Back in the 90s, I was a Chapter Chairman for RMEF. I spent 6 years donating my time for them and raising 100s of thousands of dollars. Unfortunately, I also witnessed a lot of unethical and questionable things. Back then, RMEF tried to distance themselves from coming out and actually supporting sportsman and our causes. Example, the wolf issue. They wouldn't come out and support giving control of the wolf back to the states. Just look at Bugle magazine back then. Never any articles would even mention hunting. Now, it says "and the hunt" right in the subtitle. There were a lot of similar issues that they wouldn't come out and actively support hunters. They kept saying they were only a conservation organization for elk. And yet almost 100% of their funding came from hunters. So after years of this nonsense, we switched and started a mule deer foundation banquet.
Well, after years of pissing off outdoorsman because of their lack of outward support, nowadays, they do come out and actively support hunters. I can only hope that some of my efforts years ago made a difference.
