State-Journal.com – The gift that keeps giving

By LEE MCCLELLAN/Kentucky Afield Magazine

Our family has a big Christmas celebration every year where everyone brings a gift, but doesn’t know who will get it. Some of the gifts are things you actually want; some of them are white elephants.You draw a number from a hat. Then, when they call your number, you pick a gift from the pile on a table. I’ve received a Chia Pet, a singing Christmas wreath and a ceramic pig. I choose terribly just about every year – and my gift picking ability is now a running joke.If you want to give someone who loves the outdoors a gift that he or she will actually like, then log on to fw.ky.gov – the website of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources – and click onto the Kentucky Afield Store tab.The “Kentucky Afield” television deer processing DVD is one of the most requested and popular items at the Kentucky Afield Store. This DVD shows you how to quickly and easily field dress, skin and debone your deer, and then convert your harvest into steaks and roasts.Now, in a unique holiday package, you get the deer processing DVD, a one-year subscription to Kentucky Afield magazine and the 2010 Kentucky Afield calendar all for just $15 – a savings of $8. This video alone costs $13 while a one-year subscription to Kentucky Afield magazine is $10.The Kentucky Afield calendar will include a list of Kentucky’s Top 100 typical and Top 100 non-typical deer. Log onto fw.ky.gov and click on the Kentucky Afield Store icon to purchase this special holiday package.There is an additional shipping and handling charge of $4.50 for the DVD. This offer is available only through the Kentucky Afield Store site.A unique stocking stuffer that will surprise the big game hunter in your family is an elk hunt lottery application. Each application costs $10, and may be purchased as a gift. Elk hunt lottery applications go on sale Tuesday, Dec. 1. Applications are available online only at fw.ky.gov.The resident Sportsman’s License is the perfect gift for the outdoors enthusiast who does everything. This license includes the combination hunting and fishing license, a trout permit, spring and fall turkey permits, statewide deer permit and the state waterfowl permit which also covers dove and other migratory bird hunting.This saves the purchaser $50 over buying each of these permits and licenses separately. This is one of the most appreciated gifts for the serious hunter and angler.A trip to the “Kentucky Afield” store at fw.ky.gov reveals other good stocking stuffers. Three caps featuring the Kentucky Afield logo superimposed upon the state of Kentucky are $16 apiece.The modern gun deer, rabbit or quail hunter in your family will appreciate the blaze orange hat, while the archery deer or waterfowl hunter will like the camouflage version. A plain version featuring the logo and state upon a tan background with a green bill is also for sale.Try some of these gifts for the hunter or angler in your family. These gifts will be used and appreciated throughout the year. Unlike a Chia Pet or a singing wreath.Hint, hint.

via State-Journal.com – The gift that keeps giving.