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.
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.
Thanks to what we learned about the wild, upland ground bird in our Rookie Sportsman Program, my daughter and I are prepared for our first-ever turkey hunt.
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.
