President — Tom Barnes; phone: 406-683-2791; e-mail: t_barnes@wmc.edu
Vice President East — John Graham, Jordan, MT; e-mail: VPEast@montanatrappers.org
Vice President West — Dennis Schutz, Stevensville, MT
Recording Secretary — Jim Buell; phone: 406-376-3178; e-mail: 7mbuell@ttc-cmc.net
Membership Secretary — Valerie Esche, 17 Allison Dr., Absarokee, MT 59001; phone: 406-328-7264; e-mail: wetrap@nemontel.com
Treasurer — Terry Sheppard, Ovando, MT; e-mail: Treasurer@montanatrappers.org
NTA Director — Brian Stoner, Belgrade, MT; e-mail: NTAdirector@montanatrappers.org
Membership Options:
• Individual membership including subscription to The Trapper & Predator Caller — $25
• Youth membership including subscription to The Trapper & Predator Caller — $15
• Family membership including subscription to The Trapper & Predator Caller — $35
• Lifetime membership with subscription to The Trapper & Predator Caller — $350
• Senior Lifetime membership with subscription to The Trapper & Predator Caller — $200
Complete membership application on first page of association section and send dues to:
MTA Membership Secreatary
Valerie Esche
17 Allison Dr., Absarokee, MT 59001
http://www.montanatrappers.org
PUBLICIST’S REPORT
The Montana Trappers Association 2011 Rendezvous will be held Sept 9-11 at the Lewistown, MT fairgrounds in central Montana. Local motels and camping spots are available. Dealers will have trapping supplies. Trapping and fur handling demonstrations will be presented. The banquet Saturday evening will be followed by an auction, raffle drawings, and a fur fashion show. Check the Montana Trappers Association website for more details regarding this rendezvous.
The schedule of events is as follows:
Friday September 9, 2011
8:00am Dealer setup begins
1:00pm Front desk opens
2:45pm Donations taken for Pot Luck Supper
3:00pm Skunk – trap, skin, flesh, stretch & essence
4:00pm Coyote – snaring over draw baits
4:30pm Donations for pot luck supper – last call
5:30 pm Pot luck supper
7:00 pm Annual Membership Meeting
Saturday September 10, 2011
8:00am Front desk opens
9:00am ADC – Business and techniques
10:00am Lure making basics
11:00am Coyote – air skinning & power wash fleshingS
1:00pm Beaver – floats & under ice
2:00pm Beaver – live trapping & relocation
2:30pm Youth trap setting contest followed by adult trap setting
3:00pm Badger – skin, flesh, & stretch
4:00pm Roundtable – Questions & Answers Hughes, Halseth, Sheppard & Wallace
4:00pm Ladies skillet toss
5:00 pm Set up for banquet
6:00pm Banquet
6:30pm Awards and scholarship presentation
7:00pm Fur Fashion Show – Paparazzi Fur and Leather
8:00pm Live auction and raffle drawings begin, $100 cash drawing following the auction for those in attendance
Sunday morning September 11, 2011
Pack up and clean up followed by a Board of Directors meeting.
— Paul C Fielder