Congratulations to the 23 students of the Mishicot High School FFA fall trap team.

Overall as a team, Mishicot placed second in conference while the following individual feats were also accomplished:

• Three shooters placed in the top 100 in the state and made the 50-straight club — Vanessa Paquette, Xavier Lapp and Zaida Wondrash-LeClair;
• Nine shooters made the 25-straight club — Logan Murphy, Fischer Schaus, Jackson Thor, Dawson Valenta, Colt Blahnik, Xavier Lapp, Vanessa Paquette, Zaida Wondrash-LeClair and McKenzie Wotachek;
• Five shooters made the top 25 females in conference — Vanessa Paquette (first), Zaida Wondrash-LeClair (second), McKenzie Wotachek (seventh), Trinity Popp (eighth) and Taylor Doucha (16th);
• Two shooters made the top 25 female in the state — Vanessa Paquette (seventh) and Zaida Wondrash-LeClair (11th); and
• Six shooters made top 25 males in conference — Xavier Lapp (fourth), Logan Murphy (14th), Colt Blahnik (16th), Jackson Thor (16th), Logan Marshall (22nd) and Luke Taddy (22nd).

The team was coached by Head Coach Katie Koeppel along with Rodney Gove, Sarah Schmidt and Andy Wondrash.

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Lakes Association holds annual banquet, presents awards

Manitowoc County Lakes Association held its annual banquet Oct. 13 at Larrabee Sportsmans Club.

The banquet was hosted by Dan Dufek and the Larrabee Sportsmen’s Club, who provided a broasted chicken dinner at their club, as well as great company. MCLA members stepped up to provide an abundance of door prizes as well.

The annual Lake Stewardship awards were presented at the meeting. Peggy Lenz was recognized for her many years of leadership, enthusiasm and determination to the improvement of water quality and the natural scenic beauty of Pigeon Lake. She was nominated by Maria Lynch.

Doug and Elaine Kieffer of Carstens Lake were honored for more than 40 years of dedicated maintenance of the weir dam on their property and its value and improvement to the fishery. They were nominated by Brian Robley.

The guest speaker, Eric Olson, director at Extension Lakes, engaged the membership with his presentation about the Lake Leaders Institute program.

Deer, elk antlers can be donated to Leader Dogs for the Blind

Deer hunting season is here, and I will again be collecting deer and elk antlers for Deb Delie.

Deb is a puppy raiser for Leader Dogs for the Blind from the Green Bay area. They use deer or elk antlers because they don’t splinter when the puppies chew on them.

Age of the antler also does not matter, so if you are cleaning out a garage and come across an old mount, please don’t toss it out.

The size of the antler also does not matter as they use antlers from spike bucks on up.

If you get a buck and would like to donate the antlers to Deb, just take a hack saw and cut them off the head and I will be sure to get them to Deb for the Leader Dog puppy program.

Contact me at 920-682-3106. Special thanks to those who donated their deer and elk antlers last season.

Valders facility will process venison this hunting season

Deer hunters in our area have been losing meat markets and processors of venison for the past decade or more.

Scott Bratz, of Valders, is still doing the cutting of venison in his new facility. He can debone your deer, cut the steaks and grind your meat into hamburger.

He is not able to do any sausage-making or processing, but once your deer has been butchered, you can take your meat elsewhere for that sort of processing.

Scott does have a walk-in cooler, so your deer will be cooled down quickly.

To make arrangements for Scott to handle the butchering of your deer, call him at 920-901-8486.

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Musky hunting is also great in fall

This fall, we’re not just dreaming of that 30-point buck, we’ve also got muskies on the brain!

Fall is a great time to have your line in the water, especially if you’re on the hunt for a musky. With temperatures falling, muskies are looking for an easy meal to help them increase their winter energy reserves.

With 700-plus lakes, rivers and streams with thriving musky populations, there is no shortage of places to wet a line. Just make sure to know the regulations for where and how you are fishing.

That’s it for this week, so have fun in the great outdoors.