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| Official Emblem of the Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny. |
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| Official Emblem of the ANF. |
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| Official Emblem of the Hare Hunters of the Adirondack Mountains |
DECEMBER 15, 2019
VETERAN HARE HUNTER INDUCTED INTO
LOYAL ORDER OF THE BIG WOODS HARE HUNTERS of the ALLEGHENY
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| The High HareMan (left) welcomes Mr. Matthew Baker into The Loyal Order of the Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny and awards Matt with his official hare hunter cap and official Membership Emblem. |
The Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny take great pride in announcing:
Mr. Matthew Baker, of Lucinda, PA. has been officially inducted into the Loyal Order of the Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny.
The official ceremonies were held at a location high on the Allegheny Plateau deep in the Big Woods on December 15, 2019.
Matt will now be afforded all the rights and privileges bestowed upon a member in good standing in the Loyal Order. He will automatically be granted access to all lands open to the Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny.
Membership in the Loyal Order of the Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny is not effortless, however, members are not solicited, petitioned or recruited. There are no application papers or fees; however, all would-be members are well vetted. No outlaws or poachers need apply. Fellow beaglers get special consideration and dispensation. Membership in the Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny is bestowed for life. Membership cannot be revoked.
Mr. Baker, a life long hunter, sportsman and outdoors man, is a biology teacher and the head trap shooting coach at Keystone High School, Knox, PA.
He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Antler Club in Lucinda, vice-president of the local chapter of Trout Unlimited, a member of Ducks Unlimited and other organizations too numerous to mention.
He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Antler Club in Lucinda, vice-president of the local chapter of Trout Unlimited, a member of Ducks Unlimited and other organizations too numerous to mention.
Matt is the proud owner and handler of two very accomplished and special beagles named Geronimo (Mo) and Pocahontas (Poco). He is a veteran hare hunter having hunted hare on the Allegheny and the Adirondack Mountains of New York with his beagles.
The HighMan is proud to announce Matt has been named by the High HareMan to two very special positions within the Loyal Order.
Matt will now serve as Biologist to the Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny. His official duties will include but not limited to advising the High HareMan and the Loyal Order on matters concerning early successional forests, forest growth, plant biology, invasive species and etc.
The High HareMan also is announcing the naming of Mr. Matthew Baker to the Board of Directors of the Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny.
We are the proud members of the Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny. We search the mountains, high swamps, clear-cuts and evergreen plantations of the Allegheny High Plateau with beagles for the elusive snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus). Headquartered in western Pennsylvania, high on the Allegheny Plateau, we are a band of outdoor men and women dedicated to the preservation of one of God’s greatest creations and one of Pennsylvania’s most elusive game animals, the majestic and magnificent varying hare.
Founded in 2002, we are a small, loosely organized, ever-expanding group of devoted beaglers, veteran snowshoe hare hunters, outdoor enthusiasts, conservationists and preservationists. We like to call ourselves “elite” mainly because we are the select few. Few are the beaglers who dare venture onto the Allegheny High Plateau in the bitter cold days of winter in search of the snowshoe hare making the Big Woods Hare Hunters of the Allegheny a very exclusive group to be sure. There is no weather too severe or snow too deep to curtail our passion for the great outdoors. We love to get out into the elements, searching the Allegheny High Plateau for the elusive snowshoe hare, enjoying the thrill of the chase, while taking great pleasure in the beautiful beagle music as it rings across the scenic Allegheny.
