Friday, July 3, 2009

DEC's "New" Videos Carefully Avoid Hunting

The Top Brass in the Department of Environmental Conservation can certainly talk the talk, but when do they ever walk the walk? Case in point is the new Web TV which only has one segment out of 63 that is about hunting. That's less than 2%.

All the hollow claims out of Albany (or maybe New York City?) that the DEC was promoting hunting and trying to entice more youths into the sportsmen/women folds certainly isn't evident in the playlist being trotted out on the DEC web site. It bothers me to no end that increasingly, the DEC seems to be telling hunters "give us your money, but don't expect us to use it to improve game/wildlife habitat. Fishing and non-consumptive outdoor activities are more important."