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SAN ANTONIO – Texas Trophy Hunters Association™ (TTHA) is celebrating hunters during Hunter Appreciation Month by hosting an Opening Weekend Kick-Off Event on Friday, November 4, 2011.
Governor Rick Perry has officially declared November as “Hunter Appreciation Month” in Texas. From wildlife conservation to economically supporting our local, state and national communities, hunters take better care of our planet than any other group of people. In Texas, an estimated 106,000 jobs are supported by sportsmen funds and spending by sportsmen tops $6.6 billion annually.
“All of us at TTHA are looking forward to a great but possibly challenging deer hunting season and hope to see you here at our offices for this great event,” states Joe Betar, President of Texas Trophy Hunters Association. “We wish everyone a safe and prosperous season.”
To celebrate Opening Weekend of the general season for white-tailed deer, TTHA invites all hunters to our headquarters located in the Sterling Center (326 Sterling Browning Rd.) near the intersection of Stone Oak and Loop 1604 in San Antonio, Texas, for our Opening Weekend Kick-Off Event. (more…)
Cadye and UFC Champion Matt Hughes at TTHA
UFC fighting legend Matt Hughes took the time to shake some hands and sign autographs as he was introduced as the new host of TROPHY HUNTERS TV® at the Texas Trophy Hunters Association Headquarters in San Antonio today. We couldn’t help but send one of the AAE Crew to check it out.
Cadye Kilpatrick, pictured here with Matt, is the head of AAE marketing & graphic design and was able to take some time out of her busy schedule to run over and say ‘hello’ for us. We’re big fans of Matt’s and funny enough, he mentioned to her that he been on our site before! Very cool!
Matt is one of the most dominant fighters in the history of the UFC® as a 2-time welterweight champion with a 45-7 record and is a member of the UFC® Hall of Fame. Matt now hosts and is featured in the field for TROPHY HUNTERS TV®, which started in January.
You can catch Matt Hughes and all the action of TROPHY HUNTERS TV® Saturdays at 8:00 pm EST/7:00 pm CST on the Outdoor Channel. Outdoor Channel airs on DirecTV Channel 606; Dish Network Channel 153 or check your local cable provider for additional listings.
Texas Trophy Hunters Association™ (TTHA) is proud to announce the first annual “TTHA’s Bucks and BBQ” State Championship BBQ Cook-Off and Food Drive presented by WW Wood, Inc. BBQ teams from all over the great state of Texas and beyond will compete for cash and prizes at this Texas State BBQ Championship event sanctioned by the International Barbeque Cookers Association (IBCA).
Event: 2011 State Championship BBQ Cook-Off and Food Drive
When: June 3-4, 2011
Where: Shrine Auditorium – San Antonio, Texas – IBCA Sanctioned
TTHA invites you and your team to compete in our “cooker friendly” event. Their goal is to provide you, the BBQ team, with a great experience, a well-organized event and a fun time. In addition to the fantastic Cook-Off, there will also be a Gun Show taking place on the grounds of the Shrine Auditorium.
At TTHA’s Bucks & BBQ Cook-Off, the Grand Champion will qualify for the American Royal in Kansas City and Lottery for Jack Daniels AND will also pick up a 1-year team sponsorship from WW Wood, Inc. Additionally, each member of every team (up to 5 people per team) signed up in the cook-off will receive a 1-year membership to TTHA (a $174.75 value.) Categories for competition include brisket, pork spare ribs, chicken, beans and the coveted wild game. In addition to the food categories, there will also be a showmanship award given to the team with the “best set up” in their team space. $4,000 in cash plus additional prizes will be given away during the event!
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Congratulations to AAE’s very own Craig Ellwanger on his article recently published in the latest volume of The Journal of the Texas Trophy Hunters magazine! In the 3-page featured article, Craig recounts his weekend at the Diamond TF Hunting Ranch in Sonora last fall when he harvested his first axis deer with a bow and biggest axis to date. The story actually making the magazine came as a bit of a surprise to its writer.
“It has long been a goal of mine to have one of my stories featured…ever since I picked up my first TTHA magazine as a teenager”, Craig says. “I was actually pretty shocked that my story was in there. I sent in the story almost 8 months ago and just assumed it hit the ‘no thanks’ pile with the others. I mention in the story that harvesting a trophy axis with a bow was a thrilling feeling, but this has to be up there as well.”
You can find “Coming Up Aces with Axis” on page 148 of the Sept/Oct edition of “The Journal”. If you do not subscribe to The Journal of the Texas Trophy Hunters or have access to a copy, you can read the original full story here:
“Coming Up Aces with Axis”
by Craig Ellwanger, AAE
There are hundreds and hundreds of hunting stories where everything just seems to come together perfectly (just watch the last 10 minutes of most hunting shows). The perfect stand, the perfect wind, the perfect time of year, and then the perfect deer walks out…BOOM. Story’s over. Yet, for most of us, events seldom transpire this way.
Hours, days, and even seasons worth of seemingly “perfect” set-ups may go by without the epic crescendo of a successful harvest. Our hunt in Sonora, Texas on the Diamond TF Ranch this past weekend was one of the best few days of my short bowhunting career, but it definitely did not start out nor appear as though it was headed that way. [To read the entire article, click here]
