Green hunting is making an impact globally for wildlife.
Green hunts are when an animal is darted and has DNA collected for research, medical procedures done or when animals are darted to be moved into other areas for conservation purposes.
Rhino “green hunts” are becoming more and more common in Africa.
Here in Texas, animals are darted, examined, medicated and moved on a daily basis on ranches throughout the state, especially in the realm of exotic hunting.
I believe this could be a great way to get young people perhaps from hunting families who are not quite down with killing an animal to understand hunting, game management and conservation.
The real opportunity here is with exotics. If a rancher needs to dart and move a big blackbuck or red stag, why not involve a young person? It would be a golden opportunity to see the benefits of the hunting industry and how game management works. Adults on the outer edges of the hunting world might want to see what it’s about too.
I got to scan the horns of the ibex and ram with Trophy-Scan, an incredible technology that is already in use in a major way scoring deer for the Los Cazadores Whitetail Deer Contest. An app and scanner along with an ipad allows horns to be detail-scanned. This will create an image that can be sent to 3-D printers.
Theoretically you could scan a horn or skull mount of an animal you helped move for a rancher. The technology even allows the image to be scaled up or down to something like a pendant for a necklace.
Check out a special article about mentorship through the Houston Safari Club Foundation here.
It’s amazing to me that nearly 20 years ago, I first heard of this concept with my early mentor, the late Tony Houseman’s incredible rhino green hunt. Maybe one day I’ll get to travel across the Atlantic and go on a green hunt for rhinos.
My finances would have to radically change, but it’s okay to dream, right?
I have as noted in a past TF&G article and in the current issue of Hunter’s Horn been
able to do green hunts with you on exotic ranches here in Texas. And I believe that could be a powerful way to teach conservation to young people.
Plus, its super fun.
That’s a powerful combination.
Chester Moore
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