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| I initially became interested because I have loved pheasants since I was a kid. When I was 12 years old I could walk out the back door of our house and shoot pheasants. One year I shot 55 roosters within walking distance of my parents' house. But 10 years later there were no birds
Kirk Schnitker
This guy is on the Mn. Conservation Legacy Council? Boy are we in trouble. |
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Location: On your favorite spot | Google "Sportsmen for Responsible Musky Management". First result you get is the Star Trib article. Second result you get is muskytroubles.com
Is this starting to make sense now? See the post above - We are way past writing letters to the editor.
Edited by Marc J 8/3/2008 11:50 PM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I don't think the articles is intended to be a reflection of responsible muskie management. It's a small, 'color' piece about a trip the author took to Bone Lake. Sometimes sports writers publish stories about trips elsewhere than instate; I fail to see any problem with the article or the author. If the complaint is about the paper not publishing articles that support your viewpoint, that's an entirely different matter.
If I'm reading this right, you are looking for the paper to publish articles supportive of what TCCMI is doing, and what others working hard to see muskies managed proactively in MN are doing.
Call the sports editor at the paper.
Ask who the sports writers are who might be interested in spending a day on the water writing about MN Muskie waters.
Call the writers and offer them a trip.
Remember that they will publish the experience, and make sure that experience is positive and print worthy, while infused with your stance. Be careful not to display alot of negative, or that may be what is published.
As far as Google goes, begin a thread in the research forum here titled 'Sportsmen for Responsible Muskie Management', and begin a dialog about forwarding the cause. There's plenty of support amongst our base of regulars, and it would be a good topic for the long haul. |
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| Steve;
SFRMM is an anti-muskie group. They have been bending the ear of the Star Trib and getting thier agenda/viewpoints published.
In my opinion, the Star Trib has done a very poor job of printing facts in regards to the propoganda the SFRMM has been spewing out.
They seem to taking what they say at face value, and not interested in searching out the truth.
Needless to say, that has been very frustrating for those that are having to work against this group and the anti-muskie sentiment they are drumming up.
Letters have been written to the paper, but apparently the "pro-muskie" viewpoint isn't popular with them.
JS
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Exactly my point; many times it's the format, etc. If activists on one side are successful, the other side needs to figure out how they are getting published and do the same thing. if it's an editorial position the paper is taking, a call to the editor asking for publication of a well spoken opposing viewpoint is in order; they may react positively to that. |
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Location: Illinois | Steve hit the nail right on the head. As he mentioned in his previous post- take an easy going, non-confrontational approach. Be postive and you more likely than not will get a positive result. Become agents of change and make a difference! |
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Location: Minnesota | From the articles posted it seems like Mr. Schnitker has a history with Dennis Anderson and has an "in". Has anyone with a pro-musky viewpoint ever taken the time to talk with Mr. Anderson or to take him fishing? If a writer has an easy source of information he is going to keep going back to that source. Maybe someone from Muskies Inc. needs to make an appointment with him and sit down for a casual discussion either on the water or at his office. My guess is that writers like Mr. Anderson need to respect the person before they will respect their views.
Blasting the Strib or Mr. Anderson about these articles isn't going to get you anywhere and makes the pro-musky viewpoint look a little radical to the average joe. I found nothing wrong with this article other than it was just a boring article.
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| Schnitker mourns the loss of pheasants??
BUT
He protests stocking new waters with muskies because they are considered non native to that system.
I wonder if he realizes that PHEASANTS are not native to North America but were imported here from China in the 1800's
The logic of his stance is that if he would have been alive then he would have protested the introduction of pheasants here??? |
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Location: oswego, il | HH or that how many walleye lakes would not be walleye lakes if they discontinued stocking, talk about hypocracy. |
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Location: Chicago | isn't it 10,000 casts? the article says 1,000. I must be doing something wrong 10,000 makes me feel a lot better! |
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