As sportsmen we are concerned with managing wildlife through science rather than legislation, and maintaining equal opportunity to that wildlife. We are writing this letter in regards to the proposed changes to SB1236. Once again legislation is trying to dictate the actions of the Idaho Fish and Game Department through the mandatory auctioning of controlled hunting tags.

Please sign our petition against mandatory issuance of Governor’s tags – supplied by SB1236 in 2014. We also do not support the use of outside organizations to operate our state hunting draw system and the added costs they will accrue. These tags represent our wildlife and attempting to use them to generate funds that will not be available to the Idaho Fish and Game is uncalled for. This legislation overrides public input and takes the option away from sportsman/Fish and Game Commission, eliminating our voice in using these tags to supply funds on as needed basis.