Editor’s Message

Dear readers, Though we faced many challenges as a continuation of Covid, we end 2021 on a positive note and through some creativity, find ourselves in a good position. We absolutely would not be as successful as we are without the support of our conservation partners. We thank the Wild Sheep Foundation, Safari Club International, Iowa FNAWS, Dallas Safari Club and Shikar for their continued support.

Brief 2021 Review:

We are just wrapping up a successful Annual Membership Meeting that was both in-person and offered on Zoom. While we miss having everyone “in the room” it seems to be the way of the future and offers options for those who can’t make the trip to Anchorage.

The administrative team of Chelsea Adler and Angie Bloomquist have been a tremendous asset to this organization, without them we would not have accomplished all that we did this year. Through the efforts of Chelsea, our social media presence has greatly improved. Please take a look at our Instagram and Facebook and help us by sharing our posts.

We held our election of Board of Directors in December, we are welcoming Jay Stanford to our board and welcome Lyle Becker and Wayne Kubat to another term. We thank Steve Perrins, II for his service these past 3 years.

We had a very successful, albeit 100% virtual auction in December of 2021. We brought Donald C Martin in as MC and Rohn Nelson was auctioneer. They did a great job with auctioning to an empty room and it was streamed online.

Raffles have really proven to be successful for us. Earlier this year we partnered with Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation for a Marco Polo hunt raffle. The raffle was successful enough that we decided to offer a 2nd Marco Polo raffle which was drawn at our virtual event in December.

We held our 4th annual Dream Hunt Raffle in 2021 and I’m please to announce that we sold out of tickets in early December! We will be kicking off our 2022 Dream Hunt the first part of January.

You will see an announcement regarding our website redesign further in this magazine. We are beyond excited to get this project going. The new website will offer a comprehensive search feature for clients who are looking to book hunts with our guides.

We continue to promote our meat sharing programs. We’ve worked with the Alaskan Native Medical Center in proving game for their patients over the past few years. The 501(c)(3) foundation took a special interest in furthering meat sharing and worked with Indian Valley Meats to help with processing. We were also able to donate meat to the Changepoint Church in 2021.

We held our first Youth Shooting Class this past summer, it was a great event teaching kids how to safely handle firearms

We held our 5th annual Youth Essay Contest where the winner spent a conservation based stay at Ultima Thule Lodge. We thank Paul and Donna Claus for their generosity.

I wish everyone a great 2022

DEB MOORE

Editor