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1st Annual Big Game Night
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 The 1st Annual Big Game Night Event Was A Massive Success!
The 1st Annual NOSA BIG GAME EVENT was held on January 26th and it was the first time an antler
measuring event of this size has been held in Thunder Bay. The event featured moose and deer antler measuring as well as black bear skulls which are also
measured and recognized in the record books. Various retail vendors also rented booth space for the event that put them in direct contact with over
300 hunting clientele who passed through the doors of the Slovak Legion that afternoon.
Adrian Hagar of
D&R Sporting Goods said, “The day was good for us, we sold a bit of product and we expect some future
sales on firearms as a result of the inquiries made by hunters today... overall it was well worth us being
here.”
In addition to the retail displays, there was a kids moose calling competition, hunting seminars by
Joe Dampier and Gord Ellis as well as numerous prize giveaways.
The kids who entered the moose calling
competition each received a $10 gift certificate from D&R Sporting Goods and the top two moose callers
received “fun bow kits” courtesy of Tao’s Archery Service.
Listed below are the top two winning entries for each category that saw animals entered for scoring:
Black Bear Archery: |
| 1st |
Rob Loftus |
20 4/16” |
| 2nd |
John Kaplanis |
20 0/16”
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Moose Gun: |
| 1st |
Pat Slivinski |
192 3/8”
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| 2nd |
Bob Reid |
191 2/8”
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Deer Non Typical Archery: |
| 1st |
Nick Kaplanis |
| 2nd |
no other entries |
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Deer Non Typical Gun: |
| 1st |
Rudy Kuchta |
187 4/8” |
| 2nd |
James Gilles |
185 1/8” |
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Deer Typical Archery: |
| 1st |
Joe Dampier |
128 7/8” |
| 2nd |
Nick Kaplanis |
127 6/8” |
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Deer Typical Gun: |
| 1st |
Glen McGee |
161 0/8” |
| 2nd |
James Gilles |
185 1/8” |
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It should be mentioned that the Kaplanis name appears here on the score board however the Kaplanis boys,
in addition to the work they put into organizing this year’s event, declined to accept their cash
awards for the categories they won, instead donating the funds back to the organization to put towards
next year’s Big Game Event.
What was surprising was that many categories did not receive entry,
for instance the archery moose category or any of the crossbow categories, for any species…did not
receive entries.
Hopefully in future years, we’ll see more entries and more of them in different
categories of firearm type used.
A very special thanks goes to all the hard work and effort put forth by the FROW measuring staff who came from far off to visit Thunder Bay for the event.
Paul and Kevin Beasley of Ontario Monster Whitetails, along with Rene W. Cadene and his wife Deb
were also joined by
Pope and Young scorer Dave Nuttall and local measurer Joe Dampier as they tackled over 50 animal entries
in little more than six hours. A phenomenal feat but one that may have to be exceeded next year as we
hope the event grows with popularity among hunters.
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