Syracuse.com - Sportsmen's Days at Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery expected to draw a big crowd

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New offerings this year include predator-calling demonstrations, fire starting and survival and a taxidermy display and demonstrations of mounting wildlife.

Len Morgesse (left) from New York Bowhunters instructs Jake Farrell (age of Camillus in the use of a genesis bow which is a type of adjustable bow at the 2009 Sportsmen's Days at Carpenter's Brook. David Lassman

The annual Honeywell Sportsmen's Days scheduled for this weekend at the Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery, Route 321, Elbridge, is expected to draw more than 6,000 persons.

The two-day event was created as a tribute to National Hunting and Fishing Day, which is on Saturday. The local event is one of the largest celebrations of National Hunting and Fishing Day in the state.

It will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $5 per car. I plan to be there from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday to meet with readers.

Outdoor activities suitable for all ages include: skeet shooting (shotgun), waterfowl identification/calling,turkey and goose calling, archery, free turkey call building clinic for kids, BB guns, fly fishing, jig tying, canoeing, muzzle loading, and trout fishing.

There will be demonstrations by woodsmen, local wildlife artists and authors, retriever and pointer dog demonstrations. Conservation Officers, Forest Rangers and Eddie Eagle will make appearances. Free prize drawings every hour with a grand prize of a fishing charter for four on Lake Ontario.

NEW OFfERINGS THIS YEAR INCLUDE:

• Wild Game/Fish Cooking demonstrations by professional chefs and Hall of Fame Sportsmen

• Chainsaw artists carving wildlife figures

• Predator (coyote) Calling Demonstrations

• Primitive Pursuits – tanning animal skins using natural materials

• Fire starting and survival

• Birds of Prey and Retriever Dog demonstrations

• Taxidermy display and demonstrations of mounting wildlife

For more information, call the hatchery at 689-9367.

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