Thread: Game Animal Council (GAC) to be scrapped by Conservation Minister?

I think that some of the important points regarding licencing and representation are being missed.
Firstly do we want to accept the status quo with politicians deciding the fate of Big Game animals or do we see that a positive change needs to be made ?

We want a voice that has some political clout.
We need to be represented by a body that has it's status recognised in law by an act of parliament - the same as Fish and Game.
How do we achieve this ? by bringing all hunters together under one umbrella body and financing that body so that is able to represent us. The only body that has a legal recognition is GAC
Licencing does NOT mean hunting seasons or extra restrictions, it is only a mechanism to get every hunter to become a member of a universal representative body and get their name down as a member of that organisation.
There is little point in the negative writings here in this forum about the Greens, the Minister or DOC it might make the writer feel better but it does not help find a solution to what we can see coming, and it most certainly won't change anything

As a suggestion, is it possible for GAC to act as an umbrella body with associate membership of other hunting organisations like the NZDA ?