U.S.- Mexico Border Governors Conference

U.S.- Mexico Border Governors Conference

U.S.-Mexico Border Governors Conference
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Wildlife Table of the Border Governors was established in 2004 and
continues to focus on capacity building.
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August 2013 – Boone & Crockett Big Game Scoring Workshop Chaparral Wildlife Management Area.
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August 2013 – Cadet from Chihuahua graduated from the Texas
Game Warden Academy.
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February 2014 – AGFD conducts annual wetlands workshop - Sonora
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March 2014 – Workshop on Wildlife Tracks Identification and Black
Bear Conservation – Chaparral Wildlife Management Area.
HUNTER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
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SCI Convention Jan. 2007 – BGC panel
discussion
Federación Mexicana de Caza (FEMECA)
International Hunter Education Association
(IHEA)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. (TPWD)
Hunter Education instructor training in Nov.
2007 & March 2008
ORGANIZATIONS
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FEMECA
Club Safari Mexico
Club de Cazadores Monterrey
Club de Cazadores Gatos Monteses
Consejo Estatal de Flora y Fauna de Nuevo Leon
Comisión Estatal de Vida Silvestre de Tamaulipas
Asociación de Ranchos Cinegéticos
MEXICO’S HUNTER EDUCATION PROGRAM
SINCE 2008
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Over 15,000 Hunter Education certified
Approximately 50 instructors
Bi-national advanced workshops for HE
instructors.
WORKSHOPS SINCE MAY 2014
• Big Game Scoring – August 2013
• Animal Tracks Identification and Black Bear
Corridors – March 2014
• Feral Hog Management and Control – May
2014
• Deer Survey Methods and Development of
Harvest Recommendations – June 2014
DEER SURVEY METHODS & HARVEST
RECOMMENDATIONS
Deer Survey Methods
Helicopter
Spotlight
Camera
Herd Composition / Blind Observations
Browse Surveys
Defining Deer Management Goals For the Ranch
Trophy Management / Quality Deer Management ,
etc.
Population Density Goals (How many deer can the
habitat support)
Creating Harvest Recommendations
Deer Harvest Data
Maria Araujo
International Affairs Director
[email protected]