Schweitzer gets guardsman into buff hunt
I'm not a hunter, but have friends that are. My outdoor activities are limited to fishing, so everytime I talk to them about hunting, I have a hard time understanding why you have to get your name pulled to hunt sometimes. It would seem silly to me have to get into a lottery to fish a particular creek or lake, no matter how cool it is.
Hunting lotteries are something that Brian Schweitzer understands, and that I would assume most folks that voted for John Kerry don't. It's a culture thing, and it makes this very cool:
Besting enormous odds, a Montana soldier on duty in New Orleans has been chosen to participate in Montana's bison hunt, the first in 15 years, and his field companion will be the man who put his name in the lottery: Gov. Brian Schweitzer.The name of Sgt. Zachary Babb, who is in the Montana Army National Guard, was one of those chosen for 24 bison licenses after nearly 6,200 people applied. Schweitzer congratulated Babb by telephone Thursday.
"Hey, cowboy!" Schweitzer said from a Capitol office decorated with a bison head on the wall and a bison bronze on a desk.
Then Schweitzer asked, "Are we still on" for a hunt?
"Yes sir, yes sir," replied Babb, 21.
Babb was shipping out of Helena on Sept. 30 for Gulf Coast hurricane work when Schweitzer got his name and those of several other soldiers who said they wanted to be entered in the bison drawing. The entry deadline was that day. Schweitzer, who noted the soldiers would be away during Montana's antelope season, had agreed to submit their names for the drawing held Tuesday and pay the $3 entry fee.
The governor also submitted his own name, which was not drawn.
Emmett O'Connell | October 14, 2005 | Comment on This Post (0 so far) |
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