ANSWER THE CALL
Zach Tulk doesn't do anything halfway when it comes to RMEF volunteering.
Most people dip their toes into volunteering, but RMEF volunteer Zach Tulk attended one recruitment meeting in January 2023 and cannonballed straight into a committee role as gun chair for the 500-attendee banquet in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. “I had no idea what I was doing at first,” he says. But Zach sought help from a former gun chair and learned the details of working with the firearms dealer. After he successfully tackled the gun chair role in 2023, he served as gun chair and ticket chair in 2024 and now plans to cochair the banquet in 2025. He says being part of a banquet has helped him grow as a person. “I’d never really been in a leadership role in my life and just stepping into that role, it seems like a lot of people have responded well to how I do things.”
Northern Idaho Regional Director Karee Head credits Zach’s magnetic personality. “He’s such an easygoing guy that people want to work with. People want to be around him because he brings positive energy.”
Banquets have also become a family affair for Zach and his wife Danielle, who helps keep things organized behind the scenes. And daughters Kamryn (9) and Kylie (8) brightened last year’s auction, walking through the audience displaying items up for bid. “They really loved it, and they’re talking about coming back next year,” he says. The girls even served as official puppy watchers, taking care of the adorable black and chocolate lab puppies that were part of the auction, while they waited for new owners.
Zach hopes his family’s involvement in RMEF will serve as a model for Kamryn, Kylie and his youngest daughter Mila (5). He wants them learn to love conservation as much as he does. “I think the banquets really open their eyes to a different side of what they see of me and hunting,” he says.
Kamryn and Kylie volunteered as “puppy watchers” at the Coeur d’Alene banquet in 2024.
