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TABLE OF CONTENTS About Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever...... 3 Bird Dog Bonanza Stage...... 4 Wild Game Cooking Stage...... 6 Attractions & Highlights...... 8 6 Exhibitor List...... 12 Floor Map...... 14 4 Friday Seminar Schedule...... 16 Saturday Seminar Schedule...... 18 Sunday Seminar Schedule...... 20 Feed the Breed Floor Raffle...... 22 Special Features...... 24 15 Quail Summit...... 28 SHOWGUIDE EDITOR 2016 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic - Contact Information Emy Marier, Communications Assistant [email protected] DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE RELATIONS EVENT COORDINATOR CORPORATE SALES REP Brad Heidel Lacey Anderson Gerry Cliff SHOWGUIDE DESIGNER [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Logan Hinners, Senior Graphic Designer (877) 773-2070 or (651) 209-4956 (877) 773-2070 (763) 350-7362 [email protected] 2016

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Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever Our Work are dedicated to the conservation of Wildlife Habitat Projects – pheasants, quail and other wildlife The system of empowering local chapters through habitat improvements, and volunteers to make the best decisions public awareness, education and land for wildlife in their local area has resulted in management policies and programs. the average annual completion of 15,000 projects. Since Pheasants Forever’s inception A Unique Model in 1982 and Quail Forever’s launch in 2005, At the heart of “The Habitat the organization’s wildlife habitat projects Organization” is a unique model have benefited 14 million acres across the empowering chapters of Pheasants continent. In that time, the organization has Forever and Quail Forever with 100 participated in more than 1,450 different percent decision-making control over land acquisitions, totaling more than their locally raised funds – the only 183,000 acres of permanently protected national conservation organization that habitat. Those land acquisition projects have The Future of Wildlife operates through this truly grassroots been completed in conjunction with local, Habitat Conservation structure. As a result, local chapter state and federal natural resource agencies Wildlife habitat faces monumental volunteers conduct wildlife habitat and are all open to public hunting. challenges in an ever-changing world. projects and conservation education “The Habitat Organization” invites you events in their own communities, while Habitat Conservation Advocacy – to join in our quest to ensure a country belonging to a national organization Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s rich in natural resources with people with a voice regarding federal and state mission is directly tied to a strong willing to preserve them. After all, natural conservation policy. framework of federal conservation resources – pheasants, quail, and the programs. Authority for critical land on which they live – are our greatest A Diverse Membership conservation programs, such as the resources. Join today! More members Pheasants Forever and Quail Conservation Reserve Program and equal more acres of habitat, more birds, Forever members are a diverse group of Wetlands Reserve Program, is granted by and more public lands to hunt. hunters, farmers, ranchers, landowners, the U.S. Congress in the Federal Farm Bill’s conservation enthusiasts, and wildlife Conservation Title. In total, federal farm officials. The common thread is all conservation programs allow Pheasants want to make a difference for wildlife Forever and partners to manage nearly 50 Pheasants Forever Toll Free by conserving, improving or creating million acres for wildlife habitat. 1(877) 773-2070 upland habitat. www.pheasantsforever.org Conservation Education – Local Chapters Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have Quail Forever Toll Free There are currently 582 Pheasants developed programs and materials that 1(866) 457-8245 Forever chapters and 154 Quail Forever promote conservation education and public www.quailforever.org chapters across the U.S. and Canada, awareness, including its Ringnecks and accounting for over 145,000 members. Whistlers youth programs. 3 2016 BIRD DOG BONANZA! The World’s Best Dog Trainers are at the 2016 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic

National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic is the nation’s leading event for bird dog owners and sporting dog enthusiasts. This year, you have the opportunity to meet with the best bird dog trainers and handlers in the field today.

THE BIRD DOG BONANZA STAGE IS PRESENTED BY: DELMAR SMITH DELMAR, RICK & Delmar has devoted his lifetime RONNIE SMITH to bird dogs and their owners. Bird dogs are a family affair for He developed the Silent the Smiths. Starting with Delmar Command System that changed and continuing with his son, how we train today. During his Rick, and his nephew, Ronnie, field trial career, he handled the Smith family has been multiple champion dogs that presenting bird dog training were inducted in to the Hall seminars around the country of Fame. Delmar has received for nearly 40 years. The Smiths international recognition for and their champion dogs have beginning the Smith bird dog amassed countless titles, earning training seminars and has been inductions into the Field Trial inducted into the Field Trial Hall of Fame and Brittany Hall Hall of Fame and Brittany Hall of Fame. From left to right: of Fame. Delmar is the 2016 Ronnie, Delmar and Rick. recipient of the T. Boone Pickens Lifetime Sportsman Award.

