Sensational? Maybe. The title was a question meant to get attention. I see where your problem is though. When I posted I tried to "bold" the pertinent text and it deleted it. Here is the cause for concern.

"It also will consider changes to rules on the use of decoys and calls, get briefings on changes to the advanced hunter education program and proposed fishing rule changes for the 2008-09 seasons."

What frustrates me is that I heard about this online and I called F&G to ask about it. I called both Enforcement and Education. Though both denied anything about electronic calls, Enforcement said they had just talked with Education about calls. Education denied that ever happened. Below is my conversations with Enforcement and Education only days before the article came out in the News Tribune. I also find it interesting that this meeting was the day before and during the opening of modern firearm season, when most people would not be able to attend.

This afternoon I called the Enforcement number from the website and asked to talk with someone about the legality of electronic calls. The quoted text is her exact words that I wrote down.

The lady said that they "might become illegal" in the future due to mis-use such as using them for deer/turks/ducks, but there is "nothing in the works". When I mentioned the post I discovered she asked "what website?" and I just told her it was a hunting site. She stated "we had a meeting with Education and that has not come up". I asked "Mik" and she stated "yes".

So I called Mik in Hunter Education.
I told him that I wanted to know if electronic calls will be illegal for bears and cougar or if any changes were happening for next year. He replied, "Couldn't tell you, if I could I would predict the lottery", and "I don't want to speculate on next year". When I told him about the post he said, "Mentioned?, very possible but I have not heard anything".

He was very noncommittal and almost hedging in my opinion. When I told him that I don't use Ecalls, but did not want to lose the "right" (yea, I know) he told me to watch the website for proposed rule changes and annual meetings. When I told him that calling, including ecalls was an effective way to control predators under todays laws, he told me to write to the Commission and tell them of my experiences.

All and all I am a bit wary. The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing down there.