Thread: Tahr foundation - give a little page

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

They only recognise it because they're not in power. If they were truly serious about game animals then they had 9 years to fund the game animal council and modernise the tahr control plan. But they didn't.

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I'd suggest we hunters need to learn from this & change our thinking and actions. Yep, you are right the Nats had 9 years to make changes & in regard to these and lots of other issues it was not progressed.
Why ? ... because it was not considered a priority in political terms
Why ? .... because there was no clear "voter impact" that would trigger a need to invest political resources by the Nats (or any one else).
Why ? ... because the hunters & interested parties don't have a common voice or visibility at the polling booth or public visibility
why ? ... because most of us are individuals and by nature fiercely independent and self reliant

So if we want to have more influence over government policy and departments then we need visibility & a common voice. That will require funding and some smart people to operate.
That wont satisfy every hunter and our differing views and ideas, but we crucial that we align around big common goals with some give & take.
I'd love to see something along these lines launched off the back of the Tahr campaign.
You could argue that an even stronger voice would be a combined hunting/fishing/firearms interest group, but that might be too diverse.
Perhaps one of the existing entities (there's several of them) could morph into an effective national lobby group.
I would value learning others ideas and suggestions for how we learn and change from this "Tahr issue" to the benefit of much wider hunting or hunting/fishing focus