I truly couldn't care less about where their funding comes from, some of it comes from me and my family. Lots of other MT hunters I know also contribute.
The issue in question isn’t if you care where the majority of the money comes from, you have been avoiding the question.
Where does the majority of their funding come from?
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I also don't care about their staff members, all I've talked to have lots of experience, lots of knowledge, and are very pro hunting.
Strangely not reflected on their website and apparent target audience. You’re saying they walk like ducks and quack like ducks but they’re not.
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There is NO way I would purchase and donate land to the State of Montana. The State is under a mandate to fund the state trust, not to do what's in the best interest of habitat, wildlife, public access. Their job it to raise revenue including selling off State lands. You need to realize, State land IS NOT public land. Montana has already sold off significant amounts of its lands they acquired since statehood.
Seven State Forests in Montana and they’re not public lands? Montana got statehood in 1889, how much have they sold in the 21st Century?
In Montana State-owned Trust Land supports public education, is all State-owned land Trust Land?
According to their website they’re all about biodiversity etc etc etc.
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The one thing you're correct about is that they are very different from many private landowners. They aren't interested in developing their property, subdividing it, grazing it to dirt for profit, etc. etc.
How can you guess what they are interested in if you don’t know who’s paying?
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I can understand the confusion from a Texan who has to pay a private landowner to hunt...we don't have to do that here.
Dude, it ain’t like this is Rocket Science.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
you'll just get more lies and nonsense and he'll refuse to answer those great logical questions
Ask Buzzy why when he worked for Ted Turner helped fence in elk, deer and antelope herds on his ranch so they couldn't migrate out onto public lands. Ted turner then sold hunts for boat loads of money. on his ranch. Like Texas high fenced hunting and Montanans were disgusted at this. . I imagine a lot of that money ended up in Buzzy's pockets.
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Originally Posted by BuzzH
I truly couldn't care less about where their funding comes from, some of it comes from me and my family. Lots of other MT hunters I know also contribute.
The issue in question isn’t if you care where the majority of the money comes from, you have been avoiding the question.
Where does the majority of their funding come from?
Quote
I also don't care about their staff members, all I've talked to have lots of experience, lots of knowledge, and are very pro hunting.
Strangely not reflected on their website and apparent target audience. You’re saying they walk like ducks and quack like ducks but they’re not.
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There is NO way I would purchase and donate land to the State of Montana. The State is under a mandate to fund the state trust, not to do what's in the best interest of habitat, wildlife, public access. Their job it to raise revenue including selling off State lands. You need to realize, State land IS NOT public land. Montana has already sold off significant amounts of its lands they acquired since statehood.
Seven State Forests in Montana and they’re not public lands? Montana got statehood in 1889, how much have they sold in the 21st Century?
In Montana State-owned Trust Land supports public education, is all State-owned land Trust Land?
According to their website they’re all about biodiversity etc etc etc.
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The one thing you're correct about is that they are very different from many private landowners. They aren't interested in developing their property, subdividing it, grazing it to dirt for profit, etc. etc.
How can you guess what they are interested in if you don’t know who’s paying?
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I can understand the confusion from a Texan who has to pay a private landowner to hunt...we don't have to do that here.
buzzy why did ted turner fence off his ranch when you worked for him and not allow elk deer and antelope to migrate then he sold hunts on his high fenced ranch
I truly couldn't care less about where their funding comes from, some of it comes from me and my family. Lots of other MT hunters I know also contribute.
The issue in question isn’t if you care where the majority of the money comes from, you have been avoiding the question.
Where does the majority of their funding come from?
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I also don't care about their staff members, all I've talked to have lots of experience, lots of knowledge, and are very pro hunting.
Strangely not reflected on their website and apparent target audience. You’re saying they walk like ducks and quack like ducks but they’re not.
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There is NO way I would purchase and donate land to the State of Montana. The State is under a mandate to fund the state trust, not to do what's in the best interest of habitat, wildlife, public access. Their job it to raise revenue including selling off State lands. You need to realize, State land IS NOT public land. Montana has already sold off significant amounts of its lands they acquired since statehood.
Seven State Forests in Montana and they’re not public lands? Montana got statehood in 1889, how much have they sold in the 21st Century?
In Montana State-owned Trust Land supports public education, is all State-owned land Trust Land?
According to their website they’re all about biodiversity etc etc etc.
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The one thing you're correct about is that they are very different from many private landowners. They aren't interested in developing their property, subdividing it, grazing it to dirt for profit, etc. etc.
How can you guess what they are interested in if you don’t know who’s paying?
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I can understand the confusion from a Texan who has to pay a private landowner to hunt...we don't have to do that here.
Dude, it ain’t like this is Rocket Science.
Real obvious you have little experience and no ability to research. There is no reason for AP to donate their lands to the Feds or State, already gave you the reasons why. The reason you don't understand much about the State Trust lands is the fact you're a Texan.
It wasn't that long ago, I know because I advocated for it, that Montana Hunters didn't even have the ability or right to hunt State owned lands in Montana. Unlike you, I'm not forced to guess on how that battle happened, I was involved, donated money to that as well. There's many more reasons why it makes, absolutely no sense to donate land to the State of the Montana. Again, its not public, and the State Land Board will tell you that...in every State.
Montana has sold 700,000 acres since Statehood.
The History of your own State is a classic case of why State's are not to be trusted with State Lands...literally gave it away.
Texas relinquished 67 million acres in the Compromise of 1850 in exchange for a cash payment that wiped out the debt. Future land sales were earmarked to fund Texas education. But sales proved to be disappointing. Over the remainder of the 19th century, about 86 million acres—more than half the present area of Texas—were simply given away, rather than sold, to encourage settlement and development in remote areas.
You're right, its not rocket science, AP is much more trustworthy than the whims of corrupt state politics and politicians...no doubt.
Exactly why AP is high on my list of annual donations every year, also why they're able to acquire lands.
buzzy why did ted turner fence off his ranch when you worked for him and not allow elk deer and antelope to migrate then he sold hunts on his high fenced ranch
buzzy why did ted turner fence off his ranch when you worked for him and not allow elk deer and antelope to migrate then he sold hunts on his high fenced ranch
according to his close friend Busse "the NRA is dangerous terrorist organization"
no wonder no one trusts the BHA and its spokesmen buzzy who come on here to spread disinformation
Why did Ronald Reagan pass the Mulford Act?
Why did Reagan write an op-ed in support of the Brady Bill?
buzzy how many millions do BHA executives receive from powerful gun ban lobbies every year?
Why did Ronald Reagan pass the Mulford Act?
Why did Reagan write an op-ed in support of the Brady Bill?
Why did Reagan say this?
"I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense," he said. "But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon or needed for defense of a home."
Reagan erred in his use of terminology: The type of weapon used by Patrick Purdy, and referenced by Reagan in his comment, was actually a semi-automatic version of the AK-47, not a "machine gun." In 1994 Reagan was a co-signatory (along with former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter) to a letter urging the U.S. House of Representatives to support a ban on the domestic manufacture of "assault weapons" such as semi-automatic AK-47s:
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