It was a good night for hardware when the Estevan Wildlife Federation members celebrated the success enjoyed by their hunters and fishers during their 26th annual Awards Dinner at the Wylie-Mitchell Air Cadet Hall last Saturday.
The dinner and program moved along efficiently with some members becoming multiple winners in a variety of hunting and fishing disciplines and emcee Wanda Michel pointed out how encouraging it was to see a continuing strong contingent from the junior members who were stepping up to receive rewards for their efforts.
Broken down into birds, fish and game categories, the awards part of the evening was interrupted only occasionally by a series of draws for raffle prizes and dispersal of silent auction items.
The following is a list of successful EWF award winners this past year along with their results:
Birds
Junior: Stefan Seipp, Canada goose 13 lb. 4 oz.; Layton Stropko, Hungarian partridge 13 oz. and Nate Smart, pheasant - tail length 25 4/8 with 38 bars for a score of 63 4/8.
Adults: Murray Mosley, ruffed grouse 1 lb. 9 oz.; Joshua Michel, Hungarian partridge 9 oz.; Murray Mosley, sharptail grouse 2 lb.; mallard duck 3 lb. 4 oz. and snow goose, 6 lb. 3 oz; Garry Leslie, Canada goose 14 lb. 1 oz. and Lyle Daoust, pheasant with tail length of 23 1/8 and 42 bars for a total of 65 1/8.
Fish
Junior: Keagan Schindel, perch 1 lb. 4 oz. and Nate Smart, northern pike 24 lb.
Adult: Garry Tedford, perch 1 lb. 9 oz.; Murray Mosley, brook trout 1 lb. 1 oz.; Mark Michel, bass 5 lb. 3 oz. and walleye 8 lb. and Ralph Smart, northern pike 26 lb. 4 oz.
Archery
Men: Doug VandeWoestyne, moose 47 1/8; Lynn Hrykiw, elk 252 1/8; Kelly Pastachak, typical mule deer 163 6/8; Gary Leslie, typical whitetailed deer 135 and Bowhunter-of-the-Year 202.
Rifle
Junior: Shayna Hamilton, typical whitetailed deer 151; Nate Smart, non-typical whitetailed Deer 146; Lynnden Pastachak, typical mule deer 162 3/8 and Brandon Pastachak, antelope 60 4/8.
Women: Carrie Adair, typical whitetailed Deer 129; Carla Clark, typical mule deer 179 6/8 and Jodi Baht moose 69 6/8.
Men: Nolan Balon, typical whitetailed deer 189 5/8; Jessie Bourassa, non-typical whitetailed deer 178 2/8; Murray Mosley, typical mule deer 172 1/8 and antelope 76; Dan Mosley, non-typical mule deer 204; Perry Holmgren, typical elk 285 2/8; Jason Meyers, non-typical elk 312 6/8; Sam Peterson, moose 156 2/8 and Jamie Dyer, black bear 16 5/16.
Photography
Junior: Hailey Pehl, scenic and Taylor Evans, wildlife.
Senior: Bev Pickett, scenic and Jodi Baht, wildlife and Photo of the Year.
Membership sales: Dale Hokanson, Mike Halirewich and Frank Mosley.
The evening concluded with a performance of a juggler/comedian and a social along with the announcements of the final raffle winners.
