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Photos provided by Olivia Dangler
The 27th Becoming an Outdoors Woman Fall Weekend was held Sept. 9-11 at Camp John Currie.
Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) is an international program designed primarily for women interested in building confidence and outdoor skills relevant in hunting and fishing.
This year's fall workshop featured 80 participants and classes included birding by kayak, shotguns, fly fishing, small game hunting and sun printing.
One participant took the "Deer Tracking with a Woman's Best Friend" class led by R3 Branch manager Rachel Crume to learn how dog's can be used to recovery game. She put to use what she learned in the class the following day when she helped her father-in-law track a buck that he had shot.
"This was my first year attending and it was the absolute best time I've had in a very very long time," participant Brittnie Eiden said. "It was amazing for my mental health and I am so appreciative it happens! Thank you so much for all your hard work and effort. Obviously, I will be attending all future years that I can and spread the word!"
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Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Deer Program staff on Sept. 16 provided an update on harvest results from opening weekend of deer season. The archery season opened statewide on Sept. 3.
- Hunters harvested a total of 1,196 deer on the first two days of the season.
- Antlered deer made up 62.1 percent of that total.
- Hunters in the Bluegrass Region accounted for 31 percent of the opening weekend total harvest followed by the Southeast Region (23 percent), Green River Region (21 percent), Northeast Region (14 percent) and Purchase Region (10 percent).
- Of the hunters who reported harvesting a deer, 72 percent were Kentucky residents.
Crossbow deer season opens statewide on Saturday, Sept. 17.
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife welcomes marketing and public relations professional Lisa Jackson to the agency to lead a new section in the Information and Education Division that will offer agency-wide communications support.
Jackson brings extensive state government, marketing and public relations experience.
Most recently, she was the marketing director for L.V. Harkness & Company in Lexington. Her four years at L.V. Harkness followed more than 18 years as assistant director and director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Kentucky Horse Park. During her tenure there, the Horse Park hosted the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games and two international blockbuster exhibitions - All the Queen's Horses, in 2003, and A Gift from the Desert, in 2010.
She served as a senior event coordinator with Kentucky Venues and Kentucky Exposition Center for four years before accepting a position with the Kentucky Horse Park in 2000.
In her new role at Kentucky Fish and Wildlife, Jackson will lead a three-person staff that will develop informational videos and graphics and provide photo and web content support. She also will assist chief communications officer Kevin Kelly with strategic communications, including news releases, and media relations.
Jackson, of Lexington, graduated from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor's degree in business administration. She has served on several association boards and earlier this year completed the 10-week Lexington Citizen Police Academy program.
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 Pictured (l-r): Becky Bloomfield, Andrew Wooldridge, Rachel Crume, Emily Hogue, Rachel Cummings, Devon Stivers, Ashley Reaves, Nathan Sangster. Photos by Lisa Jackson and Nathan Sangster.
Last year, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources launched an Employee Mentoring Program to allow employees to mentor someone who is new to hunting or fishing or to take an education class.
Information and Education Division staff organized a mentor dove hunt for three new co-workers in the division earlier this month.
The group visited the public dove field on the Gilbert Tract of Kentucky River Wildlife Management Area in Owen County.
Conservation educators Becky Bloomfield and Andrew Wooldridge, R3 Branch manager Rachel Crume, assistant division director Emily Hogue and video producer Nathan Sangster served as mentors for resource management analyst Devon Stivers and graphic design coordinators Ashley Reaves (right) and Rachel Cummings. New Information Office Supervisor Lisa Jackson also attended to observe and photograph the hunt.
As the birds flew throughout the afternoon so did the steel shot. Reaves harvested her first dove. Though the other two did not harvest a bird, all who participated enjoyed the experience.
The department encourages all current anglers and hunters to take someone fishing or hunting this year to help sustain these important traditions and the conservation efforts they make possible. Each department employee can log up to 15 hours per fiscal year with supervisor approval to mentor a new hunter or angler.
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 Pictured (l-r): Dane Balsman, Dan Stoelb, Jay Herrala and Jeff Ross. Photo by Kevin Kelly
Dane Balsman, Dan Stoelb, Jay Herrala and Jeff Ross combined to shoot 9-under par to win the 2022 KDFWR Fall Golf Scramble on Sept. 9 at Wild Turkey Trace Golf Club in Lawrenceburg.
Second place in the 15-team field was decided by a tiebreaker after two foursomes finished at 6-under.
The team of Commissioner Rich Storm, Dave Dreves, Andrew Eaton and Kevin Kelly won the tiebreaker and finished second. The team of Ben Robinson, Eric McGinnis, David Bruce and Mark Cramer finished third.
In recognition of National Hunting and Fishing Day, the Salato Wildlife Education Center in Frankfort will offer free admission and several family-friendly activities on Saturday, Sept. 24. |
