This is a tough subject when living in the heart of the SFW country. They push their “do go money” to our DWR here showing their good deeds. They fund deer transplanting, youth hunts, and pay bills for dam repairs to show how good they are. There are a lot of people(many good people) in my community that think that they are our savors. The banquet and big hunting show season is coming soon and many will look down on me for not attending and donating. Now I want nothing more than to improve hunting and fishing but I don’t like what I have seen from big groups like this from behind their scenes. When they first started up I thought that this might be a good thing and wanted to get involved but after seeing the ethics in the field involved with some of the so called leaders I was not impressed. When big money gets involved with people you will see their true side come out. I have seen what big guides can be sucked into with these big auction tags. Ethics can be thrown out the door, I could write a book on what I have seen. At first this big money seemed like a good idea for wildlife but after a year or so it was obvious that it was just cover to get high dollar money in for a select few. I truly want to help but I know this is were I wont put my money and time.
