2023 Fall Fnaws Newsletter
October 26, 2023
2023 Fall Fnaws Newsletter
A FEW WORDS FROM CRAIG
It’s that time of year again, and as you read this newsletter, I hope you are planning and looking forward towards a great season! This will be our first venture in getting this newsletter out to our membership via email for those of you that we have an email registered for, so please bear with us. We will be also sending out the traditional hard copies for members who have not provided an email.
I realize it has been a long while since my last newsletter, however, not giving any excuses, I too have had a pretty hectic year.
It all started with Kyle and I going on a very nice and successful desert muley and Coues deer hunt in Sonora, Mexico with Ubaldo Lopez, who has donated hunts to our annual fundraiser. Both Kyle and I were successful in getting bot a muley as well as Coues deer. This was the second year for me and I must say, Ubaldo’s ranches have a tremendous amount of game, and the food was second to none. As a bonus, we even shot javalinas. So, if desert muleys or Coues are in your sights, you should check out Ubaldo Lopez’s outfit.
Late April/early May found Kyle, myself and another Iowa FNAWS member, Grant Stroud trekking down to Argentina on a hunt that Kyle purchased at our fundraiser a couple of years back. We hunter with Catena Safaris and were successful in bringing home water buffalo, blackbuck, red stag fallow deer and mouflon sheep. We even enjoyed a night of hunting one of Argentina’s native rodents, the viscacha, which looks like a cross between a chinchilla and marmot.
While in Argentina, we spent a few days in Buenos Aires….crazy city. I would like to tell my liberal friends that they need to visit Argentina if they feel socialism is the way to go. 30 years ago, Argentina was a very prosperous country and socialism took hold. Back in the nineties, one of their pesos was equivalent to one of our dollars….today it’s more like 450-500 pesos to our dollar! What a disaster!! We cannot let this happen to our great country!....nuff politics.
June found myself in Alaska hunting for interior grizzly which I purchased at our last fundraiser. Mike Sciotti and his Big Alaska Outdoors run a great outfit and hunting area. I was successful in getting the highly-desired “Toklat” color phased grizzly. Many thanks to Mike and especially my guide, Sky Smith! If Iowa FNAWS is fortunate to get another donation from Mike, look at bidding…you will not regret it!!
In July, a large group of Iowa FNAWS members went on an Alaska fishing trip with Jay and Stacey Furney’s Arctic Wolf Lodge. There, we also met Ubaldo Lopes and his wife Laura, and Clive Botha from African Traditions Wines. As always, we had a great time.
This trip was also a farewell gift to my daughter and son-in-law Giles. Two days they got back to Iowa, they left for an extended stay to Japan. Kristen was fortunate enough to be chosen to teach English in Japan. Her and Giles will be calling Kobe, Japan, their home away from home, for at least the next school year. I know that I for one will definitely miss Kristen at our annual fundraiser where she and Giles have been volunteering in working, especially with the books and payment desk.
Speaking of which, Board member Lonnie Cook’s daughter Lori has stepped up to volunteer in taking over Kristen’s position. So, since the next fundraiser will be Lori’s first at this position, I ask that you be patient when checking out and paying for your purchases. I sincerely appreciate Lori’s volunteering.
Regarding our fundraiser, it is scheduled for the weekend of March 22-24, 2024, again at the Sheraton West Des Moines, so please mark it on your calendar. Due to the continued rising costs (Bidenomics), the cost for registration is $75/person. Although we had to raise it, I believe this is still very competitive compared to other shows of our caliber. Among other special hunt auction items, we will be having the Nebraska Bighorn tag back at our show! If you recall, it broke the $300K mark at our show two years ago, so if you know anyone with deep pockets, please let them know. I am told by Todd Nordeen, our Nebraska contact, that there are several book rams running around.
Iowa FNAWS’ membership roots are very deep and dedicated. This became very evident when we received a substantial donation from Kathy Townsend, in memory of her husband, Butch. Both Kathy and Butch are dedicated members and have contributed to our organization tremendously. Kathy came to our last fundraiser and also to the last Chapters and Affiliates Summit in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and I hope she continues to make her presence in future fundraisers. If you are fortunate to see Kathy, please thank her on behalf of Iowa FNAWS. As a side note, several years ago, I was very fortunate to hunt antelope and prairie dogs with Butch when he had his ranch in Wyoming……what an experience!
