Couestracker Report post Posted August 6, 2014 Thank you Keith for an excellent presentation, very informative and interesting. Everyone really enjoyed it and PVCI is grateful to you for your time. A CWT member won the Savage Axis .308 scoped rifle in our monthly gun raffle! I'll let him identify himself if he so choses. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted August 6, 2014 Nice. I wanted to go but my scheduled ride backed out (and you know who you are, shame) when he learned it was a bear calling and not a bear sending seminar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huntjunkie Report post Posted August 6, 2014 Wish I could have been there! Dang work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted August 6, 2014 Thanks for the update! I am glad it went so well and CWT member won a gun! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmall Report post Posted August 6, 2014 One of the most Interesting and informative hunting seminars I have been to. I can't wait to go bear hunting. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azhuntnut Report post Posted August 6, 2014 It was a great seminar and presented very well. I'm surprised he isn't called "The Bear Whisperer". I learned a lot from it and will be trying some of the tactics this year for sure. David 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
creek hunter Report post Posted August 6, 2014 I was the lucky one to win the Savage .308 rifle. A big thanks to PVCI for not only giving me a nice bear gun but for also hosting an incredible seminar by Keith. Im ready now to try my luck at a bear. PVCI from my first visit is a bunch of good folks. Thanks! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lonne Report post Posted August 7, 2014 It was really awesome. I thought the addiction part of it was especially relevant. Good info on finding good habitat and calling hard! Thanks to PVCI for holding it, looks like a really fun group! That guy Eddy was pretty cool too, and now, is there anyone who attended that doesn't now want one of those special knives? :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maverick351 Report post Posted August 7, 2014 I'm bummed I had to work and missed out. I really wanted to learn more about bear hunting. So what's these special knives? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
100%DIYazCOUES Report post Posted August 7, 2014 That sounds awesome,I should keep an eye out for stuff like this in the future Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lonne Report post Posted August 7, 2014 Sorry y'all missed it. I can definitely identify with missing it b/c of work :-) Hopefully there will be more down the road. A gentlemen that's a member of the club grinds knives for raffles and members. Probably couestracker could tell us more. I'm not a member of the club so don't know much, and I live kind of far, but it looks like an awesome club to be a part of. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couestracker Report post Posted August 7, 2014 The knives are made by PVCI Life Member John Toner, who owns Continental Divide Knives (http://www.cdknives.com/). John is an awesome guy and he is very generous not only to PVCI, but to other hunting organizations. He makes PVCI 20 knives each hunting season, then the Club awards them to the top hunters/callers/shooters (12 categories) at the end of the season. The remainder of the knives go to Club members who participated in the Club hunts, and are determined by drawing raffle tickets. One raffle ticket for each registered hunter per hunt (1 each month), plus each team (or hunter) gets extra tickets if they made one of the 3 places (1st, 2nd or 3rd place) for that hunt, based on score of animals harvested. I have won 2 knives so far. One at our Annual Campout & Bar-B-Que, and one as a participant in the season hunts. John also makes the Club knives for several Annual Club events, then we sell $1 raffle tickets and draw the winning ticket at the event. Also John usually make one for our Christmas fund raising auction, so that one is either sold by live or silent auction. So, how can you get a John Tonner knife you ask? Well, you can buy one direct (check out his website), or join PVCI and come hunting with us to have a good chance at one by raffle, or come up to the George Knox Memorial Predator Hunting Boot Camp, either as a mentor or camp help, because a set of Johns knives will be awarded to one lucky person at the camp by raffle. The boot camp is a lot of fun, we need mentors, kids want to learn hunting skills, everyone gets fed all weekend......it's a win-win situation! Thanks for reading! Tommy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rcdinaz Report post Posted August 7, 2014 Sounds like a great evening, I wish I would have been in town. Work gets in the way of my fun an awful lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maverick351 Report post Posted August 8, 2014 I spent a lot of money on raffle tickets to win one of his knife sets at the oe4a banquet. I am definitely interested in getting some. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
