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A couple of weeks ago we released an article here on the blog covering one of the more gruesome poaching cases we have seen in quite a while. This spurred a conversation between Ike and I on why we report incidents like this, which of course will continue. Then we discussed whether or not sharing these articles shaped new opinions and prevented poaching, or are we just preaching to the choir? Ike’s conclusion was that we were preaching to the choir many times and based on the responses on Facebook I have to agree with him.
So naturally the next thought was how do we arm the choir? What can we do to give hunters tools to show what to do for conservation rather than just simply take a beating on social media because of poachers?
With this discussion it was very timely to see a few posts from the RMEF on their Facebook feed.
To go along with this, make sure you are following the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation on Facebook. They have been working to share quality information about conservation efforts that net positive things in our hunting community. Efforts to make sure the non-hunting public sees the good we do for the animals we hunt.
At the end of the day it is our responsibility to create a strong enough message for our friends who don’t hunt to follow along and recognize how much we do for the game we pursue. A short scroll through social media and it doesn’t take long to find anti-hunting comments all over hunting pages.
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From East To West – Todd Helms
Most of my hunting out West is night and day different from what I did back in Michigan. Spot and stalk, calling setups, still hunting, none of these methods have anything in common with whiling away hours in a treestand other than the patience required to be successful at each. When I took a look at the details the Huntstand app provides it dawned on me that many of them were wonderful crossover applications. For example, I often hike “off-trail” or use game trails when accessing glassing points or hunting locations. These routes are not found on any map and if I want to share them with a friend who has never been into the area using Huntstand would be easy and effective to get them to and from the place they need to be.
I am a journaler. That said, having the ability to use Huntstand to create custom profiles where I can record information and reference it from hunt to hunt is another aspect of this app that is attractive to me. Having the ability to look back to weather, wind, animal sightings, solar/lunar cycles, etc., makes creating a game plan for future hunts in the same areas all that much easier.
The Huntstand App does possess many qualities that lend themselves to being useful to the western hunter. Check out the full features of the app at http://www.huntstand.com/
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