Speaking of deep and dedicated, Iowa FNAWS’ roots are widespread as well. Iowa FNAWS just received a donation from Frank and Martha Miller, all the way from Greenwood, South Carolina. They sent in a nice check as a memorial for Cyril Elsinger. Cy and Carol were stout supporters of Iowa FNAWS! Sure, miss seeing Carol at the national shows helping out at the registration desk with her vest which was covered with FNAWS and Wild Sheep pins.
Fortunately, and due to very successful fundraisers in the past several years, Iowa FNAWS has had the good fortune to be in a very sound financial position which has enabled us to financially assist in many projects. As of this newsletter, year to date in 2023, we have funded $651,255 and our array of funding includes youth engagement, veterans’ programs, and our main focus of wildlife conservation and management with emphasis on wild sheep.
The Iowa FNAWS Board has also agreed to fund a $5,000 scholarship to an individual whose studies would revolve around wildlife conservation and management. If you are interested in getting more details on this, please feel free to contact any of the Board members.
We will also assist in funding another sheep capture in Nebraska, and continue to be an integral part of Nebraska’s sheep program. During the Summit, we also committed $15,000 towards a capture, research and relocation of Dall sheep in the Yukon.
Iowa FNAWS membership continues to be strong and diverse. In addition to our normal membership, as of this writing we now have 272 Life members, a growth of roughly 20 since the first of the year. The last time I checked, we have members from 44 states! Not too shabby for a small organization like ours!!
As I mentioned in the beginning of this rambling, I hope you are planning for a great fall. I still have a few trips planned. While you’re reading this, I hoping to be in Mongolia, trekking a couple of “goats”.
Then, it’s off to Ireland and Scotland with my bride for some sightseeing…and of course gotta throw in a few days of hunting for whatever they got. Going to round out my year with a trip to Texas and possibly one to Turkey….we will see, if I can get confirmation and if I have any $$$ left.
Our next newsletter will have more information and an early bird registration for the upcoming fundraiser. Until then………..
DADS HUNTING BY LONNIE COOK
I am sure most of you have a similar story to tell. You grew up with a father that was a hunter and at an early age you trekked what seemed like mile after mile trying to keep up with your father’s larger steps.
I grew up on a farm in Northwest Missouri just across the Iowa line close to I-35 (Hwy 69 back in the day). My Father liked to trap fur bearing animals and he enjoyed his coon hounds. I remember those long nights following the sound of the hound’s yelp as they hit a fresh trail. Dad used a kerosene lantern to light our path and once we found the treed racoon, he pulled out his long-barreled flashlight to spot our prey. I once asked Dad how many miles we had walked one such night and he thought for a minute and said 5 to 10. I don’t know if that was true or not, but I do know that we sometimes would be out all night and drag ourselves back to our truck with the dawning. Those long nights were on a non-school weekend. During the week our treks were usually half as long and I was able to get 3 or 4 hours sleep before school the next day.
I like many of you, have followed in my father’s footsteps and enjoy hunting as a sport, but also as a food source. I always try to bring back the meat from the wild game that I hunt. Dad never was interested in deer hunting or other big game. For him rabbit or squirrel and maybe a quail or two would put enough food on the table. My father has been gone quite a few years now and I didn’t get into big game hunting until more recently. I often wonder what he would have thought if he knew the hard mountain climbs and all the various locations that I have trekked to find my prey. I know for a fact that he would have been very proud of me.
The photo is my Dad in the late 1940’s (before I was born). Money was hard to come by back in those days and harvesting furs helped pay the bills. – LC
OLD MAN GETS LUCKY by Bob Meduna
I love to archery hunt whitetails in Nebraska, mostly for the opportunity to watch deer behavior prior to and during the rut. I don’t kill very many deer with my bow anymore, mostly because I harvest enough meat deer with a rifle and/or muzzleloader later in the season when the weather is cold enough that I don’t have to worry about taking care of the meat immediately. And I use a couple trail cameras just to see what is around but I don’t become obsessed with trying to kill a buck that I get on camera that catches my fancy. I hunt mostly on public land close to my home and any buck that reaches a reasonable size while living on public land doesn’t make many mistakes and often becomes completely nocturnal. These bucks might make a mistake during firearm season (during the rut in Nebraska) but are virtually unkillable with a bow.
