Property Rights
- This measure infringes on landowner’s rights to use their personal property as they see fit.
- Passage of such a measure will not only limit the property rights of game preserve owners, it will affect the rights of all property owners.
- The measure will ban the harvesting of deer, elk, bison and other game on certain private lands, and it could be the beginning of restrictions that impede a landowner’s ability to provide (or prohibit) any kind of game hunting access on his or her land.
- This initiated measure violates our property rights and limits the ability of North Dakotans to make a living off their land.
- If passed, this measure will prevent game producers from sending their livestock to market for slaughter and sale.
Preserving all Hunting Traditions
- North Dakotans have a long tradition of hunting and respect for the sport of hunting in all its forms.
- Hunters should have the freedom to choose whether they wish to hunt on a game preserve or not.
- North Dakota game preserve owners recognize that a quality hunting experience requires the same conditions whether on a preserve or off – it must offer good terrain with a challenging layout as well as balanced animal populations that have the ability to escape. All of this and more is offered by these entrepreneurial landowners.
Game Preserves – Good Operators - Good for North Dakota
- Game producers raise healthy animals in a safe environment and monitor them closely.
- Game preserve livestock are tightly regulated by the North Dakota Board of Animal Health.
- Game preserve hunters bring in much needed out-of-state money into rural communities.
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