Well felllas we are having our first Predator expo and calling comp in the clubs history of this magnitude. we are having 8 different speakers and a calling competition in which the winner will recieve a all expence paid trip to compete in the worlds in August. Here are some of our speakers.
Seminar 1~ Red Fox Hunting Speaker~ Ernie Wilson
Seminar 2~ Gray Fox Hunting Speaker~ Freddie McNight
Seminar 3~ Red Fox Hunting w/partner Speaker~ Dave Kaproki & Clifton Hatch
Seminar 4~ Children's Calling Demo Speakers~ Tim Deckhart & Jim Monko
Seminar 5~ Raccoon Hunting Speaker~ Hern Blett
Seminar 6~ Coyote Hunting Speaker~ Dave Dunbar
Seminar 7~ Furbearer Biology Speaker~ PGC Biologist Matt Levello
Lecture~ PGC Furbearer Hunting Reg's Speaker~ WCO Jeff Mock
These are all knowldegable predator hunters that hunt in PA and on the east coast and they consistantly call and kill predators year in and year out.
Along with the 8 speakers at this event we will be having raffles and 50/50 drawings throughout the day.
any vendors that would like to purchase a booth there is also a vendor app if you click on the link in my sig line.
This event will be held at Foxpro and is a Pennsylvania Predator Hunters Associtation event. Any questions let me know and we can get it straightend out. thanks
well lets start with when is it and then give me a better idea of where it is; guess i'm to lazy to look up where fox pro calls home. would love to attend something like this but i have to work a lot of weekends and have to arrange for a weekend off pretty far ahead of time.
The event will be held july 12th and is pretty much all day. from 9 to 9 if you stay for the calling comp. Foxpro is located in lewistown about two or so miles off of 322.
I would love to go but my gas fund is screaming (8 mpg) :puke:
Thinking about going.Looks like it will be a good one. :highclap:
What?... No Tony Tebbe guest speaker?? :shrug:
Bigben make sure you bring us some pics :wink:
I reiterate that these are PA callers and hunters that hunt on the EAST coast. and take predators consistantly each year. this is the one event ya don't want to miss.
Hey! :holdon: Where's our Calling in the East Star, Brent Saxton? :confused:
Iffen ya ain't careful I might show up too. :eyebrow:
QuoteWhat?... No Tony Tebbe guest speaker??
In the same room as Ernie Wilson? Hmmmm - I don't know how that would play out.
But speaking of Ernie, he runs EW Calls the web site is http://www.ewcalls.com/
He makes some very very nice predator calls, and he has a great sound list on his site that you can down load and listen too. He is a really good caller.
You might remember him Jiim, he used to be a call maker on PM before he got run off the board.
I've never heard him speak, but he knows calls and calling, and I am betting he will make it worth anyomes time to see him.
I'm more surprsed not to see Kee's Calls there doing a seminar.
Al
I thought that was the same Ernie Wilson. I think Dave Dunbar is also a call maker or ateast a call designer and seller of some sort. Critter Buster maybe?
I've also seen the name Jeff Mock around quite a bit.
Wish I could make it.
Brad
yes the ernie wilson you are refering to is the one that is speaking. and dave dunbar is owner operator of critterbuster game calls.
here is the link that has all the up to date info and such. along with the forms for everything.
http://ppha.us/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=57
I'm sure it'll be a fun day with lots of great speakers and vendors.
Oh, did I mention Kettle Creek Calls will be there. :eyebrownod: :wink:
bootmud
Oh yeah, I remember him
I'll be there. A whole days worth of good predator hunting info and good products.
If you plan on attending be sure to go on ppha.com and print out your registration form and send it in along with your check. Might want to consider becoming a PPHA member too.........
Be sure to carpool to save you a little gas money!!!
Which Lewistown? mapquest says there's two?
it is the one towards the west. should be right beside rt 322
ah, ok, thanks
bttt
allright fellas a last bump and some info. the directions on the ppha sight were wrong. if you go to google maps and type in this or copy and past it n40 37.672 w077 31.629 that will put you in the parking lot of foxpro. we are taking walkins for the expo and for the calling comp. so if you were not sure if you were going to come or not and did not want to make a reservation then you can still come. who all is coming I know that there is a good many from out of state coming in.
