| Bernard -- Your rights and traditions of hunting and trapping in Vermont are under serious attack. Tonight, Thursday, February 10, 2022, the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee held a "public hearing" via Zoom on three bills. To watch the hearing click on the video below: At 27:15 (27 minutes,15 seconds) you can hear the testimony of Joe Mullin of the Congressional Sportsmen Caucus and at 33:00 (33 minutes) Chris Bradley, the President of the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs. The three bills, would adversely impact outdoors activities of Vermont's sports men and women. The bills are: S.129, a bill to dismantle a highly efficient VT F&W Board that works well with the F&W Dept. to enact the rules regulating hunting - in all forms and fishing. S.129 can be viewed below: S.201, a bill to ban trapping in Vermont. Trapping is supported by the VT F&W Dept. because the agency is responsible for managing Vermont's wildlife and for certain species trapping is essential to that mission. States that have banned trapping have had problems with the management of wildlife species. Such as beaver causing tree and flooding damage. S.281, a bill to ban hunting coyotes with dogs that is based upon a publicity campaign that inaccurately portrays how the hunting of coyotes with dogs is conducted. These bills would inflict irreparable damage and would be just a starting point for the end of VT hunting and fishing. This ban fight is being supported and carried out in a campaign to make hunting and fishing extinct, one law at a time. Will you stand in solid ranks with your other outdoor sports men and women? Donate to defend your rights: Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs
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