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Originally Posted by LBB
What's your real agenda wb? You have been giving answers to all your questions, yet u continue to hammer on the ABA. The ABA has historical, worked to improve bowhunting pursuits in a ethical and professional manner (it's their mandate). Anyone that chooses to bowhunt in alberta has the ABA to thank for the extended seasons, the legalization of bow hunting,and numerous other bowhunting related benefits.
Brent Watson was performing his elected duties when members bring up concerns, agmag has a protocol has to how discussions and propsals are handled. ABA admits they could have worded the resolution differently, we have all worded statements poorly. So what's the big deal, there is going to be a discussion about the legality (pro and cons) of legal hunting equipment. The discussion takes place at many levels, with many stakeholders involved which the srd uses as reference while making a decision. I believe that with all the diversity involved with agmag they will bring to the table all the pros and cons from their perspective groups and a reasonable decision will be made. My hope is that everyone gets to hunt using their preferred method, but if someone can't it's going to be because agmag and srd decided against it,NOT ABA.
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My agenda is to keep the use of Spears and Atlatl/darts legal for hunting. The only AGMAG group seeking to have these traditional weapons banned is the ABA thus they are the opposition in this issue. The ABA exec. HAVE NOT answered this important question,
"Will the ABA will continue to lobby for the banning of Spears and Atlatls at the May and Dec. AGMAG meetings?".
The ABA executive and president's continued refusal to provide an answer is troubling. It is not a difficult question.
The ABA exec. have not been truthful in their explanation of the ABA Spear/Atlatl ban proposal nor will they now express their position regarding these weapons at the upcoming AGMAG meetings. There is a lot of deception occurring at the hands of the ABA exec. and I find this both insulting to the Alberta hunting community and dangerous to the AGMAG process.
I have and will continue to offer support to the ABA through providing detailed research of hunting data that will offer greater opportunity for the bowhunting community. Since I started this thread, I have provided ABA associate groups new research that the ABA can use to strengthen a case for increased bowhunting allowable harvest. My agenda here is not against the ABA as a group nor most of the objectives of the ABA. Please note when I use the term ABA Executive, not ABA. I do this to make the distinction between what the executives are independently doing opposed to the putting the weight of these actions on the ABA membership.