updated February 2023
CFGA Planned Activities – 2023:
Want to help? Contact info@calgaryfishandgame.com to find out about joining the “Lead” person/organizer; we’d love to get some younger, new people involved!
Below is a list of possible activities for 2023; please check this page regularly as it will be continually updated as more events are planned/confirmed.
Please feel free to make suggestions of other ideas – especially those in which you would enjoy enough to become a Leader or part of the team. Contact: Laurie: info@calgaryfishandgame.com or Perry (Secretary) at: perrykotkas63@gmail.com
Preamble: “FW” means ‘Families Welcome’. We need some folks to step up with ideas or to help organize & run some of these events.
“Many hands makes light work”
January – June:
- Guest Speaker Events: monthly or bi-monthly at Members Meetings* – in person or online.
- Horn Scoring: at AHEIA’s wildlife museum/centre in town; great viewing for kids –
- Calgary Boat & Outdoor Show Feb 10-12: booth (archery on-site) and the Kids’ Trout fishing Pond.
- Shed Hunting Fun Competition: March 1 to December 31 – Wander the woods and bring home some antlers to be “scored” and win some prizes – Kids and open competitions. The competition is cash entry and the winners will take 50% of the total pot as the award. The scoring of the sheds will be done at the annual horn scoring event held in January.
- Last Ice Fishing Day! 10am to 4pm, March 11th @ Twin Valley Reservoir: we’ve received one last blast of winter. Let’s take it back by having a last blowout on the lake! Register now for this fun-filled day!
- Wild Game Dinner (April 29, Triwood Community Center: welcome cocktail party & appetizers, amazing wild game dishes, refreshments, auctions, raffles and awards presentations. Tickets are now on sale! Click here to purchase your tickets before they sell out!
- Pheasant Pens: work bees & BBQ, meet members and join this ‘legacy’ conservation programme.
- Alford Lake Family Camp & Jamboree – June 9-11: a great weekend of family fun! Camping (tents or trailers) or cabins, archery, shooting (.22, centerfire & shotgun), fishing, campfires, BBQ
- Rosebud ‘Spring Shoot’ and ‘Turkey Shoots’*: targets & silhouettes, hunting rifle & .22 at the world class ‘Rosebud Silhouette & Benchrest Club’ west of Calgary. *Date: TBD late June?
- McKinnon Flats Bow River Spring Cleanup and Barbeque: date TBD: CFGA has developed a McKinnon Flats Stewardship Partnership agreement with Alberta Environment and Parks (‘AEP’). The spring event will consist of a clean-up of the area, a BBQ, archery booth & events.
June-December:
- Family Group Camp – August 11-13: RV or tent camping weekend of outdoor family fun events.
- “Meet the Pheasants”: meet other families in town at the Pheasant Pens, BBQ, campfire & stories.
- Hunter “Sight-in” Day – date TBD, October: targets & fun ‘Turkey Shoots’ – targets & silhouettes.
- Bird Hunting Tune-up: (AHEIA Dewinton range: fun Trapshoot & Skeetshoot (needs confirmation.)
- Pheasant Collection & Release Day – October – date TBD: join us to round up the pheasants, crate them up and take them to various sites to be released into the wild.
- McKinnon Flats Fall Cleanup and Barbeque: date TBD
- Dog Training clinic: TBD
- Hunting Techniques & Safety Clinic: – rifle, bow, shotgun tips & techniques and safety.
Want to help? Contact info@calgaryfishandgame.com to find out about joining the “Lead” person/organizer; we’d love to get some younger, new people involved!