January 2010 « Darren Choate – Outdoor Writer & Photographer

Best News of 2009: Elk Foundation Tally of Conserved Acres

MISSOULA, Mont.—While most Americans were consumed with year-end tallies of bank failures, health care bills and morons trying to blow up their underwear, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation was busy closing out a year of conservation successes featuring 458 completed projects that conserved or enhanced over 132,000 acres of elk [...]

Boone and Crockett’s Baier Named Top Conservationist

MISSOULA, Mont.—Outdoor Life and its 5.5 million readers have selected Boone and Crockett Club President Lowell E. Baier of Bethesda, Md., as the top conservationist in the third-annual “OL 25” list of people who’ve had the greatest positive impact on hunting, fishing and [...]

Handgun Sales Boom at Elk Foundation Fundraisers

MISSOULA, Mont.—Ask an elk hunter about their favorite caliber and you’ll hear nary a peep about the .45 ACP. Venerable handgun round, certainly. Big game round, hardly.
That’s why Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation officials are pleasantly surprised that a Kimber 1911 in .45 ACP emerged as the top-performing firearm at 2009 fundraisers for elk habitat [...]

Leupold, Elk Foundation to Partner for Elk Country

MISSOULA, Mont.—Throughout 2010, hunters can purchase four new Leupold products—a spotting scope kit, binoculars, rangefinder and riflescope—earmarked to support the habitat conservation work of the Rocky Mountain Elk [...]

Step Outside of Your Comfort Zone

Do you have a favorite place to hunt? I’m sure you do, because I do. Why do you hunt there? Is it because you have been hunting there for years, or you harvested a trophy there in the past? Perhaps, its a public area, and you try to avoid any complications related to accessing private land. Regardless of the specific reason, you probably feel comfortable there. Whatever your reason is for hunting there, I’m sure it’s a good one; then again, maybe it’s [...]