Beast Feast Seminars 2026
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Choose 1 or 2 Seminars to attend – Seminars are at 4:30 PM and most are repeated at 5:30 PM, Saturday, September 26th |
| FISHING SEMINARS |
| BASS FISHING / BIG BAITS FOR BIG BASS – BRANDON PRITCHETT IS AN ACCOMPLISHED TOURNAMENT ANGLER WITH OVER 35 YEARS OF BASS FISHING EXPERIENCE AND COMPETITION ACROSS BASS, FLW, MLF, AND NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM TRAILS. IN 2025, HE WAS NAMED VIRGINIA ELITE 70 ALPHA ANGLER OF THE YEAR AND WON THE 2025 VIRGINIA TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS. THIS SESSION, TARGETING TROPHY BASS: CREATING THE BITE OF A LIFETIME, FOCUSES ON BIG FISH TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING SWIM BAITS, GLIDE BAITS, URCHIN BAITS, AND PERCH STYLE BAITS, ALONG WITH ROD, REEL, AND LINE CHOICES AND THE DECISION-MAKING THAT TRIGGERS THOSE RARE GIANT BITES. WHETHER YOU’RE A TOURNAMENT GRINDER OR A WEEKEND DREAMER, COME LEARN HOW TO PUT YOUR NEXT TROPHY IN THE BOAT. |
| STRIPER FISHING USING LIVE BAIT – MIKE SNEAD PREVIOUS FISHING GUIDE AND SPORTING GOODS STOREOWNER, WILL PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FISHING TACKLE AND TECHNIQUES USED TO SUCCESSFULLY CATCH STRIPED BASS UTILIZING LIVE BAIT. THIS WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE VARIOUS TYPES OF LIVE BAIT, SPECIFIC FISHING TACKLE, RIGGING TECHNIQUES AND PRESENTATION OPTIONS COMMONLY USED TO CATCH STRIPED BASS. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT SUPPLEMENTAL EQUIPMENT AND ITS USE IN CATCHING, KEEPING AND PRESENTING LIVE BAIT. WHETHER YOU ARE A NEW ANGLER INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES AND TYPES OF EQUIPMENT OR AN EXPERIENCED ANGLER, THIS WORKSHOP WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT WILL MAKE YOU MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HELP MAKE YOUR NEXT FISHING TRIP MORE PRODUCTIVE. |
| HUNTING SEMINARS |
| BEGINNING HUNTING – ROOM 150 Dan WILSON, BIOLOGIST FOR THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES, AND AVID HUNTER, WILL COVER THE BASICS OF HOW TO GET STARTED IN THE EXCITING SPORT OF HUNTING. IF YOU, OR YOUR CHILDREN, ARE INTERESTED IN HUNTING BUT AREN’T QUITE SURE WHERE TO START, THEN THIS SEMINAR IS JUST WHAT YOU NEED, WE WILL DISCUSS DIFFERENT TYPES OF GAME ANIMALS, CHOICES OF FIREARMS, HUNTING GEAR OPTIONS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY. THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE SESSION, AND QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME. |
| TURKEY HUNTING GARY ARRINGTON, IS THE DIRECTOR OF HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY, HE HAS HAD OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE TURKEY HUNTING IN OUR AREA. BOTH EXPERIENCED AND FIRST-TIME TURKEY HUNTERS STAND TO BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING THIS SEMINAR. HE WILL PROVIDE HUNTING INFORMATION, INCLUDING BEST HUNTING PRACTICES, SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, CALLS AND DECOYS, SITE SETUP, AND OTHER STRATEGIES FOR HARVESTING TURKEYS. |
| OTHER OUTDOOR SEMINARS |
| CHAINSAW 101 – PARKING LOT (OUTSIDE) THERE IS MORE TO OPERATING AND MAINTAINING A CHAINSAW THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. LEARN FROM A PROFESSIONAL., THE WOODSMAN (WWW.IHAVEASAWFORTHAT.COM). WE’LL COVER THE BASICS OF SAFELY OPERATING AND MAINTAINING YOUR CHAINSAW. A MUST SEE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS. THE CLASS WILL START WITH THE CHAINSAW AND THEN DELVE INTO BASIC FELLING TECHNIQUES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR TACKLING A DOWNED TREE. |
| ACTIVE SHOOTER PREPAREDNESS – TRBC CHOIR ROOM (MAIN ENTRANCE / ABOVE BRUNER HALL) THIS TRAINING IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN. PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED AND PARENTAL SUPERVISION OF MINORS WILL BE REQUIRED. MARKO GALBREATH IS A RETIRED POLICE SERGEANT OF 22 YEARS, A SWAT TEAM MEMBER AND HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION TEAM COMMANDER. THIS TRAINING IS FROM PRIMARY SOURCE INFORMATION AND IS NOT SUGARCOATED OR EXAGGERATED. HE WILL BRING HIS EXPERIENCE TEACHING ON SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND KNOWING YOUR SURROUNDINGS; EXPLAINING THE HISTORY AND DYNAMICS OF ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIOS. THIS WILL BE MORE THAN JUST THE TYPICAL RUN, HIDE, AND FIGHT. HE WILL TEACH HOW THE BODY REACTS UNDER EXTREME STRESS, RECOGNIZING IT AND GAINING CONTROL, ALONG WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF ALWAYS HAVING A PLAN B. |