KARL GUNZER JOSH MILLER With more than 20 years of Josh Miller is the Product professional training experience, Training Specialist for SportDOG Karl’s High Spirit Retrievers Brand®, as well as the owner was the No. 1 Derby kennel in and operator of River Stone the country in 2007 and 2012. Kennels in New Richmond, WI. Karl has trained five National Josh has been training gun dogs Finalists and a two-time professionally for nine years, Canadian National Champion. and shed hunting dogs for six Senior Manager of Purina’s years. Josh and his personal Sporting Dog Program, Karl’s chocolate lab, Easton, made a team attends more than 500 name for themselves by winning field trails and championships the NASHDA Shed Dog World a year, some of nearly 1,600 Championship in 2011, and sporting events sponsored continued their first-place status annually by Purina. in 2013 and 2014.

TOM DOKKEN BOB WEST The inventor of the DeadFowl Bob ran his first field trial in Trainer, Tom has more than 40 1968 and was hooked. He’s years of training experience. since handled dogs to a long He owns Dokken’s Oak Ridge list of titles. For nearly 30 years, Kennels, the largest gun dog Bob led the development of the training kennel in the upper Purina Sporting Dog Program. half of the U.S., and Dokken He’s been a longtime contributor Dog Supply. He is the author to the Pheasants Forever Journal, of “Retriever Training: The “Pheasants Forever TV, Cabela’s Complete Guide to Developing TV,” and Gun Dog Magazine, and Your Hunting Dog,” the leading also serves on the board of the innovator in shed antler hunting Bird Dog Foundation. with dogs, and Senior ProStaff member for SportDOG Brand® and Purina.

5 Presented by Featured Speakers at the Wild Game Cooking Stage

The Wild Game Cooking Stage slices, dices, and fries the “gamey” stigma attached to wild game recipes, providing great meal ideas that are flavorful and easily prepared. The stage also highlights that the hunt is only half the experience—it’s harvesting, preparing, and serving flavorful wild game dishes that fully connects us to the land and conservation. This year, three nationally acclaimed chefs will give multiple hour-long seminars daily on recipes ranging from buttermilk fried quail to Sriracha Thai pheasant.

HANK SHAW UNCLE MILLIE The man behind the award- Uncle Millie brings a new flavor winning blog, “Hunter, Angler, of family recipes to the Wild Gardener, Cook,” as well as Game Cooking Stage. Involved the author of two books on with his family’s restaurant for wild game cooking—”Hunt, over 60 years, Uncle Millie’s Gather, Cook: Finding the passion for hunting and fishing Forgotten Feast” and “Duck, is trumped only by his love for Duck, Goose”— Hank knows wild game cooking. He’s wild game cooking. He’s an been published in numerous ambassador for Cabela’s with magazines (i.e. Food & Wine, his own line of homemade Field & Stream) and even spices and marinades made for featured on television shows the everyday sportsperson. (i.e. Bizarre Foods America).

STACY LYN HARRIS The author of three best-selling cookbooks—“Recipes and Tips for Sustainable Living,” “Tracking the Outdoors In” and “Wild Game: Food for Gander Mountain is a National Sponsor of Your family”—along with Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever. a DVD “Gourmet Venison.” You may have seen her on Over the last decade, Gander Mountain has provided more than The Sportsman’s Channel, half a million gift cards for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s specifically “The Sporting Chef TV Show” or read her recipes annual membership recruitment mailing. These mailings generate in magazines such as Southern between 10,000 and 14,000 members each year. Additionally, Living, Glamour, or Healthy Gander Mountain has utilized their sponsorship of the Minnesota Living. The criteria for Stacy Wild professional hockey team to provide television, radio Lyn’s recipes: family friendly, and event exposure for Pheasants Forever. fresh, and super tasty.

For full Wild Game Cooking Stage schedule, please see pages 16, 18 & 20. See us in the Kansas Pavilion!

Opportunity If you dream of points and flushes, dream big. With more than 1 million acres of private land open to hunting; unsurpassed combination hunting for pheasant, quail and greater prairie chickens; and generous bag limits, there’s no place like Kansas to live your bird-hunting dreams.

