E-mail sent from North Dakota Hunters for Fair Chase
Fellow Sportsmen and Sportswomen:
Hunting is under attack in North Dakota, not by radical animal rights groups, but by people that pass themselves off as hunters promoting hunting. The attack comes from High Fence Canned “Hunt” operations that started up in North Dakota over the last few years.
There are 12 known High Fence shooting operations in the state. The operators of these facilities hand raise and hand feed their deer and elk inside an escape proof pasture then offer them to out-of-state clients in what they falsely advertise as a “hunt”. Every hunter worth his or her sweaty socks knows that there is no hunting involved inside an escape proof pasture. The hunt is over the moment the operator closes the gate on the animal. These Shooting Galleries with live targets, give radical animal rights groups the best propaganda imaginable to use against legitimate hunters and hunting.
On September 2, 2010, Secretary of State Al Jaeger approved Measure 2 for the November election. Measure 2 outlaws High Fence Canned Hunt operations in North Dakota. North Dakota Hunters for Fair Chase worked hard to gather the necessary signatures to place this issue on the ballot so you can have a voice on this issue.
You can help end High Fence Canned Hunts by voting yes on Measure 2. That isn’t enough. High Fence operators are collecting a massive war chest from Out-of-State High Fence interests in an effort to defeat the Fair Chase measure.
High Fence operators spent $104,000.00 to obstruct the effort to collect signatures for Measure 2. High Fence operators collected $84,000.00 of that money from Non-resident Out-of-State High Fence operators.
As states across the nation outlaw High Fence shooting operations, Out-of-State operators look to North Dakota as a place to raise the targets they need for their Shooting Galleries. There is at least one North Dakota operation that raises deer then ships them east to states like Pennsylvania to serve as targets for people that can afford the high fee for shooting an artificial trophy.
North Dakota Hunters for Fair Chase needs your help to carry Theodore Roosevelt’s Fair Chase message to the people of North Dakota. We are asking each North Dakota hunter to donate $16.50 to this cause; a dollar a day for the North Dakota deer gun season and $.50 for the half day opener.
Less than a box of 30 06 shells.
Less than a deer tag.
Less than the gas you will burn during the deer season.
Without your help, Measure 2 may fail. If Measure 2 fails, High Fence Operators from out of state will invade North Dakota.
If Measure 2 fails, our grandchildren will look back at the 2010 election and ask why our generation sold their Hunting Heritage to Non-Resident Out-of-State interests ruining their opportunity to hunt free ranging wild deer. If you doubt that high fences will take over North Dakota, look at Texas. High Fences are everywhere. Shooting Gallery Operators argue that North Dakota will never be like Texas. That is false. Somebody fenced that first Texas deer inside that first acre. Look where that led.
The future of hunting in North Dakota is in your hands. We can surrender that future to the Non-Resident Out of State High Fence operators willing to spend huge amounts of money to buy our election and our Hunting Heritage, or we can Protect What’s Right. It is up to each individual North Dakota hunter to decide whether we turn into Texas, or keep our Hunting Heritage; $16.50 and Yes on Measure 2; the best money you will spend on hunting, and the most important vote you will ever cast in this election.
If you are tempted to delete this email without acting, ask yourself why Deer Farmers in Ohio would spend $20,000.00 to defeat Measure 2. Click on the link below and scroll through the list of donors. Note the Non-Resident Out-of-State organizations and the amounts they donated to defeat your right to vote on this issue. Do we sell our Hunting Heritage to these Out-of-State Non-Residents, or do we fight to save hunting for our children and grandchildren?
The choice is clear: $20,000.00 from just one Non-Resident Out-of-State organization, versus $16.50 from Resident Hunters to save out Hunting Heritage. You have to ask why that much money?
http://web.apps.state.nd.us/sec/ems...ons=Y&reportOrContributions=R&searchType=null
Please print this email, complete the form at the bottom of this page and mail your donation to:
North Dakota Hunters for Fair Chase
223 Ashlee Avenue
Bismarck, North Dakota 58504
Make checks payable to North Dakota Hunters for Fair Chase.
If you want to donate using a credit card, call 701-751-0882 during business hours, including weekends.
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