2025 Quality Trip Drawing

What would you do, where would you go, and who would be your hunting or fishing partner if you won the Quality Trip drawing at this year’s Wild Game Dinner?  Chances in the drawing will be available for purchase from Ron Moore at the February 4 meeting for $25 per chance.  Read the article about the Quality Trip rules and the opportunity to purchase extra chances in the drawing further down in this newsletter and follow the link in the article to the complete rules on our web page. 

March 4 Election of Officers and Trustees

Our Board of Directors is comprised of Trustees and Officers who are elected by members present at the March general membership meeting each year to serve from April 1 through March 31 of the upcoming year.  Our bylaws stipulate that there may be up to fifteen Trustees.  Officer positions include President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary who are elected by the membership, plus the Immediate Past President who serves without election.  Our organization exists only because of the volunteer efforts of its members.  That includes working on various projects and activities but we also need the leadership to conduct business, to organize activities, and to chair important committees.  Please contact Evan Kirkpatrick (414-534-2817) or Richard Sharp (509-551-6785) to express interest in serving as a Trustee or Officer.  

Wild Game Dinner Tickets Available

Tickets will be available at our February 4 meeting for the 73rd annual Wild Game Dinner that will be held on March 22, 2025 at the Benton County Fairgrounds.  The number of tickets is limited and are $30 each.  The event is restricted to RRGC members and their guests.  The program presenter will be professional photographer John Clement. 

Prizes and wild game, fish, and fowl are being collected for the dinner now.  If you are a hunter or fisherman, please consider donating a portion of your harvest for the dinner.  Each package must be tagged with the donor’s name, WILD ID number, species and cut of meat, plus the date and location taken.  Ground meat cannot be accepted. Copies of our prize solicitation letter will be available at the February general membership meeting that you can give to potential donors that explains our nonprofit status and the reasons for the solicitation.  Please think about how you can contribute to and be involved in the Wild Game Dinner.  Please contact John Prather (509-521-1593) for more information about meat and prize donations or Marilyn Steele (509-392-2128) about helping with the dinner preparations.

Marilyn says we are still a bit short on deer and elk.  We can use roasts or trimmings that we can grind for sausage.  We have plenty of catfish, but salmon, walleye, bass, rock fish etc. are in short supply.  Something new at the dinner this year will be roast goose.  Bill Lambert is providing the club with plucked whole geese.  It will be a new challenge to get them to perfection on the smoker we borrow from Griggs – anyone up for the challenge?   

WGD Preparations

February 21, 6:00pm – Clean the fridge and freezer and inventory the meat.  Location: John Prather’s shop, 215107 E Game Farm Rd, Kennewick.  Text Marilyn (509-392-2128) if you are available to help.

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February 28, 5:30pm - Sausage making at John Prather’s shop.  (Marilyn will provide soup for volunteers.)

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March 1, 9:00am – More sausage making at John’s shop.  (Breakfast burritos for helpers.)

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March 2, 9:00am – Meatball prep at Marilyn’s house, 41530 S Morton Rd. Kennewick.  (Biscuits and gravy for helpers.)

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March 9, Noon – Chukar prep at John’s shop.  (Marilyn plans a light lunch for helpers.)

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March 16, Noon – More chukar prep at John’s shop.  (Chukar soup lunch for helpers.)

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March 21, 9:00am – Wild Game Dinner set up and prep at Benton County Fairgrounds Building 4.  (Pizza lunch at noon.)

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March 22, 7:00am – The culmination!  Breakfast at 8:00am with cooking to follow.  BCF Building 4.    

As you can see, it takes lots and lots of time and people to prepare for the Wild Game Dinner.  That is part of what makes it a truly unique event.  Please mark your calendar and come have some fun and help us prepare.  NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED – but experienced helpers make great mentors.

Introduction to Fishing

Richard Sharp will be conducting another free Introduction to Fishing class on March 1.  See details in the flyer below.  Call or text Rich to sign up for the class or to offer your assistance during the class.