside Michigan. They used lies, and misrepresentation to achieve their goal.
Among the lies:
Doves are cheap skeet: Not true. Doves are among the most agile of fliers and shooting them for food is not cheap. It is estimated that most hunters fire up to 7 shells on average.
Hunters do not eat the Doves they shoot: THIS IS PURE BULL. No ethical hunter would ever shoot an animal that was not intended for the table. (Exceptions do occur such as Coyote's which are nuisance animals that attack wild game and which have invaded new territories since the 70's where they are over populating and suffering from disease.)
Doves are the bird of PEACE: Yes but NOT the Mourning Dove. The bird of peace is a different species.
There is no food value to a dove.. It takes too many to make a meal:
Normally doves are part of a meal, not the whole meal.
The merger of the HSUS and the Animal Fund has created a monstrous money collecting machine which will now be used to attack hunters and fishermen in this country. We can NOT allow another Michigan EVER again. We must get into the schools, and into the lives of children before a whole generation is lost to these Animal Rights Nut Cases.
The Humane Society is against Zoo's, even the ones doing research to save endangered species. The HSUS is not going to fight this battle fairly or with any kind of civility. These people are out to end hunting and fishing as well as pet ownership.
Their recent attempt to criminalize the ownership of dogs in the City of Louisville with total authority going to the Head of the Amimal Control Department is scary.
If you love your sport, it is time to start a National Organization that can defend our rights to hunt and to fish.
Jim Dicken