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Arkansas Black Bear Collaring Project

In partnership with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Blood Origins wants to help monitor a new bear hunting season. With the bear season proposed for the Gulf Coastal Plain (Bear Zones 3 & 4) for the fall of 2022-23 (Bear Zones 3 & 4), the most readily available means to monitor the population and assess growth rates would be to equip adult females with collars across the bear range and monitor reproduction efforts and determine female mortality rates. We need to raise $70,000 for this project to collect data for 3 years. Periodic flights once or twice per month will be conducted to determine active collar status or mortality status for each deployed collar. In order to determine population size and growth rates, you must have fecundity information as well as female mortality information throughout the area. Ideally, a sample size of 20-25 collared bears across the Gulf Coastal Plain would be needed for a good sample size.

This project plans to raise $70,000 for 25 collars to support this project for 3 years. We plan to undertake a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign where you can compete against other teams to be the TOP fundraiser. We have two incredible commitments of match: 1) $15,000 from The Wildlife Education Center at Legends Ranch, and 2) an additional $15,000 from the Cabela Family Foundation. These matches are first come first served basis!

Before Arkansas was known as “The Natural State ” it was informally referred to as “The Bear State ” because we had so many black bears. It is believed that there may have been as many as 50,000 bears pre-settlement. But by the 1930s bear populations were reduced so dramatically from habitat loss and overhunting that there were less than 50 black bears in the state. Between 1958 and 1968 approximately 254 bears from Minnesota and Manitoba were released into the Arkansas Highlands which gave way to the most successful reintroduction of a large carnivore in the world.

One aspect of that management is our bear collar monitoring program that concludes with bear den trips to gather data on the reproduction of our bear population. Annually our biologists use telemetry from the bear collars to locate bear dens during the hibernation period.

If you happen to be one of the top two fundraising teams on this project you will have an opportunity to win a trip of a lifetime to go alongside AGFC biologists inside a black bear den to collect vital conservation data. Who doesn’t want a chance to hold a six-week-old bear cub and etch your name as part of the legacy of the bear state? Come on, get involved, and raise some good funding for wildlife conservation in the State of Arkansas.

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Fighting Fire with Fire

We have no idea why the hunting community hasn’t decided to fight fire with fire. Why don’t we take out ads in newspapers? Take ads out on the radio? Put our own billboards in place? Some will say it’s because more often than not when ads are taken out anywhere they are to drive membership, or to some cause – I guess we can see that. But … why can’t we do it just from the standpoint of saying “LOOK! This is who hunters are!” – a simple campaign to plant positive public relations seeds about hunting. Some may say it won’t work, people won’t sell you the ad space, the billboard space, etc. We call bull. If our message is tied to our heart why would they take offense to that – and let’s be honest, we are PAYING for it. Ad placement is a business and as such we are a client looking to place ads. Some may STILL say it won’t work. Well, that’s something we don’t ascribe to – so we are going to TRY.
Naturally to develop ads, create ads, and buy the advertising space for OUR COMMUNITY’s message takes funds. So this campaign will send all funds raised to that end – development, creation, and placement of ads anywhere in the world that help hunters!!
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Depredation to Conservation

When the Utah Department of Natural Resources called the Arizona Game and Fish Department that they have 100 antelope currently under a depredation permit and would Arizona like to have them?? The answer for the sportsmen and sportswomen of the State of Arizona and the country was a resounding yes. The call happened in early December – so teams had to mobilize in swift fashion and figure out logistics for capture, transport, and release, as well as where the funds were coming from for something like this to happen so quickly. Our friends at AZGFD called us and asked, “Would we be willing to help? Could we bring some resources to bear that could help them?” Our response was “Absolutely”. Through a very generous donation from a private donor as well as a match from Shell we were able to raise funds for the solar GPS collars that will be used to track and collect data on the released antelopes. Simultaneously, the board of Blood Origins unanimously voted on spending operating funds to help capture and tell this story that really showcases what hunting and hunters are doing for wildlife conservation.

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Hunters for the Hungry

Wyoming Wildlife Federation, Stone Glacier and Blood Origins have teamed up to expand Wyoming Wildlife Federation’s existing Hunters for the Hungry program.

Wyoming Wildlife Federation has partnered with hunters, processors and distribution organizations to provide food insecure families in Wyoming with sustainably harvested food sources. On average, counties throughout Wyoming face food insecurity numbers of 10-14% amongst adults and 12-20% amongst children.

Help Us, Help Them!

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The Rhino Project

The most current project, arguably the most dire, is The Rhino Project.  A massive drought has plagued the area resulting in a substantial loss of wildlife. Without a healthy amount of precipitation, grasses are lacking vital nutrients needed for survival.

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The Tahr Project

The Himalayan Tahr are an iconic feature of the New Zealand landscape. They are almost extinct in their native range of the Himalayas and New Zealand holds the last bastion where they are thriving. Unfortunately there are plans afoot to reduce densities drastically, including eliminating Tahr in certain areas of New Zealand. Tahr are more than a species that are a valuable economic driver for New Zealand, they are a part of the ecosystem.

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The Sun Project

A Hunter backed community enrichment project impacted by COVID-19. Our Goals, Feeding the kids, Schooling the kids and providing a future.

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Everyone Deserves to Play

The John X Foundation has completed a number projects related to the infrastructure of the buildings, water supply, electricity, school supplies and security at the Carlisle Bridge Country School, and are moving towards the next phase of development. We know it wont be easy under current Covid-19 conditions but we’re up for getting it done. The Foundation has teamed up with Blood Origins and together we will embark on one of the most exciting projects the Foundation has taken on to date.

