AUGUST 2022 NEWSLETTER
ELITE HUNTER PROFILES
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CONGRATULATIONS TO
BRIAN HAUCK, M.D.
FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AS AN
ELITE HUNTER*
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North Baja Desert Bighorn, Mexico |
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MOUNTAINS, MOUNTAINS, MOUNTAINS
Very seldom is a hunter so focused on mountain hunting that he becomes an elite hunter almost exclusively due to his hunts for the wild sheep and goats/ibex of the world. But when you become one of only 14 hunters to achieve the Ovis Super 40 and you are within 3 species of becoming the third person to ever achieve the Capra Super 40, our selection committee notices.
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Marco Polo Argali, Tajikistan |
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North African Aoudad, Morocco |
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THE JOURNEY
Brian grew up on a farm in Canada. For fun, he shot his sling shot and then graduated to a BB gun that his Dad got him at age 8. During his university years, his outdoor activities were primarily hockey, rugby, and skiing. Then there was a long break consumed by his medical education and residency (during which he became an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, and an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Calgary). In 2000, he successfully hunted a Dall Sheep and that “set off the Sheep fever like I never would have imagined.”
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American Mountain Goat, BC, Canada |
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WHAT ABOUT AFRICA?
Can you imagine being recognized as an elite hunter without ever having hunted Africa (except for two mountain hunts … Morocco for Aoudad and the Sudan for Nubian Ibex)? He still has plenty of time for Africa, if he so chooses, but Brian remains laser-focused on adding to his collection of 42 Ovis species and 37 Capra species. And he also has a goal of achieving the North American 29 as recognized by GSCO. His next hunts will include Columbia Blacktail and Roosevelt Elk … and any additional Ovis and Capra species currently huntable or that may become huntable in the future.
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Pronghorn Antelope, New Mexico |
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Polar Bear, Nunavut, Canada |
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“HUNTING HAS ENRICHED MY LIFE”
“I really enjoy seeing the many countries and cultures, and meeting and making friends with so many amazing people around the world.”
FAVORITE SPECIES
“My favorite species to hunt is the Markhor, and I rate my greatest hunting achievement as the successful hunting of the Bukharan Markhor, Astor Markhor, Kashmir Markhor, and Sulaiman Markhor.”
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Bukharan Markhor, Tajikistan |
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NEXT MONTH, ANOTHER ELITE HUNTER* WILL BE PROFILED. WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR SELECTION COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF RENOWNED HUNTERS ED YATES, REX BAKER, and
RENEE SNIDER.
*Elite Hunter Profiles is sponsored by Sportsmen on Film, Inc. and can be accessed via www.sportsmenonfilm.com or www.elitehunterprofiles.com. The profile of a new Elite Hunter will be presented monthly, in no particular order, and without consideration of the year of each accomplishment, but the totality of accomplishments must be prolific.
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