WELCOME
Well another banquet is in the books! It was another roaring success with over 400 guests sharing food, fun, and a spirit of camaraderie. Each year we try to do a few things different to improve our event. This year we added a two new games. One called Razor Back, has a 3D pig archery target with 150 knives going down the back. For $20 you got both a knife, and a chance at a gun, or a number of other prizes. Pretty awesome looking!
We had a few other firsts this year. Chief among these was the fact that three of the main raffle winners are from out of state this year! But we’ll cover those results later….
To all of our sponsors, banquet attendees, and folks from across the country that purchased raffle tickets, THANK YOU!! Your generous support allows our chapter to do so much good in our community. Here are just a few of the projects the Colorado SCI chapter has supported in the past couple of years:
- Purchased a working dog for wildlife law enforcement for Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW)
- Provide $30,000 dollars to help CPW purchase a new drone for use in law enforcement and animal management
- Donated and built the new archery pavilion at the Cheyenne Mountain Shooting Complex at Fort Carson
- Donated $30,000 toward the Waldo Canyon Fire Restoration, promoting wildlife habitat restoration
- Raised over $600,000 for the CPW Moose Management Program and $180,000 for the CPW Deer Program
- Annually we send a few local school teachers to the American Wilderness Leadership School in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
for wildlife conservation and wilderness education - Donated over $5000 worth of hunting books and videos to the Pikes Peak Library district
- Spent over $30,000 to mail moose identification postcards to elk hunters, who drew tags in known moose areas, to reduce
accidental moose kills, and it is working! - Supply Safari in a Box kits to CPW. These are loaned to schools to educate youth about wildlife and conservation
- Supplied thousands of ‘Know Your Target’ signs that the CPW placed in areas that have moose in Colorado. Designed to
make hunters aware of the difference between elk and moose, and reduce accidental moose deaths. - Annual sponsorship of Sportsmen for Community Service Group Shootout, which has raised more than $480,000 for local
charities - Mentored and sponsored numerous big game hunts for youth, disadvantaged youth, kids fighting cancer, and wounded
warriors - Support and promote the SCI Blue Bags program, supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide
- Continue an ongoing program to provide game meat (donated and confiscated) to 6 food banks
- Sponsor the Angels of America’s Fallen to support the families and children of first responders and soldiers lost in the line of duty.
And finally here are the winner’s of this years raffles. Congratulations to everyone who won!
2019 Raffle Winners
Gun Safe + Six Guns |
Sako A7 Roughtech 30-06
|
Leica Geovid Binos |
NM Guided Elk Hunt |
Jeffrey LarsonCornell, WI |
Joshua SmithMonahans, TX |
John LydiattColorado Springs, CO |
Kyle SwansonPueblo, CO |
Statewide Pronghorn License
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Statewide Deer License
|
Statewide Elk License |
Statewide Moose License |
Jason RoeDenver, CO |
Jeffrey BassagoitiaBrighton, CO |
Lowell EdgertonLaporte City, IA |
Thomas KitchenGreeley, CO |
We have gone paperless, for the most part, so don’t look in your mail box for printed information about our event and the raffles. Our website is the place to go, and if you would like to make sure that you are getting the most up to date info and offers, OPT IN for our SCI E-News. (We do not share our lists so you can be sure the emails are from us, and not one else!!) Just Click Here to Opt In for the SCI E-News (even if you are not sure you are on the list…you won’t get more than one email per address)
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WE ARE MORE THAN JUST FUNDRAISING
The Colorado Chapter is more than fundraising. That is a huge component of what we do, but the great thing about raising money is getting to SPEND the money on conservation projects such as habitat for Colorado Moose; Humanitarian projects like the Sportsmen Against Hunger program where we collect meat and food and donate on an ongoing basis to a dozen food banks and shelters; and the Education arm of our chapter where we are very active in the Archery in the Schools program. These are just a sample of what we do with the money we raise.
God Bless our Men and Women in uniform and we thank all of you who have done so in the past.
On Target News
This bald eagle 🦅 mistook a plastic bottle for a fish.
