Kristin Stacy, 13, shot a nice 8-pointer at 7:45 a.m. on opening day, Nov. 15. She was hunting with her dad, Paul, in the Mansfield area. She is a seventh grader at Forest Park. (Stacy photo)

IRON RIVER—    The 10th annual Hunters’ Banquet will take place on Saturday, Dec. 8 beginning at 6 p.m. One of the most popular speakers over the years, Don Long, will once again be presenting an exciting hunting story.

Ryan Lohrey, 14, of Iron River harvested a nice eight-point buck with his dad, Glen, on Nov. 17 in Iron County. It is the largest buck Ryan has ever shot; he harvested a nice spikehorn during the youth hunt. Ryan hunts with a 7mm that was passed down from his grandpa, Dave Rullcoski. (Lohrey photo)

Jacob Peterson, 11, of Mansfield Township shot his first buck on opening day while he was hunting with his uncle, Matt Suheski, in the Buck Lake area. He made the shot from 50 yards with his great grandfather’s 35 Marlin at 1:30 p.m.

IRON RIVER—A snowmobile safety class will be given on Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Iron Range Trail Clubhouse, located at 11 W. Maple St.
There is no cost to take the class. Those 16 and under who want to take the class must have one adult present during registration.

Hunting partners Chris and Wyatt Stachowicz of Gaastra got their buck on Nov. 15, the opening day of the Michigan firearm deer season. Chris said his son, 10, was his good luck charm, bringing in a 10-point buck. In previous years, the biggest one he’d taken was an eight-pointer. Due to Michigan’s many youth hunting opportunities, Wyatt was able to hunt with his dad for the first time and be part of harvesting a big buck. The duo was hunting in the Pentoga area and made a 60-yard shot in the open hardwoods from a ground blind.

Vicky Vargovich got a nice opening day buck at 8:15 a.m. in the Gaastra area. While hunting with her mom, Lois, she downed the six-pointer with one shot with a Remington .30-06. (Vargovich photo)

During the 75th anniversary Ducks Unlimited banquet on Oct. 27, Kathy Sheehy and grandson, Turner Bociek, won the event’s grand prize of a kayak/canoe package. Congratulating the winners was banquet chairman Dan French (DU photo)

Andy Anderson received an achievement award from Whitetails Unlimited and Midway Target Corp. for his score in the 3-in-the-red witch, a separate event at the shoot. (Marvin Hill photo)
AMASA—The Iron County 4-H Sharpshooters Club held its annual turkey shoot Oct. 27 at the Amasa Area Recreation Center.

Harry and Tammy Weng of the Wooden Nickle and Tommy Fritz of Riverside Pizzeria present the firearms they are donating to the Nov. 17 Camp Gibbs Banquet. The Wengs are donating a Mossberg 270 bolt action rifle, and Fritz has a German Sport Guns .22 semi-auto rifle. Due to these and other donors, Camp Gibbs will award 11 guns to lucky winners at the annual event, along with many other prizes.