Except for the buck that made a mistake and walked past my tree this fall. Three days prior to firearm season, a good buck that I had a few trail cam photos of was presumably searching for does a half hour after sunrise walked past one of my favorite stands that I happened to be in. He gave me a 20-yard broadside shot and went 75 yards after the arrow passed through his lungs. He’s by far the best archery deer that I’ve taken in nearly 50 years of archery hunting. Field-dressed weight was 200 pounds with 112 pounds of boned-out meat. What a morning!
WALRUS ADVENTURE by Pat O’Neill
In July of this year, I flew up Hall Beach, Sanirajak area of Nunavut Territory, Canada (68 degrees 46 degrees N, 81 degrees 13 degrees W) In the Artic.
These hunts are booked for 5-day hunts to go out and locate the Walrus and fine a mature one to harvest.
Since it's light basically 24 hours day this time of the year, we typically went out between 10:00 - 11:00 am each day after the morning fog burned off.
We would stay out until as late as 3:30 am the following morning. The Sun does set around 1:30 am but returns within about an hour or so.
On our first hunting day 2, of our group of 5 were successful in filling their tags. We lost the next 2 hunting days due to heavy fog that didn't want to move out.
The 4th day turned out to be a great day with our remaining 3 hunters filling our tags. Susan Tuohy from Michigan and an IOWA FNAWS Life Member was the first to fill out today and I was the second one to fill out with a fella from North Dakota tagging out last.
This is a great adventure, and I would recommend it to anyone for a different experience especially when the weather here was in the 90 degrees plus range and the high in the Artic was only in the high 40's. The scenery is really something to see with all the wildlife that inhabits the Artic.
Greenland 2023-Muskox & Central Canadian Barren Ground Caribou
by Lonnie Cook
Greenland is considered part of North America, even though it is located halfway between the main North America continent and Europe. I am still working on my 29 Big Game Animals of North America and this would be numbers 22 and 23.
Greenland is a fascinating country with 80% covered by the Polar Ice Cap. This puts the population down in the southern tip of Greenland. It is the most sparsely populated country in the World with only 55,000 people. It is the largest island in the World and is 3 to 4 times the size of Texas. Seven percent of all fresh water in the World is in the Polar Ice Cap. Greenland is part of Denmark, but has its own self-rule. Ninety five percent of the people on the Island are native Inuits. They depend upon fishing and hunting for their livelihood.
There are no flights from the U.S. or Canada to Greenland. In fact, the only access to the island is from either Iceland or Denmark. I chose to fly to Copenhagen. So, my flight plan was K.C. to Toronto and on to Copenhagen. That is around 15 hours from when I got on the plane until I arrived in Denmark. I overnighted at a local hotel to catch up on Jet Lag and the next day, got on an Air Greenland flight and headed back west to Kangerlussuaq and a shorter flight to Sisimiut which totaled about 8 hours of flying.
In the airport in Sissimiut I met 4 other hunters that I would be sharing the same hunting camp. Two guys were from New York and the other two were from North Dakota. I got to be good friends with the ND guys: Jake & Danny, who both were bow hunters. We were met at the airport by the outfitter’s wife, Maria, who drove us to the boat docks and we boarded a boat that our main guide Peter was captaining. The boat ride up an inlet took a little over 2 hours. We arrived at camp and met the other 4 guides: Nick, Anis, Jason and Wilhelm. They were all natives of the island.
Our camp consisted of wall tents. I had my own tent and there was a tent for the ND guys and one for the NY guys. There was also a tent used for our meals. The guides had their own tents. We were situated along a river whose source was a large lake an hour and a half further inlet. The lake was fed from melting snow and ice from the higher elevation mountains. The days are still quite long even in late August as we were above the Arctic Circle. It is light out 20 hours a day, so after arriving in camp and getting our tents situated and eating a sandwich, we headed out to hunt around 4pm. We came upon a group of 4 Muskox after about an hour of riding the 2 boats. We pulled on shore and made an approach and I was given the opportunity to take the larger bull in the group. It was a 425-yard shot and the first shot was all that was necessary, but I decided to shoot again and this time he went down and stayed down. After photos, the guides made quick work out of caping and cutting up the meat.