:confused: :confused: I'm getting a warning that a virus called trojan-downloader.js.remora.bp is on your site when I click your link Ben
If anybody wants a ride from the west I'll be heading over early saturday morning. I have plenty of room in the truck, just meet me along I-80 somewhere.
Steve
Quote from: FinsnFur on July 08, 2008, 10:20:58 PM
:confused: :confused: I'm getting a warning that a virus called trojan-downloader.js.remora.bp is on your site when I click your link Ben
I have told our webmaster about it and he keeps saying it is in the board not the actual files on the cpanel. I tried all I could in getting him to fix it. here soon I will have to call the main man at the server and get it fixed.
not in the board he said the server. sorry.
I'd be on the phone with ANOETICCONCEPTS.COM which by the looks of things is who owns that server and give them an ear full.
Anoetic Concepts
PO Box 8448
Kirkland, WA 98034 USA
(888) 212-1535
(206) 600-7828
Anyone who knowingly resides a trojan on their server like that shouldn't even be hosting sites. The fact alone that it got in, tells you what kind of set up they are running.
Looks like your domain expires Oct 11th. I'd tell them to go hell, seriously.
Any mail that gets sent from your site is also going to have that in it, and before long your site will be on every MX Blackist in the country. That's just the beginning.
well i got in contact with the server through out the day and he has told me he has scaned the server and it looks like our virus is in the phpBB coding. I need to talk to the officers this weekend if we want to just wipe the slate clean and start a new one or try to upgrade and see if that takes care of it. I know that our server guys website is ultrahost.us I am not sure what is going on. I am not sure if the webmaster is lying or what. I am going to try to convince em to switch servers. the webmaster now wants to go to blue host. not sure on what the course of action will be. we are having elections in a few weeks so I doubt that the current administration will have time to fix the problem. I do know that we only use about 1 % of what we pay for. I would like to support your hosting service jim personally if we are too move. but I have no clue what the repercutions would be with pissin off the new webmaster. he is a kid 21 yrs old that stepped up to do the job. he has his own website bussiness and I think if we make him mad he won't stay on. volunteer ya know. and if that would happen we would need someone to change stuff on the board.
Ben,
Do you have to be a member of the PPHA to call in the contest?
JD
I wasn't trying to fast talk you into becoming a hosting client of mine, Ben. It just baffles me being in the business that someone with supposedly positive intentions in the same business could shrug off something so serious.
I understand where your at with the current administration and the qualms moving could incur. It's a huge step for some people.
Whether they move or not though something really needs to be done about the trojan. Any host worth spit will say the same thing, and right now anybody is looking better then who you have.
There's nothing wrong with bluehost if thats who they have there sights set on. At least nothing that I have heard.
I'll stop hijacking your thread, I dont wanna make a mess of it for ya.:wink:
Let me know if there's anything I can do
jim
I never took it as trying to fast talk your way into it bubba. the webmaster that I guess should be handling this has not really done so. he has just left it go. who's responsibility is this? the webmaster or the servers?
JD
you do not need to be a ppha member but you do need to be a pa resident. sorry. if you were a member of the ppha and out of state before we announced the calling comp then you would still be allowed to call. I think next year we are going to open the calling comp up to all the states that border pa.
Wtg Ben, cooking in this heat musta been a killer !!! From what I've read it was a huge success !!!!!
The expo was probably one of the most organized things I have ever been apart of. I heard of only a few people that said they enjoyed the seminars. I would not know though. I was stuck in the kitchen. I have been told the kids seminar was a great one along with all the other speakers. it was nice to meet a few people and put some names to faces. it was great to meet Dave Kaprocki pete hauer andrew lewand and his father, along with sonny pruitt which was a total surprise that he was there. The calling contest winner was ernie wilson/buckwheat. second was curtis houser/bootmud and third was tim dekard/lookn4fur. we had 8 callers. and the points between 1st and 8th was only 30 points. First and second was only 1 point apart. top score was 308 scores were over 7 sounds. two lowest sounds dropped.
