Hey guys…
After tagging his first buck mule deer, I got my cousin Larry onto his first buck pronghorn. It was a very nice 14 x 14 1/2 inch long buck with nice mass, decent cutters and good sweep at the top. Mission accomplished! I got a small buck myself.
More later. -ea
Hey guys…
After tagging his first buck mule deer, I got my cousin Larry onto his first buck pronghorn. It was a very nice 14 x 14 1/2 inch long buck with nice mass, decent cutters and good sweep at the top. Mission accomplished! I got a small buck myself.
More later. -ea
A note from TRCP’s Ed Arnett:
Greetings all,
One of the things I really like about the TRCP family is sharing our great experiences on public lands hunting and fishing.
I’m down off the mountain for a day and wanted to share one of the more special moments in my life as a hunter. This is my cousin, Larry Lanter and I after he took his very first buck and first mule deer on public lands in Wyoming.
There are too many stories to tell, but there was snow, extreme mud, lots of hiking and a little drama at the end with an evening hit on the deer that yielded a tracking exercise this morning.
It took me two hours — often on my hands and knees looking for blood and the right tracks — to track him down, but we found him! He’s no monster wall-hanger, but a magnificent trophy for a first time mule deer hunter, and fair chase on public lands.
Larry and I are one month apart in age and both turned 50 this year (don’t look a day over 49 though now do we…) and this was our treat and wish for the half-century mark. My main goal was to get him a buck and I’m so happy as this is the first time he and I have hunted big game together.
I wanted to share the moment with my TRCP friends. Also, notice our headgear. We’re promoting as we tour Wyoming! Now we’re off to hunt pronghorn.
More later,
ea
Last week I wrote about a fascinating new river mapping tool from the U.S. Geological Survey called Streamer. Over at the National Geographic blog, Jennifer Pitt of the Environmental Defense Fund points out one problem with the tool – it doesn’t recognize that rivers cross country borders. Case in point: Streamer cuts off the Colorado River at the border with Mexico. Thinking that the border is the limit of a country’s responsibility, she argues, leads to poor management of the river.
Read her blog in full here.
Seven major sportsmen’s groups from across the country hosted a teleconference calling on Congress to end the shutdown that has closed hundreds of wildlife refuges, Forest Service and BLM areas at the start of hunting seasons across the nation. Leaders from the sportsman-conservation community urged Congress and the administration to make habitat conservation efforts a priority.
The shutdown is limiting hunting opportunities and is hurting the country’s wildlife-related recreation economy, which in 2011 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated at more than $144 billion. For instance, the shutdown closed more than 329 federal wildlife refuges for hunting, and more than 271 are shut to fishing, affecting local economies.
These closures compound the cuts proposed by Congress to programs that conserve wildlife habitat, such as the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the North American Wetlands Conservation Act and others. The shutdown also undermines efforts to reauthorize the Farm Bill, which includes critical elements of national conservation policy.
Find out how the federal shutdown is affecting sportsmen and -women. Featuring top leaders and experts in the sportsman-conservation community including:
Listen to the telepresser and let us know how you are seeing the effects of the government shutdown.
Theodore Roosevelt’s experiences hunting and fishing certainly fueled his passion for conservation, but it seems that a passion for coffee may have powered his mornings. In fact, Roosevelt’s son once said that his father’s coffee cup was “more in the nature of a bathtub.” TRCP has partnered with Afuera Coffee Co. to bring together his two loves: a strong morning brew and a dedication to conservation. With your purchase, you’ll not only enjoy waking up to the rich aroma of this bolder roast—you’ll be supporting the important work of preserving hunting and fishing opportunities for all.
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