I couldn’t use the words
” UP YOUR ASS IN ALL POSSIBLE WAYS”
I wanted to for the title
manners stopped me, maybe it was guidelines
6 of those, half dozen of those
Republican representatives Beau LaFave of Iron Mountain and Greg Markkanen of Hancock.
“The state’s emphasis on getting more information for population management purposes shouldn’t lead them to enacting criminal penalties,” Markkanen said in a statement. “I will continue to work toward delivering solutions on this issue, so hunters in the U.P. aren’t delivered summons.”
LaFave predicted the mandate will only worsen a recent decline in hunting in Michigan. “We need more hunters, and less hounding,” he said in statement.
The DNR said that when mandatory deer harvest reporting was implemented, the only penalty available under statute was a criminal one. The agency said it would like to see a proposal to decriminalize the mandate moved to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “as soon as possible,” but it does not support wholesale elimination of the rule.
“We think a civil infraction is more proper for failure to report a deer harvest,” DNR spokesman Ed Golder told The Detroit News. “Regardless of penalty, our conservation officers will focus their efforts this year on education around this new regulation rather than enforcement.”
Without further action, the mandate will be in effect during the Michigan archery deer season, which opens Oct. 1. Successful harvests can be reported through the Michigan.gov website or an app that’s available in the Apple or Google Play stores on mobile devices.
Those who neglect to report a kill within 72 hours could be subject to fines and penalties, including jail, although the DNR has said for the first year it will “emphasize an educational approach to hunters rather than enforcement in most circumstances.”
“in most circumstances”
what the hell does that mean
“It is not the role of unelected bureaucrats to impose rules and penalties on hunters, especially ones as unreasonable as this one.
