CRITTER DINNER CELEBRATES BEAR FORK HUNTING - Arnoldsburg Center Filled To Capacity

(02/03/2002)

Moose killed in Newfoundland and Caribou killed in NW Quebec by Grantsville resident Richard Parsons, not shown because the camera flubbed The Bear Fork Hunting Club's annual "Critter Dinner" was held at the Arnoldsburg Community Building last night, with a huge crowd attending the affair. The hunting club has the event for their members, their families and friends in the community. The menu, besides deer meat, usually includes such wild meat delicacies as bear, moose, "possum," groundhog and squirrel, plus a dab of rattlesnake meat. Beyond the main entrees, great country cookin' items and deserts fills the tables for about 300 folks who attend the annual event. Huge crowd attends annual "wild meat" dinner Topping off the evening was a group of Calhoun's (and the areas) great country music performers. The Bear Fork Hunting Club has a history going back to the late 1800's, with many of the original traditions continuing into the 21st century. The large wilderness area, once covering about 18,000 acres, is situated in Calhoun, Gilmer and Braxton counties. Hunting club president Charlie McKown cleans the bone of possum meat Despite a major timbering operation shortly after 1900, when a half-dozen or so mills made barrel staves to be hauled by a special railroad to the Elk River, and an oil and gas boom later in the 20th century - it is still a pristine place, filled with natural beauty and wildlife. The hunting club has about 300 members. Wild turkey killed in Bear Fork wilderness by Richard Parsons Greg and Youvonne Evans and baby Abigail Dick Alverson (Warsaw, OH) and Donald Cottrell (W. Lafayette OH), formerly of Sunny Cal, have been bobcat hunting in Bear Fork A future Bear Fork "fisherman" One of the "McCune Boys" always comes to the annual event Some of the area's greatest old-time musicians perform Lucy Marks does her cloggin', one more time Walls of dining hall lined with trophies

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