March 2016
BIG GAME HUNTERS NEWSLETTER
OFFICERS

PRESIDENT
Donald L. Howell

VICE PRESIDENT:
Leonard Wolter

RECORDING
SECRETARY:
Milo M. Burke
 CORRESPONDING
SECRETARY:
Brett W. Grimm

TREASURER:
Eric Reinhard
 CLUB HISTORIAN:
William C. Abbott
DIRECTORS
Robert L. Adelsberger
CHAIRMAN
Bruce T. Berger
David Brand
Dean Brown
Milo M. Burke
M. Wesley Burke
James R. Ernst Jr.
Jerry Fitzgerald
Mike Gapsch
Camp Notes
Donald L. Howell
Well the Wild Game Dinner Committee can put
another “Great Event” in the history book.
What started out as just another “General Meeting” on Wednesday night has turned into one of
BGH’s “Premier Events”, with 400 in attendance. An Event that now attracts BGH members and a large number of “Friends of BGH
Club” to an evening many plan for all year. The
Dinner has outgrown several different locations over the years.
There are a number of special people still on the Committee after all these years. Rich Meyer
Chaired the Committee for 19 years. Donna Howard, an Honorary Member, has emceed for 18
years. Charles Mateker has catered the meals for more than 10 years. We owe the many members
and volunteers on the WGD Committee a round of applause and our gratitude. This Committee
runs like a well-oiled and maintained machine. Everyone knows their job and does it. It’s one of
the best Committees I’ve had the pleasure to serve on. THANKS GANG, you did it again!
To look at the bounty we had to choose from would have made Henry the VIII or the Pilgrims
mouths water with envy. The generosity of our members and their friends provide Charlie with
the raw (pun intended) material to make our Gourmet Banquet Table possible. We can’t say
thanks too many times!
Donald L. Howell
James E. Mraz
I’d like to see BGH take a larger part in sharing our bounty with others by sharing our game and
Sport with others. I’d like to see BGH more involved again with Share the Harvest, Feed My
People and Education. There are many who don’t know the great job Share the Harvest and
Feed My People do. Feed My People receives a lot of food from stores, markets, bakeries and
organizations but the one thing they don’t get is enough red meat. There’s also the need to
transport the packages from processor to Feed My People. It’s a 30 to 40 mile round trip to visit
all the processors and Feed My People. If you are interest in taking part in Share the Harvest
and/or Feed My People, contact me at [email protected] or my cell phone, 314-591-9193.
Eric Reinhard
So many ways we can help. Enjoy our sport, share, transport and educate.
John R. Gibbs
Brett W. Grimm
Charlie Ruggeri
Gerald K. Sauder, Jr.
Adam Wedel
Leonard Wolter
You can always view the Newsletter online at www.biggamehuntersstl.com
Big Game Hunters — Pictures
Denis Dennis in Uvalde, Tx
“Hunting is one of the
last genuine, personal
adventures of modern
man. Just as game
animals are the truest
indicators of quality
natural environment,
so hunting is the truest
indicators of quality
natural freedom.”
—John Madson
BGH Members, Jim Mraz, Bob Adelsberger,
Steve Pokorny and Rich Franke Rabbit
Hunting
Wild Game Dinner — Pictures
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March 2016
Calendar of Events
March 9, 2016 — General Meeting at the Homesite, Program will be presented by
the 4H Club!
March 13, 2016 — Homesite and Range WORK DAY! Spring Clean Up, Starting at
9:00am Contact Jim Mraz at (314) 220-0594
April 13, 2016 — General Meeting at the Homesite Annual Awards Banquet
May 11, 2016 — General Meeting at Spazios Annual Treasurers Report
June 12, 2016 — Annual BGH Picnic at the Homesite
July 13, 2016 — Fish Fry and Sausage Feast at the Homesite
August 14, 2016 — The 63rd Annual BGH Target Shoot and Cookout at the
Homesite.
Missouri Trout Season opens March 1st!
Great Country Safari Company
A small group of Big Game Hunters met for dinner last month at Anthonino's Taverna
"On the Hill.” The Guest of Honor was Outfitter and P.H. Van Zyl du Toit of Kroonstad, South Africa. His Outfitter is Great Country Safari Company, South Africa and his
website is www.greatcountrysafaricompany.com Check them out, you won’t be disappointed!
www.greatcountrysafaricompany.com
Homesite Work Day!
We are having our Spring Clean Up and Work Day for the
Homesite and the Shooting Range on Sunday March 13th and it
will start at 9:00am. If you use the clubhouse or the shooting
range, March 13th is the time to come out and make sure it stays
in respectable shape! Lunch will be provided! For more information call Jim Mraz at 314-220-0594. Also, anyone attending
the work day will get a FREE ticket to the Membership Appreciation Raffle, YOU COULD WIN A GUN! Thanks and we will
see you there!
March 2016
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“If god didn’t
want me to
hunt, He
wouldn’t have
given us plaid
shirts.”
—Johnny
Carson
Boone and Crockett Coming to Missouri
Mark your Calendars
St. Louis and Missouri may have lost the Rams, but some big things are coming to Missouri
in 2016. The Boone and Crockett Club will be holding their 29th Awards Program in Springfield, Mo July 13-16, 2016. The weekends activities will culminate with the 29th Awards Program and Banquet that is truly one-of-a-kind event recognizing the accomplishments of 100+
hunters who have harvested some of the finest trophies ever recorded by B&C.
The 29th Awards Program trophy display will be held at the new Americas Wildlife Museum
and Aquarium next to the flagship Bass Pro Shops store in Springfield, Mo. This is a worldclass wildlife museum and aquarium that is solely dedicated to the American hunter and angler, and their role in successful conservation. Nothing is a better expression of the success of conservation than the B&C Awards
Program trophy display and events. The museum will also be the “NEW PERMANATE HOME” of the Club’s historic National
Collection of Heads and Horns, which was recently relocated from the Buffalo Bill museum in Cody, Wy.
The weekend will also provide an opportunity to visit the recently opened NRA Gun
museum at the same location. Several other conservation organizations will also have
mounts on display and a representative present.
Louis Rupp
Vice Chairman
Conservation Committee, Boone and Crockett Club
General Meetings
BGH Turkey Contest
The 2016 Big Game Hunters Turkey
Contest, is coming up. If you shoot a
Turkey in your home state, contact Jim
Mraz to have it scored and you may
have a chance to win the prestigious
BGH Turkey Contest.
The General Meeting is March 9th at the Homesite and starts
6:30pm. There will be a presentation by the 4H shooting Club. To
make your reservations call the reservation hotline by the end of
business that Monday. Cost $25.00 For more information go to;
www.biggamehuntersstl.com
Board of Directors Meetings
The March Meeting will be Wednesday, March 16th at
Spazios and Starts at 6:45pm. For more information or if you
would like to attend call Jerry Sauder at (314) 581-4140
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you have a Hunting or Fishing report, pictures or stories from a
recent adventure. Articles need to be 250 words or less and is due
by the 15th of the month. Please send them to Brett Grimm at
[email protected]
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