War Eagle Outfitters and Guides is named after a peak in south central Idaho's Black Pine mountain range. It is an appropriate name for a business that is based on hunting, fishing, riding and camping among the mountains and high valleys of this area. Ken Jafek has been outfitting since 1983 and knows the area better than the back of his hand. He enjoys teaching his craft to new-comers and introducing people to the wilderness, as well as handling everything from big game hunting to wagon rides for parties with children. As well as guiding for private individuals and groups, he has for 15 years been guiding hunts to radio-collar Mountain Lions for a local study group out of Idaho State University. Ken is also been a key figure in a more recent Idaho Fish and Game project, reintroducing California Wild Sheep to the Albion and Jim Sage mountain ranges, since their eradication from these areas 80 years ago.
Idaho Outfitters License number 194.
Member of Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association, Foundation of North American Wild Sheep, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
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Thanks to US Fish and Wildlife Service for this description: The sale of hunting licenses, tags, and stamps is a major source of funding for State wildlife conservation efforts. Just by respecting seasons and limits, purchasing all required licences, and paying federal excise taxes on hunting equipment and ammunition, individual hunters make a big contribution towards ensuring the future of many species of wildlife and habitat for the future. By paying the Federal excise tax on hunting equipment, hunters are contributing hundreds of millions of dollars for conservation programs that benefit many wildlife species, both hunted and non-hunted.
Each year, nearly $200 million in hunters' federal excise taxes are distributed to State agencies to support wildlife management programs, the purchase of lands open to hunters, and hunter education and safety classes. Proceeds from the Federal Duck Stamp, a required purchase for migratory waterfowl hunters, have purchased more than five million acres of habitat for the refuge system lands that support waterfowl and many other wildlife species, and are often open to hunting.
Local hunting clubs and national conservation organizations protect the future of wildlife by setting aside millions of acres of habitat and speaking up for conservation in Washington and State capitals.