Okay, here is a thought. Journalists: You think they sit around and work on one story at a time? I honestly don't know. My guess is they are following multiple stories at a time. Some of them are needed to hit the press in the morning such as results of last nights ball game. Other stories they work on a bit here and there and print them when the timing is right. I will not hold Tonk's feet to the fire on the conflicting quotes Milo. It is only recently that he has been quoted to show he might be rethinking some of his positions. Time WILL tell.
I don't know Tonk personally. I think I met Mrex once. I have never met Brock. However, I will take them for their word. Brock is frustrated (i know big understatement). BUT, he was given some notice when he brought up these issues to Tonk. Sure, it took some time and might have been a tardy response, but Brock was eventually heard. Time will tell if it was too late or not. MRex- the man is in a tight spot. I think he is siding with the hunters, but trying to act as a bit of a middle man on the boards. I consider Jackalope a friend of mine. If people were publicly ripping on him, I would speak my mind in efforts to take some of the heat off him. Might be pretty tough if I was still deciding if Jackalope was right or wrong though. If I felt he were correct I would back him 100%. If I was unsure, I would maybe walk the fencerow and throw some smoke. If i felt he were wrong, I would shoot him a PM, email, text, or phone call and try to point out my differences to him. Remove me and jackalope from the equation and you have Mrex and Tonk. I am not going to throw Mrex under the bus. He might be the best ally the hunters have right now.
Tonk- My opinion is keep the heat turned on Jackalope. Just do so in an open minded way. He is starting to show the admittance of some errors in their ways. However, he is driving an RV down the highway 80mph and can't just throw it on cruise control to walk back to the john to take a leak. He HAS to sit behind the wheel and try to pacify every motorists surrounding him. He has cars in front and behind cruising not paying attention. He has cars to the side noticing him, proceeding with caution, but not saying much. Then he has a couple of cars ready to cut him off that he has to keep an eye on because he doesn't want to be responsible for a pile up on the interstate. My thoughts are: he notices your road rage and is easing off the throttle to give you some room. He wants to appease everyone, but there are a bunch of motorists out there. He slows down to give you room and there is a lineup of cars behind him pissed off. Keep driving with your road rage attitude and getting his attention. Eventually, he might be able to slide into a slower lane where his changes are not as drastic. Eventually, he will be in a safer position, but he is not in the right lane right now. He is in the fast lane and has deer numbers dropping. He needs to get in the slow lane, back off the throttle, and give himself some better options to control all the herd (or cars on the highway) with slower changes in efforts to keep more people happy.
Ok. Might be a terrible analogy, but you see my point. There is stress and pressure from all sides. Driving 85mph was cool for awhile, but now the man is stuck in the fast lane and needs to figure out how to get back in the right lane without causing a pile up. There has to be a happy medium and I think his recent quotes look like he realizes he can't keep cruising 85 in the hammer lane.
