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Enforcement Officers. What this amounts to is that a lot of 

 very innocent and well meaning hunters get caught up in 

 violations that should have never been charged. 



Many hunters simply pay their fines and hope that the 

 whole matter will be soon "swept under the rug" and 

 forgotten. In many instances the publicity-hungry 

 enforcement officers notify the press to be absolutely 

 sure that there IS press on the incident. This holds 

 particularly true if the people who are charged are well 

 known or important. 



The "antics" of the law enforcement personnel are 

 driving many hunters away from the sport because they're 

 afraid of inadvertently getting caught up in some violation. 

 The attitude of the enforcement officers seems to be that 

 if a person is having fun in the field, then he must be doing 

 something wrong. 



I have written many columns and editorials about the 

 unjust baiting laws. I, as well as most hunters, can tell of 

 instance after instance where the baiting regulations have 

 entrapped innocent persons. Books could be filled with the 

 cases! 



I'd like to volunteer mv services to serve on a task 

 force to draw up the new regulations if Congress decides 

 that this needs to be done. My experience as a wildlife 

 manager as well as an enforcement officer gives me a 

 great deal of insight into the baiting question and I feel 

 that I could be an asset to such a task force should one be 

 set up. 



I sincerely hope that your committee will recommend 

 that the baiting laws be re-written and set up to protect 

 the innocent as our American laws are supposed to. 



Sincerely, 



Fred Bonner, Editor 



