Speaker Bios pdf - Yankee Sportsman Classic

YANKEE SPORTSMAN’S CLASSIC 2016
SEMINAR INFORMATION
Don’t Miss the
Documentary...
“Human, Nature”
Benoit Brothers
Vermont’s legendary deer hunters,
Lanny and Shane Benoit, will be back
anchoring a dynamic group of seminars.
They will be discussing the high points
of their 2015 season, showing video clips
of some of their most exciting kills, and
answering your questions. In addition
to their presentations, the Benoits make
themselves available all weekend long for
one-on-one discussions.
A deeper look into Vermont’s Outdoor
Sporting Community
“Human, Nature” The H-Teams’s latest
more love film gives viewers a deeper
look into Vermont’s Outdoor Sporting
Community; its traditions, values and
future. It’s not about the catch or the kill,
it’s the sense of belonging that comes with
a connection to the great outdoors. This
in depth look of our hunting and angling
heritage contains dozens of interviews
and outstanding footage you won’t want
Live Birds of Prey
Demonstrations
Mark Manske established Adirondack
Raptor Inc. in 2008 and is the sole
owner of the company. He was a public
school educator for 27 years, an Adjunct
Professor at Paul Smiths College from
2007 to 2012, a wildlife rehabilitator from
1994 through 2002, a master falconer since
2003, a master raptor bander since 1988,
and a licensed nuisance wildlife control
agent from 2008 through 2012. Mark has
also published stories in his column in the
EMBARK, a periodical that is published
every other month by the Adirondack
Daily Enterprise in Saranac Lake. He
has published several articles on birds
of prey in scientific journals through the
years. Mark trained under the tutelage of
The Big Woods Bucks
Team - Hal Blood
Drs. Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom
(graduate students of Aldo Leopold and
world renowned biologists) in the early
1980s at the University of Wisconsin at
Stevens Point.
Captain Matt Trombley
Captain Matt Trombley holds a 100 Ton
USCG Master Captains lic, is a New York
Lic guide & a member of the Vermont
Outdoor Guide Assoc. He is a career
Firefighter by trade, working for the City
of Burlington VT Fire Dept for eighteen
years. Matt is the owner & operator of 3rd
Alarm Charters & Guide Service, offering
Group Charters on Lake Champlain,
Ontario & The Hudson River, along with
drift boat trips on the Salmon River &
many smaller bodies of water in Vermont.
Matt has grown up hunting & fishing the
Woods & Waters of Vermont & New York
& has been guiding for ten years. Matt is
versed at Trolling tactics for Trout, Salmon
& Striped Bass, casting & fly fishing for
to miss. You can find and share the film at
YankeeClassic.net and see it at the Classic
on Saurday, Jan. 16th for a special viewing,
with special guests at 11:00 a.m.
Master Maine Guide and nationally
recognized author, Hal Blood is a special
breed of deer hunter. Hal has the patience,
persistence and tenacity to track big bucks,
no matter where they roam. As a hunter and
Master Guide, Hal has killed or guided to a
kill more than 100 mature whitetail bucks.
The Big Woods Bucks Pro-staff, a team
Hal and Chris hand selected which consists
of experienced Maine Guide with nearly a
century and half of woods experience to
share with you. Come visit Hal, his partner
Chris Dalti and the Big Woods Buck ProStaff at their both to personally share your
season with them. They look forward to
sharing their experiences with you. The
Big Woods Bucks Team will also have
their line of products available at the booth
which will include the newly released Real
Deal Deer Vol. 1 DVD
Jim Roy
Bass, Pike & steelhead & spends over 200
days a year on the Lake & Rivers of his
business offerings!
Jim is a native Vermonter who now lives
in Fairfax VT with his wife and two sons.
Jim grew up in the Northeast Kingdom of
Vermont and has had a passion for hunting
since he was a child. Over the last 20
years Jim has devoted much of his hunting
time towards the hunting of Black Bears.