| SURVIVAL 101: LIVE ANOTHER DAY – Pate Chapel COME JOIN RENOWED OUTDOOR WRITER, HUNTING INDUSTRY INSIDER ROBERT PECK FOR A PRESENTATION THAT MAY HELP YOU SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS OR SAVE YOUR OWN. ROBERT WILL RAPIDFIRE TAKE 50 MINUTES TO CONDENSE 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. THE PRESENTATION WILL COVER USEFUL TECHNOLOGIES, TRIED-AND-TRUE TECHNIQUES, EQUIPMENT, SELFRESCUE, SURVIVAL STRATEGIES, COMMON/UNCOMMON SENSE AND PREPARATION. YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF AND THOSE THAT COUNT ON YOU TO RETURN HOME SAFELY! HUNTING, HIKING, BACKPACKING AND CAMPING ALL SHARE THE SAME THING: IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH FOR THINGS TO GO WRONG AND SOMETIMES IN CATASTROPHIC WAYS. BRING YOUR KIDS AND LOVED ONES TO LEARN HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR ODDS OF SURVIVING BY ATTENDING THIS INTERACTIVE, SEMINAR. |
| BACKPACKING 101 – ROOM 184 SYDNEY MORGAN, HAS A FULL-BLOWN OBSESSION WITH LONG-DISTANCE BACKPACKING. BETWEEN 2021 AND 2023, SHE HIKED OVER 8,000 MILES, COMPLETING THE TRIPLE CROWN OF THRU HIKING—THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, AND CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL—AND SETTING THE WOMEN’S UNSUPPORTED FASTEST KNOWN TIME (FKT) RECORDS ON BOTH THE LONE STAR TRAIL AND OZARK TRAIL. DESPITE ALL THAT, SYDNEY INSISTS YOU DON’T NEED TO BE AN EXPERT, ULTRA-ATHLETE, OR OWN THE FANCIEST GEAR TO HIT THE TRAIL. WHETHER YOU’RE BRAND NEW TO BACKPACKING OR LOOKING TO LEVEL UP YOUR SKILLS, THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR YOU. EXPECT PRACTICAL TIPS AND HONEST STORIES. |
| STOP THE BLEED – ROOM 169 SUZANNE COLEMAN HAS A NUMBER OF YEARS HELPING WITH TRAUMA SITUATIONS. AN EMERGENCY CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME, ANYWHERE AND KNOWING HOW TO STOP BLEEDING FROM A SERIOUS INJURY COULD SAVE A LIFE. WOULD YOU KNOW HOW TO CONTROL BLEEDING FROM A SERIOUS INJURY UNTIL HELP ARRIVES? LEARN ABOUT TOURNIQUETS, THE IMPORTANCE OF WHY WE NEED THEM AND THE LOCATIONS THEY’RE MOST CRITICAL, INCLUDING HANDS ON WITH APPLICATION TRAINING. |
| WILDLIFE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY – ROOM 171 MATTHEW OVERSTREET, OWNER OF TRILLIUM LAND MANAGEMENT (TLM), WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF FEDERAL AND STATE GAME DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCE, A CATTLEMAN, HABITAT MANAGER, AND AVID SPORTSMAN, WILL SHARE HOW WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS BOTH A SCIENCE AND AN ART. THOUGHTFUL STEWARDSHIP BALANCES HABITAT HEALTH, WILDLIFE POPULATIONS, AND LANDOWNER GOALS. THROUGH TIMBER MANAGEMENT, PRESCRIBED BURNING, NATIVE GRASSES, FOOD PLOTS, AND PREDATOR MANAGEMENT, LANDOWNERS CAN CREATE THRIVING HABITATS FOR WHITE-TAILED DEER, WILD TURKEY, BOBWHITE QUAIL, AND MANY OTHER SPECIES. EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT ISN’T JUST ABOUT MORE WILDLIFE—IT’S ABOUT QUALITY HABITAT AND SUSTAINABLE POPULATIONS THAT WILL THRIVE FOR GENERATIONS. |
| INTRO TO BASIC PISTOL – ROOM 170
TRACI CAMPBELL, IS A NRA CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR FOR CONCEALED WEAPONS CLASSES. THIS CLASS WILL COVER MOST OF THE BASIC FIREARMS SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING SHOOTING FUNDAMENTALS. AS WELL AS BUILDING A PERSONAL PROTECTION PLAN AND THE LEGAL USE OF FORCE. YOU WILL LEAVE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS AND THEIR AFTERMATHS AS WELL AS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF VIRGINIA CARRY LAWS. A SECOND CLASS INCLUDING RANGE TIME WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A CERTIFICATION IS OFFERED. THIS INITIAL CLASS IS FREE OF CHARGE, THE SECOND CLASS, INCLUDING RANGE TIME, WILL BE OFFERED AT A LATER TIME TO GAIN A CERTIFICATION AT A COST OF $75 THROUGH, TRACI CAMPBELL. THE FIREARMS CLASS CERTIFICATION CAN BE GIVEN TO ANYONE OVER 12 YEARS OLD. |