If you see trash, please pick it up and dispose of it properly. Bald eagles at Barr Lake State Park and other wildlife across the state will thank you. #LNT 👉 Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics
Samantha
Did someone help the eagle remove the bottle from its talon?
How unfortunate!!!
What's the acceptable number of wind turbine kills for these guys?
It’s generally the bait dunkers and boaters that leave trash
Folks this is the future of thus beautiful land and all of its creatures big and small. Please be considerate. Please be a good steward. This land does not belong to us but to every life. Respect it.
While they may be the most common wildcat in North America, the bobcat is elusive and rarely one to hang around for photos. One of our volunteers snapped these shots while on the job in Waterton Canyon.
Photos by Lori Price Bollendonk
Did you know bobcats can kill prey much bigger than themselves? For the most part though, their usual diet consists of birds, squirrels, mice and other smaller game.
Come over to Boulder, we have several plenty...these three were getting into all kinds of shenanigans outside our house...east of 36 between 36 and the Diagonal...
Christa Alexandra Crämer
I've been a hunter, angler and outdoorsman my entire life and trapping/killing the cats makes me kinda sad still 🙁 my dad always told me "if you aren't going to eat it then don't kill it" just how I was raised. And again, I hunt, to eat/survive.
This one ate all of the barn cats that people dumped on our place over the years. He can stay until he gets a taste for chicken.
Beautiful animal, but bring the chickens in the house!
Absolutely beautiful...
Got video of this south Louisiana swamp kitty
Our pretty female on our neighbor’s porch near Eagle
Terry back in the 90s when Twist as a kid was living in the big house in Indian Hills my old cat we called her mama cat was last seen by me in the mouth of a bobcat sitting on a big rock off of my deck. I'm sure she made a good meal for the wild life
I've seen 3 this year.
We've had one in our yard yesterday & today.....is that weird?? We live up against the Sangres
In all our many, many travels over many, many years around the state, we have never seen a wild cat. 🙁 We keep trying, though!
Beautiful!!!
Love me a Bob Cat. Purrr. 😉
Where in Waterton Canyon?
Great picture
Great captures!!
See them frequently in our yard. This year more than ever. Sorry about video quality. I was enjoying watching her and forgot to grab my phone. This was last week
Upstate NY here. I've seen a few but these are great photos.
We had one hanging out in the back yard a few months back. Hopefully it ate all the mice before moving on.
When the Bomb Cyclone Blizzard of 2019 struck, our staff quickly joined local efforts to rescue stranded motorists. Following snowplows and carving fresh tracks in the dark, CPW officers, technicians and leadership from our Southeast Region brought out their heavy-duty pickup trucks and a pair of Sno-Cats and spent Wednesday night and Thursday morning rescuing motorists from the Black Forest area north of Colorado Springs out to Ellicott.
Southeast Regional Manager Dan Prenzlow helped collect Sno-Cats from Pueblo and Salida and oversaw rotating staff shifts for CPW officers who weren’t snowed in themselves. Our team continued working well into Thursday afternoon, assisting in the ongoing efforts to ensure all motorists and streets were safe.
Thanks to our Southeast Region team, including Area 14 Manager Frank McGee, Assistant Area Manager Cody Wigner, officers Tim Kroening, Sarah Watson, Cassidy English and Zach Holder as well as CPW technicians Bret Mathers, Bill Velarde and Jay Adamic.
They were only warned three days before it hit
Thank you!
People should stay home if they don’t need to go out...had three days warning...
And I said last night when they were reporting on TV that they couldn't reach alot of stranded motorist buried in huge snowdrifts on I-25...."OMG...This is Colorado, they should send a bunch of Sno-cats out to rescue these people! Why dont these sheriff depts and CDOT have Sno-cats!!" ....Way to go CP&W!!!
Saw this yesterday as well near riviera and smoky hill rd.
Thank you. You once saved me in the high mountains after our snowmobile got stuck. After hours of staying put getting dark storm rolling in we heard then we saw you. I’m sure you brought joy to a lot of people it did us.
