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The Following Groups and Individuals Endorse the
North Dakota Fair Chase Measure |
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September, 2007: Barnes County Wildlife Federation. |
| March, 2008, The North Dakota Wildlife Federation | |
| April, 2008, The North Dakota Chapters of the Mule Deer Foundation. | |
| April, 2008, the North Dakota Wildlife Society. | |
| April, 2008, Bill Mitzel, Dakota Country Magazine. | |
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Ted Kerasote started writing at age 10. At age 17, with a 3 day career in hardware on his résumé, Ted quit the rat race and went fishing for the summer. At the end of the summer, Ted sold Outdoor Life an article based on his angling adventure. He has been pushing words ever since and is a regular on Best Seller lists. Ted is the author of Navigations; Bloodties, Nature, Culture, and the Hunt; Heart of Home, People, Wildlife, Place; In the Wild in a Wired Age; Out There, a National Outdoor Book Award winner, and his latest book: Merle's Door: Lessons From A Freethinking Dog. In addition to writing the books listed, Ted Edited Return of the Wild.
Ted, a lifelong hunter, wrote the following about high fence operations and fair chase hunting:
'Canned hunting' is a misnomer. More accurately defined as 'shooting animals in small enclosures,' the activity has nothing to do with the motives that inform authentic hunting: procuring healthy, organic food; participating in the timeless cycles of birth, death, and nurturing; honoring the lives that support us; and reconnecting with wildness. No matter where one stands on hunting—vehemently opposed to it or seeing it as yet another way to live sustainably on Earth—one ought to decry shooting animals behind fences.
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April 2008, Tony Dean, of Tony Dean Outdoors and Dakota Backroads.
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April 2008, Jim Posewitz, the Orion Institute, and author of the books, Inherit the Hunt, and Rifle in Hand.
April 30, 2008 North Dakota hunters for fair Chase committee P. O. box 332 Bismarck, ND 58502 To Whom It May Concern: The North Dakota Hunters for Fair Chase Committee is to be congratulated and supported in an effort to sustain ethical hunting as part of the North Dakota culture and landscape. The ballot initiatives they have brought forward is designed to: stop the high-fence shooting of North America’s game animals; prevent the shooting of captive exotic animals; and prohibit the computerized killing of animals. Those bringing these issues to the North Dakota people are to be commended and supported. The North American model of wildlife conservation basically rescued game animals from near extinction due to unrestrained market hunting in the late 19th century. The conservation ethic at the core of that model came to life on the banks of North Dakota’s Little Missouri River. At the heart of that ethic was a new relationship between wildlife and North American hunters who would engage in their pursuit. The code was simple enough: the hunters pledged to restore and care for wildlife; and, the game animals added value and the pleasure of fair chase pursuit to our lives. In the process, honor was gained through effort, and the effort gave value to both the hunt and the hunted. Our society came to value the hunt in the trophy that at times resulted from the chase. Capitalizing on that value, through selling and shooting captive replicas of wild game demeans what our society accomplished — what North Dakota has accomplished. Well over a century ago, Theodore Roosevelt wrote: “… skill and patience, and the capacity to endure fatigue and exposure, must be shown by the successful hunter.” Then, perhaps anticipating this day he wrote: “… the rich … who are content to buy what they cannot have the skill to get by their own exertions — these are … the real enemies of game.” The North Dakota hunters, bringing the people of their great state the opportunity to end captive shooting are to be commended and supported. Thank you Sincerely, Jim Posewitz Orion the Hunters Institute
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For More Information, Contact: Roger Kaseman 8120 17th Avenue S. E. Linton, North Dakota 58552 701-254-4875 |
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