Briefly Outdoor News: July 2021

2nd Co-Angler Title For BFL All-American

Daniel Buswell Jr., of Fayetteville, became the first co-angler ever to win two BFL All-American titles. Daniel got his second win at Douglas Lake in Tennessee on June 5. He just won $50,000. His previous co-angler title was also a $50,000 payday—a win in 2013 at the All-American on Nickajack Lake. Daniel said he now hopes to win a boat at the 2021 Toyota Series Championship, for which he qualified with his BFL All-American win.

“I feel like I’m ready to be up front (as a boater),” Daniel says of his future in the sport. “It’s time. It’s just a matter of doing it.”

Fayetteville’s Daniel Buswell Jr. became the first co-angler ever to win a second BFL All-American title.

On the boater side of the All-American, Greenville’s Blake Tomlin placed fourth and earned a $14,000 check, and Chris Nelson, of Social Circle, finished sixth and brought home $12,000. Top-25 finishes were posted by Randy Dover, of Buford, Trent Palmer, of Cumming, and Madison’s John Duvall.

Where’s GON?

GON subscriber Rudy Wofford, of Cartersville, took us along to meet Pakal, the Mayan Red King. Rudy said, “Every year my girlfriend and I visit Mexico for vacation in late August, and I usually carry GON as good reading material.”

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Hunter Safety Courses In School? Why Not?

A new Arkansas law allows all public schools and school districts in the state to offer hunting safety courses to grades 5 through 12. Schools can incorporate the courses into their physical education, health and safety curriculum. Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation (OTF) is already partnered with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to make its Outdoor Adventures program available in middle and high schools across the state.

“P.E. teachers or school districts will not need to reinvent the wheel and develop a curriculum,” said OTF Board Chair Ricky Fairchild. “Our Outdoor Adventures program is available right now to help engender a love, passion and appreciation of the outdoors in Arkansas’ youth and to promote hunting safety.”

The OTF program has 290 detailed lesson plans on a variety of topics including angler education, archery, hunter education, boater education, orienteering, survival skills, outdoor cooking and shooting sports. Teachers can pick units specific to their region and local ecosystems.

“As many schools return to in-person classes, this offers a new and engaging way to get students focused after a year of in-home learning,” said OTF”s Scot McClure.