2024 Season Kickoff 10 Years of AWS & Michigan Gems Celebration

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Gladwin Field Trial Grounds at Alibi Hall | Joy Road, Meredith, MI

M-18 and go East on Meredith Grade Rd., then turn left on Joy Rd. Follow the signs to Alibi Hall

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Join us in celebrating the upcoming hunting season and 10 years of the American Woodcock Society (AWS) and Michigan Grouse Enhanced Management Sites (MI GEMS)
in partnership with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Participants will enjoy a full day of presentations and demonstrations to prepare themselves and their dogs for the 2024 hunting season.

PRESENTATIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS INCLUDE:
• Shotgunning, patterning and firearm care: Del Whitman
• Grouse and woodcock habitat walk: Bruce Barlow,
Michigan DNR
• Tick management and first aid kits for the field and
truck: Scott Smith, DVM
• Grouse dog Q&A: Michael Mapes, Second Chance
Birddogs
• Upland trivia: Ron Boehme, The Hunting Dog Podcast/
Upland Institute
• 10th anniversary of AWS and habitat update: RGS &
AWS
• Dog nutrition and season prep basics
• 10 years of MI GEMS: Adam Bump, Michigan DNR
• How to Handle Birds for Upland Taxidermy: Chad
Donahue, Lazy8 Outfitters
• Upland cooking demonstration: Joe Swanky
• And more!

Cost: $50 per attendee.
Lunch and dinner included.

Sponsorship puts your name in front of new and experienced upland hunters while supporting the RGS & AWS habitat mission. Sponsorship funds will help cover event costs.

• Aspen Sponsor: $1,000
• Oak Sponsor: $500
• Alder Sponsor: $250
• Hazel Sponsor: $100

Event Contact: Gabe Stone
GabeS@RuffedGrouseSociety.org
(412) 779-5441

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