Been in the AHE/Master Hunter program since 1998. Met some cool people, and some tools. The tools I met were guys who thought being a master hunter was an honorary title that automatically made them better than everyone else. For me, it is just a way to get a crack at some good tags. I think I've killed 8 elk through the program.
One of the parts of the AHE Master Hunter program is that every 4 or 5 years you have to put in 40 hours of volunteer service. Projects are related to wildlife, property/landowner relations, or other projects deemed acceptable to the WDFW.
I've built and put up maybe 50 wood duck boxes, repaired some fences, helped out on an elk tagging/collaring survey, and ran a few DU greenwing events.
Looks like this year it is garbage clean-up to start with. Some people really do suck.
This was on WEYCO land near the crossover road up the Wynoochee Valley. (My Redhook school of photography skills are top notch.)
More garbage clean-up tonight! This weekend I get to patrol WEYCO land for ATV's. Just a heads up, they are going to get a little more aggressive this year, especially in the North Elma area.
Some stuff is boring, mundane, and other stuff is sorta cool. Hopefully I get to do this again.
I'll keep you up to date on the projects.