Family Day photos

We were pleased to host 125+ participants and 30 volunteers this year. Sixteen youth hunters enjoyed the pheasant hunt sponsored by Kalmbach Feeds and guided by Elkhorn staff.

2007 Activities included:

Shotgun range Archery

Rifle range Fishing

Plus Trapping, First Aid and Pheasant raising seminars

and the youth pheasant hunt. A Life Flight Helicopter and fire engines visited the event during the lunch hour.

We appreciate our sponsors:

Glenn Kuenzli;

Jamie Cotsmire

The Sportsmen’s Den of Shelby;

Fin-Feather-Fur Outfitters (Ashland, Ohio;)

McKenzie Taxidermy;

Cabela’s;

Sporting Clays Magazine;

the ODNR Division of Wildlife;

the Ruffed Grouse Society;

Friends of the NRA;

Riverside Drive-Thru, Galion;

The US Sportsmen’s Alliance;

Blue Book Publications;

Crawford County Conservation League;

and Peter Amspaugh, our Faithfulness in Service Award winner.

Additionally, Kalmbach Feeds underwrote our Youth Pheasant hunt.

And volunteers:

Elkhorn guides Kelly Speigel, Ewing Miracle and Bryan Buurma;

Mark Weithman (Ohio State Trapping Association -trapping seminar);

The Lord of the Harvest Chapter of the Christian Bowhunters Association;

ODNR Staff Game Protectors,

Lou Rogers (First Aid seminar),

and the wonderful crew who cooked up the venison stew, chili, pheasant over biscuits and macaroni & cheese for lunch– Rachel Buurma, Melinda & Linda Royce, and Roberta Miracle.

And the rest of the Elkhorn Lake Hunt Club staff.

We first started the Family Fun Day in 1998 as a response to the Issue 1 (the Dove Hunting ban) debate.

Unfortunately, our hunting heritage is daily being threatened, and we need to educate the younger generation on the fun activities available!

Read 10/1/07

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