Well, folks, I contacted Sen. Neal Kedzie's office and was told that the best contacts to make would be (may be misspelled):
Sen. Mary Panzer (chairs the Senate Scheduling Committee) R
Senator Lefay R
Senator Zien R
Senator Erfenbach D
Senator Hansen D
Please email, call, send messenger pigeons, whatever asking them to schedule a vote on AB 374. Time really is of the essence as if it does not come up for a vote during this session it will die on the vine and we'll have to go through the whole process again.
While you're at it, take a look at AB 109, which is also available for scheduling. It includes a pile of youth hunting initiatives, one of which is
reciprocal reduced small game licenses for youth. Been pushing it for years. Basically, if Wis. offered reduced small game licenses for kids from other states, Wis. kids could get the same in other states with similar programs.
My wife and I pushed the reduced small game licenses for kids in Wis. and got it included as a line item in the 1996 budget.
What it boils down to is this example: If Wis. would allow kids from North Dakota to purchase small game licenses at the Wis. reduced rate, Wis. kids could hunt in North Dakota for about $8.00 instead of dear old Dad having to shell out the $95.00 to take a kid on a hunting trip out there.
There are a lot of other intiitatives included on AB 109 that are really good. Encourage you all to take a look at it.
In any case, please do whatever you can to encourage a vote on AB374, and I'd appreciate any help on AB 109 as well.
Thanks!
Moosetrot