Chapter Member Dinner with Guest Speaker Lance Meek from ODWC – Aug 30th 2011
Lance Meek from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife and Conservation (ODWC) joined us at a member’s
dinner and gave us a great presentation on the current highlights of the Oklahoma Wildlife and Conservation world.
Many topics were covered and some of the high points were:
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With the lack of water in Oklahoma this year the best hunting place will probably be anywhere near a feeder.
The lack of other feed surviving the heat waves of the summer, nutrients provided by a well-stocked feeder will
be well appreciated by the whitetail population. As for rack growth and herd strength, this year will deliver some
very large trophies. The primary time line for antler growth was during the spring and we had plenty of water
and nutrients at that time. Add in the lack of food around and the bigger bucks which are normally very
nocturnal will probably be tempted out in the daylight by the above mentioned feeders.
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OKSCI has, and continues to, donate on many fine projects to the ODWC. Some of those are well known, others
are a little smaller in scale but have very large impacts. The Essay Contents are always a great thing, and the
continued support of the AWLS program by OKSCI is making big headways into the schooling system. There are
numerous schools which have now expanded past after school outdoor activities (like Archery in the Schools) to
full curriculum classes covering the entire range of Outdoor activities and conservation.
Of course the dinner was great too and another drawing was held to give away a beautiful ##########. The
next few months will be very busy with the impending hunting seasons but we will be having a few other events
through this qtr. If you’re not a member yet, it is surely time to become one, heck, our upcoming Christmas
party at one of the elite ranches in Oklahoma with bow shoots, shotgun shoot, hay rides and a dinner I am sure
will remind us all of Christmases of past will be worth more than the annual membership costs
27th Annual Convention Banquet and Fundraiser – Mar 3
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At the, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. It is NEVER too early to start planning for the event of
the year. We will have a few more events between now and then but put this one in big read stars on your calendar
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