The Fifth Annual North Missouri Outdoor Classic will be held March 10-11 at the Chillicothe High School. The annual event is sponsored by the North Missouri Sportsman’s Alliance (NMSA), a non-profit organization based in Linn, Livingston, Carroll and Daviess counties.
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"Over our early years we have been able to bring in some of the top outdoor television hosts in the country and this year is no exception," said Steve Shoot, President of the NMSA. "This year ‘Fear No Evil’s’ Chris Brackett will be headlining an excellent group of speakers at our Outdoor Classic.
The North Missouri Outdoor Classic features a variety of activities with the designed purpose of making the two-day show a family event.
"There will be a number of booth displays with merchants selling outdoor oriented merchandise, as well as programs and seminars by professional hunters and fishermen," said Shoot. "Our goal every year is to always provide a family event with enough diversity that hopefully there is something at the show for everyone."
Deer hunters can bring their bucks in to be measured by official Pope & Young and Boone & Crockett scorers. There is also a unique Pepsi "Braggin’ Wall," featuring the bucks that score 170 and higher by local hunters. Trophies are presented to the Top Typical, Non-Typical and Best of Show Buck brought into the Classic.
Joining Brackett in presenting seminars will be Chuck Weldon from Drury Outdoors "Dream Season," television series; Lyle Stokes, a professional catfisherman and catfish tournament series director, as well as being featured on several television shows in 2012; Roy Roper, professional bass angler, fishing guide, promoter and public speaker; and Karl Rice, public relations director for the Missouri Trapper Association. A special guest this year will be 2012 Miss Missouri Katie Kearney, of St. Louis.
The Missouri Department of Conservation will also be providing speakers and workshops throughout the Outdoor Classic. In the past programs presented by the MDC included mountain lions, feral hogs, black bears and elk restoration.
"We have always appreciated the support of the MDC and their involvement in the Outdoor Classic," said Shoot. "We’re looking forward to the new information we will be receiving at this year’s event."
The Outdoor Classic will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 11.
"We decided to move the Outdoor Classic into March after battling snow storms and ice the last few years," Shoot said. "We used to hold the event in February, but weather concerns forced us to take a hopefully safer weather month for those who are traveling to Chillicothe."
The North Missouri Outdoor Classic is a fund raising event for the NMSA, which raises money for the Chillicothe Hunting & Fishing Club and the Share The Harvest program in four north Missouri counties.