In March, I attended the Fish and Game Commission meeting in Sacramento and along with other hunters expressed my dislike of the current system and my request for a preference point system.

DFG officials explained their intent to hold a series of scoping sessions around the state to get input from hunters on what type of drawing system hunters wanted and indicated that the results would be given to the Commission in February 2001. The Commission agreed this was a good idea and voiced support for this survey.

Well, hunters, here is your chance to tell the DFG in person how you think the drawing should be run in the future. Below is a list of meetings which the DFG has scheduled. Some of the details are still to be worked out and additional meetings will probably be added.

It appears that the DFG is putting out a real effort to get feedback from hunters and has indicated that its direction will be based on what hunters want.

Each week we will update you on changes and additions to the meetings. This is your chance to be part of the solution — see you at the meetings.