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Raise Em Outdoors

Raise Em’ Outdoors camps are different. Their mission is dedicated to helping kids from any background, learning about the outdoors and hunting, but it also requires an adult in the house/family to atend the camp too so that those skills perpetuate once they come home from camp. COVID has reduces fundraising to a standstill. This project will fund the running of 5 camps in 2021. Remove the burden of fundraising in 2021 and help jumpstart the program into 2022.

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Lion Heart

Likely the most vilified practice in the hunting industry is the chasing of predators with hounds. It’s the thing that gets the anti-hunter brigade up in arms against what we do and how we do it. It’s likely the combination of predator hunting that has a nuance unto itself given an ancient, deep-seated, tribal connection between alpha predators and humans, and the domestication of the dog to the comfort of our houses and our souls. Those two issues are like oil and water and there is disdain and ethical questions thrown around combining the two. As a result, it’s imperative as hunters to communicate who a Lion Houndsman really is, to communicate the role of the hound in this endeavor, to communicate the heart of the Houndsman for their dogs.

With gracious support from the 100 Hunter Legacy Fund of Safari Club International Foundation, as well as the Weatherby Foundation and several anonymous private donors all of the funding necessary to produce a documentary of this magnitude have been secured. This project is FULLY FUNDED.

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Success Untold

Success Untold is a documentary that seeks to show the success of hunting in South Africa. It’s a documentary of the thing that is unspoken, the thing that goes unseen, but is a constant in the background. It’s an outline of why there is wildlife in South Africa, what does hunting mean to the people that hunting employs. Wildlife conservation, employment, biodiversity enhancement are all successes that are untold as a result of hunting. So we decided to tell a small bit of the story. With grateful thanks to the generosity of Splitting Image Taxidermy who funded this entire project as well as the incredible talent of Slots Media, and the help of Greater Kuduland Safaris and Maarten Safaris we were able to put together a compelling story of hunting in South Africa.

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BLOOD ORIGINS PROJECTS

Link to: Project | Arkansas Black Bear Collaring Project

Arkansas Black Bear Collaring Project

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Link to: Project | Fighting Fire with Fire

Fighting Fire with Fire

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Link to: Project | Depredation to Conservation

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Link to: Project | Lion Heart

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Link to: Project | Success Untold

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Link to: Project | Hunters for the Hungry

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Link to: Project | The Rhino Project | Blood Origins

The Rhino Project

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Link to: Project | Tahr Project

The Tahr Project

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Link to: Project | The Sun Project

The Sun Project

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Link to: Project | Everyone Deserves to Play

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Link to: Project | Raise Em Outdoors

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STORIES BY BLOOD ORIGINS

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Blood Origins | Out of Africa

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EPISODE 66 | KAIMAHI

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EPISODE 65 | REAL MAN

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EPISODE 64 | PROVIDER

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EPISODE 63 | PERSPECTIVE – MEREDITH BERNARD

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EPISODE 62 | BIG GAME

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EPISODE 61 | QWATALI

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EPISODE 60 | SUFFERING

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EPISODE 59 | TRAVIS “T-BONE” TURNER

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EPISODE 58 | CLOSER

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EPISODE 57 | NIKOLAJ JUEL

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EPISODE 56 | MIKE HAIRSTON

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EPISODE 55 | BLOODLINE

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EPISODE 54 | PERSPECTIVE – DR. HILLARY LAMPERS

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EPISODE 53 | HUNTING PARTNER

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EPISODE 52 | PERSPECTIVE – PERRIN NOELKE

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EPISODE 51 | FIRST BLOOD

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EPISODE 50 | PAPA JOE

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EPISODE 49 | QUACKERS

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EPISODE 48 | SUSTENANCE

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EPISODE 47 | PERSPECTIVE – SUZANNE CALL

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EPISODE 46 | HUNTER

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EPISODE 45 | CHAMPION

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EPISODE 44 | SAVED

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EPISODE 43 | MELANCHOLY

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Blood Origins | A Difficult Treasure

EPISODE 20 | PERSPECTIVE – LOUSIE SHOCKEY

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EPISODE 42 | LIVING

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EPISODE 41 | BORROWED TIME

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EPISODE 40 | FAILURE

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EPISODE 39 | PERSPECTIVE – PAUL BRIDE

EPISODE 38 | GET DUCKS

EPISODE 37 | MR. WHITETAIL

EPISODE 36 | A GIRL’S WORLD

EPISODE 35 | OVERTIME

EPISODE 34 | UNBROKEN

EPISODE 33 | EMOTION

EPISODE 32 | SKATER

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EPISODE 31 | FIGHTER

EPISODE 30 | JAEGERIN

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EPISODE 18 | FAITH, FAMILY, FOOD

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EPISODE 16 | ONE WITH NATURE

EPISODE 15 | FIGHTER

EPISODE 14 | RANCHER’S HEART

EPISODE 28 | FAMILY – THE GRANGES

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EPISODE 27 | VALUES

EPISODE 26 | PERSPECTIVE – MARGIT AXLERAD

EPISODE 25 | PERSPECTIVE – LARA MULLIN

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EPISODE 24 | WHY?

EPISODE 23 | BACK 40

EPISODE 22 | UNCHARTED SPIRIT

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EPISODE 21 | FAMILY

EPISODE 13 | MOUNTAIN SOUL

EPISODE 12 | MEMORIES

EPISODE 11 | THE TRUTH

EPISODE 10 | LOVE

EPISODE 9 | REWARD

EPISODE 8 | FATHERS – LEONARD BENTZ

EPISODE 7 | PASSION

EPISODE 6 | UNCONVENTIONAL

EPISODE 5 | HEART

EPISODE 4 | GIANTS – CRAIG CORSI

EPISODE 3 | GIANTS – RYAN “KOUP” KUPERUS

EPISODE 2 | THREADED

EPISODE 1 | IN THE BLOOD

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