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9-15-15 Sect. 1.qxp:Layout 1 9/10/15 1:21 PM Page 1 More than 80 deer mounts seized by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism along with about 350 sets of antlers, 50 guns three boats and a jet ski will hit the auction block on Saturday, September 19 in Salina. Poachers’ loss becomes outdoorsmen’s gain By Donna Sullivan, Editor on Saturday, September 19 Kent in 2011 and entered in as the rifle he used to kill the What would have begun at Wilson Realty and Auc- the Monster Buck Classic in buck. as a nightmare for poachers tion Service in Salina. 2012. Before the 60-day According to Dan Miel- with the seizures of illegally The Kansas Department waiting period to allow for son of KDWPT, Kansas state hunted deer and the subse- of Wildlife, Parks and shrinkage, the buck was law says that once mounts quent punishment and fines, Tourism has consigned more measured at the contest and and antlers are cleared by the will become a trophy collec- than 80 seized deer mounts given an unofficial Boone courts, they are to be sold. tor’s dream when those and approximately 350 sets and Crockett Club score of The majority of the mounts mounts hit the auction ring of antlers, as well as about 198 7/8, which would have to be auctioned are from sev- 50 guns, three boats and a jet toppled the state record of eral small and one large ski. Mounts have also been 198 2/8 set by Nemaha seizure by the agency. “A consigned by other people, County hunter Dennis Fin- large number of them are including elk and African ger in 1974. from unsolved cases,” he game mounts. Were it not for trail cam- said, such as deer found “It’s a really high quality era footage from an obser- lying in fields and other sim- collection of mounts,” said vant bowhunter, Kent may ilar scenarios. “Sometimes Lonnie Wilson, auctioneer have gotten away with the there’s no case to be made.” and owner of Wilson Realty crime. The bow hunter gave In other cases, the deer were and Auction Service. The KDWPT a trail camera killed in Kansas then trans- sale is open to the public and photo of the buck in Osage ported out of state, which This typical whitetail came close to a state record and will start at 10 a.m. He ex- County, which was about turned the offenses into was discovered to have been taken illegally when en- pects it to last until around 6 100 miles south of where felonies, and Mielson says tered in the Monster Buck Classic. p.m., with three rings and Kent claimed to have taken the federal court system is scribed typical buck he said, and antlers, the state will seven auctioneers keeping it, and in a time frame when very slow. “Most of them “It could bring $3000, it also sell items such as things moving. deer season was closed. Kent have just been in possession could bring $7000. Or it archery equipment, fishing One that should generate eventually confessed to tak- of Kansas Department of could bring $500, depending poles, deer stands, spotting a great deal of interest is a ing the deer illegally and was Wildlife and Parks a couple on who’s here.” He added scopes, trails cameras and typical whitetail that comes sentenced to thirty days in of years, but some may have that the elk could sell for other hunting items seized close to the top of the state jail served on weekends, a been killed five to seven $3,000 or more. The racks by KDWPT. record list. Along with the $1500 fine and $8000 resti- years ago,” he said. could bring $200-300 per Proceeds from the auction 197 7/8 Boone and Crockett tution to the landowner. He Wilson doesn’t really set, depending on condition, will be used for conservation Club measurement, that also lost his Kansas hunting know what to expect the and antlers, $10-12 per education as well as pro- mount has a back story. It privileges for five years, and mounts to bring on the auc- pound. grams for people with dis- was taken illegally by David forfeited the antlers as well tion. Of the previously de- Along with the mounts abilities. 9-15-15 Sect. 1.qxp:Layout 1 9/10/15 1:22 PM Page 2 Page 2 Grass & Grain, September 15, 2015 ers and consumers of agri- you use to prevent damage pests. cultural products. and disease on your crops. Let them know that you, Looking at Today, most consumers Sometimes the common more than anyone else, are are at least two, three or ground revolves around nu- concerned about the land four generations removed trition. A good analogy where you and your family Food in a from the farm. But just could be the parallel be- live and work. about everyone has a lawn, tween a person’s need for Public understanding of Future of garden, flowers, plants or healthy food and a cow’s how today’s farmer runs Say it loud, say it proud shrubbery. These same con- need for a well-balanced his/her operation is only sumers enjoy, and still cher- diet. half the challenge. Perhaps 10 Billion By John Schlageck, vide the high quality, low- ish their ties to a father, Other subjects you might equally important is the Kansas Farm Bureau cost food we Americans grandfather or great-grand- want to discuss include food need to be sensitive to the A new article published A successful farmer said enjoy. father who tilled the soil. safety, animal care, access, concerns of the community in the journal Agriculture it best about his obligation How do farmers help It’s easy to find a common availability and conserva- where you live. and Food Security addresses to provide the public with consumers understand their denominator with your tion of water, groundwater Remember that most the possible danger of using an understanding of his pro- profession and where their urban cousins. You can contamination and even people, who call for regula- anti-biotechnology market- fession. food comes from? begin by noting that the fer- health-care affordability. tions and new laws live in ing strategies in food pro- “It’s my story and I gotta It begins with the com- tilizer used to grow gardens Take the groundwater towns and cities not on duction and sales as it re- tell it, he said. No one knows mitment to tell your side of lates to the future of agri- or lawn is no different from contamination issue for ex- farms. It is the public who more about what I do on my the story whenever and cultural production and what you use – as a farmer – ample. Begin by telling will suffer if these laws have farm than me.” wherever you can. Whether feeding a growing world. to put on your wheat, corn or them your shared concerns a negative effect on this na- This western Kansas pro- farmers talk to grade- “Food in a Future of 10 Bil- milo. about chemical run-off into tion’s food producers and ducer believes if the people schoolers, members of serv- lion” is authored by Nina V. The rose dust, herbicide lakes and streams. As a our food system. who buy his products have a ice clubs or state legislators, Fedoroff, the Evan Pugh or insecticide used to con- farmer, you cannot afford to John Schlageck is a lead- better appreciation of the they should practice the art professor emerita at Penn trol scab, dandelions or overuse expensive products. ing commentator on agricul- food he grows, his business of relationship building be- State and former president mosquitoes is similar to the You can also explain to ture and rural Kansas. Born future will remain bright tween rural and urban, be- of the American Associa- plant protection chemicals them that minimum and no- and raised on a diversified while he continues to pro- tween agricultural produc- tion for the Advancement of till farming practices help farm in northwestern Kansas, Science (AAAS). She is one keep the herbicides and in- his writing reflects a lifetime of the most distinguished secticides in the field where of experience, knowledge and scientists in the public poli- they control weeds and passion. cy sphere, according to Agri-Pulse. The article warns that “the increasing vilification of GM foods as a marketing tool by the organic food in- dustry” may be the “most counterproductive develop- ment” in efforts to increase our much-needed food pro- duction. The fear is driven not only by consumers shar- ing their beliefs, but by This morning was one of those pains me so greatly to see them tar- companies using marketing mornings that reminds me of why I geted and maligned. tools and non-governmental organizations such as have chosen to live “out in the I am not sure what we have come Greenpeace and Friends of boonies.” It was the first cool morn- to as a society when we scrutinize the Earth who carry out ing in a week or so and I shut the air the cops first and seem not to worry powerful campaigns conditioner off and opened the win- about the situation they are in or the spreading misinformation dows. There are very few things in criminals who created them. Society on agricultural technolo- gies. this world that I enjoy more than lis- seems eager to jump to judgment on To view “Food in a Fu- tening to the outside world while the police action.