2024 PLANNED EVENTS
Calgary Fish and Game Association (CFGA) Planned Activities – 2024
updated March 2024
Families are welcome at all the events! 😊 Contact: [email protected] for more details.
Want to help? Contact [email protected] to find out about how you can get involved! We are always looking for “Lead” person/organizers for any of these events or other event ideas!
Below is a list of possible activities for 2024; please check this page regularly as it will be continually updated as more events are planned/confirmed.
“Many hands makes light work”
January – March:
- Guest Speaker Events – quarterly at Members Meetings* – in person or online.
- Special General Meeting – Bylaws – January 9th
- Big Game Measuring Day & Shed Hunt Scoring – January 27th: Calgary Horseshoe Club, with Sarcee F&G.
- Calgary Boat & Outdoor Show – February 9-11: booth (archery on-site) and the Kids’ Trout fishing Pond.
- Shed Hunting Fun Competition: wander the woods and bring home some antlers to be “scored” and win some prizes – Kids and open competitions.
- Winter Classic Fishing Derby – date TBD: a family event! Learn to ice fish, enjoy a warming fire, marshmallows. Twin Valley Reservoir.
- Women’s Outdoor Club Inaugural Happy Hour Meet & Greet – 3:00 pm, February 24th at Earls Restaurant, #355, 100 Anderson Road SE. To register, email Kyla: [email protected] or Britney: [email protected].
- Frank Lake Carp Fishing Day – 9:00 am, March 23rd, 2024, at Frank Lake. With the ice melting at Frank lake, try your luck at going out and trying to catch some Prussian Carp. They are an invasive species in the lake and the more we can get out the better for the lake’s overall health and ecosystems. If you can attend please email Tyler at [email protected].
- Wild Game Dinner, Triwood Community Center – April 27, 2024: welcome cocktail party & appetizers, amazing wild game dishes, refreshments, auctions, raffles and awards presentations.
- Pheasant Pens: work bees & BBQ – dates TBD: meet members and join this ‘legacy’ conservation programme.
- Alford Lake Family Camp & Jamboree – June 7-9: 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.
April – December:
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- Family Group Camp – August 16-18, Aspen Crossing Group Campsite: 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, August: 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.
- Annual General Meeting – December, date TBD.