I would like to thank. foxpro for the donation to the building and also for flying out the winner to compete at the worlds in late august. if you are gonna be there introduce yourself to ernie.
After a day of conversing with some of the best and most notable folks in the predator calling industry the 1st Annual PA Calling Cometition took place.
I'm sure most of the callers were nervous to start, maybe not quite as nervous as me but that didn't last long. The backstage area for the callers was more like the green room for a Larry the Cable Guy show and not a competitive event.
The judges were bombarded with sounds that included bird dist., coaxing dist, coyote pup kiyi's, rabbit dist, chicken dist, field mouse dist, and more.
Then came the coyote vocalizations. The sounds included adult coyote kiyi's, challange howls, lone howls, and more.
I was simply amazed at the different styles and sounds the contestants were making. As one caller mentioned everyone of those sounds by the callers was more than efficient to call in any coyote across the country and how were the judges to pick???
The support by the contestants to one another was great. Words of encouragement were constantly tossed around to make each other confident in their calling.
I believe Lifes2Fun made mention after the event that there was no way he would have wanted to be a judge. He also made mention that from his side of the curtain the sounds were very realistic and that the judges were under alot pressure to critique the sounds by the unseen callers.
In the end the scores were all very close but Ernie WIlson - Buckweat one of our very own HPA member and former pres. of the PPHA took top honors.
Second place went to bootmud and LookN4Fur rounded out the top 3 with third place. I'd like to congratulate all the contestants for a job well done and again I was absolutely amazed at the calling styles of all the competitors, I learned a great deal. It was a great event and I'm glad I was able to participate and my hats off to the judges. Thanks You to all the judges!
1st Place - Ernie Wilson (Buckweat)
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2nd Place - Curtis Houser (bootmud)
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c135/bootmudhunt/101_0023.jpg)
3rd Place - Tim Deckard (LookN4Fur)
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c135/bootmudhunt/101_0026.jpg)
All the Callers
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All the callers from left to right.... Duffman, Steve Frye (YoteHunter74), Uncle Buck, Ben Smyser (BigBen), Curtis Houser (bootmud), Tim Deckard (LookN4Fur), Timmer ?, and Ernie Wilson (Buckweat).
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c135/bootmudhunt/101_0020.jpg)
Congratulations Ernie, Curtis and Tim...I couldn't stay for the entire comp, but what I did hear sounded absolutely awesome. My hats off to all of you guys for participating.
Curtis, I told ya you should have tried my calls...you probably would have won it all :biggrin: :biggrin:
Steve
Steve, yer call must have been one of the tricks he left out of his purse...er.. fanny pack :biggrin:
I've found a new appreciation for the "Man Purse". :eyebrow:
AL
Thanks for nice words about my calls, However I am not sure what you mean about me being run off the other board. I just got tired of paying for it there and selling calls,
Kind of takes the fun out of it if you know what I mean. I just want to make calls and enjoy it for a little wile.
As far as a speaker, I only had one hour of time to tell everything there is to know. lol
I would have also liked to see Brent there; He was invited as far as I know. I think he is a go getter. Some day I hope he will come to a hunt or an event; there are a lot of PA guys that like him. I may be one of them if I ever get to meat him. Al, some day I would like to shoot the bull with you also.
Hey Ernie -
Just forget I said ANYTHING.
Al
Internet Caller Extraordinaire
Congrats guys :congrats:
I'm gonna leave the man purse thing alone :innocentwhistle: :nono: :laf:
Thanks for bringing in the breakdown and pics bootmud :wink:
Al
Forgotten already, BigBen had one of your calls hanging on his neck, so I finally got to run my grubby fingers on one of your bonker calls at this event. Sure is a neat little call.
Ernie
Hey there Buckwheat! Welcome aboard! :biggrin:
Hey is that guy on the right, in the orange T-shirt, in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th pix, the President of the PPHA?. :wo:
vvarmitr
Thanks for the welcome I appreciate it; I had been on this board a little wile though. I just have not posted much and yes that is the president of PPHA he is nice guy.
