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2nd Annual Big Game Event
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Big Game Event 2009: A Vital Hit!
By John Kaplanis, Exec. Director
In only the second year of hosting the hugely popular Big Game Event, the NOSA sponsored event saw two Ontario records broken over the weekend! With over 500 people attending the event on Saturday Jan. 17th, there were 61 antler entries and only one bear skull entered. But the general observation by all in attendance was that the antlers being brought in are getting bigger!
| Highlight of the event was without question Fred Hilliard’s giant bull moose which ended up being panel scored by three certified measurers for a final tally of 231 3/8 inches of antler mass. |
Hilliard was on hand through the day and when his antler’s score was made official he was invited to the
podium to tell his story of how he encountered and killed the new Ontario Record moose!
If that was not enough, later in the afternoon it was brought to my attention that we may have yet another Ontario
record breaker in the house! Dave Nuttall, a certified Boone and Crocket measurer approached me to tell me they were
scoring aTypical Whitetail that still required about two weeks to dry before it was official. But even at this late
stage of the “green” period where the antlers are near finished drying, the Typical Whitetail taken by
hunter Keith Pritchard, ended up scoring an “unofficial” 190 3/8 which sets it up as being the new Ontario
record once it is panel scored in two weeks time.
Wow! What a day and what a huge success the event was. The day
also featured a kids moose calling competition with 21 children taking part. Special thanks to D&R Sporting Goods
for sponsoring the kid’s moose calling competition. Hunting seminars hosted by expert Moose guide Joe Dampier
and Outdoor Writer Gord Ellis, had the audience tuned in to find out more tips on how to hunt big bulls and giant bucks
in the wilds of Ontario’s Northwest.
Special thanks goes to the staff of the Foundation for the Recognition of
Ontario Wildlife (FROW) and to Rene Cadene who along with his wife Deb pulled themselves away from the Ontario Trophy
Board website to help with scoring at the event. I’d also like to give a special thanks to the following retail
booth advertisers who attended the event:
| North Country Cycle & Sport |
J&J Sports |
GMK Armoury |
| D&R Sporting Goods |
Northwest Argo |
Riverside Outdoors |
| Tom Armstrong Outdoors |
OMNR |
Lakehead Archers Inc |
| Boreal Tales Taxidermy |
Monster Whitetails |
Canadian Tire |
Here are the 1st place category winners for antler entries at the Big Game Event (2nd place runner up awards were also given out):
Moose Archery: |
| 1st |
Wes Werbowy |
141 1/8” |
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Moose Rifle: |
| 1st |
Fred Hilliard |
231 3/8” |
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Moose Cross Bow: |
| 1st |
Dave Hrabowy |
169 6/8” |
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Black Bear Rifle: |
| 1st |
Terry Aggamaway |
18 8/16” |
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Typical Whitetail Archery: |
| 1st |
Anthony Kaplanis |
155 5/8” |
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Typical Whitetail Rifle: |
| 1st |
Keith Pritchard |
190 3/8” |
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Non Typical Whitetail Archery: |
| 1st |
John Kaplanis |
169 0/8” |
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Non Typical Whitetail Rifle: |
| 1st |
Bob Lockhart |
178 7/8” |
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(Please note that cateogories not listed did not receive entries)
 2008's Big Game Night:
Have a look at last year's event
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