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1 million+ acres walk-in access NEW 2016 ATTRACTIONS

QUAIL COUNTRY PRESENTED BY If your heart skips a beat when a quail covey flushes to the sky, then this new section of the show floor will be your “covey headquarters.” UAIL The booth spaces surrounding the Upland Hunting Stage will feature Q all things quail, thus Quail Country. From 28 gauge shotguns to English SUMMIT pointers to your dream plantation quail hunting destination, find it in The first-ever Quail Summit will bring Quail Country on the show floor! together policymakers, the nation’s leading upland biologists, and the public to discuss long-term habitat solutions for the restoration of quail populations in the United States.

Saturday, Feb. 20 at 9:30 AM – Room 2215B Full schedule on page 28

THE BEE HIVE PRESENTED BY Interested in honey bees, monarch butterflies and other critically important pollinators? Check out The Bee Hive – a new section of the show floor located next to the Habitat Stage. Not only is pollinator habitat good for the bees, butterflies and beetles, but pollinator habitat is also excellent brood rearing habitat for pheasants, quail and grassland songbirds. Pollinator habitat – native flowering plants – attract soft- bodied insects that pheasant and quail chicks rely on for survival during the first 6-8 weeks of life.

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FRIDAY NIGHT BIRD HUNTER’S BANQUET - WESTERN THEME 2016 Strap on your boots and belt buckles for this one! Doors open at 5:00 PM Live and silent auction items, raffles, games for prizes. Dinner - Hot-Smoked BBQ Chicken

PRESENTED BY LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Gary West performs “For the Love of Cash” Top rated Johnny Cash Tribute Show! *Must purchase a Friday night banquet ticket for admission - See Registration Booth SHOW FLOOR SHOW

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SATURDAY NIGHT BIRD DOG PARADE 2016 NATIONAL PHEASANT FEST & QUAIL CLASSIC BANQUET Doors open at 5:00 PM Live and silent auction items, raffles, games for prizes. Dinner - Braised Beef Short Rib

MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT Dot Records Recording artist Drake White performs top hit “It Feels Good” HABITAT HELP DESK HABITAT *Must purchase a Saturday night banquet ticket for admission - See Registration Booth YOUTH VILLAGE YOUTH

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2016 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic features four seminar stages throughout the show floor. Concurrent seminars will run on the hour throughout the three-day weekend. BIRD DOG BONANZA STAGE WILD GAME COOKING STAGE Presented by: Presented by:

Foundation Training for Pointing Dogs Rick Smith 2:00 PM Purina Pro Plan

Remote Training & Tracking Killer Quail Meatballs Your Dog with GPS Uncle Millie Josh Miller

3:00 PM “The Killer Cook” SportDOG Brand

Developing a Bird Dog Sweet Home Alabama Bobwhite Quail Ronnie Smith Stacy Lyn Harris

4:00 PM Purina Pro Plan “Game and Garden”

Training Retrievers: Advanced Control Getting the Most Out of & Technique of Tracking Pheasants Your Game Birds Tom Dokken Hank Shaw 5:00 PM SportDOG Brand “Hunt, Gather, Cook”

Shed Hunting: Train Your Dog Sriracha Thai Pheasant to Help Find More Sheds Uncle Millie Tom Dokken & Josh Miller

6:00 PM “The Killer Cook” SportDOG Brand

Ask the Experts: Over 260 Years Valentines and Venison: A Wild of Dog Training Experience Game Date Night! The Smith Family, Karl Gunzer, Stacy Lyn Harris

7:00 PM Tom Dokken, Bob West, & Josh Miller “Game and Garden” Purina Pro Plan & SportDOG Brand

16 FRIDAY HABITAT STAGE UPLAND HUNTING STAGE Presented by: Presented by:

Prescribed Burn Planning and its Starting the Youth Shooter Effects on Wildlife Habitat On the Lifetime Road Brian Teeter, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever Tom Fiumarello Chris Woodson, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service British Guild of Shooting Instructors 2:00 PM

Bill White’s Bobwhites: Real Life, Hands-On It’s YOUR Fault: Dumb Things We Do to Quail Management on Your Land Confuse Our Dogs While Hunting and Training Bill White Scott Linden Missouri Department of Conservation Wingshooting USA 3:00 PM

