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gun safety . He would never back down from a political discussion ,” said Marcia . “ After he died , I gave his crossbow to his grandsons . They both got their first deer last year in Ohio with grandpa ’ s crossbow .”
Gary included a $ 10,000 memorial gift to the Sportsmen ’ s Alliance in his estate planning . His gift will help defend the hunting heritage of his family and others for generations to come .
If you ’ d like to consider making a provision in your estate for the Sportsmen ’ s Alliance Foundation , there are many gift options . Contact Aaron Carmichael , vice president of development for the Sportsmen ’ s Alliance Foundation , at 614-888-4868 or acarmichael @ sportsmensalliance . org to discuss those options and the impact you would like to make for all outdoorsmen and -women .
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HOWARD ROBINSON was a longtime volunteer with the Sportsmen ’ s Alliance through our Trailblazer Program , as a local field director and a dear friend of our staff members . He was a dedicated |
steward of the outdoors and had a driving passion for getting young people involved . The Sportsmen ’ s Alliance Foundation nominated Howard for Outdoor Life magazine ’ s “ Heroes of Conservation ” award 10 years ago , which he was presented with at that year ’ s SHOT Show convention in Las Vegas .
Sportsmen ’ s Alliance staff have fond memories of Howard from a fishing trip in Arkansas a few years ago when he caught a prime catfish while jug fishing . Howard passed away doing what he loved — deer hunting . Moments after dropping a doe and calling a friend to come help , he passed peacefully , sitting in a chair in his ground blind , muzzleloader beside him . We know he is walking with us in the field , and we will carry on his legacy of conservation and mentorship here at the Sportsmen ’ s Alliance Foundation .
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COURTESY OF DONYOUNG . HOUSE . GOV ( BOTTOM ) |
The sportsmen ’ s community lost a
stalwart of an advocate when REP . DON YOUNG ( R-AK ) died on March 18 . For nearly 50 years , Young
served as the sole representative for Alaska and a staunch defender of rural needs and traditions , the Second Amendment , hunting , fishing and trapping .
Young was a huge hunter whose hometown , Fort Yukon , straddled the Arctic Circle and for which he served as mayor in the 1960s . During the late ’ 70s and ’ 80s he always took the August recess to head up to his moose-hunting camp on the Porcupine and Sheenjek rivers .
Professionally , his defense of the outdoors was legendary , and he made his mark immediately when testifying against an anti-trapping bill with a foothold trap clamped to his hand . At one time he was the only licensed trapper in Congress .
Young was a defender of hunting on federal lands . He battled the Carter Administration over the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and the formation of new national parks that would close millions of acres to caribou , moose , brown bear and Dall sheep hunters . Instead , he pushed amendments that converted those lands from “ park ” status to “ preserves ,” the most notable redrawing within Wrangell-St . Elias National Park that protected crucial Dall sheep hunting areas . He was always there for
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key wildlife issues and was a major force in the creation of the Congressional Sportsmen ’ s Caucus in 1988-89 .
“ Don was a big bear of a guy . He wasn ’ t the most articulate or refined member of Congress , but he stuck by his principles and never backed away from a fight to defend what he thought was right — including fishing , hunting and trapping ,” said Bill Horn , Sportsmen ’ s
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Alliance legal counsel and collaborator with Young . “ It was my great personal and professional fortune to have met him so many years ago , to have worked for him four years starting in 1977 , and then to have worked with him for the following decades on issues we both cared about . It ’ s hard to believe he ’ s gone , but he cut a wide swath , made his mark and certainly will not be forgotten .” |
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