2007 Pheasant Forever Chapter 630 Mentored Youth Hunt
Pheasants Forever Chapter 630 is happy to announce that our 2007 Youth Hunt, held on October 6, 2007, was another huge success. This year we included drawings for 2 shotguns donated by our club as well as a $100 gift certificate for Elk Ammo and Arms, courtesy of the Ridgway Rifle Club. This event gets bigger and better each year due to help and donations from our partners, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Fox Township Sportsmen, Sheetz (Ridgway and St. Marys), Country Fair of St. Marys, Cenni Beverage of Ridgway, Johnsonburg Beverage, Wal-Mart of St. Marys, and ABC Catering.
Each of these 33 youth participated in the safety day as well as the hunting experience, harvesting a total of 33 pheasants and 30 chukars - Troy Caskey, Tyler Cribbs, Gary Defrain, Michael Defrain, Jason Doksa, Amy Donachy, Jessie Donachy, Santo Dragone, Dalton Fantechi, Lauren Geer, Michel Gennocro, Jason Haberberger, Samantha Haynes, Shane Gradl, Aaron Holdsopple, Jarrod Lipsey, Quinn Luhr, Zachery Luhr, Nathan McFaddan, Tim Mosebarger, Billy Goss, Ashum Oknefski, Jeffrey Petrochi, Aaron Pistner, Dillon Reed, Mary Rosman, Kyle Schneider, Mason Shutts, George Urman, Jake Weis, Zebb Zilkosky, Shelby Zomcik, and Zack Brady.
The biggest thanks of the day go to the dogs and dog handlers. They pulled through even though the heat of the day would have been great for swimming but far from ideal for bird hunting. Many are repeat dog handlers from the past that come back each year because this event is so much fun for everyone. Our special thanks to Jane Bryndel, John Billedeau, Paul Oldland, Rich Wilson, Wally Wilson, Anthony Santiso, Mike Wienzierl, Joe Wienzierl, Travis Wienzierl, Bill Zore, Chris Yeager, Jim Olzak, Leon Blashock, Randy Gradizzi, Shawn Lynch, Ed Gladysiewski, Ed Gigliotti, Jeff Werner, Jared Kuleck, Mike D'Amore, Robert Esche, Dan Schneider, and Brian Zilkowsky. Years of breeding, training and experience teaches these dogs to love tracking and retrieving birds and we thank them all.
These are a few of the youth hunters, dog handlers, dogs, and mentors that enjoyed the day..