Non-Traditional Quail Habitat Management: Picking a Puppy & Early Training Lessons Learned in Prairie Landscapes Jeff Fuller Frank Loncarich & Kyle Hedges Cabela’s Sporting Dog Adventures TV Missouri Department of Conservation & Soggy Acres Retrievers 4:00 PM

Bringing Bob Back from the Brink: What’s New with E-Collars The Kentucky Quail Comeback Story & the Proper Use for Your Dog Ben Robinson Joe Rabbit Kentucky Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources Garmin / Tri-Tronics 5:00 PM

Control Invasive Weeds with Milestone Gun Dogs A to Z Herbicide While Also Maintaining Plant Diversity Tom Poorker & Doug Schoenborn Debbie Morton

Focus Outdoors TV 6:00 PM DOW AgroSciences

Man, Missouri, and Quail: How Understanding Go West for Quail! The West Provides Our History Can Change Our Future Great Wingshooting Opportunity Casey Bergthold Scott Linden Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever Wingshooting USA 7:00 PM

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BIRD DOG BONANZA STAGE WILD GAME COOKING STAGE Presented by: Presented by:

Introduction to E-Collars Getting the Most Out of Your Game Birds Josh Miller Hank Shaw SportDOG Brand “Hunt, Gather, Cook” 10:00 AM

Valentines and Venison: A Wild Puppy Training Game Date Night! Rick Smith Stacy Lyn Harris Purina Pro Plan 11:00 AM “Game and Garden”

Shed Hunting: Train Your Dog Sriracha Thai Pheasant to Help Find More Sheds Uncle Millie Tom Dokken & Josh Miller NOON “The Killer Cook” SportDOG Brand

Developing a Bird Dog Sweet Home Alabama Bobwhite Quail Ronnie Smith Stacy Lyn Harris

1:00 PM Purina Pro Plan “Game and Garden”

Training Retrievers: Advanced Control & Buttermilk Fried Quail Technique of Tracking Pheasants Hank Shaw Tom Dokken

2:00 PM “Hunt, Gather, Cook” SportDOG Brand

Ask the Experts: Over 260 Years of Dog Killer Quail Meatballs Training Experience Uncle Millie The Smith Family, Karl Gunzer,

3:00 PM “The Killer Cook” Bob West, Tom Dokken & Josh Miller

Training and Conditioning Tips for Buttermilk Fried Quail Your Hunting Dog Hank Shaw Tom Dokken & Dr. Brian Zanghi, PhD

4:00 PM “Hunt, Gather, Cook” SportDOG Brand & Purina Pro Plan 5:00 PM

18 HABITAT STAGE UPLAND HUNTING STAGE SATURDAY Presented by: Presented by:

Kansas Upland Birds: Habitat Prescriptions Starting the Youth Shooter and Programs to Increase Populations On the Lifetime Road Jeff Prendergast Tom Fiumarello

KS Dept. of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism British Guild of Shooting Instructors 10:00 AM

Prescribed Burn Planning and its What’s New with E-Collars Effects on Wildlife Habitat & the Proper Use for Your Dog Brian Teeter, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever Joe Rabbit

Chris Woodson, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Garmin / Tri-Tronics 11:00 AM

Control Invasive Weeds with Milestone Picking a Puppy & Early Training Herbicide While Also Maintaining Plant Diversity Jeff Fuller Debbie Morton Cabela’s Sporting Dog Adventures TV NOON DOW AgroSciences & Soggy Acres Retrievers

Bringing Bob Back from the Brink: Go West for Quail! The West Provides The Kentucky Quail Comeback Story Great Wingshooting Opportunity Ben Robinson Scott Linden Kentucky Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources Wingshooting USA 1:00 PM

Creating the Best Quail Habitat by Thinking Gun Dogs A to Z About Pollinators and the Landscape Tom Poorker & Doug Schoenborn Pete Berthelsen

Focus Outdoors TV 2:00 PM Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever

Non-Traditional Quail Habitat Management: Basics for Gun Dog Training Lessons Learned in Prairie Landscapes Jeff Fuller Frank Loncarich & Kyle Hedges Cabela’s Sporting Dog Adventures TV Missouri Department of Conservation & Soggy Acres Retrievers 3:00 PM

Bobwhite Quail Conservation: How a Unified It’s YOUR Fault: Dumb Things We Do to National Approach Can Make a Difference Confuse Our Dogs While Hunting and Training Don McKenzie Scott Linden NBCI / NBTC Wingshooting USA 4:00 PM

