It was fresh, organic meat and it fed RSP families with rich, wild flavors you just don’t often get from store-bought, farm-raised meat.
A week later, I was back in class, learning more about how to cook wild game from professional wild game chef Jason Nauert.
On the big day, Natalie and I met Wilkins at 6:30 a.m. in Limon. It was a cold Saturday morning, but I was burning with the Big Game Fever.
Paula Linhares vividly remembers the first time she hunted, harvested and field-dressed a wild turkey, describing it as a spiritual experience.
Who knew hunting has its own language? Thanks to our participation in CPW’s Rookie Sportsperson Program, Natalie, and I are becoming fluent in hunting.
Another great ‘Dad moment’ as father and daughter fish together for the first real time and experience the joy of landing a whopper.
Down a creekbed we saw turkeys. But again they were far out of range. Logan worked diligently to call them in toward our decoys.
Halfway across the field, I heard Natalie say “chukar!” I looked at her, puzzled.“What?” I asked.“Chukar,” she said, pointing to the ground in front of her.
My first dove-hunting trip as a member of the CPW Rookie Sportsperson Program (RSP) had nearly everything I could want in an outdoors weekend.
My daughter Natalie’s attention had drifted occasionally during the early morning hours of the Hunter Education class, but she perked up noticeably as the instructor spoke of how to mask your scent with elk urine.
Colorado Outdoors, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s magazine, features a wealth of information for hunters, anglers and outdoors enthusiasts.
