SMCNA Midwest Region Fun Hunt at Brush Dale Hunting Preserve

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SMCNA Midwest Region Fun Hunt

4th Annual
SMCNA Midwest Region Fun Hunt
March 22-24, 2013

Brush Dale
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The Fun Hunt is all just for fun. It's not a test nor a contest. Your dog doesn't need to honor or be steady to participate. Beginner hunters, whether they be dogs or people, are more than welcome. If you haven't yet been to a Fun Hunt, we sure hope to see you there this year!

If possible, plan to arrive Friday evening, March 22nd. Hunt all day Saturday and Sunday, or as much time as you can spend, then head home Sunday evening, March 24th or Monday morning, March 25th. Cost for hunting will be $50/session (e.g. $200 for the full weekend).

Shared accommodations at Brush Dale, in the Bellevue Apartment, lower-level of VIP Lodge, and main floor of the VIP Lodge will be $10/night/person. If you would like to camp at Brush Dale for $5/night, we do not have any hookups, and outside facilities will likely be shutoff for the winter, but we can plug you in. If you prefer to stay at a hotel with your dog, we recommend the Comfort Inn in Maquoketa (be sure to follow the important instructions).

Meals will be catered at Brush Dale by Springbrook Country Dining (same caterer as previous years' Fun Hunts). BYOB. We'll be having Barb's incredible hand-carved, all-you-can-eat, prime rib for dinner on Saturday night, and her wonderful desserts all weekend.

We will utilize up to 5 fields, in order to keep the hunting parties to a maximum of 4 guns, 4 dogs, and 2 non-gunning spectators. Each day will be divided into three, 2.5-hour hunting sessions (8:30am-11am, 11:30am-2pm, 2:30pm-5pm). We will remix the hunting parties and switch fields so everyone gets to hunt with as many different dogs and hunters as possible, in different fields. Each hunter may signup to hunt a maximum of two sessions per day. You are welcome to bring multiple dogs to the Fun Hunt, but you may only hunt with one dog per session.

This will be a non-profit event, with participants paying only for actual costs. Each $50 pays for the release of 4 pheasants. A Preserve hunting license ($20.00) may be purchased at Brush Dale if you do not already have an Iowa hunting license.

All SMCNA members and their hunting and non-hunting guests are welcome.

Questions? Email michelle@brushdale.com or call Michelle at 563.672.3291

Signup Before March 15th!

SMCNA Members and Hunting Guests, please complete and submit the Registration Form below to signup for the SMCNA Fun Hunt. You may make changes to your registration before midnight on March 15th and your total cost will be adjusted accordingly. After that date, we will appreciate knowing if you will not be here for all the hunting sessions, lodging nights, and/or meals you reserved, but you will still be responsible for the full cost.

Registration for Hunting Members and Hunting Guests
If you will be hunting, you must complete this Registration form. Hunting Members and Hunting Guests must each submit a separate registration. You may add one or more non-hunting guests to your reservation.
My Name:	[required]
I am:	an SMCNA member a Hunting Guest of
I am a youth hunter
I need a Preserve License ($20)
(Iowa law requires that residents and non-residens born after January 1, 1972 must be certified in hunter education before they are eligible to purchase an Iowa hunting license. Resident Iowa youth under the age of 16 are not required to have a license, but must be accompanied by a licensed adult 18 years of age or older. Non-resident youth under the age of 16 are required to possess a non-resident youth preserve license and habitat fee. The non-resident youth under 16 years of age are not required to have completed a hunter safety/education course.)
I am from:	[required]
My Email Address:	[required]
My Home Phone:	[required]
My Cell Phone:
My Non-Hunting Guest(s):
I/We plan to arrive at (arrival time) on (arrival date) and to leave at (departure time) on (departure date) [required]

Dog #1 Call Name:
Dog #2 Call Name:
Dog #3 Call Name:
Dog #4 Call Name:

I plan to hunt during these sessions: [Hold down the Ctrl key and click to select or deselect]	Select a maximum of four (4) sessions:	Session 1: 8:30am-11:00am Session 2: 11:30am-2:00pm Session 3: 2:30pm-5:00pm
Sessions are available on a first-come, first-served basis. If a session you have signed up for is full, we may reschedule your hunt to an open session on the same day. Youth hunters will hunt all sessions with their adult sponsor. Adult Hunting Guests and Members who want to hunt all sessions together, please let us know in the More Information box below. Otherwise, we will put you in the same hunting party for your first session and thereafter will put you into different hunting parties. Hunting Guests should not be concerned about hunting without their own dog in a different hunting party. There are always plenty of dogs in the field.

I/We will be eating these meals at Brush Dale: [Hold down the Ctrl key to select or deselect]

I/We would like to stay at Brush Dale: [Hold down the Ctrl key to select or deselect]
I/We understand the accommodations will be shared, on a first-come/first-served basis, with limited availability. I also understand that dogs are not allowed in the VIP Lodge, but may sleep in their crates in the heated Hawkeye Lodge.
I would like to camp at Brush Dale ($5/night) [please provide details below]

More Information: