Lloydminster Fish and Game Association award winners gather for a group photo following the banquet Saturday evening. Photos submitted
The Lloydminster Fish and Game Association have had their plates full during the month of January, with back-to-back events, two weekends in a row.
The association held their annual Family Wildlife and Awards Banquet Saturday night, and it did not disappoint.
“It went really good,” said association president Dwayne Davison.
“We had a very nice meal and everybody certainly appreciated that, and we had some good entertainment with Magic Ben and did our fundraising side of things, and did our awards and all that.”
The meal was a meat-lover’s dream, with an array of different things to try.
“Our appetizer table is just full of all kinds of stuff and then our main course consists of beef, turkey, beef sausage, goose wrapped in bacon, pheasant wrapped in bacon, and steelhead trout, deep- fried pike.”
“We try to keep our supper ticket prices low,” said Davison, adding the tickets prices went up to $50 this year, but many people still say that’s cheap for what you get.
As far as the awards, Davison said the number of submissions was down this year.
“With the deer population being so low in Saskatchewan and in Alberta also. It’s been really hard the last two years on deer,” said Davison, adding the entries that were submitted were scored by Sherry Lechasseur.
“Sherry is a Boone and Crockett scorer, so she does all the scoring for us on all of the animals and keeps all of the records, and then brings all of the stuff to the banquet.”
Although award entries were down, Davison says the community support was amazing. Many sponsors helped out with the silent auction and raffle items. The live auction item this year was a 300 Win mag Ruger American.
This year’s top three sponsors were Ken-X Energy, Viro Rentals Inc., and Hobblestone Plastics.
The big game trophy winners recognized at the banquet are as follows: Typical Whitetail Deer: Nathan Pierce- gross score: 160 1/8, Tannis Sweeny- gross score: 149. Typical Elk: Darren Peters- gross score: 339 4/8, Ian Peters- gross score: 330. Moose: Leah Doidge- gross score: 128 6/8. Antelope: Dave MacKenzie- gross score: 69 1/8.Largest big game with primitive weapon (Antelope): Dave MacKenzie- gross score: 69 1/8.Lady’s largest big game (typical Whitetail): Tannis Sweeny- gross score: 149.Junior big game (typical Whitetail): Nathan Pierce- gross score: 160 1/8.
The fishermen who brought home trophies are as follows: Dave MacKenzie: 8 lb. 9 oz. Walleye, Mace Postnikoff: 8 lb. Walleye, Christopher Sweeny: 13 lb. Northern Pike, Doug Lowrie: 7 lb. 14oz. Lake Whitefish, Mace Postnikoff: Lorne Topley Memorial award.
When it came to waterfowl the winners were as follows: Dave MacKenzie: 14 lb. 13.6 oz. Canada Goose, Glen Pattison: 14 lb 8 oz., Dave MacKenzie: 4 lb. 3.2 oz. Mallard Duck, Dave MacKenzie: 40 inch Pheasant.
In the outdoor photography category Ronda Davison took first place for wildlife, and James Sweeny got first for scenery, taking home the Pat England Memorial Award.
