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Game Bag

A COLLECTION OF LETTERS TO THE WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
We’d like to hear from you! Send your letters to Outdoor
Oklahoma Letters, P.O. Box 53465, Oklahoma City, OK 73152,
or send e-mail to donald.brown@odwc.ok.gov.

Dear Wildlife Department,

I had an opportunity to meet Craig County Game Warden
Austin Jackson the other night. And though I was in the
wrong, he was very polite and professional. Very stern as well,
but rightfully so considering the circumstances.
These guys have a very tough but necessary job. And con-
sidering they'll mostly come in contact with people with
loaded firearms, it definitely takes a special kind of person
to do this job.
Officer Jackson, hopefully the next time I shake your hand
won’t be after a stern chewing out!
Blake Griffith, via Facebook

My great-granddaughter is competing in the National Dear Wildlife Department,
Archery in the Schools Program Oklahoma state competition
today! Good Luck, A. The ODWC has done an amazing job at protecting the wild-
Big shout out to my favorite targets, Morrell Targets, for life, and giving hunters and anglers an opportunity to catch or
being one of the biggest promoters of NASP, along with harvest a trophy of a lifetime.
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC), I have lived in Oklahoma for about 20 years now. I have
National Wild Turkey Federation, OK Partners for Fish and never seen so many big bucks harvested than that has been
Wildlife, Wildlife Restoration Program, Bowhunting 360, and posted online in 2018. There has been a great number of tro-
@OkOutdoorEd for supporting and promoting the outdoors phies harvested!
and archery to these youngsters in the schools. I enjoy hunting and fishing. ODWC does a great job pro-
Jimmy Houston, via Facebook tecting the resources of the state, and I highly commend their
efforts. Thank you ODWC for a job well done! The photo shows
the buck I harvested during muzzleloader season.
Dave Kennell, Edmond

Dear Wildlife Supervisor Jeff Pennington,

I just wanted to let you know what a great job Wildlife Biolo-
gist Matt Mattioda did during a field trip of my Wetland Ecology
and Management class to the Cottonwood Creek Wetland Devel-
opment Units. It was not exactly the best conditions for a field
trip with the cold north wind, but it was still a good field trip.
Matt (and you prior to Matt) have always given generously of
your time and knowledge to my students, and I greatly appre-
ciate it. I know the students get a lot out of interacting with
ODWC biologists and finding out what it is really like to be in
the trenches of managing habitat.
Craig A. Davis, professor and Bollenbach Chair
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater

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