ABOUT US
WHAT WE DO
Our goal is simple: to protect and advance access and opportunity to hunt, fish, trap, and recreate in Idaho. We do this through collaboration with other like-minded groups, government entities, affiliates, and members to craft policy that preserves our shared heritage as sportsmen.
We convene monthly with our members and partner organizations to discuss future possible advancements in policy, initiatives, and educational opportunities in Idaho. The work we are doing now will ensure access is available for future generations of Idaho sportsmen and women.
MEET THE BOARD
Idaho Sportsmen is comprised of a fully volunteer board. Board members come from diverse backgrounds with expertise in natural resource management, wildlife and habitat policy, administration, and program management. Our Board serves with a shared vision to drive the organization forward and provide Access & Opportunity for all Idahoans now and in the future.
CARL REY
Carl is the ultimate sportsman. As an avid fisherman and hunter his entire life, Carl has hunted and fished in over 39 countries worldwide since 1974. Carl’s adventures include extensive hunting and fishing in Alaska’s Backcountry, Canada, Mexico, Africa, the Former Soviet Union, Europe, Central and South America and of course Idaho.
Carl also gives back to his community and state. Before joining the Idaho Sportsmen board, Carl Co-Chaired the Idaho Department of Fish and Game Advisory Council for 16 years and oversaw the development and implementation of “Access Yes”, Idaho “Super Tag”, Landowner Appreciation Program (LAP) Tags and other programs.
In 2014, by appointment of then Governor C. L. “Butch” Otter, Carl served as the Citizen at Large member on the Idaho Wolf Depredation Control Board from 2014-2019 working with ISAD, USDA -APHIS, sportsman’s groups and Ag commodities groups, including the Idaho Cattle Association, to curtail the wolf management problem in Idaho.
Carl has extensive experience providing testimony to, and working with, both the Idaho Fish and Game Commission and state legislators on myriad of natural resource issues. His degrees and professional employment background in Natural Resources Management and Agribusiness are the perfect balance of stewardship, conservation, access and opportunity.
As a former USFWS Biologist and Refuge Manager and a successful rancher, Carl has developed a custom set of conservation based recreational ranches in Corvallis, Montana, Fairfield, Idaho and Weiser, Idaho over the last 30 plus years.
Currently, Carl is a rancher and wildlife management planning consultant. He also serves as President of his family real estate investment company JBC Investments and as Managing Member and Tax Matters Partner of a 2,100-acre ranching operation in Weiser, Idaho for Camas Prairie Associates, LLC.
Carl is a lifetime member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Pheasants Forever and Safari Club International. Carl is a graduate of the Class of 2000 and Life Member of the Leadership Idaho Agriculture Foundation. In 2002 Carl became a member of Rancheros Visitadores. Carl has been married for 41 years to his wife Janine, they have 3 adult children and 4 grandchildren.
Aoibheann Cline
Aoibheann (pronounced A-veen) Cline is a passionate hunter and angler. As such, she has dedicated her professional life to protecting hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, trapping and access for all sportsmen and future generations. This is why she is proud to be on the Board of Idaho Sportsmen who is the most effective advocacy group in the state that represents the interests of all sportsmen equally.
Aoibheann earned her Bachelor's degree from Humboldt State University where she was a 3-time All-American rugby player. She went on to play for the Pittsburgh Angels where she won 2 National Championships. Following retirement from her rugby career, Aoibheann went to law school at McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific where she earned her law degree with a legal concentration in government and policy (Capital Lawyering). She is a licensed attorney. During law school Aoibheann served as the Vice President and Secretary of the Student Bar Association, the President of the Government Affairs Student Association, and the Federal Bar Association.
Following law school Aoibheann worked for the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation in Washington D.C. and in the West representing the interests of sportsmen in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, fighting to protect hunting, fishing, recreational shooting and trapping.
Aoibheann left the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation to work for the National Rifle Association, where she currently is. During her day job, Aoibheann is the Northwest Regional Director for the NRA's Institute of Legislative Action. She is a registered lobbyist in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington where she fights to protect the Second Amendment for all gun owners, and hunters alike.
