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Check in is Friday February 4th, you will Hunt all day February, 5th. You will hunt in teams; at least one team member must be present at rules meeting and Calcutta. Entry Fees are $75 per team, with a 50% payback. Optional Big Dog – Little Dog is $15 with %100 payback
There will be a cash supper starting at 5:30 on Friday Evening, Rules Meeting begins @ 7:30 with Calcutta to follow. 50% of Calcutta along with supper proceeds all benefit the Dupree Pioneer Hall.

Dupree Dog Days Video Hunt
Official Rules and Regulations
• Teams will consist of teams up to 3 people and they must hunt together at all times
• All State hunting regulations must be obeyed on Private, State or Federal Land
• All Tribal hunting regulations must be obeyed on Tribal Land
• All team must have permission to hunt from land operators
• Any game violations will result in immediate disqualification
• A licensed adult above the age of 18 must accompany any hunter under the age of 18
• All animals must be harvested on the day of contest during legal shooting hours ½ hour before sunrise and ½ hour after sunset
• Giving, Exchanging, and-or Accepting animals from hunters not on the 3 man team will result in immediate forfeiture of entry fees
• No Trapped, Snared, Frozen Coyotes will be accepted
• Any coyotes killed with a Shot-Gun will be disqualified
• NO SNOWMOBILES, NO ATVs or AIRCRAFT of any kind
• Running down animals with any motorized vehicle is prohibited
• Each team will be given 7 Mouth Tags; all animals must be tagged as soon as they are taken, & the time of the kill must be written on the tag.
• Number of Points will determine winner of Overall contest,
• Point system: 1 point per animal called and killed, 2.5 points per animal called and killed on videotape
• In case of ties on points the team with most video kills wins, if still tied we will go to total weight
• Weight will determine BIG DOG – LITTLE DOG winners, in case of a tie the dog on video will win, if still tied we will go to time of check in. Team that checked in earliest will break tie.
• Weigh in time is 7:00 Mountain Time, Saturday Night; any team that checks in Animals after this time will be disqualified.
• Judges will be on hand to handle weigh in; Judges will enforce all rules and regulations;
• All teams must be equipped with a picture phone, video camera, or digital camera.
• ALL JUDGES DECISIONS ARE FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Note: These rules are to promote fair chase hunting, if it’s caught on tape there is no fair chase in question, if it is not caught on tape you will still earn points for your kill. There will be extra points awarded for videotaped coyotes.

I tell you what it was hot this weekend. Courtney got to the ranch right before Dark on Thursday evening, deciding to take my 2 year old Krece and go do some scouting we ran across a big buck that I hadn’t seen before. We decided to leave him until morning as we were not going to get much Hunting done with Krece and we had some catching up to do. The next day we went out looking for him on a pond he was close to, after about 2.5 hours of waiting in 80+ degree weather all we saw were 2 antelope and no Bruser, so we decided to hike back to the truck. On the way we saw him, just out of our hunting range, we decided to get closer anyway, we were hoping he would come back to our side of the fence but when evening came he wasn’t any closer. We tried to spot him from long distances and never got him on Video. We saw plenty of Bucks and Does, I made a 527yd shot on a doe and took her to the freezer, but we kept holding out for this Buck. With limited tags this year Courtney was getting ready to go home and I knew Monday was going to be a work day (Me not being Native American and all). So we got him in range and got a kill shot on film. I know that we are not quite ready for our own Hunting show but we enjoy it. We had a great time and can’t wait for next year. Here is the Video

Saturday, October 23, 2010 5:30 PM – Faith, SD

Faith Friends of NRA
Field Rep: Clayton Pederson

Location Contact
Faith Community Center
204 North Main Street
Faith, SD 57626

There is something for everyone at a Friends of NRA banquet. From the moment you walk in, the atmosphere is brimming with excitement. Whether you’re keeping an eye on that unique item in the silent auction, trying your luck at the game tables, or just dining on some delicious food, you’ll be sure to have a good time. It’s a family-friendly event chock-full of everything from exclusive, limited edition merchandise, firearms, knives, art, jewelry, and more. Not to mention all the great people you’ll meet in the process!

Nothing makes a Friends of NRA banquet more unique than the people who make it all happen. Working with NRA Field Staff, thousands of dedicated individuals across America, passionate and concerned about the future of the shooting sports, participate in the program by organizing committees, securing donations, selling tickets, and hosting a Friends of NRA banquet in their communities. Whether you’re serving on the committee or just attending, you’ll meet fire chiefs, engineers, local business owners, law enforcement, and teachers – all mainstream citizens working together to secure the Second Amendment and raise money for the shooting sports.

Amongst the fun and fellowship, Friends of NRA banquets boil down to one goal— fund-raising for the future of the shooting sports. Since its inception in 1992, Friends of NRA has held over 12,000 events, reached over two million attendees and raised over $155 million for The NRA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Each year, The NRA Foundation allocates half of all net proceeds to fund projects within the state in which the money was raised and uses the other half to fund similar projects with a national scope.

Committee volunteers are appointed to State Fund Committees to make recommendations for local grant funding in areas such as youth firearm safety and education programs, hunter education, range development and improvement, women’s training seminars, and wildlife conservation efforts. Recognizing that America’s young people represent the future of the shooting sports, State Fund Committee grants are frequently given to youth programs, allocating more than 50% of grant monies to this important area.

