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Professional Wildlife Biologists and Managers
13 January 2008, 03:12
Jim BrainardProfessional Wildlife Biologists and Managers
I am the Wildlife Program Manager for the Tongass National Forest stationed in Petersburg Alaska. I graduated from Washington State University in Forest Management after 8 years in the Coast Guard. I have 28 years in Federal Service and am an avid hunter. Mostly I go north and chase caribou and moose. Do chase a few deer here in Southeast too. I am into muzzleloading and black powder cartridge rifles too. I've killed caribou at 300 yards with open sights on my current Sharps rifle. Currently have a Shiloh Sharps on order. Jim
18 January 2008, 19:28
D99I am working on a duel Social Science/Anthropology and Biology degrees from the University of Maryland.
I am currently taking Marine Science and Field Ecology. The goal is to be finished before I retire from the Navy in six years. I am not sure if I will continue my education or not, it depends on need.
Wouldn't mind finishing a doctorate in Cultural Anthropology with an emphasis in Man as a hunter or Wildlife Management with an emphasis in Hunter based managment.
I guess if I can get a biology or anthropology job in Alaska when I retire it won't matter.
11 April 2008, 00:43
Lincs StalkerProfessional ecologist here working for a drainage board in Lincolnshire. Been stalking 30 years, and involved with several local conservation organisations.
03 June 2008, 01:10
RedlanderI have a Bachelor of Science in Forest Wildlife Management and a Master of Science in Forestry (emphasis wildlife management) with a Minor in Applied Statistics. I was a school-mate of HAMMER'em.
I've worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers for 17 years tomorrow. I've been a Park Ranger, Forester, Conservation Specialist, and recently promoted to Natural Resource Manager and will supervise a small staff of two Foresters, an Environmental Specialist, and an Archeologist. The Corps owns, and directly or indirectly manages, more than 100k acres in East Texas, not counting the water surface. Most of the lands are open to hunting, and we are very pro hunting and active forest management. As you can tell from some of my past posts, I am very pro-hunting and gun rights, sometimes to the point of being unpleasant about the opposite point of view.
I've been to Alaska hunting and plan on going back. Africa is in sight as a destination in the fairly near future, I just figure that Alaska is not for the old.
If you are going to carry a big stick, you've got to whack someone with it at least every once in while.
29 June 2008, 07:09
333_OKHquote:
Originally posted by Redlander:
I have a Bachelor of Science in Forest Wildlife Management and a Master of Science in Forestry (emphasis wildlife management) with a Minor in Applied Statistics. I was a school-mate of HAMMER'em.
I've worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers for 17 years tomorrow. I've been a Park Ranger, Forester, Conservation Specialist, and recently promoted to Natural Resource Manager and will supervise a small staff of two Foresters, an Environmental Specialist, and an Archeologist. The Corps owns, and directly or indirectly manages, more than 100k acres in East Texas, not counting the water surface. Most of the lands are open to hunting, and we are very pro hunting and active forest management. As you can tell from some of my past posts, I am very pro-hunting and gun rights, sometimes to the point of being unpleasant about the opposite point of view.
I've been to Alaska hunting and plan on going back. Africa is in sight as a destination in the fairly near future, I just figure that Alaska is not for the old.
good sounding position and position on hunting. I am on 210k, we hunt via employees only and small draws.
31 October 2008, 14:17
Trapper DaveI'm a zoologist with an interest in wildlife management in the UK.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. Sir Winston Churchill
10 November 2008, 04:27
333_OKHI moved on and am now with the Forest Service
21 January 2009, 21:48
EllyI worked in Selous Game Reserve for 2 years then moved to Tourist hunting industry, worked for 5 years. Now i'm organizing the best photo safaris across the beatiful country of Tanzania as well as to help any hunter on trophy shipments and any other issues on Tanzania Tourist hunting.
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www.mbugatours.com14 July 2009, 09:39
333_OKHwelcome!
01 October 2009, 19:02
stradlingya in part we are a envorn contract company wetland construction and such allways on the look out for consultant types working in the west us
http://www.agrarian.org/good to see the count as hunting folks
thanks frank
Anyway it matters not, because my experience always has been that of---- a loss of snot and enamel on both sides of the 458 Win----
09 October 2009, 18:06
Vanderhoefquote:
Originally posted by akperrydog:
graduated with a BS as a Vandal in '95....
Now quite a bit farther north and farther west.
-phil
I did the same but am now a bit farther south and farther east.
BS in Anim. Sci U of I '95
"....but to protest against all hunting of game is a sign of softness of head, not of soundness of heart."
Theodore Roosevelt
28 October 2009, 23:27
model7LSSSeems hard to believe, but I will be graduating with a BS in Wildlife Biology from Auburn in December. Looking for a place to go to grad school, so if there are any professors here looking for a student, let me know! I hope to do research on game animals or applied land management for game species. Hope all is well with you all.
Auburn University BS '09, DVM '17
19 May 2010, 01:55
Jim BrainardWhat seems even harder to believe, I'll be retiring in June after 30 years of government employment. Model7LSS it goes by really quickly so enjoy it. Jim
Jim
25 July 2011, 04:36
vicvanbI've had a hunting license every year since 1959 and have hunted each of the intervening years. I finished grad school with a doctorate in wildlife management in 1972. I consider that my career as a wildlife biologist started in 1967--so I have seen quite a few changes in the profession.
I live in a state where the extremist hunting interests have "captured" the fish and game department, the legislature and the last 3 governors. As a result, we now have a commissioner of fish&game with a degree in education and very limited experience (at age 31), and a director of wildlife conservation with no degree and experience only in animal damage control. About 50 former wildlife biologists with the department produced a letter of no confidence in the director to no avail. This is a real tragedy in a state where fish and wildlife resources are one of our most important assets.
At times, I'm embarassed to be a hunter.
24 August 2011, 08:29
GSSPAfter 10 years in the Army, I decided to get out and use my GI Bill. This was back in 1986. I obtained my BS in Wildlife and Range Mgmt from BYU. As I was nearing graduation, I was offered a chance to come back into the Army as a Reserve Recruiter. I did that for 14 years. I retired with 24 years total. By then, my current life style would have taken a huge cut in pay had I then gone into the Wildlife mgmt.
So, I got the sheep skin and zero experience.
Alan
14 September 2017, 08:46
333_OKHcurrently the District Ranger for a small District in NorCal for the USFS...we have recognized deer herds, but do a lot of harvest and grazing too.
09 November 2021, 23:53
RUSTY75Just kicking this up as I’m a newly certified wildlife biologist looking to enter the private consulting field. Looking to network with someone in similar field.
10 February 2022, 09:08
458WinI earned a degree in wildlife, along with my pilots license, and learned that unfortunately pilots and guides spend more time in the field than biologists.
But I admire and support their dedication and advice.
Anyone who claims the 30-06 is ineffective has either not tried one, or is unwittingly commenting on their own marksmanship
Phil Shoemaker
Alaska Master guide
FAA Master pilot
NRA Benefactor
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