The Quest For A Moose
Today two North Carolinians won successful bids to hunt moose in Maine this fall. Every year Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife auction off 5 moose tags to raise money for youth conservation education. This year the Auction Raised $55,976 to be used as camp scholarships for Conservation Camp.
All of the money derived from the auction goes to partial scholarships that will help send Maine youngsters to Conservation Camp at the Maine Conservation School in Bryant Pond and at the Greenland Point Center in Princeton. At these five-day camps, boys and girls ages 10 through 12 take part in an array of outdoor and classroom activities. Students work with experienced instructors and counselors, as well as staff from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and other state and private conservation agencies.
“While the winning hunters get to participate in the hunt of a lifetime, their winning bids also ensure that Maine children will get a chance to learn outdoor skills that will start them on a lifetime appreciation of the of the Maine outdoors,” said Roland D. Martin, Commissioner, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
The auction was created by the Legislature and began in 1995. It allows the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to publicly auction five moose permits. Funds are specifically directed for youth conservation education programs.
Conservation camp programs are designed to teach Maine boys and girls the importance of conservation, a respect for the environment and a working knowledge of a variety of outdoor skills. Subjects taught at the camp include wildlife identification, introduction to fishing, boating safety, archery, firearms handling, hunter safety, forest conservation, map and compass work and much more.
Carl A. Propst of Oriental, North Carolina & Louis Ogden of Terrell, North Carolina are the two from North Carolina who will be heading north for the hunt of a lifetime. Although I don’t know the two individuals from here I congratulate them and wish them luck as they chase Bullwinkle.
I have another year to sit out because I got drawn in 2005 but I still have a few cuts of moose meat left to throw on the grill this summer.
Cool story brotha. Wish you could have got one, after all the head ache. T.
That’s a NICE looking moose. I left Maine before the lottery came about, but have seen Bullwinkle live and in person. About the summer grill, my sister Down East bbq’s every month unless it’s -30, and says “Girl Scouts are still selling cookies when it’s 40 below”.
Comment by Jim Degerstrom — April 8, 2007 @ 3:28 am