A message from Jim Hagedorn:

"Please take a look at this PDF file and see how bad the shape of the Idaho
State wildlife economy is.

Resident elk tag sales for the zones that have quotas, remember these zones:
the Lolo, Selway, Middlefork, Dworshak, Elk City, Diamond Creek, Sawtooth,
Salmon, Smokey Mountain and Bear River, were the prime and the most sought
after tags in Idaho. Before Idaho Fish and Game lost their way, and wolves,
these tags were sold out in the first month and they was a waiting list.

NOW !!!!!!!, we have the Resident Zone tag quota of 12,421. As of July 12
the department has only sold 1,779 leaving a balance of unsold tags of
10,642. Remember when these tags sold out within the first 30 days?
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME.

Now let's switch to Non-Resident tag sales, as of July 12, Deer,
regular/whitetail quota 12,015, sold 1,230, balance of unsold tags 10,785.
Yes, it gets worse: Elk, Non-Resident State tag quota 10,415, tags sold
1,697, balance of unsold tags, 8,718. Now here is the kicker, Zone elk
tags A and B tag quota 3,996, sold 978, This leaves 3,020 tags unsold. This
amounts to nothing but a sin, not for non-residents but for the IDFG
department.

For the last 30 years a number of these IDFG employees have been steering
the boat, how did they let it get so far off course? Why did they destroy a
resource like our wildlife? 30 years ago we had men and women come from the
world over, to spend time in the Idaho outdoors. Elk, deer, pheasants, bear
and cougar and other wildlife were plentiful, along with the wonders of
viewing nature in the outdoors.

In the last 30 years the IDFG Department has lost its direction. Right now
we need new leadership in the worst way to get us back on course, we need
someone in leadership to get the boat upright again. The leadership of the
department has let things get so bad that sportsmen and sportswomen, who
have been the sole supporter of the department, will not fund it. Now the
department is going begging to the general tax payers for money. Why give
them general tax money when the department has been unable to manage the 93
million plus they get now.

Please IDFG Commissioners, our Idaho State Governor, and our legislators,
turn this boat around before it is to late to save the sinking boat.

Jim Hagedorn"