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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This is Success Untold.