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Veteran Outdoors 2011 Season 2 Episode Schedule

Veteran Outdoors 2011 Season 2 Episode Schedule

Veteran Outdoors

Austin, TX --(Ammoland.com)- See what Veteran Outdoors has been up to this spring and see where and when you can catch season 2 of Veteran Outdoors on TV!

5/2 – Episode 1: “Pay It Forward” – VO Alumni MSG Dan Robles hosts and surprises his buddy SFC John Faulkenberry with his dream elk hunt on the W7 Ranch in Quemado, TX.

5/9 – Episode 2: “A Major League Surprise” – VO Team Member/ Retired Major League Pitcher Doug Brocail helps surprise US Army Veteran Tim Seckel and his son Grant on their first father/son deer hunt to the Thunderhill Ranch in Llano, TX.

5/16 – Episode 3: It wasn’t just “Anywhere in Texas”, it was the JDB Ranch in Menard, TX where VO Team Member/Country Music Star Kyle Park gets in on the surprise whitetail hunt for SFC Jerad Eldred.

5/23 – Episode 4: “Pay it Forward” – VO Alumni MSG Dan Robles hosts a surprise Spearfishing trip to the Coronado Islands before his buddy Joe Chadwick deploys on his third tour & VO Alumni SFC John Faulkenberry returns to surprise Capt. Kyle Marcum with an Alligator hunt at the Womack Ranch in McFaddin, TX

5/30 – Episode 5: “Guts & Glory” – Charlie Bravo Aviation’s CEO, Rene Banglesdorf, steps in to host SGT Kisha Makerney on the Reynolds Ranch in Sterling City, TX & SPC Louis Dahlman at the Butterfield Ranch in Robert Lee, TX as they go after West Texas Whitetails.

6/6 – Episode 6: “Redemption” – VO Alumni SPC Louis Dahlman surprises SSG Jim Stanek with his dream Oryx hunt on the Live Oak Ranch in Uvalde, TX. VO Alumni SSG Stanek then pays the mission forward to US Army Veteran Chris Cordeiro with a trip to the Rockin P Ranch in Brady, TX.

6/13 – Episode 7: “Dance Floor & Deer Blinds” – VO surprises SSG Rico Roman during their fundraising Hangar Dance with a whitetail hunt on the Live Oak Ranch in Uvalde, TX and SSG Jim Stanek comes along to host.

6/20 – Episode 8: “Mission… Accomplished ” - VO Alumni SSG John Botts & MSG Dan Robles surprise SSG Justin Lynn with a west Texas Turkey hunt but when the turkey’s don’t cooperate, VO decides to take the hunt to another level.

6/27 – Episode 9: “All I want for Christmas”  – The fishing didn’t turn out quite the way we intended so VO Alumni Dan Robles & host Cody Hirt surprise SFC Matt Miles with a hunting trip during his son’s Christmas play.

7/5 – Episode 10: “The Big Leagues” – US Army Veterans Nick Kasbohm & Whitney Lessor were called up to the Bigs by VO Team Member, retired Major League Pitcher Doug Brocail as surprises them with a Mule Deer & Antelope hunt at the Wagonhound Ranch in Wyoming.

7/12 – Episode 11: “If at first you don’t succeed…” VO surprises US Marine Capt Ryan Voltin with his dream exotic hunt at the historic YO Ranch and when they don’t succeed the first time, VO brings him back alongside the Combat Wounded Marines to complete the mission.

7/19 – Episode 12: “Everything’s Bigger in Texas” VO flies US Air Force SSG Shaun Meadows and his family down to the Thunderhill Ranch to take on the challenge of breaking the VO Whitetail Record.

7/26 – Episode 13: “Fishing For Freedom” – ArmyBassAnglers and VO join forces to surprise veterans with professional tournament action.

8/2 – Episode 14: US Army SGT Kisha Makerney returns to Texas to find her trophy.

About:
Veteran Outdoors is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to honor our country’s wounded veterans’ patriotism and their sacrifice by providing quality hunting, fishing and outdoor related activities. VO’s goal is to raise public awareness about the therapeutic effects that being in the outdoors actually has on the mental and physical disabilities of our country’s wounded men and women. We will also provide a platform for veterans to tell their own stories in their own words. Visit: www.veteranoutdoors.com

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Mule Deer Foundation Oregon Chapters Gear Up for Busy Banquet Season

Mule Deer Foundation

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. –-(Ammoland.com)- The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) is expanding its presence in the state of Oregon. This year there will be eight fundraising banquets held across the state.

The first event was held Feb. 19, 2011, in Klamath Falls, Ore. This MDF Chapter is in its 20th year, and banquet attendance included over 350 supporters.

There is an upcoming banquet and youth raffle scheduled for April 23, in Bend, Ore. Tickets are still available. Monies raised from this event are slated for habitat work in the Metolius hunt unit. In May, fundraisers will be held in Christmas Valley, Oregon City and Grants Pass.

The Western Oregon/Eastern Idaho Chapter will host an event July 16. The newly-formed North East Oregon Chapter will hold their first banquet Aug. 6, in Pendleton, Ore. On Sept. 24, the final Oregon banquet of the season will be held in The Dalles, also celebrating their 20th anniversary.

Currently, there are approximately 700 MDF members in Oregon. Over the past couple of years, Oregon chapters have invested over $32,000 in on-the-ground projects. They are on target to obligate over $10,000 this year.

Projects have included such things as adding and repairing fencing, deer collaring to study summering locations, habitat improvement and plantings, purchase of a robotic deer decoy, and numerous guzzler repairs and installations.

Current and upcoming projects include youth programs, a deer telemetry study, purchase of materials for guzzlers, and removal of juniper from highway right of way in an area of high auto/deer collisions.

Become a part of the growing MDF community in Oregon. For more information or to attend an upcoming banquet, contact MDF Regional Director Ken Hand at 541-281-2224 or visit www.muledeer.org.

About MDF (www.muledeer.org)
The Mule Deer Foundation is a national non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with members in every state, as well as Canada and Mexico. MDF’s mission is to ensure the conservation of mule deer, black-tailed deer and their habitat. MDF is dedicated to restoring, improving and protecting mule deer habitat (including land and easement acquisitions) resulting in self-sustaining, healthy, free ranging and huntable deer populations; encouraging and supporting responsible wildlife management with government agencies, private organizations and landowners; promoting public education and scientific research related to mule deer and wildlife management; supporting and encouraging responsible and ethical behavior and awareness of issues among those whose actions affect mule deer; and acknowledging regulated hunting as a viable component of mule deer and black-tailed deer conservation.

For information about the Mule Deer Foundation or to join please call 1-888-375-DEER (3337).

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