April 2024 Newsletter
BLACK HILLS SPORTSMEN CLUB
The Newsletter of the Black Hills Sportsmen and Sportswomen
Mission Statement: To promote the conservation, sound management, and sustainable use of wildlife and wildlife habitat and to protect the privilege of sportsmen to hunt and fish through advocacy and education.
The Newsletter of the Black Hills Sportsmen and Sportswomen
Mission Statement: To promote the conservation, sound management, and sustainable use of wildlife and wildlife habitat and to protect the privilege of sportsmen to hunt and fish through advocacy and education.
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April 2024
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Gary Jensen & Scott Phillips. Big Redfish caught with John Cooper as deck hand. Louisiana
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We are very excited to have out newest GFP commission at our meeting this month. I have been working on getting Travis Theel to come and speak to our club for years.
He has a great program where he collects sheds, sells them and then donates funds for conservation and kids programs. I am certain some of us as seen some of his videos. He is an avid sportsmen and it is a bonus that he is now our representative on the commission. His dad, Doug, has been a long time member of the club.
Non-resident waterfowl
This is a VERY big issue that the commission will be voting on for finalization this month. PLEASE get your comments in. The non-resident permits will be the most proposed since WWII. For those who may not know the history, when our boys were overseas, non-residents leased up most all of the good duck hunting ground. The results was very few places to hunt for the resident hunter. The results was the birth of the South Dakota Wildlife Federation. After long fought battles, the balance came back where resident and not residents had equal access. That pendulum has now swung back to favor non-residents (commercialization) and continues to go the wrong way for SD residents. It is very hard to understand why this is happening while adjacent states and Canada are restricting non-residents if favor of their residents. This trend appears not to only affect waterfowl hunters but big game hunting also. The GFP needs to hear from us early and often.
The good news is we have a new director of the SDWF. Dana Rogers, a club member, will get this group back up to speed and will be a very strong voice for South Dakota sportsmen.
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We have put a lot of time into the web page also. If anyone has input or would like us to add to our webpage please email us at blackhillssportsmenclub@gmail.com
~ Jeff Olson, Treasurer ~
Upcoming Events
We are very excited to have out newest GFP commission at our meeting this month. I have been working on getting Travis Theel to come and speak to our club for years.
He has a great program where he collects sheds, sells them and then donates funds for conservation and kids programs. I am certain some of us as seen some of his videos. He is an avid sportsmen and it is a bonus that he is now our representative on the commission. His dad, Doug, has been a long time member of the club.
Non-resident waterfowl
This is a VERY big issue that the commission will be voting on for finalization this month. PLEASE get your comments in. The non-resident permits will be the most proposed since WWII. For those who may not know the history, when our boys were overseas, non-residents leased up most all of the good duck hunting ground. The results was very few places to hunt for the resident hunter. The results was the birth of the South Dakota Wildlife Federation. After long fought battles, the balance came back where resident and not residents had equal access. That pendulum has now swung back to favor non-residents (commercialization) and continues to go the wrong way for SD residents. It is very hard to understand why this is happening while adjacent states and Canada are restricting non-residents if favor of their residents. This trend appears not to only affect waterfowl hunters but big game hunting also. The GFP needs to hear from us early and often.
The good news is we have a new director of the SDWF. Dana Rogers, a club member, will get this group back up to speed and will be a very strong voice for South Dakota sportsmen.
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We have put a lot of time into the web page also. If anyone has input or would like us to add to our webpage please email us at blackhillssportsmenclub@gmail.com
~ Jeff Olson, Treasurer ~
Upcoming Events
PLEASE NOTE THESE DATES WILL ALL BE LISTED ON THE BHSC WEBSITE UNDER "EVENTS"
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April 2nd - BHSC Monthly Member Meeting
Speaker: Travis Theel New GFP Commissioner
Location: Rushmore Inn & Suites
Time: 11:45 am
LATER MONTHS:
May 7th - BHSC Monthly Member Meeting
Speaker: Lou Conroy
Black Hills National Forest OHV Management Presentation
Location: Rushmore Inn & Suites
Time: 11:45 am
June 4th - BHSC Monthly Member Meeting
Speaker: TBD
Location: Rushmore Inn & Suites
Time: 11:45 am
July 2nd - BHSC Monthly Member Meeting
Speaker: TBD
Location: Rushmore Inn & Suites
Time: 11:45 am
Interested in volunteering for Outdoor Campus West?
For anyone interested in being a volunteer mentor please contact Clint Whitley.
Clint (contact for volunteer hunting/shooting mentors - Hunting 101)
clint.whitley@state.sd.us
For other kinds of volunteering - please visit their website linked below:
https://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/ap?ap=1970180025
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- Quote of the Month -
"Nature is not a place to visit, it is home."
— Gary Snyder
"Nature is not a place to visit, it is home."
— Gary Snyder