Directors
Brian Lingenfelter | Salt Rock |
Lonnie Sneed | Princeton |
Greg Dearth | Belleville |
Rusty Reed | Spencer |
John Drangmeister | Hurricane |
Mike Persinger | Daniels |
Justin Hettick | Morgantown |
Officers
President | Ed McMinn | South Charleston |
Vice President | George Coleman | Fayetteville |
Secretary | Justin Thaxton | Cross Lanes |
Treasurer | Bryan Elkins | Ashford |
Past President/Director | Tim Ross | Gay |
Banquet at Days Hotel – Flatwoods, WV
Speaker: | Travis “T-Bone” Turner from Bone Collector TV |
Seminars: | Travis “T-Bone” Turner; Sneed, Walls & Turner (turkey) |
John ‘Smokey’ McNicholson, Tommy White, DNR Deer Plan (Jim Crum) |
2010 Awards presented at Banquet
Bowhunter of the Year | Tim & Kari Mihal |
JR Bowhunter of the Year | Ross Spencer & Nick Collins |
Master Bowhunter | Aaron Jones, Jack Whitmire, Greg Dearth |
Big Buck Award | William ‘Bucky’ Sargent |
Big Bear Award | Sean Kurtz |
Big Carp Award | Ross Spencer |
President’s Award | John Drangmeister |
Regional Rep of the Year | Luke Gilliam |
Appreciation Award | Bear Paw Guide Service, WV Chapter NWTF |
Photo Contest, Bowhunter Exp. | Dave Smith |
Photo Contest, Game Taken | Elmo Wiles |
Affiliated Club of the Year | Mt. State Sporstmen’s Assoc |
DNR Employee of the Year | Corp. Larry Rockel |
Landowner of the Year | CONSOL Energy, Inc. |
Dealer of the Year | JBC Archery, Shady Spring WV |
Outfitter of the Year | Walker Creek Outfitters (Tom White) |
Chairmen
Awards | Brian Lingenfelter |
Banquet | Rusty Reed |
Media | Justin Thaxton |
Merchandise | Brian Lingenfelter |
Records | Greg Surber |
Rendezvous
Spring Jamboree at Mt. State Sportsman’s Association, Parkersburg WV
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Summer at Appalachian Bowhunters Association, Buckhannon
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Fall at Coal Field Archery Club, Logan
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Division of Natural Resources/Legislative Agenda
2nd Quarter Natural Resources Commission approved opening of archery season for deer either sex state-wide on first Saturday of October. Motion was made by Kenneth Wilson, 2nd by Pete Cuffaro and passed unanimously, bring to fruition what many had been seeking for years.
Crossbow bubble appears on the game check-in tag after several requests are made to the Natural Resources Commission, DNR staff take this action on their own per our requests. Crossbow kills will now be counted separate from archery kills.
Other special EVENTS, AWARDS, HAPPENINGS
WVBA presented with the Pope & Young Stewardship Award at the annual convention for outstanding actions that have conveyed a positive, good-citizen image to the hunting and non-hunting public and efforts to protect the heritage of bowhunting.