Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the newsletter. If you’re still with us, that means you’ve made it to the middle of yet another week.
With that said, let’s all take a minute to grab a coffee or whiskey and get this mid-week dispatch out the door.
Here's what's worth reading about this morning:
Hero - Montana teen uses rodeo skills to pluck drowning man from Yellowstone River 🤠
Mail it in - A select few PA hunters will be able to test out a new CWD pilot program this fall 🧪
Leftovers - Nearly 500 permits to participate in special deer hunts at Arkansas wildlife management areas are available today 🎟️
Pay the man (or woman) - Wisconsin’s got $75K to spend on hunter recruitment and retention 💵
No say - There’s a bit of public opposition regarding a former resident’s petition to hunt lions in North Dakota 🐈
My head hurts - But I do love watching these fellas go at it 🐏
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
MONTANA TEEN ROPES DROWNING MAN ON THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER
What started as a quiet family camping trip along the Yellowstone River earlier this month, turned into a heroic display like something you’d see in an old Western. After hearing cries for help bellowing through the pines, a 14-year-old ranch kid trusted his handy lariat and made what is likely to be the most important throw of his life.
After a floating raft and paddleboard collided with a bridge pillar upstream, four people found themselves swept up in the river’s mighty current. And while three of the thrown victims managed to get themselves to shore, one man was left drifting, clinging to a cooler as he helplessly floated down the river.
The lone man called out for help to anyone that would listen and thankfully, his pleas reached Jory Thomas, who was camping with his family nearby…
QUICK HITS // FROM AROUND THE WEB
Select Pennsylvania hunters get new pilot way to test deer for CWD: A select group of Pennsylvania hunters will have a new way to test their deer for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) as part of a pilot project that allows hunters to mail their samples to a laboratory. Read the full story.
IDFG Commission awards $100K to groups for conservation and recreation projects: The Idaho Fish and Game Commission recently awarded $100,000 to help support projects that enhance fish and wildlife habitat, populations, or benefit education and recreational opportunities associated with hunting, fishing, trapping, and other wildlife recreation. Read the full story.
Missed the Draw? Leftover WMA Deer Permits Available July 22 : Nearly 500 permits to participate in special deer hunts at Arkansas wildlife management areas will be available for purchase beginning 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 22. These permits cover modern gun, alternative firearms, youth and mobility-impaired hunts that weren’t awarded through the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s annual WMA deer permit drawing earlier this month. Read the full story.
Wisconsin offers up to $75,000 in grants to recruit new hunters and reactivate former participants: Wisconsin's hunting population is declining, and the state is taking action to reverse the trend. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is offering grants through its Hunter R3 program — standing for Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation — to help bring new hunters into the sport and encourage experienced hunters to return. The program provides up to $75,000 in total funding, with individual awards capped at $25,000. Read the full story.
Me on the recruiting trail
North Dakota GF&P denies petition to allow nonresident lion hunting: General public opposition and the fact that South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks officials are still working through harvest information to determine mountain lion populations prompted the GF&P Commission to deny a recent petition to issue non-resident mountain lion tags. Read the full story.
No sharp-tailed grouse hunting in Wisconsin this year: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced last week that the sharp-tailed grouse hunting season will be closed for 2026. Permits and applications will not be available or accepted this year. Read the full story.
VIDEO // SOME THINGS JUST HAVE TO BE SEEN
🐏 Talk about an instant headache. Watching these rams butt heads and listening to the corresponding echo off of the Santa Rosa mountains is a true testament to their power.
Truly awesome animals…
QUOTABLES // WORDS TO LIVE BY
And work. Spell it in capital letters. WORK. WORK all the time. Find out about this earth, this universe; this force and matter, and the spirit that glimmers up through force and matter from the maggot to Godhead. And by all this I mean WORK for a philosophy of life. It does not hurt how wrong your philosophy of life may be, so long as you have one and have it well.”
— Jack London
HUMPDAY MEME // I’M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT, BOYS
WANDERINGS // A SFW GLIMPSE OF OUR BROWSER HISTORY
An unusual looking raccoon by the name of Jimothy is slowly but surely taking over the internet. How Vince Vaughan and Owen Wilson made it rain during the classic football scene in Wedding Crashers. Have we seen the last Einstein or will the next one look like some AI-powered specimen? And the greatest dive bars in each state.
EYE CANDY // PICTURES > WORDS
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