Thanks go all the rescue staff and vehicles ! Amazing storm!
Blessing to all who helped the stranded motorists! You folks risked your lives to help others!Perhaps these folks should check the weather before they venture out in a blizzard! Climate change is going to bring more of these events so people need to pay attention to weather re[ports!
Thank you!
Always there to help. So proud of such a great agency 😊
These folks are incredible, thank you for all you do.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! ❤For helping and getting out in the horrible unforgiving weather to Help others! Proud to be Coloradan🇺🇸🙏💪👊
Thank for risking your lives...kudo to you all 💪💪...smh why it’s so important to go out in this... 🤦♀️🙄
Superb bunch!
I'm surprised there are no old guys bitching about how they got funding for this or how they have to pay 20dollars for a fishing license now. Good job CPW!
You guys rock!
Thanks to all of you.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!! You are very appreciated !
Great job all you rock💙
Thank you for your help please stay safe
Thanks to everyone. You are the best.
Thank you for all your hard work. We appreciate you!! ❤
Thank you for your efforts!!
Thank you for what you have done . I appreciate it
Your the best thanks
The bald eagle is one of the most majestic and revered species in North America. The bird also represents one of the greatest conservation success stories in history.
Love these pictures ! Thanks for sharing!
Rocky Mountain Arsenal last month....
I saw 2 within the last month off highway 24. One regular and one golden eagle! It was breathtaking!!!
Brandon Day Kristin Day Robin Baker
Kate Chaney Martinez
Joyce de Rooij
Kathy Hutsell Billings Laurinda Kidd - both of you share the bald eagle nesting videography which I love to watch so thought you would enjoy this
Amazing
I see them every day here in Milliken
Last Sunday
The Bald Eagle is indeed a great conservation success due to the ESA and ongoing with the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Not from funding by hunters/anglers, state wildlife agencies, Pittman-Robertson, nor other consumptive user group funding - just the American taxpayer and American values. This country needs similar Federal oversight that the Bald Eagle (and even waterfowl, with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act) receive, for other iconic species like Grizzly Bears and Wolves... FACT.
So beautiful! I saw one this last Sunday morning, along Spearfish Creek, here in SD.
Saw one this weekend, incredible!
Love watching these magnificent creatures along the Mississippi River...
Great video!...thanks for all the information. 🙂
Majestic indeed!
The CPW Commission meeting has been canceled for today, March 13. Depending on the severity of the storm we'll let you know whether or not they will meet on Thursday. Everyone stay safe out there!
Its a shame with how much you raised prices on the seniors for fishing licenses. from $1.00 & $5.00 for an extra rod to $20.50 for the same. Shame on you CPW!!
Any idea when the deer and elk harvest data will be released?
Mountain Lions don't roar.....Juvenile Mountain Lion Calling others.
Jim Felton
Jonna Toth
Gary Roberson
Kelly Cargill Ferguson
Cool video
This moose stumbled into a window well of a home near Keystone on Saturday. It took nearly 6 hours to rescue. A makeshift ladder and pulley system lifted the 800 lb. moose out.
Big thank you to our officers, the help of Summit County Fire and EMS and over a dozen employees from Keystone Resort. 👏👏
I appreciate your efforts in all things and than you for saving this beautiful creature...but can someone tell me why you did this? There was no reason for it, and it is heartbreaking and absolutely abhorrent.. Killing Mountain Lions is not okay without provocation? www.thepetitionsite.com/698/524/585/?src=ar_facebook_ads&campaign=sign_698524585-2384326365558046...
COVER that window well!!
Thank you for saving this magnificent animal!
Poor baby I am glad they're okay.
😱Thank you for rescuing the moose. 😢
He looks so embarrassed.
That must have been a huge window well. Poor moose.
Thank you so much!! Bless his 'little' heart.
Wow! Great job saving the moose! What was the size of that window well???
Wow! Thank you CPW and bless the beasts.
Poor thing. Was the snow that deep or was there a hole next to the building?
Thank you all for saving him 👼
We like rescues like this! Thanks for letting us take part!
