I recently--Nov 2007--phoned the Hunter Relations Department of the NRA and they LAUGHED,,, when i asked if the rich and well funded NRA could organize at cost or just above cost hunts , say for pheasants in South Dakota, for its members. They want our money, but other than fight legislative battles with fat cat lobbyists, what are they good for beyond the basic Right to Bear Arms,,,for the average member?? Hunting in on the decline and besides self protection and target shooting it is a main reason why i own a rifle and a shotgun. Seems awfully short sighted of the NRA to do so little to promote hunting and the people who treasure the wilderness, national forests, fields and out of doors in pursuit of legal game like pheasants, quail, ducks and geese,deer, etc. For most of us, commercial outfitters are too expensive and as out of state businesses, too untrustworthy and unreliable. So hunting is in a steady rapid decline,,,then what, NRA?