So whether you attend a Friends of NRA banquet for the fun, fellowship, or fund-raising, you can be confident that you are helping safeguard programs across the nation that prepare today’s generations to be tomorrow’s guardians of the Second Amendment.

Sound interesting? To purchase tickets contact the following:
Eric Bogue
Blake Finkbiener
Wes Hotchkiss
Kimball Russell
Steve Payne

Or visit the FoNRA website http://friendsofnra.org/Default.aspx?cid=94

Arizona Law:
Being the Husband and Father of Mexican Americans I decided to read the law in its entirety.

It states that a law officer must have probable cause to stop someone, (this is the same as the South Dakota Seatbelt law: A law officer must have probable cause to pull someone over, just because they are not wearing a seat belt is not a probable cause if pulled over for speeding, you may also receive a ticket for no seatbelt). In AZ just because you are Hispanic does not mean you will be pulled over, if you have a broken tail light you will be pulled over and asked for your Driver’s License, just like a person of any other nationality.

The law also states that anyone stopped must show proper Identification, a Drivers License, Military ID, MVD identification card, or a Native American Card. Federal law is very clear if you are here on a visa you must have your papers on you at all times. That is the law. If you cannot provide the proper papers you will be detained, and given a chance to provide them. If you do not provide them you will be deported, if you do provide them you may be fined for not having them with you. I know people here from Mexico on Visas, they spend a great deal of time in Border towns in Texas and New Mexico, they would never leave home without their Visas or Green Cards, even though they have U.S. Drivers licenses.

I guess people should educate themselves before they start attacking a State for being reactive to a National problem. This is just a clarification and a crack down on how the Federal Law is enforced. Truth is, it’s no different than someone driving on a suspended license, if you don’t break the traffic laws you will more than likely will not get caught.

The opinions out there are that if you are Hispanic, look Hispanic or speak Spanish you will get pulled over, harassed and detained by the cops. If this is true the cops are acting illegally not you, there are bigots everywhere and I’m sad to say there are many in the police services, however the new Bill does not give the Police that right, it just tells them to do their jobs and make sure that the people pulled over for breaking traffic laws are here legally. It also has nothing to do with being Hispanic; anyone pulled over must provide the proper ID. This law might actually stop the next guy that tries to put a Bomb in Time Square.

Don’t take my word for it, read the law Arizona Law SB 1070 it’s all over the Internet read the actual law not the opinions of a bunch of Liberal bloggers. I agree some of the wording is confusing, but I’m not scared to take my Family to AZ because of it, and neither should anyone else.

I’ve messed up again and missed 2 more coyotes. I know people are always reading about the perfect stand and watching video where it seems like they never miss. That’s probably why nobody has knocked on my door for a show on the Outdoor Channel.

First off let me tell you of something that went right, I had my good friends Mark & Chief out to help brand some cows the other day, theses guys are good friends they are there whenever I need them. I felt I owed them something so I ordered a couple of Ruffidawgs and Predator Quest III from Les Johnson. I gave them each a call and a DVD, I know it’s not much after all they do for me but I know they will enjoy watching Les, and laugh at him like I do, and perhaps they will see something that will make them better callers, I’m sure not improving. After we finished branding we went out for some afternoon calling, while driving to the stand we jumped a coyote, knowing he was going to leave the country after we got so close I circled the pickup around, and missed a running shot, Chief was riding in the seat behind me, he took one last poke at him and dropped him on the run at about 350yds, it was spectacular. We all left our phones and cameras at home but believe me, it was one to remember. We had no luck calling that afternoon, got busted walking into a stand and only had enough light for 2 other stands.

Yesterday right before sundown I decide to make a stand, after calling about 15 minutes Gus took off and he had a coyote, he caught him before I could shoot, and I didn’t want to shoot my dog. After giving him a whipp’n they both went over the hill. I jumped on the ATV and tried to catch them, When I got over the hill, the coyote was gone and Gus was breathing hard. Not enough blood to track so another coyote has been educated.

That brings us to this morning: The wind was out of the east, the sun was in the South East, so I called with the wind, big opening to my East side where I could see them try to circle downwind from either direction. After about 10 minutes I heard a bark and a howl to my left, down in the creek, this was South West of my location. Most hunters will tell you that you are busted when they bark, and everything I’ve experienced is the same, but I had walked into this stand from a long ways and didn’t want to give up that easy. I played the bark on the FoxPro, then changed the call from Jackrabbit Distress to Dying Jack, played the bark again, then went back to Jackrabbit distress. Here he comes I know he’s going to circle right because that is downwind, but no he circles left. This idiot went way around, up wind I watched him go out of sight to the hill behind me. I was in some of that old clover left from the wet summer we had, and I had left Gus at home. He came hard I knew he wasn’t going to stop he was going to try to ambush me. I’m pretty nervous at this point, so I take my gun off the sticks and click the safety to the fire position. I hear the old clover start to rattle. I can’t take it anymore, I stood up and he was right there, tried an offhand running shot at 20yds. You know how hard it is to find a coyote in your scope at 20yds?? He went out of sight, I didn’t see him again until 300yds, still running, took a shot but the game was over. The coyote won this encounter. I really need a shotgun for days like this.

Merry Christmas to all, we hope to have some video to show you soon as Mark and Chief will be doing some calling with the video camera this weekend and I am going to Colorado, Texas and New Mexico for the holidays and plan to get some calling in while visiting each state. So check back next week.