On the second day, the 2 guys from NY both connected on a caribou and Jake got his caribou as well. The guys from NY didn’t have Muskox tags, so they spent the remaining time in camp fishing for Arctic Char and looking for the elusive white Arctic Fox. On the third day, Jake and Danny both took their Muskox.
Now it is day 4 and Danny and I still were on the hunt for our Caribous. Our guides, Peter and Nick, took us to the top of the mountain near the camp and we got on ATV’s and started a long 4 hours of driving and looking for suitable Caribou. At around 4pm we decided it was time to turn around and head back toward camp. We came upon a group of caribou that were feeding up the side of a small mountain and we stopped to glass. One of them looking to be a decent one, I took off with Peter and Danny followed. If we were able to approach where the distance was short, Danny would get an opportunity to take the first shot. If not, then I was up on deck. Nick stayed down at the ATV’s and with his radio was able to communicate with Peter on which direction the caribou were heading. We had to move at a fast pace so we could keep up and try and head them off before they got out of range. We were all out of breath when we topped a ridge and Peter said that the caribou was too far away for Danny to approach, so I got prone with my rifle over the backpack and tried to steady my gun and my nerves. The caribou was on the move and I had no time to use my rangefinder. I estimated him at 200-250 yards and set my ballistic turret. I hit him on the first shot, but he didn’t go down. I shot again and he still didn’t go down, but was standing in one place. Danny came up behind me and I asked him to check the range. He said it was 398 yards. So, I knew that both of my shots had hit him low. I adjusted my turret for 400 yards and made shot #3. This time he was hit in the kill zone and he went down. After photos, Peter began the process of caping and cutting up the meat. Nick drove his ATV all the way up the mountain to reach us. Not sure how he got it up there and I was wondering how the ride down the mountain was going to work out for us. We sent Peter and Danny off to hunt their caribou and pursue the rest of the herd that had went over the top. Nick and I finished up and secured everything on the ATV and headed down. A little harrowing, but doable trip down the slope. When we got near the bottom, we saw another large Caribou. In fact, it turned out to be just a little bigger than the one I just took. Nick radioed Peter and told them they needed to turn around and come down toward us. We kept the caribou in our sights and after 30-45 minutes they made it down and were able to get within 40 yards and Danny made a great shot with his bow to take his caribou.
We arrived back into camp around 10pm and by the time we finished supper and did a little celebrating it was after midnight when we all got to bed. This was a typical day in this camp. Dinner usually at 10:30 pm or later, breakfast at 8:00 am. So today is day #5 and the NY boys had an earlier flight and Anis took them to town in his boat and they left around 8am. The rest of us had later flights and we left camp around 10:30 am. Our flight out of Sisimiut was delayed an hour, but we were able to get on our next flight from Kangerlussuaq and make it to Copenhagen that evening. Jake and Danny had made plans to spend 3 extra days in Copenhagen to do a little sightseeing. I had an early flight the next day and decided to sleep in the airport that night. I got in the check-in line at 4:30 am the next day and by the time I went through the check-in process with my firearm and made it through the security line it took me 2 ½ hours. I made it in time to my gate and took the flight this time to Munich, change planes and on to Chicago, change planes and on to Kansas City. My suitcase and gun case never made the connection in Munich and I arrived in K.C. with only my backpack. This is the 3rd time in 2 years where my gun case never made it. So, my suitcase got delivered to the house 24 hours later and as I write these notes, my gun case still shows no sign in arriving today (48 hours later). I need it for my next hunt in 2 weeks to Alaska for my moose hunt.
Additional Comments: The Muskox and Caribou cape and horns/antlers get fleshed out at the camp than are shipped to Denmark where a taxidermist does more preparation and eventually ships them to me. This can take 3 to 4 months I am told and then my local taxidermist usually takes 12 to 15 months to get them back to me.
The food at the camp was actually pretty good. We had grilled steaks from both the Muskox and Caribou and both were tasty. They mostly have prepared or processed food for the additional items on the menu in the evening and for snacks. In the morning it was eggs, corn flakes and bread with various spreads.
Last Words and some extras by Kyle
If you have any articles or pictures that you would like to possibly be featured in the next newsletter, feel free to email them to me at kylenakamoto@hotmail.com.
