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APRIL 1,2007
Tribal Members Brayden And Bryanna Langley Place In World Elk Contests
Third and sixth graders have grown up in a hunting family.
By Ron Karten
Tribal member Brayden Langley,
8, placed 5th at the World Elk Call
ing Championships in Reno, Ne
vada on February 24th. His sister,
also a Tribal member, Bryanna, 12,
placed 3rd in the Daisy Outdoor es
say contest with her essay on "Take
Aim At Safety." The events were
sponsored by the Rocky Mountain
Elk Foundation and Daisy.
This is the second year in a row
that Bryanna has placed in the top
five in the essay contest. And last
year, Brayden finished first in a
local Elk Calling competition.
The two have been involved with
hunting their whole lives, just as
their dad Bryan Langly, Tribal
member and Education Depart
ment Specialist, and grandpa Dale
Langley, Tribal Elder, have been
involved their whole lives.
This year, Bryanna is old enough
to hunt and will be out with Bryan
and the family to take on the wild
life. And Brayden, who is not yet old
enough to hunt is going nuts with
the injustice of it all. Still, Brayden
does participate during his dad's
hunting trips.
"He likes to bring along his bow or
his BB gun to shoot," said Bryan.
He also enjoys practicing elk
calls. "He practiced every day for
the Reno competition, but he could
only practice in his room because
he would drive ev
eryone nuts," said
Bryan. "He loves to
call."
Still, the competi
tion was rough for
Brayden.
"Actually, even af
ter winning he was
bummed because he
did not win it all,"
said Bryan. "He is a
competitor. He was
also bummed be
cause he was in 3rd
place at the prelimi
naries. His favorite
reed ripped and he
could not use it, so
he had to use a new
reed."
The day turned out
to be all for the kids.
The Langley fam
ily went to the com
petition with their
friends, the Lee family, where both of
the Lee boys placed in their first time
out, but not so for the folks.
"The other boys' dad, Jim Lee,
called in the men's division and
did not advance to the finals," said
Bryan. "This was his first time call
ing at a competition. I called in the
professional division representing
Jones Calls, but did not advance to
the finals." H
A Brayden's Langley's friends:
Ryan Lee, left, placed second
in the Pee Wee Division (the
same division Brayden middle,
competed in) Nathan Lee, placed
5th in the Youth Division.
Bryanna Langley shows off her
hunting rifle.
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