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Knipp volunteers regularly at youth
shooting events, many held at Silverleaf Don P. brown/oDwc
Shotgun Sports near Guthrie, that
draw 50 or more at a time. “I tell them
if you don’t ever shoot a gun the rest
of your life, if you learn to handle a
gun safely — and you have to do it one
time in your life — all your efforts out
here are worth it.”
Today, Knipp has as many hunt-
ing dogs as he has great-grandchil-
dren: eight. “And I’ve given every
one of them to opportunity, if they
wanted to learn to hunt and handle
guns, to do it.”
His advice to kids who want to
start hunting: Get involved in con-
servation groups such as Quail
Forever, National Wild Turkey
Federation and Rocky Mountain
Elk Foundation, and participate in
those groups.
“I don’t think we’ll ever see it
again like it used to be,” he said.
“I’m glad to see outfits like Quail
Forever that are doing things for
habitat. It’s a drop in the bucket,
but it’s making some headway.”
For Knipp, hunting is not about bagging game. It’s about watching his
dogs, seeing sights like a mature buck running across a field, and simply
being outdoors.
ProViDeD “I’m glad to see

outfits like Quail

Forever that are
doing things for

habitat. It’s a drop

in the bucket, but

it’s making some
headway.”
Watch It on TV!
Hear veteran hunter Keith Knipp talk about the good ol’ days of
quail hunting on the Outdoor Oklahoma TV show set to air in the
near future on OETA. Watch Outdoor Oklahoma online anytime at
youtube.com/OutdoorOklahoma.

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