As we all head into the 2023-2024 hunting season, I wish all of you good luck. See all of you March 23, 2023 for our 45th banquet! ~ Kyle Nakamoto
Kyle Nakamoto 23226 Centre Drive Glenwood, IA 51534 A FEW WORDS FROM CRAIG As the years start to rack up, time sure flies by….faster than you would have realized. Looks like another year will be gone soon and Iowa FNAWS will be celebrating its 46th year in existence! Wow! What an accomplishment…all starting from a few passionate philanthropic mountain hunter-conservationists who, back in the mid-1970’s wanted to give back to their passion for mountain hunting. I was very fortunate to know a few of them. Dr. Roy Schultz and Dr. Jerry Waite in particular, who were both very instrumental in the early days of the conservation of the North American Wild Sheep, and as long as I’m involved, in their honor, Iowa will always be the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep….Iowa FNAWS. In the recent years, Iowa FNAWS has been having tremendous success in accumulating funds which are directed and utilized towards projects which we feel are best suited and aligned towards Iowa FNAWS’ goals. As of the first of October year to date Iowa, FNAWS has funded over $925,000 ($925,058.89 to be exact) towards various endeavors. These include; college scholarships for students majoring in outdoor conservation, various youth-related outdoor causes including mentoring, shooting sports and sponsored hunts, veteran-based causes, several on-the-ground projects including guzzler repair and construction, sheep capture and collaring, disease research and development, Iowa land acquisition for outdoor activities, various state-agency directed funding for wildlife conservation, ungulate enhancement projects and wildlife harvest initiatives. In addition, this year Iowa FNAWS has agreed to fund approximately $20,000-$30,000 towards additional worthy projects. So, to say the least, your Iowa FNAWS has had a tremendous 2024 and before the year ends, we will approach a million dollars in 2024 funding! Imagine, all of this without any paid staff and very little overhead! I challenge anyone reading this, to find another outdoor conservation-related organization who can boast similar accomplishments. As you know, to make all of this happen, we rely heavily on our annual fundraiser which will be held on the weekend of March 28-30, again at the Sheraton West Des Moines. Traditionally, our fundraiser attracts around 200 attendees, however, due to the increase in attendance over the past several years, and to attempt to make the registration process a little easier, streamlined and less hectic, this year we are going to have the option for Reserved Tables which can be purchased during the early bird registration timeframe . A reserved table consists of seating for 10. The normal early registration cost is $75 per person. With the Reserved Table, the price will be $1000, however with that price will include $250 worth of raffle tickets, AND each Reserved Table will have a ticket for a chance to win a firearm. Only Reserved Table holders will be in this drawing for the firearm. So essentially, the odds of winning the firearm will probably be one of the best ever! So, if you are coming with a group of friends, I highly encourage you to pre-register for a reserved table. Attached is the Early Bird Pre-registration form. Whether you are registering individually, with a small group or for a reserved table, I would appreciate it if you would consider filling it and sending it back as soon as you decide on coming, for I feel this year we may hit the capacity of the ballroom and may have to turn away late registrants. Individual early bird registrations are $75/person and youth ( under 16 years of age), $35 as compared to $90 and $50 respectively. The cutoff for early bird registration is February 15, 2024. After that date, the Reserved Table registration, if available, will be $1250.00. And anyone without a Reserved Table will be subject to open seating as they are available. As always, we will have the Iowa FNAWS’ hosted hospitality room on Friday night which will be open to all registrants. We would like to have potential sponsors for this event. Last year Bank Iowa and Brocker, Karns and Karns Insurance graciously donated funds to help pay for the evening’s liquid refreshments and Kyle Nakamoto of Straight Shooter Armory paid for the pizzas. We also had several individuals bring in appetizers and other goodies which were greatly appreciated by the attendees. As always, we welcome anyone who wants to exhibit at the fundraiser, so if you know of any interested parties, please have them contact me. Again, there is no charge to exhibit; however, we do ask that the exhibitor donate to our fundraiser. We would like to have the donation have a realistic value of at least $1500. This would assist in covering some of our expenses. Last year we had several businesses who exhibited that mentioned that they did very well. At the annual fundraiser, we try to recognize people who have been long-standing supporters of Iowa FNAWS and FNAWS (the Wild Sheep Foundation) by