Originally posted by jbwhttail:
Delaney has it correct, in the last change of rule proposals the NRC called a meeting of IDNR and several sportsmen groups. The meeting was held in the evening at a business on the north side of Indy, there was no a quroum of NRC members, just three. Those three NRC members told IDNR exactly how the rules would be changed. This was over objections of the Chief of Fish&Wildlife and the deer biologist along with the sportsmen groups. We could not move gun season, it would then conflict with Illinois gun opener, two of the three NRC members also hunt Illinois!
I was present at that meeting and watched how rule changes REALLY happen. It was the last time I(or will) participate in the proccess.
Not to mention sitting in a Senators Office in the State House with IDNR Brass saying...."But we WANTED the First Proposal!!"
At that point it was quite evident that the IDNR does not run the IDNR......... and the NRC "few" stepped WAY out of bounds, in many ways.
And out of respect for Chad Stewart....... I won't repeat on a public forum what he told me about the meeting Joe is referencing...
