2008 Pennsylvania State Taxidermy & Wildlife Art
Championships and Annual Convention
Blair County Convention Center — Altoona, PA
March 12 - 15, 2008
Competition Entry Form
PTA Convention Lodging Options
Write-ups on Judges & Seminar Presenters
Convention Registration Form
Convention and Competition Entry Tips
Youth Wildlife Art Competition
Tohickon Glass Eyes 2008 PTA Awards
Donation Hunt for 2008
Ongoing Grizzly Bear Seminar
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
| 6:30 pm - 9 pm | Convention & Competition Registration |
Thursday, March 13, 2008
| 8 am - 8 pm | Convention & Competition Registration (All Competition pieces MUST be entered by 8 pm!) |
| 9 am - 11 am | SEMINAR - ECT, Inc. & Bruce Rittel - Tanning & Shaving Hides |
| 9:10 am - 11 am | SEMINAR - Kent Stryker - Business & Pricing |
| 11 am - 3 pm | Point-of-Purchase food & beverage available |
| 11 am - 3 pm | Suppliers Open - In-Booth Mini-Seminars & Demos |
| 3:00 pm - 5 pm | SEMINAR - Mike Rohanna - Whitetail Finishing Techniques |
| 3:10 pm - 5 pm | SEMINAR - Ken Zimmerman - Sheep Shoulder Mount |
| 6 pm - 8 pm | SEMINAR - Greg Rue - Mounting a Flying Waterfowl |
| 6:10 pm - 8 pm | SEMINAR - Cary Cochran - Whitetail Ears & Earbutt Anatomy |
| 8 pm - 10 pm | Suppliers Open — Join us for coffee & dessert — Free Food / Cash Bar |
| 9 pm | Judging Starts & Board of Directors Meeting |
Friday, March 14, 2008
| 8 am - 6 pm | Convention Registration ONLY!! |
| 9 am - 11 am | SEMINAR - Dennis Behn - Mounting an Elk using the McKenzie cast lip system |
| 9:10 am - 11 am | SEMINAR - Alan Stancill - Skinning & Mounting Large Mouth Bass & Fish Anatomy |
| 11 am - 3 pm | Suppliers Open - In-Booth Mini-Seminars & Demos |
| 11 am - 3 pm | Point-of-Purchase food & beverage available |
| 2 pm - 4 pm | Children's Seminar / Arts & Crafts - Connie Jordan |
| 2 pm - 3:30 pm | SEMINAR - Marcus Zimmerman & Co. - BUSINESS!! |
| 4 pm - 5 pm | General Membership Meeting |
| 5 pm - 6 pm | Competition Areas open to PTA Members & Suppliers / Exhibitors |
| 5 pm | Group Critique on Commercial Category Entries |
| 6 pm - 8 pm | Suppliers Open - WARM UP PARTY — Free Food / Cash Bar |
| 8 pm - 9:30 pm | SEMINAR - Tim Jordan - Mounting a Flying Turkey |
| 8:10 pm - 9:30 pm | SEMINAR - Tommy Hall - Mounting a Whitetail |
Saturday, March 15, 2008
| 7 am - 3 pm | Convention Registration ONLY | |
| 7:30 am - 9 am | SEMINAR - Ken Bauman - Painting a Reproduction Large Mouth Bass | |
| 7:40 am - 9 am | SEMINAR - Marcus Detring - Bobcat Anatomy & Commercial Forms | |
| 9 am - 12 Noon | Suppliers Open — LAST CHANCE TO PURCHASE OR PLACE ORDERS! | |
| 12 Noon - 2 pm | Suppliers area open but they will be tearing down and packing up their booths | |
| 11 am - 3 pm | Point-of-Purchase food & beverage available | |
| 12 noon - 5 pm | PTA & Public viewing of competition area, photographer available & Judges' Critiques | |
| 12 noon - 2 pm | Acceptance of the Youth Wildlife Art Competition Pieces | |
| 1 pm | Group Critique on Commercial Category Entries (Open to the Public) | |
| 2 pm - 4 pm | SEMINAR - Joe Ferebee - Mounting Standing Waterfowl | |
| 2:10 pm - 4 pm | SEMINAR - John Will - Using Quick-Rock to build artificial bases, ledges & mountains | |
| 2 pm - 4 pm | Children's Activities / Arts & Crafts - Christie Mahany-Czarnecki | |
| 4 pm | Tear down suppliers' backboards / area | |
| 6 pm - 6:30 pm | Cash Bar | |
| 6:30 pm - 9 pm | Awards Banquet - Election Results | |
| Immediately following Banquet Competition area open and photographer available | ||
| 10 pm - 11 pm | Removal of Mounts - Backboards Loaded in Trailer | |
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(ALL MOUNTS MUST BE CHECKED OUT - NO EXCEPTIONS.
You will be required to produce your cards & show your ribbons and awards.) |
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
| 8 am - ? | Removal of Remaining Mounts - Clean up |
| 9 am - 12 noon | Board of Directors Meeting — newly elected board members must attend |
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ABSOLUTELY NO MOUNTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE COMPETITION AREAS UNTIL AFTER THE AWARDS BANQUET IS COMPLETED. MOUNTS WILL NOT BE RELEASED FROM THE COMPETITION AREAS UNLESS THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE CHECK-OUT TABLE. ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS.
If you can't stay until Saturday evening you must make arrangements for someone else to check out your competition piece(s). Everyone's adherence to these policies is mandatory and will be appreciated. |