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October 27, 2017
LoneOStar Outdoor News
Sams named LSONF executive director
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Mimi Sams shot this water buffalo in Australia this summer. She has taken over the reins at the Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
Lone Star Outdoor News The Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation announced the appointment of Mimi Sams as the new executive director. Sams “couldn’t be more excited to grow this foundation and get more people into the outdoors” and will begin work immediately. Sams is an international sportswoman who has hunted and fished on three continents; from whitetail in Texas to plains game in Africa and water buffalo in Australia. She has a passion for wildlife conservation as a member of Dallas Safari Club and Safari Club International. Sams hopes to make a difference in the outdoor world by helping bring new people into it. After this year’s 7th Annual Wild Game Supper fundraiser hosted at the Beretta Gallery, the foundation raised nearly $17,000 with the help of Mimi’s efforts. The current executive director, Craig Nyhus, is pleased to be passing the torch and will continue to help new people experience hunting and fishing. “Mimi brings the enthusiasm and organizational skills to take the foundation to higher levels and get more people involved,” he said. The Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation’s mission is to give people the opportunity to go hunting and fishing, creating hunters and fishermen for a lifetime.
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hunter, Haynes took the opportunity to try for her first buck. “At first I thought Eric was full of baloney,” Haynes said. “He came with the call and some antlers. We were sitting next to a tree line and he started calling and banging the antlers together.” Not long after the calling, two axis bucks appeared and Haynes had her first deer, a 34inch axis buck. “It was a blast,” she said. “The call sounds just like an axis, I think the two bucks would have come closer if I had waited longer.” On a recent hunt at Joshua Creek, Harrison heard a buck scream at 900 yards. “It took three hours of calling, but I finally got that buck in front of me,” he said. “The call gets the axis’ curiosity going. It also helps locate them; they respond to the call by screaming.” Harrison said the prime rut for Hill Country axis is from the end of April until July. “About 20 to 30 percent go into the rut in the winter months, though, so you’ll almost always have a back in the rut,” he said. “This time of year, if you can get a buck screaming, you can get him to come to the call. In May to July, I’ve had bunches of bucks come in.” Harrison’s calls, called the EZY Axis – Axis Deer Caller, are now available for sale, but they don’t blow themselves. “It takes some practice to get it right,” he said. On his website, axisdeercaller.com, Harrison plans to add videos demonstrating the calling and technique. The call costs $24.95. “It could totally change the way people hunt axis,” he said.
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