Beast Feast Seminars 2022
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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 17th |
| FISHING SEMINARS |
| BASS FISHING / FALL TRANSITION – Bruner Fellowship Hall BRANDON PRITCHETT IS A TOURNAMENT ANGLER WHO HAS OVER 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BASS FISHING AND COMPETING IN TOURNAMENTS AT ALL LEVELS SUCH AS B.A.S.S., FLW, MLF AND COUNTLESS OTHER TRAILS AND TEAM TOURNAMENT FORMATS. HE WILL FOCUS ON THE FALL TRANSITION AND HOW TO LOCATE AND CATCH BASS SHALLOW AND DEEP DURING THIS PHASE. ADDITIONALLY, HE WILL TALK ABOUT BAIT SELECTIONS, ROD AND REEL SELECTIONS, AND TYPES OF LINES TO USE FOR THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES. COME ON OUT AND JOIN US FOR A FUN EVENING AND HOPFULLY HELP YOU IMPROVE ON YOUR BASS FISHING KNOWLEDGE AND ULTIMATELY CATCHING MORE BASS! |
| BEGINNING FLY FISHING – Room 150 TOM REISDORF, AS BEEN FLY FISHING SINCE 1966. HE GREW UP FISHING IN THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE NY. AND WAS A FORMER STATE CHAIRMAN OF THE VIRGINIA COUNCIL OF TROUT UNLIMITED, AND FORMER FLY FISHING AND FLY TYING INSTRUCTOR FOR THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES AND BECOMING AN OUTDOORS WOMAN PROGRAM. HE IS THE FORMER THE MANAGER OF ANGLER’S LANE SINCE AND STILL WORK PART TIME. HE HAS GUIDED CLIENTS FOR TROUT AND SMALLMOUTH BASS AROUND VIRGINIA FOR DECADES. BEGINNING FLY FISHING WILL CONSIST OF LEARNING ABOUT RODS, REELS, FLY LINES, LEADERS, TIPPETS, BACKING AND BASIC KNOTS. THEN LEARNING ABOUT WHAT IS IN A FLY VEST OR PACK, FLY BOXES AND FLIES, GADGETS, ETC. A CASTING SESSION WILL FINISH THE CLASS. |
| HUNTING SEMINARS |
| WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT – Room 172 MATTHEW OVERSTREET REGION II WILDLIFE MANAGER FOR THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES, LANDOWNER, CATTLEMEN, HABITAT MANAGER AND AVID SPORTSMEN. I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY TO HUNT NOW WHAT DO I DO? WHERE TO GET STARTED ON HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND THINGS YOU CAN DO REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF YOUR PROPERTY. IF YOU ARE NEW TO LANDOWNERSHIP OR HAVE BEEN HUNTING YOUR FAMILY’S FARM FOR YEARS. THIS TALK WILL HELP GUIDE YOU TO IMPROVING HABITAT QUALITY AND QUANTITY FOR ALL WILDLIFE INCREASING YOUR HUNTING OPPORTUNITY REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF YOUR PROPERTY. |
| ELK IN VIRGINIA & MULE DEER HUNTING – ROOM 167 AVID ELK HUNTER, MIKE ROBERTS, HAS DEVOTED HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO NATURE. HE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WOODS, WATERS, AND WILDLIFE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. MIKE CURRENTLY SERVES AS A NATURALIST FOR THOMAS ROAD OUTPOST. MIKE KNOWS MANY HUNTERS HAVE DREAMED OF ONE DAY HARVESTING A MAJESTIC ELK OR MULE DEER. IT HAS BECOME OVERWHELMING AND DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR SOMEONE TO BEGIN PLANNING AN ELK OR MULE DEER HUNT. THIS SEMINAR WILL DISCUSS THE REINTRODUCTION OF ELK INTO VIRGINIA AND MIKES TIPS AND TRICKS FOR HUNTING BOTH ELK AND MULE DEER. |
| OTHER OUTDOOR SEMINARS |
| SURVIVAL 101: TECHNOLOGY AND COMMON SENSE PREPARATION TO 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 COVER USEFUL TECHNOLOGIES, OLD FASHIONED TRIED-AND-TRUE TECHNIQUES, EQUIPMENT, SELF-RESCUE, 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 A CATASTROPHIC WAY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR KIDS AND LOVED ONES TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY CONFIDENT THAT AT THE VERY LEAST YOU’VE STARTED OR HAVE IMPROVED YOUR OUTDOOR SURVIVAL ODDS BY ATTENDING THIS FAST PACED, INTERACTIVE, INFORMATIVE AND FUN SEMINAR. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED! |
| ACTIVE SHOOTER PREPAREDNESS – TRBC Choir Room (Above Bruner Hall – Enter from Main Lobby) 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. HE WAS 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 HAVING A PLAN B. |
| 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. |