The Estevan Wildlife Federation (EWF) saluted those who enjoyed success while fishing, hunting birds and big game, and taking photos last year during the organization’s annual awards night on Saturday night at the Wylie-Mitchell building.
The awards in each category were separated into junior and senior divisions, as the EWF wants to encourage youths and adults alike to be involved with the different activities.
In junior birds, Logan Skuce won for the top sharptail grouse with a weight of two pounds and one ounce, while Chase McNabb had the top pheasant with a score of 61.
As for the senior birds, Kyle Skuce had the largest Hungarian partridge (one pound) and the biggest sharptail grouse (two pounds, three ounces). Harvey Hackney captured the top-scoring pheasant with a score of 60 1/4.
Murray Mosley won several awards for senior birds, including ruffled grouse (one pound, six ounces), mallard duck (three pounds, nine ounces), Canada goose (13 pounds, 13 ounces) and snow goose (five pounds, nine ounces).
In junior fish, Hunter Chipley had the heaviest largemouth bass (two pounds, 12 ounces) while Mia Aparicio had the top walleye (three pounds, four ounces).
In senior fish, Joshua Michel won two awards: biggest largemouth bass (four pounds, 12 ounces) and northern pike (22 pounds, eight ounces). Other award winners were Kevin Florek for largest perch (one pound, eight ounces), Lance Marcotte for biggest walleye (10 pounds, six ounces) and Mosley won for the top rainbow trout (four pounds, one ounce).
In archery hunting, Garry Leslie won several awards, including the top typical whitetail deer with a score of 148, top black bear with a score of 16 and 2/16, and top moose at 68 6/8. He also won the Bowhunter of the Year Award for the three animals with a total score of 258.9.
Other archery winners were Keith Hamilton for top typical mule deer (154 2/8) and Sheldon McNabb for top non-typical mule deer (216 5/8).
Awards were handed out in junior, women’s and men’s categories for big-game rifle hunting. In the junior division, Saslynn McNabb won for the top typical whitetail deer with a score of 170 3/8, Kolby Janssen had the top typical mule deer (154 6/8), Donavan Dyer had the top typical elk (79 6/8), McKenna Van de Woestyne had the best moose (156 4/8) and Mackenzie Skuce had the top antelope (77 6/8).
In women’s rifle, Stacey Potoma had the top typical whitetail deer at 115 3/8, Jamie Hansen had the top typical mule deer (156 6/8) and Courtney McKinnon had the top moose (169 3/8).
In senior men’s rifle, Adam Van de Woestyne had the top typical whitetail deer (144 3/8), Riley Pylychaty had the top non-typical whitetail deer (138 1/8), Ed Goodwin had the top typical mule deer (189 5/8), Lyle Daoust had the top non-typical mule deer (188 4/8), Jarett Mosley had the top typical elk (233 3/8) and Mike Halirewich had the top black bear (18 15/16).
Awards were also handed out for photography. McKenna Van de Woestyne had the top junior scenic photo, Doug Van de Woestyne had the top senior scenic picture and Mary Jacobs had the top senior wildlife photo.
Jacobs also won the award for photo of the year. Her photo went on to finish third in the provincial competition.
