SHARE OF THE WILD By Sharon Buccino (she/her) CDTC Board Member
What are the five things you need to hunt in Wyoming? I didn’t know the answer, but I would before the weekend was over. It was Friday evening on Memorial Day weekend. I had driven a hundred miles from Laramie to Glendo, Wyoming. I found myself sitting before the altar at Circle G Cowboy Church with twelve other people for a hunter education class being taught by Kenny Jensen. Wyoming, like most states, requires hunter education to hunt in the state. Volunteers like Kenny Jensen teach the class in a variety of formats at various locations throughout the year. Twelve of us had decided that an intense experience over Friday and Saturday was what worked best. Excitement filled the room as boys and girls eager to hunt with their parents or other relatives sat at attention with a pencil in hand. I had come to understand and experience. Called to the wild early in life, I dedicated my career as a lawyer to protecting it. Having worked for thirty years for a national environmental organization, I knew the power of the law to protect. But I also knew its limits. I8/13/23, moved to Wyoming to spend more timeIMG_7998.jpg in the wild but also 12:31 PM to better understand local perspectives and realities that shape the wild.
Sharon Buccino
THE FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO HUNT IN WYOMING: 1. A license 2. A conservation stamp (to help fund state conservation efforts) 3. Permission (if on private land) 4. Something hunter’s orange or pink to wear 5. Hunter education IMG_7999.jpg
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