For your reading pleasure, this page will include my quotes.

"We have a fundamental decison to make. Should our wildlife managment be subservient to our forestry practices or should our forestry practices be subservient to our wildlife management." Author, Jim Slinsky

"The sportsman lives his life vicariously. For he secretly yearns to have lived before, in a simpler time. A time when his love for the land, water, fish and wildlife would be more than just part of his life. It would be his state of mind."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"To achieve true happiness in life, a man must get lucky twice. First, he must own a great bird dog, to preoccupy his mind and satisfy his days. Second, he must find a great woman, to preoccupy his heart and fulfill his nights."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"May your waters be swift and pure, may your presentation be perfect, and of course, let there be trout.  Author, Jim Slinsky

"We all answer the calls of life: family, God, friends, and career. Some of us hear an additional voice, the call of conservation." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Compassion is a reflection of our heart. Conviction is a reflection of our soul. A clean environment is the reflection of our intellect." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Only one creature epitomizes the mystique of wilderness, the passion of hunting, and the success of modern conservation. That creature is the wild turkey."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"To my purist trout fishing friends, bass are lowly green fish and brown fish. To me, bass are bent rods and aching arms. To my ex-wife,  bass are the bewilderment of addiction." Author, Jim Slinsky

"It is not how many you keep that matters, rather it is how many you catch." Author, Jim Slinsky

"When you come to accept conservation as far more important than recreation and consumption, you will have achieved the dubious title of sportsman." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Some will be remembered for what they said. Others will be remembered for what they did. The special will be remembered for who they were." Author, Jim Slinsky

"As the light grows dimmer and the trail begins to fade, my sweetest dreams are those of yesteryear, at deer camp."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"Throughout history sportsman have overlooked the cost of a challenge. Instead, they have embraced the necessity of accomplishing it." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Society will forever judge hunters by their compassion for the animals they hunt."   Author, Jim Slinsky

"Government employees have good intentions. Unfortunately, they often accomplish exactly the opposite of what they originally intended to achieve".  Author, Jim Slinsky

"If Pennsylvania ever got its deer management act together, the hunting outfitter industry across this nation would collapse."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"Never doubt the environmental knowledge of a consistently successful fisherman. Always doubt the motives of a consistently argumentative environmental bureaucrat."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"The thinking deer hunter should mature through three phases during his hunting life. First phase, "I need to kill a deer. Second phase, l want to harvest a nice deer. And last phase, we must manage this resource so our children and their children can experience the grand tradition of good deer hunting."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"We will not lose our right to hunt in one cataclysmic legal case. Hunting will be killed slowly, like a cancer overwhelming the body and mind until we no longer have the strength to fight or the will to survive." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Regardless of what you've heard, the earth shall be inherited by the visionary."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"Our future lies in the hands of our youth. Teach them well and one day they will fulfill our dreams of the sportsmen we wanted them to be."Author, Jim Slinsky

"They are our lands. We bought them, we paid for them and we will control them. Never should we allow society to compromise the true purpose of our state game lands. They are for the pursuit of the grand tradition of hunting."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"Without rabbit and pheasant habitat, we have lost the stage upon which we teach our young hunters how to act."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"There are issues where adherence to an ideology is not the best solution to pursue. Common sense and compassion should prevail in all matters of human and animal life and death."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"When one finally comprehends the difficulties of deer management, one still has difficulty comprehending the madness."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"Pristine waters and wild country define the character of Pennsylvanians. Without such places we are a soulless society."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"To relegate the enormously complex position of Game Commissioner to a political appointee is the moral equivalent of shooting oneself while hunting."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"No animal rivals the majesty of a royal elk. Their presence is a symbol of wilderness, sound game management and a society who cares about the quality of animal and human life."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"If left unchallenged, bureaucrats will entrench and perpetuate their agendas. Unfortunately, it requires an upswell of outrage to unseat the undesirable and unify direction."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"Sympathy, understanding and tolerance are lost when one doesn't have the common sense to help oneself."  Author, Jim Slinsky

"Owning one rifle and learning to shoot it is a smart thing to do. Owning many rifles and learning to shoot them all is a fun thing to do."Author, Jim Slinsky 

"Good government starts when all parties agree to come to the table. It is achieved when all parties agree to compromise." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Blessed is the one who struggles so long and gives so much for the benefit of so many." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Our responsibility to society is far greater than our responsibility to ourselves." Author, Jim Slinsky

"We have all been forced to make difficult decisions contrary to our short-term interests. In life and game management the virtue of human dignity and prudence must prevail." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Without effective game protection, hunting would be absurd. With effective game protection, enforcement will be controversial" Author, Jim Slinsky

"Graduation to the next level of sportsmanship is accomplished by the level of difficulty the sportsman imposes upon himself." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Progress is achieved by having the determination to take the first step in a new direction." Author, Jim Slinsky

"The act of fly casting is an example of the science of motion. The act of fly fishing is an example of the passion for art." Author, Jim Slinsky

"The death of a hunting dog is only made tolerable by the memory of his life".Author, Jim Slinsky

"From the injustice rises the cause. From the cause we engage the conflict. From our successes we establish our legacy." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Defending your principles against all critics is a defining moment in the evolution of a man." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Man's guilt for his devastation of our wild creatures overrules his acceptance that he has irreparably altered nature forever." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Our passions shape our opinions. Our philosophies control our actions."Author, Jim Slinsky

"Hunting will not survive the bombardment of environmentalists and naturalists unless each hunter educates himself in biologically sound land and game management." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Society and the PGC must accept hunters will not kill deer like vermin. Hunters demand quality deer hunting designed to perpetuate this magnificent game animal and the sport of hunting." Author, Jim Slinsky

"If would be far more acceptable to improve our pathetic habitats to protect our deer herd than decimate our deer herd to protect our pathetic habitats."Author, Jim Slinsky

"Getting trophy class deer in Pennsylvania will be far simpler than getting the politicians out of deer management." Author, Jim Slinsky

"If you want to know the priorities of a nation and the effectiveness of their government, test their water quality." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Our hunting and fishing success stories are merely the by-product of our political and environmental accomplishments." Author, Jim Slinsky

"Hunters and government must make compromises if we are to resolve the crisis known as deer management." Author, Jim Slinsky

"The success of modern conservation is driven by those who wish to consume, by those who wish to enjoy and by those who wish to contribute."Author, Jim Slinsky

"A government without checks and balances is a government without a conscience."Author, Jim Slinsky

"Son, you must listen to me because you will not live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself." Author, Jim Slinsky

"From the ashes of tragedy and adversity, the salvation of our hunting spirit will prevail."Author, Jim Slinsky

"If you want to know how a government agency is organized just review their financial statements. If you want to know what an agency prioritizes, just follow the money." Author, Jim Slinsky

"If one exists without convictions, one is imprisoned by a life without purpose." Author, Jim Slinsky

"It is far more noble to relentlessly fight to the conclusion of defeat than surrender and live in the shame of an unchallenged loss." Author, Jim Slinsky

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