Jim has been successful in harvesting
Black bears in Vermont and Canada.
Jim’s primary method of hunting is from
the ground with Archery tackle. Jim has
appeared on WCAX Wildlife Watch and
has conducted several seminars for the
Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife
on Black Bear hunting
Ken Hamel
Ken Hammel grew up in Altoona
Pennsylvania and has been a whitetail
hunting fanatic since the age of 12. He
has 30 years of experience hunting the
North American whitetail deer, in fact in
10 consecutive deer seasons he harvested
bucks scoring 130 to 189 7/8inches on
the Boone and Crockett Gross scale. He
also has harvested three Giant Whitetails
scoring over 170 inches, all on public land
where anyone can hunt. Ken is a nationally
known caller and hunter. His expertise
in hunting the whitetail deer has allowed
him to be successful in the many States
and Canadian Provinces that he hunts. He
has harvested over 100 whitetails in his
lifetime, 70 percent of them being bucks.
His knowledge on how to rattle in the big
North American whitetail deer is second
to none. He has rattled, called, and used
scents in order to be successful time and
time again. Come along and listen to Ken
speak on how to help you understand how
Yankee Sportsman’s Classic 2016
Have Your Trophy
Officially Scored
The Vermont Big Game Trophy Club
will be on hand with scorers representing
the following clubs: MASTC, NHASTC,
NBBC, P&Y, B&C and VBGTC. These
nationally acclaimed scorers will be able
to officially score any species of North
American Big Game.
to rattle in those incredible big whitetails to
your tree stand in your neck of the woods.
Ken is the Owner of Mountain Hollow
Game Calls, Inc. Because of his knowledge
of rattling, building grunt calls, and using
deer scents, his seminars will help you,
the deer hunter, outwit that big buck of a
lifetime.
The Vermont Big Game Trophy Club
is a non-profit organization and utilizes
a network of volunteer measureers
throughout the state to measure trophies
and forward this information to the VBGTC
offices for inclusion in their records keeping
program. For more information, check out
vermontbig-gametrophyclub.com.
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The Whitetails of
North America
Collection
Dean Vanier
Don’t miss this excellent opportunity.
KNIGHT & PSE Pro Staffer Dean Vanier
will be joining us to present his seminar
“Calling All Whitetails.” Now with over
35 years hunting experience, Dean shares
his wealth of knowledge and sure fire
hunting techniques.
The Whitetails of North America
Collection created by John Laberge of
Vergennes, Vermont includes many of
the world’s most famous bucks. Standing
above all, as full mount replicas, are the
current World Record Typical, The Milo
Hansen Buck, and the Non-Typical world
record, The Missouri Monarch Buck. The
collection currently includes over forty,
spectacular whitetail typical and nontypical giants from across the continent.
Come see this newly created collection of
the biggest whitetails that have ever lived.
In his seminar, Vanier breaks down the
whitetail’s superior defense mechanisms
and how the work independently and
collectively. His unique perspective on
understanding and beating the whitetails
superior defense mechanisms and using
them to your advantage will increase
your odds of success in the deer woods.
His concept of using calls and scent to
bring deer to you is like inserting a virtual
deer into the woods to fool other deer.
Vanier goes into detail on scouting and
using that information specifically for the
three phases of the rut. It’s perfect for the
expenenced and novice hunter.
James Vladyk
James is owner and operator of Fish Hounds
Outdoors in Benson Vermont and has been
fishing the Northeast area his entire life.
Since 2000 he has been specializing in
guided fishing trips targeting White and
Black Crappie, Yellow Perch, Sunfish,
Pike, Bass and Walleye. In 2010 James
and his good friend Scott Blair started
a tournament series called the Vermont
Sportsmans Hardwater Tournament Series
which has been growing rapidly. Here in
the Northeast he helps educate customers
and promotes the great sport of fishing by
hosting seminars and free youth clinics.
