SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Don Brown was recently hired as Regional Director for the Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) in northern California and Oregon. Brown has many years of experience as a guide and outfitter in Argentina and the Dakota’s. His background and various outdoor-related associations are a good match for the Foundation.

MDF Director of Field Operations Bob Meulengracht said, “Don will be able to fill a void in his territory, and with his connections in the industry he will be a great addition to the MDF team!”

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In the Crosshairs -- e-news from SCI's Washington Office
 
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August 16, 2007

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Outfitters, 

I got to see a very interesting email today from an outfitter in the south( I wont share it here to protect his privacy).  This outfitter was frustrated by the poor quality of outdoor websites and publication companies ripping off outfitters in the marketplace.  He has been ripped off way to many times. I have to agree with this outfitter in regards to the growth of poor quality websites  and poor quality publications in the marketplace.  While this is true that there are some poor quality sites like anything else, bad sites are also offset by some really great websites in the market place.

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) will hold its
20th Anniversary Banquet and Auction on Thursday, February 7, 2008.
The event will take place in conjunction with the Western Hunting and
Conservation Expo (WHCE) at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 1988, MDF was founded by wildlife filmmaker and hunter Emmett
Burroughs in Redding, Calif. Since that time, the Foundation has
raised millions of dollars through local chapter banquets and its
national convention, and today MDF is the leader in conservation of
mule deer, black-tailed deer and their habitats.

The Outdoor Blogosphere is growing by leaps and bounds and I don't expect to see it stop anytime soon.  I know that I am missing a ton of great blogs out there that focus on hunting, fishing and conservation.  If you have a great outdoor blog and you would like to have your link on our list please let me know who you are and tell me a bit about yourself.

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There are a series of great articles over at Michigan Outdoor News that Will Costello sent me.

Here are the links:

State's cougar research is under scientists' scrutiny

Cougar research is under the microscope

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Walker S.(Buddy) Smith Gets Older Today  Congratulations Buddy on your Birthday!!!!!!!  8/11/07!!

I spent the day volunteering for the RMEF at the Richmond Outdoor Show as a Birthday Present!!!! Actually I would of been there regardless but it sounded good!

The National Wild Turkey Federation has donated $23,800 to ensure hunter access to more than 22,000 acres of public land on two wildlife management areas in Virginia.

Both Big Survey WMA in Wythe County and the southern boundary of Clinch Mountain WMA are receiving help from the NWTF to continue and improve hunting access.

Flying across the web at breakneck speed faster then the speed of my dog,  I come across some pretty cool websites.  The Renewable Resources Coalition just one of those cool sites that you find out there about people doing something for the good of mankind in the hunting and fishing world.

The Virginia Outdoor Sportsman Show has been going strong for 24 years in Richmond, Virginia and for the last 7 years I have been proud to be attending this show and getting to see the old friends and meet new ones each and every year.

This show was created by Hugh Crittenden and is one of the best run local shows I attend each and every year.  In any given year I attend on average 12 different outdoor shows and stating that this is one of the best that I attend is a pretty high honor. 

The show is at the Showplace at 3000 Mechanicsville Turnpike in Richmond, Virginia and this year they will have Stan Potts and Greg Miller doing seminars and I will be front and center for both of those speakers hoping to learn more to prepare for my own whitetail season.

With over 290 booths, a tremendous whitetail deer and turkey contest, free parking and children under 15 getting in for free this is an event for the whole family.

Get out there and get out of the oppressive heat in Virginia and start preparing for the coming season.