Quote from: Buckwheat on July 20, 2008, 09:42:11 PM
that is the president of PPHA he is nice guy.
I've known Ben (Woody220) for several years, internet wise that is. We tried several times to get together for a hunt, but mostly my fault, my schedule wouldn't let us. :argh: Darn shame too! We got along real good. :biggrin:
BTW Did he ever tell you the story about spanking the g'hog? :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
I will remember to ask him the next time I seem him.
Quote from: Buckwheat on July 21, 2008, 12:09:26 PM
I will remember to ask him the next time I seem him.
:doh2: Don't let him know you know vvarmitr!!!!!! :rolleye:
:roflmao: :roflmao:
Ok, I will just say to Ben, HaMer, a good friend of warmitr said I should ask you about spanking a Hog!! This sounds better to me any way. :roflmao:
:laf: :laf:
QuoteBTW Did he ever tell you the story about spanking the g'hog? :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
VIC MY MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! talk about a blast from the past.....geez! :biggrin:
how the he77 are you buddy?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Buckwheat called me earlier tonight about somthing else.....and than asked me out of the blue about spanking a groundhog.... :laf: i about busted a gut!
i almost forgot all about that little episode.
i registered here a long time ago and never activated my account...when i heard you were asking about me over here i figured i'd better come over and harrass you alittle.
glad to see your still around and doing well. i'll PM you my cell number....gimme a ring when you can so we can catch up....its been at least 2+ years since we spoke last.
be well Vic....talk with you soon i'm sure! :highclap:
~Woody
Oh no. Now you guys have Woody and Buckweat here. I tought I could get rid of all those Pa. guys by coming to FnF. :doh2: Now where in the world am I gonna go. :laf:
bootmud
Bootmud
You can not hide, http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=HdBB4ekspRg
Hey Woody!!!!!! :yahoo:
So ya been lurking over here have ya? :nofgr: :laf:
You won't be able to pm me here till ya get at least 25 posts so please send me your # at VHI. :wink:
Ya might want to keep it low key that your a friend of mine. Some are pretty upset w/ now. :sad:
Sure looking forward to catching up w/ ya. :biggrin:
QuoteYou can not hide, http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=HdBB4ekspRg
:laf:
Bopeye
25 posts before I can reply to your PM you set me April 21 2008, only 19 more post to go. :whew:
Quote from: bootmud on July 22, 2008, 06:30:17 AM
Oh no. Now you guys have Woody and Buckweat here. I tought I could get rid of all those Pa. guys by coming to FnF. :doh2: Now where in the world am I gonna go. :laf:
bootmud
Your not safe anywhere!!!! :roflmao:
Quote from: matt75bronco on July 23, 2008, 07:11:23 AM
Quote from: bootmud on July 22, 2008, 06:30:17 AM
Oh no. Now you guys have Woody and Buckweat here. I tought I could get rid of all those Pa. guys by coming to FnF. :doh2: Now where in the world am I gonna go. :laf:
bootmud
Your not safe anywhere!!!! :roflmao:
Oh brother, yet another one...... :madd: :laf:
I'm confused. :confused:
I was blaming those guys for you being here & here you are trying to hide from 'em? :nono:
Quote from: bootmud on July 23, 2008, 07:23:33 AM
Quote from: matt75bronco on July 23, 2008, 07:11:23 AM
Quote from: bootmud on July 22, 2008, 06:30:17 AM
Oh no. Now you guys have Woody and Buckweat here. I tought I could get rid of all those Pa. guys by coming to FnF. :doh2: Now where in the world am I gonna go. :laf:
bootmud
Your not safe anywhere!!!! :roflmao:
Oh brother, yet another one...... :madd: :laf:
You already knew I was on here bud! :confused: You must be losing it in your old age! :eyebrownod:
Hey I walked back in where we howled that night, looks like a decent spot. I know there are yotes back there! :biggrin: