Michigan Hunters Band Against Formidable Foe More than $112,000 was paid to a California petition management firm to obtain signatures to put a ban on dove hunting on Michigan's ballot this fall, reports the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA). The report states that the Humane Society of the United States has contributed more than $153,000 to this anti-dove hunting campaign. In response, Michigan sportsmen have formed the Citizens for Wildlife Conservation Committee to protect the state’s hunting tradition and to raise funds and awareness toward defeating the proposed ban. Partners include USSA, the National Wild Turkey Federation, Michigan United Conservation Clubs, the National Rifle Association and Safari Club International. The committee faces a "no-contribution limit for ballot-question committee" and the knowledge that anti-hunters pumped $800,000 into a 2004 anti-hunting ballot issue campaign in Maine, even before the HSUS established its lobbying division.