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Upcoming Events

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(updated February 6, 2012)

February 12th                     BC Wildlife Federation “Shuswap” regional meeting in Kamloops.  Contact Don Trethewey if you would like to attend.

February                     The  Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club annual trophy game banquet.  More details to follow at a later date on the Nicola Valley Fish and Game website.

March 2nd to 4th        BC Boat & Sportsmen's & BC Hunting Show

                             BC Boat and Sportsman and BC Hunting show at Tradex - Trade and Exhibition Center in Abbotsford. Information can be found at the following website: http://www.fvtradex.com

March 3rd              Fifty-third Annual Club Smorgasbord and Awards night. Wild game dinner, wildlife and photo displays, silent and live auction, awards presentation and dance.  Contact Ted or Lee for tickets and information (250-573-4091) Adults $30, Juniors $15.

March(etc.)           Core Hunting and Training Course – This course is primarily for those wishing to obtain their first hunting licence. Contact Alec in Kamloops (250-376-3596) or Ted (250-573-4091).  Also offered are certification courses and examinations for those wishing to receive their P.A.L. (Federal - Possession and Acquisition Licence).  Courses will be offered when an adequate numbers of individuals are signed up. 

March 12th to 15th  The Wild Sheep Society of BC is hosting the 18th biennial Symposium of the “Northern Wild Goat and Sheep Council” convention on March 12th to 15th in Kamloops. The Kamloops Fish and Game club will host a barbeque for attendees in the Dewdrop area on March 14th.

March 16th to 17th The Wild Sheep Society of BC’s 19th Annual Convention and Fundraiser will be held at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre in Kamloops, B.C., on March 16 and 17, 2012. For more information contact the following website: www.wildsheepsociety.net.

April 1st                Annual Spring California Bighorn Sheep and Deer count along north side of Kamloops Lake from Rousseau Creek to Ord Road area.  Count starts at daybreak with BBQ to follow.  Contact Craig McLean [250-819-9520] for information on times and location.

Highland Valley Outdoors Association from Logan Lake will be assessing the area west of Rousseau Creek west to Cache Creek  Contact Bill French, Highland Valley Outdoors Club.

April                     The removal of the ice fencing on Bleeker, Tulip, Rose, Horseshoe, and Wolloper Lakes will be completed as soon as the ice melts around the aeration units.  Contact Dubs [250-372-3844] if you can assist.

April 21st to 22nd    Kamloops Gun and Antique Show & Sale at the McArthur Island Sports Center.  For details contact the Kamloops Target Sports Association website www.ktsa.ca.

April 25th-28th        Annual BC Wildlife Federation Convention in Courtenay hosted by the Courtenay Fish and Game Protective Association.  The theme for 2012 is ”A Land Fit for Wildlife is a Land Fit for People”.  See the BC Wildlife Federation website for details http://www.bcwf.net/.

May - June             Club members will be providing casting lesson to elementary school students at Isobel Lake.  Dates to be determined.  Contact Doug Fielding [250-374-4898] if you would like to assist.

June 1st to 3rd        “Becoming an Outdoors Woman” program to be held in Lake Cowichan this year.  Contact the BC Wildlife Federation website for more details www.bcwf.bc.ca/programs/bow/index.html.

June 7th                 Costing lessons session with Juniper Ridge elementary students at Isobel Lake.

June 17th               Family Fishing Day at Walloper Lake.  The Kamloops Fish and Game club in co-operation with the Kamloops Flyfishers host the annual family fishing day. Club members will provide boats and equipment to take youngsters onto the lake for a taste of fishing. Individuals can also fish off the area dock and enjoy hotdogs, burgers and drinks on the shore for no cost.  This a Provincial free family fishing day therefore fishing licences are not required for this one day event.  Contact Mo (250-579-9097) for information on the event.

August                  Club members campout and fishing at Knouff Lake.  Dates to be determined.

August 26th            Annual fishout for the visually impaired members of the White Cane club will be held at Lac LeJeune.  Members of the Kamloops Fish and Game club plus members from the Kamloops Flyfishers take White Cane club members fishing for rainbow trout.  After fishing guests and all fishers enjoy a BBQ and conversation on shore.  Contact Dubs [250-372-3844] if you can assist.