How are you involved??

[ak213]

I'm a member of BOW and I attend meetings on my own. If a person the idea that we can sit back and adjust to the changes as they come, they are wrong. This day and age our hunting rights are constantly under scrutiny and being attacked so often that if we don't speak up, we could lose what we believe in. An individual with the right determination can make changes, a like-minded  group can do a lot more. Just my opinion.

[Bowwild]

Tumpkin, congrats on getting through college without a big debut. It was a long time ago but I "owed" only $100 when I graduated Purdue in 1977.  I think it took me at least a year to pay that debt off!

We have to be on our toes because sometimes folks recommending or making reg changes think they are doing good when sometimes they aren't.  For example, point and spread regulations for whitetails can lead to high-grading the resource just like taking the best trees from a forest. You can actually degrade the herd or "stand".

[Butchie]

I have been a member of United Bowhunters of PA for 21 years now.
 
I can't understand why more here do not belong.  I know I could do more beyond my regular membership dues, however, it is very disheartening that the vast majority of bowhunters in PA don't support their state organization.  With the number of bowhunters in PA the impact COULD be significant if more would support it.

[Wapiti Chaser]

In the April/May issue of Traditional Bowhunter one of our members interviewd Mike Brust Chairman of the NABC. Take a minute and read it.

[Al Dente]

I am the current Vice President of New York Bowhunters, Inc.  As has been the case, with this year being no different, we are fighting the crossbow yet again.  Once again, since they cannot get in through a traditional Bill, with Committees either voting it along or letting it die, it is within the Budget Bills.  It would give the DEC regulatory authority over it.  Which means, the DEC will put it into the archery season.  We will fight it as we always do, with facts, data, and volunteers.  We set up face to face meetings with Legislators to educate them about the crossbow, show them what a modern crossbow is capable of, and hopefully not to compromise the integrity of the archery season.

Besides that, we have been instrumental in bringing NASP to schools throughout the State, we run Youth Camps to teach the Bowhunting Safety Course, we run a Physically Challenged hunt, we offer assistance to those who are physically challenged to get them back bowhutning with adaptive equipment, we do highway cleanups, and we set up Urban Deer Management controlled bowhunts.