Well that is definitely not a bunny!
but did they cover that hazard afterwards???
What a heroic rescue! Thank you all!
Thanks for the rescue!
Heard about it on APR national news. Good work rescue crews!
Good job to the humans that took the time to keep this moose safe!
Awesome job CPW! Maybe you could start allowing more tags with the recent boom in moose population?
Wonder if he kicked out the basement window 😳
Thank you for helping this big fella! I know that was certainly a tough job!
Oh my goodness!!! We have found birds and a salamander but never something that big! Poor guy.
Now, how did he do that?
Great rescue! Was the moose ok?
This was the video we showed at our dinner. 7 minutes, but it well worth your time to view. Thanks to Justin Walton and Ross White and KOAA TV for the excellent job of putting this together.
vimeo.com/320571234/95e03bfbd9This is "SCI Banquet Video 2019 Final" by KOAA News 5 on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Mentors wanted: More want to hunt and fish than there are willing teachers
startribune.com
The decline in hunters and anglers is well-documented. What's lesser known is the need for mentors to help build up the newcomers giving the sports a try.
High School Shooting Teams Are Getting Wildly Popular — And the NRA Is Helping
time.com
Participation is highest in Minnesota, where the sport is on par with tennis and swimmingHappy #internationalwomensday! Today we celebrate all of the strong and passionate sportswomen who love and encourage fishing, hunting, conservation, and exploring the great outdoors.
#teamoutdoors
Mentors wanted: More want to hunt and fish than there are willing teachers
startribune.com
The decline in hunters and anglers is well-documented. What's lesser known is the need for mentors to help build up the newcomers giving the sports a try."Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.” — Unknown
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the ladies in the Colorado outdoors. Tag and celebrate all the strong women in your life in the comments below 👇🏽
All the strong ladies in my life put their make up on before packing out a bull elk.
Eva Mendez ! Belén García ! (your first 14er!) Tonya Gutkowski !(52 wks)
Eliza Owen Marlor #goals
Pamela Thomas
My favorite hunting and fishing buddies 😊
I don’t consider myself to be a strong woman, but I helped to raise two strong women I’m very proud of.
Amanda Porino
Bruce Morgan reminds me of your girls!
I raised a tough daughter who can hold her own against many men!!!
Real hunters I can respect.
Maureen Fitzgerald Logue ❤️
Cara Gonzalez
I just love CPW’s women afield program!!!!
gunsamerica.com
The latest business leader to join the virtue-signaling bandwagon, Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh announced a three-pronged stragety to "end gun violence."
Looks like I'll have to add Levis to my list of do not buys.
"Bergh assures his readers he doesn’t want to repeal the Second Amendment or suggest that gun owners aren’t responsible." Just wants to finance those who do want to repeal 2A?
Won't buy anymore Levi products!
Well I guess I bought my last pair of Levi’s.!
FUCK HIM!! Alex Torrez EXACTLY!!
No.more.levis for.anyone in my family.
Guess he was smoking dope when Dicks lost 20% in revenue when they curtailed the sale of firearms. Just another guy who is too stupid to understand the gist of the 2nd Amendment or who buy his products - made in Mexico! Just throw him over the wall to reside in Mexico where he can benefit from their "gun control". POS really.
No more Levi's
Done buying levi's
Don't understand how anti gun idiot's think there going to take gun's from armed American's. Good luck stupid. Don't bring a knife to a gun fight is the only advice I can offer you.
Yep, done with that brand, no more Levi’s
No more Levi's........
🖕🏼Him! I stoped buying Levi’s when I first heard about this decision.
Wrangler time!
Have been buying Cinch forever!
What a punk ass mf!!! Maybe he should move to Venezuela and see how life is where there are no guns!!!
🖕🏻Levi’s commie bastards
If he wants to put his money where his mouth is, he needs to pay reparations to Indian tribes because cowboys killed them while wearing Levi’s.
As spring approaches, so too do the sandhill cranes that call the San Luis Valley home this time of year. March 8, 9, and 10, venture to Monte Vista to experience the 36th annual Crane Festival. Learn more about the majestic and wild sandhill crane and see for yourself the spectacle that is this annual migration.
