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STORM CENTER: Wildlife club is a hit
Last year, Tucker Scott was interested in showing chickens at livestock shows.
Little did Tucker’s dad, Tim, realize that it was going to open the door to the possible formation of a wildlife club.
And that’s exactly what happened.
You may have been milling around Facebook lately and seeing posts from the recently formed Montague County 4-H Fish and Wildlife Club.
“I discovered there are 4-H programs for sport fishing and shooting sports,” said Tim Scott, one of the club’s founders.
In 4-H, the WHEP program is available. WHEP stands for Wildlife Habitat Education Program.
It’s a natural resource program available to junior and senior level youth ages eight to 19 years old.
The curriculum comes with a manual in which students learn wildlife terms and concepts, wildlife habitat, learn how to judge wildlife quality, management practices and what happens in case of disaster.
In 1996, WHEP was awarded the Conservation Education Award from The Wildlife Society, the only professional organization that certifies wildlife biologists nationwide.
Scott said originally it was going to be simply the formation of a fishing club – but it’s turned into a whole lot more.
“I am amazed at how many kids and parents wanted this,” Scott said.
During the group’s first meeting, youth were given an introductory lesson on fishing while at Tommy Fenoglio’s compound in rural Montague.
“I showed kids how to undo tangles,” Scott said. “One-third of the kids had never even fished before, and every one of them was able to catch one fish.”
It leads to the old adage from the Spanish philosopher Maimonides, doesn’t it?
“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
The group includes children from all around the county, not just a specific area. Scott reports there are about 20 youth already involved.
Last weekend, the group had its second activity at Whitetail Deer Ranch outside of Saint Jo. Read more from this column in the Oct. 22 Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Montague County resident Keely Burnam shows off one of two crappie caught during a fishing expedition at Tommy Fenoglio’s acreage in Montague. (Courtesy photo from the Montague County 4-H Fish and Wildlife Club)
Nocona got its new press box into place this week at Jack Crane Stadium. The old press box, which was in place for more than 60 years, was taken out in early June and moved to Indian Valley Raceway. The new press box was by the Southern Bleacher Company out of Graham. Athletic Director Black Crutsinger said they looked at a lot of press boxes and decided they liked the one at Lindsay High School and went with that model. Sean Hutson operated the crane from the Hurd Crane Service that put the press box up for Nocona.
Sunset native Cason Richey (right) and his team roping partner Beldon Cox from Weatherford repeated as the International Finals Youth Rodeo champions last weekend at Shawnee, OK. Richey and Cox won the previous year and were able to complete the repeat by catching three steers in a combined time of 16.6 seconds. Richey is expected to compete attend Texas Tech University this fall and compete on the rodeo team.
The Chisholm Trail Youth Rodeo had its awards ceremony this week, giving out plaques and buckles to the top competitors throughout the summer season.
There were four age categories with five events to compete in for the young athletes.
Along with the best results in each event, at the end the overall best cowboy and cowgirl in each age division was awarded as well.
The lead line division, in which an adult helps the young competitors, saw Rylee Stewart win the first in poles, barrel racing and mystery event on her way to win top cowgirl.
Hattie Snow got the fastest time in the flags event and Lany Shupak got the fastest goat time. Riggin Bishop got named the top cowboy in the division.
In the eight-and-under division, Whitley Goins won the top cowgirl and Trell Carpenter won top cowboy. Goins got the fastest times in barrel racing, flags and mystery event. Carpenter got the fastest time in poles and goats.
In the 9-12 age division, Sage Keck won the top cowgirl while Chisum Carpenter won the top cowboy. Keck got the fastest times in four of the five divisions. Only Layna Taylor getting the fastest goat time prevented her from winning in a clean sweep.
In the 13-18 age division, Tess Egenbacher won the top overall cowgirl award.
Kiley McCracken won both the barrel racing and flags event. Emma Strahan won the poles and mystery event. Hadlee Bryan won the goats event.
There was no top overall cowboy in the age division.
To see the times for the winners of each event in all four age categories along with pictures of all of the top cowboys and cowgirls, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
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