GOAL to Host 1st Annual Antlerless Deer Drawing and Game Recipe Contest

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Lenox Sportsmen's Club

Gun Owners' Action League is pleased to announce the 1st Annual Antlerless Deer Drawing and Game Recipe Contest to be held on July 31, 2008 at the Lenox Sportsmen's Club. Every year the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife holds a drawing to determine who will receive an Antlerless Deer permit for particular hunting zones throughout the state. This year (2008) GOAL stepped forward and offered to make an event out of the drawing process much like the organization has done with the Division's annual waterfowl hearings held every August.

The night's schedule:

5:00 - 7:00: Recipe sampling and voting

7:00: Presentation by DFW staff on 2007 Deer Harvest Review, Explanation of the Antlerless Permits and Questions and Answer period on Massachusetts whitetail deer management.

7:45: Antlerless Permit Drawings conducted by the Lenox Sportsmen's Club Junior Shooters

The Awarding of the Recipe Contest Winners will take place after the conclusion of the presentation and permit drawings.

At this year's drawing event GOAL is starting what we hope to become an annual contest for those who consider their game recipes to be some of the best. For this first year we are going to start simple with two categories:

1. Game Chili

2. Game Stew

Click to download recipe contest entry form and instructions or email angelafisher@goal.org for more information.

The winner of each category will be determined by by ballots distributed to all of those in attendance. Event attendees are invited to sample and vote for their favorite recipes from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Winners will receive a plaque and a $50.00 gift card to Dick's Sporting Goods. There is an entry fee of $10 per recipe for GOAL members, $15 for non-GOAL members entered into the contest. All proceeds from this event will benefit The Massachusetts Junior Conservation Camp. There is no charge for general attendance, but we will gratefully accept donations for the camp. We hope to have a good turn out for this first event and hope that everyone will come and vote for their favorite game recipes.

If you plan to attend this event please R.S.V.P. to Angela Fisher at the GOAL office:

508-393-5333 ext. 206

angelafisher@goal.org

GOAL is also looking for digital photos of Massachusetts deer hunters to create a slide show for these events. These photos can be from of  hunts, old photos from hunting camps of days gone by, favorite hunting spots, youngsters in the field, etc. Please send digital photos to jimwallace@goal.org.