Visit the festival website for more information: mvcranefest.org/
Would love to see this
Was there today! Splendid viewing!
Went for a close up!
What a treat!!
2018 Sand Hills with Mt. Blanca in back ground
ribeyes of the sky
Then they go to Nebraska!!
Oh my, how graceful! Thanks for reminding me! We used to have a pair who returned every year when we lived in Dillingham, Alaska!
Yesterday in Grand Junction
This sounds so awesome and look at that beautiful background!
So majestic
Would love to see these up close
Best BBQ’d or baked?
Just beautiful
Are you going. You can also see the outside of Wray, Co.
Don't you love them ? I do an I loved watching them for thirty years down on Turtle Bay they were my favorite ! I'm blessed that here in Oklahoma I'm still under their fly way ! Your photo is breathtaking !
Large flock flew over Grand Junction yesterday! Sure sign spring is coming.
I was so happy to see them last night!
They're BEAUTIFUL!
Love Sandhills
Hop a plane Ruth.
There was a pair of SH cranes in the Felda Park, FL.
All sold out tickets already for Saturday & Sunday
Barb Toftum - This must be where the other 20% of the population goes! Ha! But honestly, this is probably just one of the stops for the cranes traveling from the southwest region before heading to Nebraska.
Been there done that a few times. Well worth it.
Thanks to everyone that attended our 40th Annual Fun-Draizer March 2nd, and thanks to all of you who bought raffle tickets.
All of the winners are posted on our website —scicolorado.org
Save the date for 2020
MARCH 7!!
The start of our 40th banquet. Sold out room of like minded individuals!!
We put all of the winners on the website....we told everyone that is how it works in all of the emails. We post the day after. Thanks for your participation.
Are you guys going to FB Live the drawings?
Any updates on the Drawings?
Looks like a few of us are trying to get a response to the drawings. Us out of state spent some money for a good cause and enjoy being kept in the loop when the actual drawing occurs.
Wish we could have been there this year, hopefully we will not have conflicting events next year!
Just left, great event!
We're currently tracking five bald eagles and one golden eagle in SW Colorado.
Wildlife managers track eagles’ movements in Southwest Colorado
durangoherald.com
Eagle B-75 spends most of her time in Durango, fishing the Animas River and picking off easy prey – usually prairie dogs – in surrounding...
That is awesome!!!
I recently saw two off the interstate 25
I get a pair of Golden’s on my trail cam every year on the Plateau above Montrose.
So nothing about the turkey draw email that people received?
Please don't release where their exact locations are, keep them safe
I've seen both of the eagles along US 160 and it's been amazing!
My back yard a couple of days ago
Love hearing about the increase in population. This is some great important work you guys are doing! Any volunteering opportunities involved with this project? I'd love to be a part of it if at all possible.
Is the tracking information gathered available to the general public?
What I'd like to know is how many eagles we've lost to these windmill farms do you have any data on that
I've got one around my house south of Pagosa Springs, awesome to see.
Saw this bald eagle at Lake Pueblo State Park Tuesday.
I was in Thornton last week on 104th saw three circling at a open space. Super cool
Saw one last week over Hwy50w in Pueblo West & one this morning just north of Colorado City along I-25. Beautiful!
Love what CPW does for CO wildlife. TY
That's great. How about putting an end to over hunting the elk herd? Stop ruining public land hunting. Way too many hunters you big money whores.
The Bald Eagle and Osprey numbers are growing on the Eagle River behind our house. They seem to be thriving here.
Last week we had a bald eagle here in Cortez on a fence post on 7th street
This is an awesome project.
We have seen a bald eagle several times flying around Founders lately. We have also seen a golden eagle in the neighborhood! So cool!!
Well done CPW
Seems the Bald eagle and Golden Eagle population east of Castle Rock is shrinking where they used the thrive
Saw one yesterday in Loveland 😀
Saw one flying over Safeway here in Pueblo West the other day. So odd, but so cool.
