Hunting during the govt shutdown

  • ajw1975
    Posts: 32
    October 5, 2013 at 12:38 pm #1283737

    Was interested with this shutdown if they have closed the river to hunting I live down here in Albany Ill and youth season is coming next weekend. Since where I hunt with the boy is the upper Mississippi wildlife refuge is this closed or just can’t hunt on the land and hunt out of the boat only?

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13478
    October 5, 2013 at 1:57 pm #1198588

    I question the legal aspect of closing public property that does NOT have a specific admission cost (i.e. Federal Parks). You have paid your taxes, paid for duck stamps, associated licenses, fuel tax, associated fees with ammo,… and the property isn’t directly supervised by Park Rangers. Since you are a law abiding citizen that has abided by all the laws, why should you be restrained from the use of this land because elected officials have their heads up where the sun doesn’t shine?

    ajw1975
    Posts: 32
    October 5, 2013 at 2:49 pm #1198593

    I couldn’t agree more. I can’t get any answers down here yet

    run&gun
    MN
    Posts: 125
    October 5, 2013 at 4:19 pm #1198605

    US Fish and Wildlife closed it’s landings on pool5a. Pain.

    gixxer01
    Avon, MN
    Posts: 639
    October 6, 2013 at 1:29 pm #1181742

    Quote:

    I question the legal aspect of closing public property that does NOT have a specific admission cost (i.e. Federal Parks). You have paid your taxes, paid for duck stamps, associated licenses, fuel tax, associated fees with ammo,… and the property isn’t directly supervised by Park Rangers. Since you are a law abiding citizen that has abided by all the laws, why should you be restrained from the use of this land because elected officials have their heads up where the sun doesn’t shine?

    It’s beginning to feel more like the gov’t trying to remind us how much we need them. Kind of like when my wife stops doing the dishes or washing my clothes.

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13478
    October 6, 2013 at 3:50 pm #1198739

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    Kind of like when my wife stops doing the dishes or washing my clothes.


    Now there is a catch 22 – If you do them, you prove she isn’t needed….and you get stuck doing them all the time

    gixxer01
    Avon, MN
    Posts: 639
    October 6, 2013 at 5:24 pm #1198750

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    Quote:

    Kind of like when my wife stops doing the dishes or washing my clothes.


    Now there is a catch 22 – If you do them, you prove she isn’t needed….and you get stuck doing them all the time

    Yikes….maybe we do need the gov’t!

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