Mostly Hmong Capitol Sportsmen Chapter of Minnesota Deer Hunter’s Association Established
February 16, 2007
A newly formed chapter of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, met in St. Paul last Sunday. According to the Asian American Press, the Capitol Sportsmen Chapter is open to everyone but is largely made up of Hmong.
Around 30 people, mostly Hmong deer hunters, attended a meeting last Sunday at the Sunrise Market building in St Paul, to officially form the new Capitol Sportsmen Chapter of the Minnesota Deer Hunter’s Association. This mostly Hmong group is open to anyone, and members will be actively recruiting Hmong and Asian outdoors enthusiasts to form the first primarily minority chapter of the organization.
About ten percent of Minnesota’s 475,000 registered hunters are MDHA members. It is the hope of chapter founders that with the extreme need for a unified voice among the 10,000 Hmong hunters, nearly a quarter of the population, and other Asian and Pacific Islanders, that live in an around the metro area, will join the chapter and work on key issues of interest and help prevent incidents like the two separate racially motivated hunting murders in Wisconsin in the past two years.
Tom Remington
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I think this is a great step for Hmong hunters.
But, there is a lot of work to be done before Hmong hunters will be welcome in the WI woods.
It is too bad one person can cause so much harm to the reputation of a whole group of people.
A RICE LAKE HUNTER
I concur Scott. I have to believe that this initiative taken by the local Hmong is positive step toward bettering the relationships. All too often we only hear of demands put on the government to intervene and make it better.
I think the Hmong have taken a step in the right direction and for that they cannot be faulted.
They should not be faulted as a group for the actions of one person.