Sorry guys, have been out sick for the last few days.

The agenda is multi-fold, but basically boils down to a grassroots movement to get the hunting public to begin unification. This rally in Olympia is not to push any agenda, but to bring the hunter into focus. To bring our 1.4 billion dollar industry into the eye of Joe Public. We are going to Olympia to stir the pot with the legislators, to become a thorn in the side by being that fly that never goes away. We are starting the buzz now to grow in the future. We believe that we have been wronged every time we turn around. We believe that we need to stand now, or our children and their children will have no place to practice what we teach them today.

We are going to Olympia to be unified in front of the legislature and the public. To stand and state clearly and loudly that we refuse to be ignored any more. We want to see the WDFW use the enforcement positions it has on the books, that are not funded, to protect our wildlife. That we want to see our lands used in such a manner as to promote historic use, as well as diversified use.

We need a unified voice in this state. HSUS pushed 713 because sportsmen were not unified. How many of you voted trapping down because you never did it, nor ever planned to, so it wouldn't affect you? How many of you did the same with hound hunting? How many of you will stand by when waterfowl hunting opportunities get reduced to the point of non-existance? How many will vote to eliminate pheasant release sites because of the propaganda HSUS is already pushing out there to the public? How many don't big game hunt because the size of the animal brings a negative feeling to your heart? How many wouldn't hunt with a bow for the same reason?

How much are you willing to lose? 1 battle? 5? As long as it doesn't affect you, will you vote for it, or against it? Most of all, how many of you have sat in a blind, or along the bank of a river and complained because this or that should be done?

Now is the time to stand up and do it, now is the time to voice your concern. Now is the time to set an appointment with your legislator or email them on the 20th of March, tell them to look out the window. Tell them to see the gathering of people at Tivoli Fountain, let them know that the number out there will only be growing, and it may cost them their job unless they finally listen!

Robert