We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
The "Kids" winners, sponsored by Gruszie Family Show Pigs, Kevin Young, and Kevin Elias, were the Skoyen Kids, Piper and Maverick Skoyen, and Team Bob with Denton Eggleston and Gauge Chapman.
The "Calling Class" winners, were Team "Roughnecks" with 44 dogs. On the team was Sam Miller, Ned Miller, Mitch Kvernum, & Chase Thompson
Total Number of Teams:
20 Open Class
28 Calling Class
2 Kids Teams
50 Teams Total
Total Number of Hunters:
89 Calling Class
66 Open Class
4 Kids
159 hunters total
Total Number of animals turned in:
38 Rabbits
23 Raccoons
31 Porcupines
308 Coyotes
400 Animals total
Prize Money Paid out
Just over $18,000 between the class winners, side pots, & Calcutta
Kids: Sponsored by Gruszie Family Show Pigs, Kevin Young, & Kevin Elias. Skoyen Kids (Piper & Maverick Skoyen) & Team Bob (Denton Eggleston & Gauge Chapman)
Small Dog: Sponsored by Gordan Cattle Company. Team: Merle the Pearl 17.16lbs. Merle Young, Todd Alisch, Austin Ouellette, & Cory Brothers.
Big Dog: Sponsored by Blaine County Journal & Secret Sun Travel
Team: Rocky 41.04lbs. Bubba Skoyen, Jill Barta, Payton Peterson, Shelby Woods.
Rabbits: Team: Squirrels. Lane Spidel, Ethan Murray, Cale Stillwagon, & Ryan Shippelhoute
Raccoons: Sponsored by Displacement Image Specialist. Team: The Whiley Coyotes - Chad Drugge, Jamie Hower, & Ezra Goldhahn.
Porcupines: Sponsored by Dale Williams. Team: Bent Barrel Tail Chasers - Russell Alisch, Teddy Crowley, Brandon Baldauf, & Gavin Valdauf .
Open Class: 3rd Place: Glacier Reapers 10 dogs - Scott McIntosh, Dan Moxley, Taylor Nicholson, & Braden Swenson.
2nd Place: Rocky 20 dogs - Bubba Skoyen, Jill Barta, Payton Peterson, & Shelby Wood
1st Place:Virgelle Colony 29 dogs - Kelsey Kassmier, Clete Ophus, Bruce Gasvoda, & Russ Allderdice
Open Class Calcutta: 3rd Place: Kevin Elias (donated back to put towards kids pot next year)
2nd Place: Clete Ophus
1st Place: Kelsey Kassmier
Calling Class: 3rd Place: Merle the Pearl 24 Dogs - Merle Young, Todd Alisch, Austin Ouellette, & Cory Brothers
2nd Place: Whiskey 28 Dogs - Jeremy Hofer, Chris Kolstad, Brandon Stahl, & Ben Richmond
1st Place: Roughnecks 44 dogs - Sam Miller, Ned Miller, Mitch Kvernum, & Chase Thompson
Calling Class Calcutta
3rd Place: Cory Brothers
2nd Place: Ben Richman
1st Place: Roughnecks
Most Coyotes: - Sponsored by Kevin Elias-Team: Roughnecks
Had $3,500 extra added to the payout pot for both Open & Calling classes thanks to local area sponsors.
The funds raised will go towards replaceing the Beer Garden Bleachers. That project is going to cost around $65,000.
Final numbers were not ready as of press time, but they are estimating they are about a quarter of the way towards their goal. Another Fundraising events coming up that will help cover that cost is the Brewfest in February. They have also applied for a few different grants to help with the project.
Money raised came from a portion of the registration and Calcutta, raffle tickets for a 22-250 donated by Jamieson Motors & Skoyen Ag, raffle tickets for a Lucky Duck Call donated by the Blaine County Fair Foundation, raffle tickets for 2 suppressors donated by Silencer Central, raffle tickets for 1 OnxHunt Elite membership donated by OnxHunt, silent auction on items donated, raffle tickets for a custom built 6MM Creedmoor donated by Custom Collision Repair in Memory of Dick Preputin. This gun was built by Mike Johnson of Chinook.