Prescriptions for Creating Excellent Quail Starting the Youth Shooter Nesting & Brood Rearing Habitats On the Lifetime Road Holly Shutt Tom Fiumarello Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever British Guild of Shooting Instructors 5:00 PM

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8:30 - 9:30 AM - Worship Service with Fellowship of Christian Sportsmen, RM 2210

BIRD DOG BONANZA STAGE WILD GAME COOKING STAGE Presented by: Presented by:

Remote Training & Tracking Killer Quail Meatballs Your Dog with GPS Uncle Millie Josh Miller “The Killer Cook” 10:00 AM SportDOG Brand

Developing a Bird Dog Making Game Bird Sausage Ronnie Smith Hank Shaw

11:00 AM Purina Pro Plan “Hunt, Gather, Cook”

Foundation Training Sriracha Thai Pheasant Rick Smith Uncle Millie NOON Purina Pro Plan “The Killer Cook”

Training Retrievers: Advance Control & Technique of Tracking Pheasants Tom Dokken 1:00 PM SportDOG Brand

Introduction to E-Collars Josh Miller

2:00 PM SportDOG Brand

Ask the Experts: Over 260 Years of Dog Training Experience The Smith Family, Karl Gunzer,

3:00 PM Bob West, Tom Dokken & Josh Miller Purina Pro Plan & SportDOG Brand

20 SUNDAY HABITAT STAGE UPLAND HUNTING STAGE Presented by: Presented by:

Creating the Best Quail Habitat by Thinking Gun Dogs A to Z About Pollinators and the Landscape Tom Poorker & Doug Schoenborn Pete Berthelsen Focus Outdoors TV Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever 10:00 AM

Bill White’s Bobwhite’s: Real Life, Hands-On It’s YOUR Fault: Dumb things We Do To Quail Management on Your Land Confuse Our Dogs While Hunting and Training Bill White Scott Linden

Missouri Department of Conservation Wingshooting USA 11:00 AM

Kansas Upland Birds: Habitat Prescriptions and Picking a Puppy & Early Training Programs to Increase Populations Jeff Fuller Jeff Prendergast Cabela’s Sporting Dog Adventures TV NOON KS Dept. of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism & Soggy Acres Retrievers

Control Invasive Weeds with Milestone Herbicide What’s New With E-Collars & the While Also Maintaining Plant Diversity Proper Use for Your Dog Debbie Morton Joe Rabbit DOW AgroSciences Garmin / Tri-Tronics 1:00 PM

Man, Missouri, and Quail: How Understanding Go West for Quail! The West Provides Our History Can Change Our Future Great Wingshooting Opportunity Casey Bergthold Scott Linden

Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever 2:00 PM Wingshooting USA

Prescriptions for Creating Excellent Quail Basics for Gun Dog Training Nesting & Brood Rearing Habitats Jeff Fuller Holly Shutt Cabela’s Sporting Dog Adventures TV Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever & Soggy Acres Retrievers 3:00 PM

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1 TICKET - $10 Tickets available on the Show Floor OR Become a NEW Elite Member of PF 15 TICKETS - $100 or QF (Booth #1910) and get 10 tickets

Drawing at 4:00 PM on Sunday, February 21, 2016 - Do NOT have to be present to win

22 Locate Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever Staff

5.11 Tactical, a company that strives on delivering innovative and purpose-built gear, has supplied the staff uniforms for the 2016 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic. Staff wearing these uniforms will be able to provide assistance and answer questions during the three-day event.

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LANDOWNER HABITAT HELP DESK

The Habitat Help Desk is an area of the show floor dedicated to helping landowners meet their habitat goals. Landowners can consult with trained wildlife biologists on how to improve their acres for wildlife habitat, as well as what local, state, and federal conservation programs their properties qualify for. Here’s how:

• Bring the legal description of your property (township, range, and section) or have the ability to pinpoint your property’s exact location on the map • Sit down with a trained wildlife biologist from Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever to review your habitat goals and find out what financial and technical programs are available to help you accomplish them • Leave with a free wildlife habitat management plan for your land

Why Habitat? Two factors affect pheasant and quail populations above all others—habitat and weather. While we can’t control the weather, we can influence the quality and quantity of upland habitat. Habitat is what supports long-term strong and healthy pheasant and quail populations. Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism

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RUDY’S YOUTH VILLAGE

Rudy the Rooster is Pheasants Forever’s youth mascot, and his village was built on the idea that the outdoors and conservation are lots of fun. The following activities are happening all weekend at Rudy’s Youth Village – make sure to stop by!

