Why should I spend $25 a month they will fight anyway without my money?
I dont know how my money will be used.
It should only be $25.00 per year.
I still think the single largest issue that TDHA has in gaining membership is
lack of awareness. I have only been a member since 2007, which happens to be the first time I became aware of the TDHA.
I don't have any numbers to compare with hog doggers, but I can make an analogy with gun owners/NRA members.
There is only about 8% NRA membership among gun owners. (52 million gun owning households, NRA ~4 millions members)
Now how many hog doggers are there that have heard about TDHA? If only 8% of ETHD members sign up for TDHA that would only be 102 members.
If the TDHA had been able to reach out to Texas dog hunters of all type over the years, then I think you would see a larger membership base... It looks like there are current efforts to involve dog hunting other than just hog dogging, but the reality is the past several years, it might as well have been called the Texas hog doggers association, as that is who has supported TDHA. As the membership base broadens, so will the awareness, and membership will continue to grow.
In the meantime, I don't think people can be shamed into joining. They have to want to join for their own reasons...be they fighting legislation, the legal fund, the scholarship fund, etc...
