"No state can mandate that a trapping association do it without compensation."I don't see how
any state could compel a private organization like a trappers' association to conduct these courses -- regardless of compensation. Trappers' associations
are not publicly founded or funded.
The Ohio State Trappers Association members who participated (and continue to participate) in these trapper education projects, neither asked for nor received compensation for their efforts. It is a
volunteer program. It is a
proactive program.
If you truly see the inevitability of mandatory trapper education, then it would greatly behoove the North Carolina Trappers Association to some way or another become involved in the promulgation of the program. I quote you from an earlier post:
"A young person in NC can find a man to follow into the woods on any given day." Am I to believe that this same cadre of persons
would not be willing to volunteer their time for a trapper education?
I am still slightly confused here. This voluntary "trapper ed" course that is being conducted currently -- is this the model for a future
mandatory course? Again, I would like to point out the
home study course we offer in Ohio. That is, in my opinion, the best route to follow.
It is growing apparent to me that if the trappers of North Carolina, and especially those of the NCTA, do not take a
proactive approach to this issue, they will end up having something crammed down their throats.
-- Hal