Free 'Archery Classic' coming to Cabela's Hamburg
Cabela's Hamburg will hold its free Archery Classic, the industry's biggest archery event of the season, Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27, with some of the biggest names in the archery industry attending to sign autographs, conduct product demonstrations and provide tips on how to become a better archer. This is designed for bowhunters of all levels of experience.
Pennsylvania native Scott Sciarra, co-host of "Primal Instinct TV" on NBC Sports Outdoors, will be at the store each day from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to greet customers and present a highly informative seminar each day at noon on how hunters can get the most out of their game cameras. Customers can also register to win a $10,000 prize package comprised of a deer hunt for two that includes airfare, meals, lodging, guides, transportation and licensing, and a $2,000 Cabela's Shopping Spree courtesy of Cabela's Outdoor Adventures.Free seminars offered each day are:10 a.m. From the Field to the Freezer: Deer Butchering 101 with butchering professional Rick Fetrow; Noon Getting the Most Out of Your Game Camera with Scott Sciarra of Primal Instinct TV; 1 p.m. Successful Pennsylvania Archery Tactics with outdoors writer Freddie McKnight; 2 p.m. Crossbow-Hunting Tactics with outdoors writer Freddie McKnightFor more information about Cabela's Archery Classic visit
www.cabelas.com/hamburg.**********National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association members will compete in the organization's Territorial Shoot, today and Sunday, beginning at 8 a.m. each day, at Blue Mountain Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, 22 Muzzle Lane, Bernville. NMLRA memberships are available at the club. For information call Gerry Rubbo at 570-754-2218, Mike Wengert at 610-488-1608 or Jim Ulrich at 717-665-5884.**********Cabela's Hamburg is offering its Fly Fishing University course at no cost for those interested in learning how to fly fish, today and Sunday. Preregistration is required by calling the store's fly shop at 610-929-7000, and the course begins each day with a two-hour "Introduction to Fly Fishing" class from 12:30-2:30 p.m. that covers equipment, basic entomology, basic casting and knot tying. A one-hour "Introduction to Fly Casting" class concludes the course each day from 2:30-3:30 p.m.Those completing the course will be awarded a complimentary Federation of Fly Fishers membership. For additional information and a complete schedule of upcoming events access the Cabela's Hamburg website at
www.Cabelas.com/hamburg.**********Sunday's edition of "Experience The Outdoors," winner of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association's best outdoors radio program award hosted by award-winning POWA member Doyle Dietz, at 7 a.m. on 1410-AM WLSH, at 9:30 a.m. on Magic 105.5-FM and on the Web at
www.wmgh.com by clicking the link to the program, features Brenda Dixon of the Dixon Muzzleloader Shop.**********Ashland Gun Club will hold its annual free youth trap shoot for competitors between the ages of 8-16, Sunday, at the club grounds, 667 Fountain St., Fountain Springs.Registration begins at 11 a.m. and the competition is expected to finish no later than 5 p.m. Trophies will be awarded to the overall winners and the top shooters in each of the following age groups: 8-10, 11 and 12, 13 and 14 and 15 and 16.Shooters are required to furnish their own shotgun, 25-rounds of ammunition and hearing and eye protection. Competitors age 8 and 9 are required to have a spotter on the line behind them.In addition to the trophy presentations, door prizes will be awarded and food and refreshments are available. For information call 570-875-2094.**********A 30-target, 3-D hunting course is open daily from dawn to dusk, except Sundays from 1-4 p.m. for trap, at Bear's Head Archery, located off Exit 134, I-81, Delano. For information call the club at 570-467-0331.