Have eagles by my house. See them every couple of days. They are so pretty
Outdoor Life
The bottom is about to fall out of hunter-funded conservation. But you can fix it. Read more: bit.ly/2Rzw0e3
Shouldn't this bear in Breckenridge be asleep?
Well, it's found enough "food" to forage even through the winter. This bear is off to rehab.
Please 👏 secure 👏 your 👏 trash 👏 (year-round)!
cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/LivingwithWildlifeWildBears.aspx
Christine Waldo I guess ours isn't the only bear that was up and about
Why do people that move to the mountains...where, yes, wildlife lives...get so pissed when nature comes knocking??? Leave nature alone and move back to the suburbs. #itsapeopleproblem
Bears in Colorado are only tagged once, colored tags based on the region. A number that is facing forward and backward, one in each ear. This is the popular misconception, of a "two strike", or "three sttike" bear. If the bear is trapped, or tranquilized again, it is most likely euthanized. CPW is not only charged with Wildlife Management, but also Public Safety. These are people with bear problems, it is bears with people problems. Bears think with their stomachs, and remember where they have been rewarded with food. People that are negligent with their garbage have sentenced this bear to death.
I can’t bear to watch.
They are hungry too!
I love how he sits on the porch like a kid who forgot their house key and now has to wait for a parent to come home and unlock the door.
Open a SPRING bear hunt. That will help a ton and keep the city dwellers safer.
Renee Hill Mark Hill
Matt Franklin he just wanted to hang out
Bear in mind, food is delicious.
Why does the Colorado CPW keep wasting money and time on these problem bears?
There must be a reason why he's there I hope you'll be okay stay safe bear
Chubby bear looks like he is ready to hibernate. Maybe something or someone forced him out of his winter den
Looks like this is strike 3..poor bear is gonna go nighty night if he gets caught.
OMG this poor animal, so hungry
Lucas James Reichart
Must be a Starbucks near by
Amanda K Snyder. Dillon Snyder
Is it me or does “parts” of this bear look like he was on The Great Outdoors😂
Even bears like a midnight snack.
Bear rug coming right up
Emily Huber Alex Simonian Jake Rosse
Already has 2 tags, must be a troublemaker
from the sound of the traffic, it's probably too loud for this bear to sleep
2019 Raffle Winners
Gun Safe + Six Guns |
Sako A7 Roughtech 30-06
|
Leica Geovid Binos |
NM Guided Elk Hunt |
Jeffrey LarsonCornell, WI |
Joshua SmithMonahans, TX |
John LydiattColorado Springs, CO |
Kyle SwansonPueblo, CO |
Statewide Pronghorn License
|
Statewide Deer License
|
Statewide Elk License |
Statewide Moose License |
Jason RoeDenver, CO |
Jeffrey BassagoitiaBrighton, CO |
Lowell EdgertonLaporte City, IA |
Thomas KitchenGreeley, CO |
2018 Raffle Winners
Gun Safe + Six Guns |
Kimber Montana Rifle |
Leica Geovid Binos |
NM Guided Elk Hunt |
Statewide Elk License |
Statewide Moose License |
Jennifer NorrisTicket #0089 |
McKenna ValdezTicket #0098 |
Glenn ExlineTicket #0236 |
Rick WilkingTicket #0521 |
Chad PulsiferTicket #0814 |
Jason RoeTicket #1326 |
2017 Raffle Winners
Gun Safe + Six Guns |
Rifle Sako Finnlight 85 .270 WSM |
Leica Geovid Binos |
NM Guided Elk Hunt |
Statewide Deer License |
Statewide Moose License |
Gary Patterson
|
Ltc (Ret) Mark Herrin
|
Dave Snellstrom
|
Steven Strauch
|
Robert Sullivan
|
Thomas Jones
|
2016 Moose Tag Raffle Winner
Eric Stahlecker was the lucky winner of our statewide moose tag last year. He sent us this great note and a picture of the awesome moose he harvested. "On March 6th 2016 I found out I had won the Colorado statewide moose license through SCI. Phone calls to friends...
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