When Aoibheann is not working, her biggest passions are fly-fishing, duck hunting and camping in Idaho's backwoods. She also enjoys big game hunting, upland hunting, and shooting on Idaho's public lands.
Aoibheann lives in Boise with her fiancé and their chocolate lab, Rivers.
Tim Frost
Tim Frost is not just an avid public land hunter, he is an ambassador for the wild, a champion for ethical outdoorsman practices, and a testament to the enduring spirit of a sportsman. Born and raised in family hunting traditions, he learned the ways of the woods and water through the experiences of the thunderous language of elk bugles and gobbling turkeys off the mountain canyon walls, patiently waiting for whitetail deer, and the parachuting waterfowl dropping out of the heavens working a decoy spread to the cadence of the call.
Tim graduated in 2017 with a Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. In 2015, he earned his Bachelors of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Minor in Chemistry from the University of Toledo. Tim completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Pacific University School of Pharmacy and the Oregon Board of Pharmacy in 2018.
Tim served under Governor Brad Little as the Deputy Administrator of the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) spearheading the consolidation of eleven executive branch agencies into one new division, holding the agency accountable as the COO managing 272 employees, $35 million budget, and 48 regulatory boards, including 265 board members. Tim successfully coordinated over 15 legislative policy initiatives each year through the Idaho Legislature from the beginning draft idea to the final Governor’s signature.
In his most recent government role, Tim served as Chief of Staff to Idaho’s 33rd Attorney General coordinating and overseeing day-to-day operations of the Attorney General’s office including managing 228 employees, 120 attorneys, and a $33 million agency budget. In 2023, Tim started 50 Elixir, a healthcare consulting and venture capital firm serving businesses and nonprofits across the country.
Joining the board of Idaho Sportsman was a natural extension of his lifelong commitment and a promise to future Idaho generations that the legacy of Access and Opportunity will be protected for years to come. Tim has been married for 8 years to his high school love Candace. They are proud parents to their daughter Raegan and yellow lab Cash!
BRADLEY O. MELTON
As a lifelong outdoorsman, Brad is passionate about fishing, hunting, and outdoor recreation. He believes that our fishing, hunting, and outdoor recreation resources are a vital component of our heritage. As such, Brad is committed to be a part of thoughtfully preserving and growing our access and opportunity to these resources now and for future generations.
Since 2005, Bradley has managed his Financial Advisor Practice for Edward Jones Investments in Lewiston, ID. He is an energetic professional with excellent interpersonal skills and public speaking ability. As a Financial Advisor, to teaching high school, to innovating at the university level, Brad is always helping the next generation.
Brad has an impressive education including an MS in Organizational Development from Central Washington University, a BA in Education, from Eastern Washington University, a BA in Business Administration from Washington State University, and an Associate of Arts from Yakima Valley Community College.
Brad is married to Dawn (28 years) and has two boys Drew and Beau. Many of his best times are those when he is enjoying the outdoors with Dawn and the boys.
BENN BROCKSOME
Benn Brocksome founded Idaho Sportsmen as an Idaho-based organization, to connect the men, women, and youth of Idaho to the outdoors and each other. Idaho Sportsmen was created to be a conduit for access and opportunity for Idahoans who love the outdoors.
As a 4th Generation Idahoan, Benn was raised in the Treasure Valley, he graduated with honors from Boise State University in 2010 and began his professional career. He served under Former Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter as Special Assistant and Policy Advisor before entering the private sector and founding his firm Benn Brocksome & Associates.
Benn has spent his entire life exploring Idaho and learning how to responsibly camp, hunt, and fish. From trying to quietly follow in his father’s footsteps in Idaho’s back county as a young lad to working in the state Capitol to address issues and build consensus with sporting groups and policy makers, Benn is a sportsman.
When he is not hunting or fishing, Benn works full-time as an advocate providing consulting, strategic advising, government relations, public affairs, and lobbying services for a variety of companies, organizations, and associations. Benn has served in leadership roles for international corporations, on boards for local nonprofits, and in other political volunteer positions. In addition to recreating in Idaho’s backcountry, Benn also enjoys live music, rodeos, and traveling with his wife Laural and their daughter Fiona.