Fishing is where his skills excel, his goal
is to help you learn as much as possible.
Besides public speaking he has also
designed his own twin tailed soft plastic
bait the “Jamei” from MakiPlastic. He has
had the pleasure of working with Dave
Genz the past decade helping to educate
the Northeast on the modern ice fishing
system. He has appeared in magazines
such as Crappie World, Infisherman, Field
and Stream, Cabelas Outfitter Journal, Fur
Fish & Game and F + W’s Ice Fishing
magazine, Crappie Now, ODU Magazine
and has worked with Vermont’s Outdoor
Journal filming on Lake Champlain and
just recently did show with Old Harbor
Productions.
Having put his fishing skills against
some of the top fisherman in the country
by participating in the Professional ice
fishing circuit and National Qualifiers,
To learn more about Dean
and his business, North Woods
Hunting Products, please visit his website
at team-northwoods .com.
Joe Judd
2013 NWTF Roger Latham Award Winner!
Joe’s Journey as a sportsman began at the
age of 10 as he followed in the footsteps
of his father and grandfather and was fully
entrenched in the outdoor scene by the
age of 18. In 1976, while turkey hunting
he met Dick Kirby who had just founded a
company called Quaker Boy Game Calls.
Ten years later, with much success and
knowledge having been acquired by both
men, Joe was asked to join the prestigious
Quaker Boy Prostaff and thus another
segment of his outdoor career had begun.
you are sure to leave his seminar with a
better understanding of how to catch more
fish! In addition to being an Ice Team Pro
he is also a Pro Staff member for Clam,
Vexilar, Solar Sportsman, Navionics,
Lowrance, HT, Hydro Glow Fishing lights,
Mr.Heater, FishGillz and Maki Plastic.
www.fishhounds.net
Celebrity Whitetail
Symposium
Since that time Joe has traveled throughout
the country producing outdoor videos,
instructing at seminars and clinics, while at
the same time honing his own skills along
the way. Joe has pursued everything from
Maine moose to Alabama mallards. His
expertise as an “Over the Edge” turkey
hunter is well known throughout the
Northeast. He has appeared on the Quaker
Boy Video Series and has assisted many
celebrities and countless sportsmen in their
turkey hunt ing adventures. He is a member
of the RealTree Advisory Team and the
Alpen Optics Pro-Staff and has served two
terms as President of the Massachusetts
State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey
Federation. He writes an outdoor column
and hosts his local cable TV show called
On The Ridge. He is dedicated to the future
of hunting, so please stop by and introduce
yourself.
Bob Howe
Saturday 1:15pm-2:30pm
Bob Howe began hunting and trapping
at age 10, he has a wealth of knowledge
about the outdoors that astonishes people
of all ages and levels of expertise!. He
took his information about predators and
the successful harvesting of them from
a hunters view to a guides view when he
became the owner of Pine Grove Lodge in
1998. His guests can attest that he gives
them tips that nobody else ever thought of.
Please join us and moderator Bradley
Carleton for the 5th Annual Celebrity
Whitetail Symposium, Saturday, Jan 16th
from l:15-2:30pm upstairs in the Expo
Center seminar room. This year Benoit
Brothers, Hal Blood, Bob Howe, Dean
Vanier, Ken Hammel and others will all be
on stage to answer your questions.
100,000 SQUARE FEET OF SHOW ROOM SPACE!
VT Fish and Wildlife
Department Seminars
See Seminar Schedule Page for Date,
Location & Times.
Vermont’s Deer Herd, Issues and
Answers seminar with Nick Fortin the
VTF&W deer biologist.
Whole Deer Processing and Proper Field
Dressing with Eric Holmgren.
Black Bear Processing with Theresa
and Rodney Elmer.
Women Hunters Questions and
Answers with Molly Cook, Mary
Murphy, Cheryl Franklin Sullivan
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Yankee Sportsman’s Classic 2016