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Big MOE Skills Stations & Exhibit Tables

Sept 26, 2010  -- THIS IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT! Bring your umbrellas, raingear and other weather related gear to the event. There is ample opportunity to have fun, regardless of the weather!
 
For the safety of the animals at this event, please leave your pets at home. Thank you!

Browse through this area to see the activities in which you can participate and the demonstrations to be seen at the Big MOE! It's a fun filled day of action that is sure to be a memorable family outing!
Fly Fishing Gear

Fly Fishing Skills Stations

Tie your own fly under the expert supervision of an experienced fly tyer from the Western Mass. Fly Tyers!
  Cast a fly rod and see the line gracefully unfurl at a target point of you choosing!

Below are many of the skill stations and exhibits attendees may check out at the Big MOE on September 26, 2010 !
Many of the groups sponsoring the stations below are at the BIG MOE every year.

 

    • Archery--Friends of FAWNS
    • New England Pioneer Encampment --Friends of FAWNS
    • Live Birds of Prey--Hawks & Owls--Larry Keating
    • Turtles & Snakes--New England Reptiles with Marla Isaacs, Taunton 
    • Safe Firearms Handling: REQUIRED for any shooting--Friends of FAWNS 
    • Boulder Climbing/Jr. Rock Wall--Boy Scouts of America
    • Fly line casting--Brad Gage and Marla Blair
    • Spin Fishing Skills--MassWildlife Angler Education
    • Cleaning & Filleting Fish--Friends of FAWNS
    • Wild Game Tasting -- Chef Myron of Myron's Sauces
    • Rifle Target Shooting--Singletary Rod & Gun Club
    • Canoeing & Kayaking--Great Canadian Canoe and Kayak/Boy Scouts of America 
    • Tomahawk & Knife Throw--Friends of FAWNS 
    • Blacksmith Demonstration--Dan West 
    • Boy Scout Camping Today--Visit a Boy Scout Encampment and Learn more about Scouting!
    • Taxidermy--North Worcester County Fox & Coon Club
    • Bees and Honey--Kacklebee Homestead, Dudley 
    • Shotgun Shooting-- Hamilton Rod & Gun Club and Leicester Rod & Gun Club 
    • Traps, trapping & Hide Scraping*--Massachusetts Trappers Association (not confirmed for 2009 yet) 
    • Mountain Biking--Team BUMS of Central Massachusetts   
    • Build a Bird Box--Friends of FAWNS, all lumber donated by Hull Forest Products! 
    • Forest Management--Hull Forest Products & MassWildlife
    • **Geocaching -- Massachusetts Geocachers
    • **Dog Training and Care for Your Pet --Pack of Paws Dog Training 
    • Modern Wildlife Management--MassWildlife
    • Nature Arts and Crafts--Friends of FAWNS
    • (Make a rain stick, paint a critter, animal bracelets, face painting, headbands!)
    • Falconry--The art of hunting with birds of prey, Darryl Perkins
    • Worcester Junior Rifle Team--Worcester Pistol & Rifle Club
    • Worcester County League of Sportsmen Info Booths
    • Foster Parent Recruitment -- Mass. Dept of Social Services, Springfield office
    • Tree Stand Safety--Gerry Lemire, The Elusive Whitetail/Lone Wolf Tree Stands         
    • **Child Identification Station--Molly Bish Foundation and Worcester County Sheriff's Department
    • Hampden County League of Sportmen
    • Worcester County League of Sportsmen
    • Turkey Information and Calling Station--MA Chapter, National Wild Turkey Federation
    • *Firearms Exhibit-Smith & Wesson
    • *Asian Long Horned Beetle Info Booth--US Department of Agriculture