Upcoming meetings

[smsmith]

"2 meetings coming up. Men and women of ACTION needed to attend. $15 bucks for a burger basket, with proceeds spent 100% locally on local print ad campaigns. (similar to MDDI ads in Outdoor News)

April 29th (Tuesday) America Janes in Cambridge. 6.30 burgers and 7.15 Powerpoint action plan.

April 30th (Wednesday) VFW Little Falls. 6.30 burgers, 7.15 Powerpoint action plan.

In 2015 and 2016, MN will be going through a new round of stakeholder meetings that will determine area deer densities for the next 10 years. We will be reviewing the stakeholder process that is wrapping up in SE MN. An understanding of that process lends direction. We will also be unveiling a plan that will help make the 'hunters perception an 'area reality' in regards to deer numbers.

DNR statistics, habitat capacity, letter writing/email campaigns, deer/vehicle history, ag complaints, hunter surveys, maps, dpsm, affidavits, local newspaper presence, videos, chamber speeches, tourism meetings, and more will be covered in the presentation, and how we use these items to influence the process. Squeeky wheel gets the grease, and we will be organizing the squeek these 2 nights.

Nothing of significance will happen without hunter participation. Please grab a couple friends and show up if you are concerned about the number of deer in the woods and fields of Minnesota. Learn how a little effort can go a long ways. You will leave with a to do list that will impact the future of deer hunting in your area.

And please share this post on MN forums to help spread the word.

Brooks"

[smsmith]

Brooks has asked that anyone who is considering going to let him know so he has an idea of the number attending. Put "cambridge 3 hunters" in the subject line

[email protected]

[smsmith]

Hope its okay to post this on here

[smsmith]

Close to 300 "views" of this thread...I'm sure hoping a number of folks who've looked are willing to get involved. MDDI will continue to grow in numbers and relevance in the future. There's a lot to get done. We are hoping to be able to work with every deer group in the state on getting some meaningful, long term changes made.

We're starting in east-central and central MN because those are the areas the "core" group knows the best. Getting folks who are willing to get involved and put some effort into this from other areas will only help us to be more effective. Anybody willing to do so...please get a hold of Brooks, or if you're more comfortable contact me here via p.m.

[smsmith]

Checked with Brooks earlier. He's getting plenty of verbal commitments to attend which is fantastic. However, he's not getting many emails asking questions or committing. Just want to encourage folks to get involved, don't assume "the other guys" will do it.

[hockeybc69]

Use either [email protected] or [email protected]

[hoppe56307]

bump

[smsmith]

Hope some of you guys will be at one (or both) of these meetings. I think most will find the information that Brooks will be presenting to be quite eye opening. Good to be informed

[smsmith]

Short youtube video giving a "tease" of Brooks presentation this week...hope its okay to post the link. Weather gonna be crappy anyway...come on out, meet Brooks, learn what's really been going on here.

[smsmith]

Signs available soon...contact Brooks if you'd like to get some [email protected] or [email protected] I think they're going for $5 each, with $3 each going to help fund the MDDI's educational campaign

[smsmith]

One more reminder of tonight's meeting in Little Falls. Sounds like about 40-50 showed up last night in Cambridge. Sure like to see more tonight