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5

Apr

2022

Women in the Woods

Author: Kassi Smith
Above: Women in the Woods Elk Camp in Colorado. Photos by Ryan McSparren.   By Kassi Smith The ray of light as dawn breaks over the High Rockies. The distorted reflection of mountain giants just below the waters’ surface. A held breath as the first mallard sets for landing. These experiences are visceral, and they are ubiquitous. Like many, I wasn’t born into a family that recreates outdoors; but even so, my earliest memories are of escaping into wild spaces. Before the age of 10, I would ...
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23

Aug

2021

Women in the Woods Elk Camp

Author: Kassi Smith
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers first ‘Women in the Woods Elk Camp’ launches a season of beginners hunting, fishing, and angling weekends designed to pair novice sportswomen with seasoned mentors. There’s a hint of cool breeze. The sun is setting just a bit earlier. Elk season, y’all. It’s coming. For six mentees, three mentors, and a several volunteers Christmas came early in the form of a summer elk hunt in the beautiful San Luis Valley in SW Colorado. As each year in the field passes it’s ...
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11

May

2021

San Juan River Public Access Enhancement Project

Author: Kassi Smith
Colorado Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is pleased to announce the successful collective fundraising efforts for Phase 1 of the San Juan River Public Access Enhancement Project. Fundraising effort that began in September 2020 when The Great Outdoors Fund teamed with members of the Upper San Juan Watershed Enhancement Partnership (WEP) to begin raising money to fund a well-planned project to enhance access and infrastructure at a highly-visited area along a popular run of the river near ...
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15

Jul

2020

Women in the Woods: Carp Cooking Showdown

Author: Kassi Smith
When the mercury starts to rise, hunting in Colorado hits a low. During the ongoing nightmare of stay-at-home orders (and living in a condo without air conditioning) time on the water has become my only respite. Bait fishing, fly-fishing, kayaking, frog-gigging… sign me up. But if you yearn for longer days, cool air, and tell-tale song of a loosed arrow, your daydreams can come true. I bet you didn’t know someone could wax poetic about bow-fishing for carp, did you? My recent bow-fishing ...
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