• Gun Dog Success for Kids Seminars • Laser Shot • Air Rifle / Airsoft / Archery Ranges • Fishing Simulator • Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) – Meet with SCTP reps to talk about opportunities within SCTP • Activity Center – Hands on activities for kids of all ages

Why Youth? All of the efforts made today by Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have little impact without future conservation leaders taking a stand for wildlife habitat conservation. In an effort to engage and educate future conservation leaders, our organization is dedicated to working with members, chapters, and conservation partners to provide opportunities for youth and their families to share our outdoor traditions.

25 PHOTOS WITH BIRD DOG LEGENDS & PURINA TRAINERS Stop by the Purina photo booth to pose for pictures with Purina’s professional trainers and take home a free souvenir print. While there, visitors also can learn more about the Purina Pro Plan SPORT dog food portfolio. Purina Pro Plan SPORT Performance 30/20 Formula samples will be available in 2-pound bags while limited supplies last.

The photo booth will be open at the following times: Friday 1 to 3 p.m. & 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to noon & 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. to noon & 2 to 3 p.m.

Experience the majesty and mystique of the King of Bucks exhibit at Row 1600

26 VISIT US IN BOOTH #1910

MEMORIES LAST A LIFETIME. SO SHOULD YOUR MEMBERSHIP.

Join one of our elite and prestigious levels of membership and make a substantial impact on wildlife habitat and our upland hunting traditions. For more information on the lifelong benefits and exclusive National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic offers that come with a Life, Patron, or Gold Patron membership, please visit booth #1910 located at the top of the escalators on the show floor. UAIL Q SUMMIT

Saturday – 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM – Room 2215B 9:30 Quail Summit Welcome Howard Vincent, President & CEO – Quail Forever

9:40 The Importance of Quail in Missouri State of Missouri

9:50 Quail: A Vital Resource for Kansas State of Kansas

10:00 Small Bird, Big Deal: Why Saving Quail Matters John Morgan – Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources

10:25 The Rise and Fall of BWQ: Highlighting Missouri’s Success in Restoring Quail Bill White – Missouri Dept. of Conservation

11:40 Summing Up: Restoring Quail – A Challenge No Less Important Shane Mahoney – Conservation Visions Inc.

* Seminar schedule and titles are subject to change

2016

28 THANK YOU Pheasants Forever Visa® Cardmembers for helping to contribute $700,000 to Pheasants Forever.

Every time you make a purchase with the card, a portion of your purchase is donated to Pheasants Forever for the conservation of pheasants, quail and other wildlife through habitat improvements, public awareness, education, and land management policies and programs.

Come visit us at Booths # 1120 & 1219 and ask how you can enter to WIN A FREE OVER/UNDER SHOTGUN! Not a cardholder? Apply for the card in person or visit www.usbank.com/PF73072

No purchase necessary. Do not need to be present to win. One entry per person. The creditor and issuer of the Pheasants Forever Visa Card is U.S. Bank National Association, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. ©2016 U.S. Bank National Association. All rights reserved.

AGENCY: INTERCROSS (952-935-2994) CLIENT: U.S. Bank PROJECT: USA-7339 Pheasants Forever Thank You Fest Program Ad COLOR: CMYK TRIM SIZE: 8.375" x 10.5" W/.25" BLEED: 8.375" x 10.5" THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN HEARING A CACKLE IS MAKING IT STOP.

Pheasants flush wild, fly fast and can soak up pellets and keep on going. That’s why we combined our proven FLITECONTROL wad and FLITESTOPPER pellet technologies to create Prairie Storm®. By staging FLITESTOPPER shot with Premium copper-plated lead, the loads deliver consistent patterns that put more than 75 percent of their pellets in a 30-inch circle at 40 yards*. And the unique FLITESTOPPER pellet design creates deep wound channels. Pheasants are anything but average. Take them down with an extraordinary payload.

Prairie Storm is the ofﬁcial ammunition of Pheasants Forever. A portion of the proceeds from every box sold goes to support the organization’s mission. federalpremium.com

* Based on 10-shot average of Prairie Storm loads. 2016 SHOW FLOOR PRESENTED BY

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