2023 Seminars

Beast Feast Seminars 2023

Choose 1 or 2 Seminars to attend – Seminars are at 4:30 PM and most are repeated at 5:30 PM, Saturday, September 23rd
(Some alterations and additions may be made)

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 167
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
BEGINNING HUNTING – HOW TO GET STARTED – 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 HOW TO GET THE REQUIRED HUNTER EDUCATION CLASSES NECESSARY TO GET A HUNTING LICENSES, THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY, TIPS FOR SCOUTING, DIFFERENT TYPES OF GAME ANIMALS, CHOICES OF FIREARMS AND HUNTING GEAR OPTIONS. THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE SESSION AND QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME.  
TURKEY HUNTING – ROOM 171
AVID TURKEY HUNTER, 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
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.
TAXIDERMY 101 – Room 172
PAUL NIX
, IS AN AWARD WINNING TAXIDERMIST, WHO HAS PRODUCED DISTINGUISHED MOUNTS FROM CLIFORNIA TO VIRGINIA. A PREMIER PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD FOR OVER 50 YEARS, PAUL HAS BEEN SOUGHT OUT BY WELL KNOWN, WORLD CLASS HUNTERS TO MOUNT THEIR TROPHY KILLS. FROM PREPARING THE HIDE, TO ADDING THOSE CRITICAL FINAL TOUCHES, THIS CLASS WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PREPARATION AND PROCESS REQUIRED TO CREATE YOUR OWN SHOWPIECE. YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO LEARN JUST WHERE CREATING A QUALITY MOUNT ACTUALLY BEGINS. THIS SEMINAR IS DESIGNED FOR THE WOULD-BE D.I.Y. TAXIDERMIST, AND WILL GIVE YOU A HEAD START AS WELL AS THE MOTIVATION NEEDED TO ‘GO FOR IT’, AND TO SAVE SOME MONEY IN THE PROCESS.