Submitted by Red Green
The snow is gone at last. The grass is doing really well, as we have had quite a bit of rain — and hail. Our summer programs are now in progress at the club. Archery, trap and rifle shooting are now going on, on a regular basis. The bird house building and spring cleanup has come and gone, everything went well.
Our Kids Camp is July 15 to July 18. Anyone wishing to register can call Leonard at 403-588-2834 or 403-783-1858 for more information. We need volunteers to help out at camp. Anyone who can help out, please go to www.ponokafishandgame.ca for more information. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Big game draws were out June 4 so don’t forget to send them in.
Alberta Fish and Game Association, of which we are all members, is still buying habitat land as it becomes available and affordable. The fish and game clubs and many businesses donate a lot of money toward these purchases. Forty thousand acres have been secured for habitat by their efforts. Many of these parcels were donated by people who wish to preserve these lands for wildlife for future generations.
I saw some very interesting information on whitetail deer in the United States. There are more than 30 million white tail deer in the United States. If they keep multiplying they will soon surpass the 50 million buffalo that used to roam the plains and woods year ago.
The Florida Keys have whitetail deer that are very small as they have adapted to the food source that is available to them. The deer are not bigger than a medium sized dog and the fawn are about the size of a normal sized cat. They call them keys deer. I thought it was noteworthy how they had adapted to their environment. We have deer in Alberta that vary in size also. Around the Brooks area and in the Peace Country the whitetail are smaller than the ones we have here in central Alberta.