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12th Annual North Carolina Wildlife Action Wild Game Cook-Off And Sportsman’s Exposition |
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*Latest News - Photos of the Event
The White Marsh and Lower
Cape Fear River Chapters of Wildlife Action hosted
the 12th Annual North Carolina Wild Game
Cook-off and Sportsman’s Exposition on March
17th, 2007 at the Boys and Girls Home
Exhibition Center in Lake Waccamaw, North
Carolina. Competing cooks prepared wild game dishes
on-site in the categories of “fur, fin or fowl”
and competed for cash prizes of $500.00 for First
Place, $300.00 for Second Place and $100.00
for Third Place. There was also a Youth Division
for ages 13-17 with a $100.00 US Savings Bond as
First Prize!
This event has grown in recent years to become one of the area’s most popular family festivals. It features food, live musical entertainment, wildlife, conservation, environmental and other educational exhibits, arts and crafts, and exhibitors and vendors of services and equipment for the outdoor enthusiast. In addition there are fun activities for kids such as bluebird box building, archery and airgun target shooting, an inflatable jungle gym, and other rides and games for the smaller kids. It’s a lot of fun for the whole family, and has become an eagerly anticipated Spring event in our area. The money raised during this event is used to support a full year of activities and programs for Wildlife Action’s various children’s educational programs. This year’s winners for the top prizes were: First Place ($500.00) - Bill White, for Grilled Medallions of Venison Tenderloin with Red Bell Pepper Chipotle Sauce; Second Place ($300.00) - Sandi McGirt, for McGirt’s Catfish Stew; and Third Place ($100.00) - Bill White, for Wild Turkey Cordon Blue with White Wine Mustard Cream Sauce. In addition, for the Youth Division the winners were: First Place ($100.00 US Savings Bond) - Justin Spaulding, for Jamaican Jerk Quail; Second Place - Britton Spaulding, for Deer Hash; and for Third Place - a tie between Jhati Owens’ BBQ Deer Roast and Jordan Brown’s Texas BBQ Venison Roast. Other winners in their respective categories included:
The money raised during this event is used to support a full year of activities and programs for our area youth, such as "Take a Kid Fishing Day", camping, boating and hunter safety classes, summer camps and canoe trips, archery, and bluebird and duck box building days. To fund these programs we rely solely on member dues, charitable donations, and fund-raising events. It's only the support of our sponsors and the people of our community that enables us to be successful with our programs. For more information or to volunteer as a sponsor e-mail us or call Chase Hooks at (910) 642-2521. |
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