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As you plan to step off the asphalt and out into woods this summer, this is a good time to start thinking about wilderness survival. No one plans to get lost in the wild, but every year people do. We have two stories to share with you and Paul and Jarrad will discuss wilderness survival essentials.

During out SOTG Homeroom from Crossbreed Holsters, Professor Paul will make an announcement regarding upcoming training courses in Wyoming. We want you to become a shooting machine and we will tell you how.

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Topics Covered During This Episode:

• Star Treatments Charity Raffle: www.montactical.com
• Get your Ass to the Mountains: spuroutfitters.com
• Merrell family lost in Grand Canyon: www.azfamily.com
• 2 Lost Hikers Found: bc.ctvnews.ca
• Wilderness Survival PLS kits: www.studentofthegungear.com
• SOTG Homeroom brought to you by Crossbreed Holsters: Let’s talk about rifles, long range.  Learning to work with your gear, optics, ammo, reading the wind, etc.

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From spuroutfitters.com:

Surrounded by the Sierra Madre and Snowy Range mountains, the Silver Spur Ranches of Wyoming consist of 55,000 deeded acres in south-central Wyoming. As one of the largest cattle producing ranches in the country, the ranch is also home to a large population of both fish and wildlife. Elk, mule deer, whitetail deer, antelope, black bear and mountain lions reside on these properties, along with great populations of wild rainbow, brown and brook trout.

Due to the expanse of the ranch and conservation efforts, you can be assured to have no competition from other hunters and experience a hunt of a lifetime. With proper management of these species, recreational opportunities are endless here for the avid hunter and fisherman.

We offer a fully outfitted experience with quality guides.

SPUR OUTFITTERS MAKES THE FOLLOWING COMMITMENT TO OUR CLIENTS:

• Provide experienced, knowledgeable, properly equipped guides.
• Match your expectations to the appropriate hunt.
• Treat you with dignity and respect.
• Engage in ethical, fair chase hunting practices.
• Keep safety as our primary concern.

From www.azfamily.com:

The uncle of the boy who was swept down a remote creek in Grand Canyon National Park with his stepgrandmother posted pictures from the teen’s recovered camera.

Crews recovered 14-year-old Jackson Standefer’s GoPro camera and a backpack. Mark McOmie posted several of the pictures of the teen on his Facebook page on Saturday. Two pictures are of him with the desert landscape behind him and another with his mother.

Jackson and Lou-Ann Merrell have been missing since April 15 when they lost their footing during a family trip to the Grand Canyon and fell into a creek.

Officials were alerted when an emergency GPS locator beacon was set off below the canyon’s North Rim, said Chief Ranger Matt Vandzura of the National Park Service.

The National Park Service sent out search teams to try and find the pair but they have come up empty. They have scaled back their search.

Family members had hoped they found something.

“The search consists of community outreach and routine back country patrols at this time. We pray they find something to help us gain closure, we remain hopeful,” McOmie posted on Saturday, which marked one week since the two went missing.

McOmie said a celebration of life for Jackson will be held at the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Wednesday, April 26, at 7:00 p.m. in the main chapel.

From bc.ctvnews.ca:

Two hikers who got lost on the North Shore are home safe after being rescued on Saturday night.

“It was our first time doing (the trail) and we lost our friends and we just felt that things weren’t marked as clearly as possible,” Adam Kurgatnikob, one of the hikers, told CTV Vancouver. “I thought to go one way and (the other hiker) wanted to the other way and, next thing you know, we got lost.”

The pair were rescued from the Big Cedar Trail at the end of Mountain Highway.

With darkness and heavy clouds closing in, the missing hikers were able to get a cellphone signal and call 911.

An RCMP helicopter helped North Shore Rescue locate the hikers. Once the men were found, volunteers guided them out of the woods.

“Big Cedar Trail—which goes up to Kennedy Falls—has gotten a lot of attention online lately and a lot of people seem to want to come up and do this, so we have been getting a number of people getting lost up there,” said North Shore Rescue’s search manager Allan McMordie.

Volunteers were on the trail recently adding signage in a bid to keep hikers from getting lost.