| Field to Table Dinner | Schedule | Campfire Stories | Backcountry Brewfest |
With special guests Randy Newberg and Hank Shaw!
Thursday, March 16th
| All-Day | Chapter Leader Training and Clays Shoot **Chapter Leaders Only** |
| 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Registration starts at Missoula County Fair Grounds |
| 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Welcome Reception in the Home Arts Building! Open to ALL Ticket Holders! |
| 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM | Field to Table Dinner Presented by FINEX Cast Iron Cookware |
Friday, March 17th
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Vendor Coffee Hour for Weekend Ticket Holders |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Philanthropic Giving with Nate Voris |
| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Vendor Booths Open |
| 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Seminars *Detailed Info Below |
| 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Lunch - M80 Chicken with Chicken Sandwiches & The Wild Weenie with Polish Dogs & Sides |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Travel to Caras Park |
| 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Backcountry Brewfest @ Caras Park Presented by Mystery Ranch |
*Food and Cooking Seminars
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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
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2:00 PM- 3:00 PM |
*Field Skills Seminars
| 10:00 AM - 11 AM |
Sporting Lead Free: What happens beyond the bullet? What happens downstream?
Description: Switching to lead-free ammunition and tackle is a hot topic in the sporting world. Hannah Leonard is the Program Director for Sporting Lead-Free, an educational initiative working to reduce inadvertent lead consumption by wildlife and people through the voluntary choice of lead-free ammunition and tackle. She will give an overview of this issue, how it impacts wildlife and humans, as well as what actions we can take to solve it.
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| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | The Summer of 1,000 River Miles and Thirty Years of Lessons Learned Float Hunting in Alaska with Barry Whitehill |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Trout Routes - 21st Century Maps and Tools for Fly Fishing |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Traveling for Upland Birds with Durrell Smith |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | How to be a Mentor in the Outdoors with Jimmy Flatt |
*Conservation and Policy Seminars
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Fish & Wildlife Agency Commissions - What they are and how they work |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | “Montana Legislative Update and Q&A” with MT BHA board members John Sullivan & Jake Schwaller, and regional policy manager Kevin Farron |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Washington State Case Study: Game Commission Reform |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Sustaining Big-game migrations into the future: What can we learn from the Science |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Live Podcast & Blast with Hal Herring |
Saturday, March 18th
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Vendor Coffee Hour for Weekend Ticket Holders |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Philanthropic Giving with Matt White |
| 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Vendor Booths Open |
| 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Seminars *Detailed Info Below |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Wild Game Cookoff |
| 11:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch - M80 Chicken with Chicken Sandwiches & The Wild Weenie with Polish Dogs & Sides |
| 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM | Public Lands and Water Celebration |
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Life Member / Campfire circle Happy hour |
| 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Campfire Stories |
*Food and Cooking Seminars
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Live Podcast with the Wild Fish and Game Podcast discussing Wild Food Cook Q&A + Tips and Tricks |
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| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Making Sausage with Walton's |
*Field Skills Seminars
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Traveling for Upland Birds with Durrell Smith |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | How to Plan a Waterfowl Hunt Away From Home and What Tools To Use To Find the X with G&H Decoys |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Fly Casting Instruction with Simon Gawesworth of FarBank |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Getting The Most From Your ONX - with OnX Maps |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
Shooting Demo with Sporting Lead Free: LIMITED TO 15 SPOTS
Description: Join SLF for a shooting demonstration to see the differences between lead and lead-free ammunition. Participants can bring their own ammo and cased firearms, and the SLF will also provide a supply of lead and lead-free ammo for folks to try along with a few demo rifles. Please visit the SLF booth (#5) in the exhibit hall to sign up. Space is limited!
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*Conservation and Policy Seminars
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM | Climate Change and Tomorrow's Fish Panel - Moderated by Whitney Tilt, Executive Director of the AFFTA Fisheries Fund |
| 11:00 PM - 12:00 PM | Stream Access Panel |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Hunting and Fishing Media: Measuring the impact on our natural resources and the places we hunt and fish Join Moderator Hilary Hutcheson, Ryan Callaghan, Andrew McKean, Randy Newberg, and Greg Lemon as they discuss the possible implications of Hunting and Fishing Media on the places we hunt and fish |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Live Podcast & Blast with Hal Herring |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | BHA Senior Leadership Panel |
All schedules are subject to change!