January 2024 Oklahoma Fur Bearers Alliance District 5 Director Report

Hello from cold southern Oklahoma. Got up this morning and it was 5 degrees and by 8:00 am it was down to 1 degree. Spent most of the day taking care of livestock feeding hay and chopping ice. I sure will be glad when this is over with. I hope that fur season has been good for everyone.

Youth Camps were a big hit again. There were approximately eighty-five kids that attended the two camps and about forty parents. I would like to thank our cooks Rhonda and David Marsh and their Grandson Kyler Damron for keeping everyone fed at the Stillwater camp. The cooks at the Waurika camp were Judd Bean, Marc Scott, Jared and Michelle Dyer. Without the great cooks we would still be hungry. The camps saw catches of beaver, coons, coyotes, opossums, and skunks. There was a couple of armadillos that the kids chased down and caught. The instructors were Noah Smith, Gary Jarman, Evan Crosby, Shannon Sheffert, Tom Mitchel, James Crowell, Dustin Shulte, Mike Bond, and Nolan Sweetman. Excuse me if I missed anybody that helped. The Youth Camps have always been special to me because we are able to help the kids better their skills at trapping. We will be putting on two camps again this year around Christmas.

The OFBA Fur Sale will be March 9, 2024, at the Okmulgee County Fair Barns at Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The doors will open at 7:00 and the sale will start around 9:00 am. You will need to call John Weygandt at 918-645-5667 or Evan Crosby at 918-964-1554 to get your lot numbers. The market for beavers and bobcats will be good this year. There will be a director meeting March 8, 2024, after we get the building setup.

The Fall Convention will be at Perry Oklahoma at the Fair Grounds. We have a scheduling conflict with Okmulgee. It will be on October 11 and 12, 2024. Sorry for the move and inconvenience. Let us know what you would like to see as demos and vendors, and we will try to accommodate you.

Remember to get a kid involved with trapping as they are our future. Thanks R.C. Edgar

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