April 29th Waterfowl/Turkey Event in PA

[Mark Spence]

CHECK IT OUT FELLAS....


1st Annual Western Pennsylvania Waterfowl and Turkey University

When: Saturday, April 29th from 1pm to 7pm
Where: Bessemer American Legion Hall, Bessemer, Pennsylvania
Cost: Admission will be FREE!!

Calling all waterfowl and turkey hunters, we will be having the first annual waterfowl/turkey university in the town of Bessemer on Saturday, April 29th.

There will be vendors offering waterfowl calls, waterfowl gear, decoys, turkey calls and turkey hunting equipment. There will also be waterfowl outfitters on hand booking hunts for the 2006 season.

Numerous seminars will be given on duck and goose calling, decoy placement, and scouting. We will also have a turkey calling/hunting seminar.

Pro Staff from Foiles Migrators will be on hand to give calling seminars and tips. Pro Staff from Final Approach will be on hand to answer questions and to present Final Approach waterfowl gear.

Stop by and plan on hanging around for a while, the seminars promise to be the best available in this area. They may even make you a better goose or turkey hunter.

***Stop in and see local outdoor video personalities from Longneck Outdoors as they debut there new production, “Killin’ Time, Reality Goose Hunting” Copies will be available for the first time! All local hunts!!

***Foiles Pro-Staffers, Matt Hougan and Mark Spence, will be tearing up the stage offering advice and tips for the goose hunters!

***Local Goose Call maker, Eric Peters will be on hand!

***Question and Answer Session for Waterfowlers with Pro-Staff from Foiles, Final Approach, Peters Blue Collar Goose Calls and Longneck Outdoors Pro Staff!

***And Much More!!

All hunting related vendors welcome, please call 724-667-1222 to reserve a table. Seeking Taxidermy displays, call makers, all hunting equipment and outfitters. Set up starts at noon. Please, no firearms sales of any kind.
Soda and Hotdog Vendor will be on hand, so stay for dinner!

***Children welcome, but with a steady venue of seminars, please monitor closely.

[njhonker]

Mark,
sounds great buddy....it sounds like an event not to be missed..........

next time try to get it a little closer to Jersey............lol.....

Hey everybody, make sure you check this thing out if you can.....its a great opportunity to get hands on help with anything you need.....

great job Mark!

Rob

[Mark Spence]

Rob:

Thanks, but I only played a small role in organizing the event. Brian Pierog, of Longneck Outdoors, is running the show. It is a "premier" for his new video - "Killin' Time."

So, the thanks should go out to Brian!!!

[njhonker]

well great job Brian too then!...lol

[jezzolo]

That posted on here but wasn't sure if it would fly or not. Good look'n out Mark... :lol: I will have copies to sell at the end of the month..

[Mark Spence]

All you had to do was ask brother!!!!

Brian emailed and asked if I would post it up....NO PROBLEM!!!

[JPS_Flock]

Cant wait

[Mark Spence]

I was just emailed the schedule of events for the show.....here you go boyz:

Emailed from Brian Pierog - Longneck Outdoors

Here is the tentative schedule of seminars for Saturday's event. I'd like to thank Final Approach, Foiles, Andy's Taxidermy, Longneck and Quaker Boy for providing the speakers. I'd also like to thank the speakers for sharing a day with us.

If you need directions or something email Brian Pierog at pagoosehunter@aol.com

1-1:30 Social, meet and greet, Introduction on stage (Brian)
1:30-2:30 Turkey 101, (Quaker Boy)
2:30-3:00 Introduction to Layout blinds and Modern Decoys (Longneck Outdoors)
3:00-3:30 Introduction to Short Reed Goose Calls (Foiles Migrators)
3:30-4:00 Taxidermy, Care of the Trophy from the Field to the Shop (Andy's Taxidermy)
4:00-5:00 Goose hunting layout style, tips and tactics (Final Approach, Longnecks)
5:00-5:30 Advanced Goose and Duck Calling (Foiles)
5:30- Making of Killin' Time, Viewing (Brian)



Should be a good time fellas.....would like meet anyone close enough to make it!!!!

Mark

[Mark Spence]

Well fellas.....for those of you who didn't make it to this event - YOU MISSED OUT!!!

All of the seminars were very good....the turkey seminar was very good, the basic short reed calling seminar (Hougan and myself) went over very well, the blinds/decoys seminar went well, and the hunting geese layout style (field) went very well.

All in all there were about 100 people there throughout the day and probably an average of 20 or so at each seminar, with a few more at the goose calling and field hunting seminars.

Good food, good people, good information exchanged....just a flat out good time!!!!

[JPS_Flock]

Thanks a lot fellas you guys did a fantastic job , I'm sure that everyone went home a better waterfowl hunter.

[hoosierhunter]

Why don't you come to Indiana and do something like this? Sounds like a great time!

[Mark Spence]

Organize a date and location, advertise the event, and let us know!!!! Talk to your local Foiles or Final Approach Dealer about organizing a waterfowl event....it takes a lot of time and work....but it can really pay off!!!

[hoosierhunter]

I think the only Foiles dealer we have here in central Indiana is Gander Mountain, not many Foiles guys around here or selection of Foiles calls. My buddy that got me started (Duck Hunter Paul) got turned on to Foiles calls several years back ('00), and I blew his call and loved it, so I bought some Foiles calls. So we've been talking to and converting several guys to Foiles around this area. There's definitely mostly RNT around here. I blew in a competition here in Indy last Feb., and I was the only Foiles around, definitely need a bigger presence in this area. I'll talk to the local Gander and see if maybe we can get something going around here. Thanks, Matt