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Old 11-24-2003 | 02:23 PM
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MA Jay
 
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Default RE: What famous hunter would you like to hunt with ?

I' d bet it would have been pretty cool to hunt with the 1 and only " True Ted" ...

Teddy Roosevelt. Talk about a true Outdoorsman.... w/out him hunting today wouldn' t be nearly what it is.

During his tenure in the White House from 1901 to 1909, he designated 150 National Forests, the first 51 Federal Bird Reservations, 5 National Parks, the first 18 National Monuments, the first 4 National Game Preserves, and the first 21 Reclamation Projects. Altogether, in the seven-and-one-half years he was in office, he provided federal protection for almost 230 million acres, a land area equivalent to that of all the East coast states from Maine to Florida.

Besides being a President, he had also been Governor of NY, Assistant Secty of the Navy, a Deputy Sheriff in the Dakota Territories, Police Commissioner of NY, Colonel of the Rough Riders and ran a successful ranch the size of some states to name just a few jobs.

In his spare time he was President of the American Historical Association, founded the NCAA (yes the same 1 that runs college football and March madness) and a little club called the Boone and Crocket Club to name a few.

And after 7 1/2 years as President of the US what did he do to relax? Did he hit the public speaking circuit, nope. He went to Africa to hunt for a year. That' s pretty cool in my book.


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