recognizing them as “Living Legends of FNAWS”. If you have anyone in mind who you feel has been a stalwart supporter and should be recognized, please feel free to contact either myself or any of the Board members to nominate him/her to this prestigious list. It’s always good to recognize some of our strongest supporters for we must always remember the building blocks of this fantastic organization. We are always looking for donations and auction items for our fundraiser. So, if you know of, or have connections to donors and/or outfitters who you feel might have interest in donating to our fundraiser, please contact them and try and solicit a donation. And, if you need assistance, I would be more than happy to follow up as well. We can always use more items and hunts and fishing trips. So, before going on to the next subject, PLEASE consider taking advantage of the early bird registration and get registered early. As many of you know from last year’s fundraiser, we were delighted to have LeLois Lutich and Scott Roosevelt attend our fundraiser. Iowa FNAWS donated the necessary funds to build a roof over a 180,000 gallon water tank on the JM Lutich Ranch to provide water to the various guzzlers and watering stations in the ranch for the wildlife which consists of Desert Bighorns, Mule Deer, Elk, javalina and the occasional Aoudad. Life member, Grant Stroud purchased at our last fundraiser, a trip to the Lutich Ranch. He along with fellow members Kyle Nakamoto, Aaron Deitchler, Laureen Nakamoto and myself visited the ranch this past September. We were also guests at LeLois and Scott’s annual Barbeque. LeLois and Scott were gracious guests and we spent a few nights at their lovely home as well as several days touring the JM Lutich Ranch. Scott, being a direct descendant of Teddy Roosevelt, had a lot of Teddy Roosevelt memorabilia which we all took keen interest in, for as you all know Teddy Roosevelt was a tremendous president as well as an avid pioneer of the hunter-conservationist movement. I for one was amazed at the old books and hand-written notes and letters as well as the one of a kind artifacts. LeLois and Scott’s JM Lutich Ranch also holds a lot of wildlife history. The JM Lutich Ranch is part of the Sierra Diablo Mountains which was home to a number of Desert Bighorn Sheep before they were extirpated. It was LeLois’ mother Jewell McAdoo Lutich, who, in 1982, showed a keen interest in re-establishing Desert Bighorns into the Sierra Diablos, and caught the attention of Dr. “Red” Duke, who was a great influence in the early days of FNAWS and the Texas Bighorn Society. It was through this connection and persistence by “Mama Jewell” that bighorns were re-introduced to the Sierra Diablos, and the first landowner hunting permit granting rights to hunt a desert bighorn in Texas since 1903, was presented to the Lutich family. In January, 1987, this permit was auctioned at the FNAWS convention in Nashville, TN and was purchased by Doc Thurston for an amazing $60,000! Imagine what that would be in today’s dollars and given the recent surge in permit prices. I have become great friends with LeLois and Scott and hope they continue to bless our fundraiser with their presence. What a truly remarkable couple who have given their undivided attention to wildlife management! To save on costs and time, like many of the other organizations, we have migrated to an electronic format for this newsletter. If you know of anyone who is not receiving this, please let us know and we will update our files. And, although we are trying to get away from this, if it is imperative that you or someone would like a mailed copy, let us know and we will attempt to accommodate them. This newsletter will also appear on our website, www.iowafnaws.org and on our facebook page. I know many of you are probably tired of hearing only from me, however, it appears that although I have asked members to contribute pictures and articles to our newsletter, we have not received any for the last few months. Again, this is your opportunity to share your stories and pictures with your fellow Iowa FNAWS members, so please send in any articles and/or pictures for future publications to either Kyle Nakamoto (ssafirearms@gmail.com), Greg Schultz (grschultz602@hotmail.com), or myself (cnakamoto01@sbcglobal.net) By the way, at our last Board of Directors meeting Greg was appointed as Vice President and Kyle as Director of Operations. Therefore, the officers of Iowa FNAWS are as follows: President: Craig Nakamoto Director: Laureen Nakamoto Vice President: Pat O’Neill Vice President: Greg Schultz Director: John VanBlaricom Secretary: Lonnie Cook Director: Josh Martoglio Treasurer: Ned Greer Director: Jason Sanders Director: Bob Meduna Director of Operations: Kyle Nakamoto Last Words and some extras by Kyle If you have any articles or pictures that you would like to possibly be featured in our future newsletters, feel free to email them to me at kylenakamoto@hotmail.com. As we all head into the 2024-2025 hunting season, I wish all of you good luck. See all of you March 29, 2025 for our 46th banquet! ~ Kyle Nakamoto