Where do ya'll think the public lands come from?

I know for a fact that the Hill Country one near Bandera was was Willed to them from the Merricks when they passed away.

And I had forgotten, the 3Ks ranch 3700 acres between Boerne and Bandera was given to them recently and TPWS is going to do nothing with it because of lack of money. You can't have it both ways.

I thought they were broke.If this is for real I can see why.

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The sporting goods sales tax, on the other hand, is indisputably a tax. A portion of the sales tax paid on items such as hunting and fishing gear, camping equipment and bicycles is supposed to go to the perennially underfunded state parks system. But ever since it was set up in 1993, the sporting goods sales tax has been under assault from lawmakers.

This session is no exception. Every year, the tax generates well over $100 million, money that theoretically should go to purchasing new parkland, improving existing parks and funding conservation efforts. This session, the House is directing just one-quarter of the sporting goods tax to parks. That’s less money than parks were getting in the 1990s. The rest is being diverted into general revenue to pay for schools, prisons and roads. [Emphasis added]

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“The truth is that legislators are using most of the license plate money and the majority of the sporting goods tax revenue to try to balance the budget,” says Ken Kramer, executive director of the Lone Star chapter of the Sierra Club. “The Legislature needs to keep the faith with the public and use the money raised for parks and wildlife to maintain our parks and protect our wildlife.”
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For years 2009 and 2010:
236 Million dollar revenue from:
Pittman-Robertson Act: Friend Of The Hunter & Hunted
http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?id=103

82 Million went to TPWD

154 Million was diverted to GAO BH

That does not include License, Gate fee, Permits, stamp, etec sales revenue.

about 75% of our money is being diverted into the GAO BH.

this is outrageous...should be criminal....stealing imo jeh

I know for a fact that the Hill Country one near Bandera was was Willed to them from the Merricks when they passed away.

I have no idea BUT I do know that they are enforcing their rules in relation to the land the state leases! IE; the land MUST be cultivated and planted with crops unless it was pasture land to begin with! They will no longer tolerate land owners who make their land available for public hunting, take the money and then do NOTHING with the fields! If the land owners do NOT abide by the lease agreements then the state will take them to court and ask for them to return the funds!