STAND WITH POPE AND YOUNG IN NEW MEXICO

We are proud to partner with our partners in conservation, HOWL for Wildlife to stand in support of cougar and bear hunting in New Mexico as a tool for predator management. Take a stand with us, and fight for your rights as a bowhunter, by taking action TODAY! 

Biologists with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish have undertaken population studies and other research to support their recommendations in the proposed Bear and Cougar Rule. It generally calls for a continuation of the hunting and management program as it has existed in recent years.

For nearly a century, hunters, anglers, trappers and recreational shooters have continued to stabilize conservation funding across the United States. Over 90 percent of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish budget comes directly from sportsmen - New Mexico's hunters, anglers, trappers, and recreational shooters. Together, they contribute over $45 million per year toward conservation projects that benefit game and nongame species alike. Responsible and scientific predator management programs are honored traditions, and critical to the game department's funding mechanisms.

From that perspective, it's alarming that we see a concerted effort by organizations to deluge the game commission with comments opposing the pending Bear and Cougar Rule. Predictably, anti-hunting groups have seized the opportunity to create controversy over predator management as a whole. They generally don't point to any scientific basis for their opposition, they simply don't like hunting. It's time to call on the commissioners to reject this perspective in favor of continuing to follow the recommendations of game department biologists.

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ABOUT POPE AND YOUNG:
The P&Y is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded in 1961 by Glenn St. Charles and headquartered in Chatfield, Minnesota. The Pope and Young Club is North America's leading bowhunting conservation organization. If you are a fair chase, ethical bowhunter, and you care about preserving the culture and future of bowhunting, then you belong to the Pope and Young Club.  Join today at www.pope-young.org.