I know absolutely nothing of the "fringe on the flag" argument since I have never heard it discussed prior to this thread. I do know that if any man or woman were allowed to just fish or hunt any species of fish or game without limits and/or controls on how much and what was fished or shot, it wouldn't be too long before certain species of both fish and game were non existent because many people woul;d then just take that game indiscriminately. I agree completely with Jim in Idaho about the fact that the game in this country right now wouldn't feed 5% of the population.
As an example of what I'm saying, just talk to or with anyone in the provinces of Canada who have treaties with their Native American peoples. It was my understanding that in some areas, that by treaty, these folks have no lmits on game or fish they can harvest at certain times of the year. In 1992 I witnessed a native American tribe show up in an area to hunt with a 18 wheeler refrig truck and slaughter everything, game wise, they found. It desimated the deer, Elk, and Moose in that area of Alberta. The same would occur in this country if no rules and regs on game or fishing limits, types, etc. were allowed to go on. A license to fish or hunt, as a resident, in most states isn't that expensive and poachers are criminals...period, no matter what they supposed reasons.
