Preparing for a hunting trip is a major effort. Listed below are a few common items that hunters often forget as they get ready to go into the backcountry.
· First aid kit (include mole skin/duct tape for blisters);
· Compass and high-quality maps;
· Fire starter for use in the field;
· Knife sharpener;
· Extra batteries;
· Rain gear;
· Blaze orange vest and cap;
· Extra fuel for camp-stove;
Before I start my article, I wanted to tell everyone that we are having an 80th birthday celebration for Dick Scott on October 14,2017 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the TOWNER COMMUNITY HALL. The ad last week said at the American Legion Hall in Eads, but that has been changed to Towner. Please pass the word around to friends about the change in venue. Casual attire and no gifts please.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper ordered flags be lowered to half-staff immediately to honor the victims of the attack in Las Vegas and as proclaimed by President Donald Trump. Flags should be lowered until Friday, October 6, at sunset.
The full text of the president’s proclamation:
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and other agencies are investigating a mass shooting that took place overnight during the Route 91 Harvest country music festival near the Mandalay Bay hotel.
Calls about shots being fired in the direction of the concert area started coming in Sunday at 10:08 p.m.
“Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate What you ought to be, What you can be, What you will be.” Douglas MacArthur
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), the annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. The internet touches almost all aspects of everyone’s daily life, whether we realize it or not.
Dud had been sitting there looking at his computer for 20 minutes and he hadn’t gotten any more done on the book. You know the one. Dud calls it “Murder in the Soggy Bottoms,” and the rest of us call it “The Duchess and the Truck Driver” because the two main characters are …. yeah, you understand.
Hunting is an integral part of wildlife management in Colorado. While you are involved in an enjoyable recreational activity, remember that you are also an active and important participant in managing big-game herds.
With your license comes a responsibility to hunt and conduct yourself in an ethical manner.