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| Next MBA Area Director's Meeting Scheuduled for Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ Yazoo City, MS |
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| 2009 MBA Top Gun Winners Announced |
| Lee and Tiffany Lakosky-Featured/Guest Speakers for 2010 Annual Spring Awards Banquet |
| 2009-2010 Harvest Photo Gallery |
| MBA Area Director's Meeting of Saturday, August 1, 2009 @ Sallis, MS |
| 2009 MBA State Championships Tournament Winners and Scores |
| 2009 MBA State Championships Tournament Photo Gallery |
| MBA Area Director's Meeting of Saturday, July 18, 2009 @ Sallis, MS |
| 2009 Pascal Ware Memorial (MS State Traditional Shoot, 8-22-2009 |
| 2009 Camp Rainbow PhotoGallery |
| 2009 MBA Award Banquet Highlights |
| Michael Waddell-2009 MBA Awards Banquet Speaker for 2009 |
| 2008-2009 Harvest Photo Gallery |
2009 Annual Awards Banquet Highlights (3-7-2009)
The Banquet was held in the Corey Forum on campus at Holmes Community College in Grenada, MS. Our guest speaker for the evening was Michael Waddell-TV host of RealTree Road Trips.

Michael Waddell

For the past fourteen years, Michael Waddell has been a key member of the Realtree Outdoor Productions staff.  Michael joined Realtree in 1994 as a cameraman and producer for the popular “Monster Bucks” and “All Stars of Spring” videos. Michael spends much of his time hunting for the Realtree cameras and hosting “Realtree Road Trips,” a fast paced, reality-based hunting show that premiered in July 2003 on the Outdoor Channel, and has won numerous awards. Michael is currently in the process of hosting a new show on the Outdoor Channel called, “Bone Collectors,” created and produced by Surf & Turf Entertainment. Michael grew up hunting and fishing with his father.  After graduating from high school, he started competing - and winning - turkey calling contests on a regular basis.  Michael gained recognition as one of the nation’s top callers, and in 1993 he won the Realtree Grand America Turkey Calling Contest in Perry, Georgia. His performance caught the attention of Bill Jordan and earned Michael a spot on the Realtree Advisory Staff. His big break came while guiding an outdoor writers’ hunt in Pine Mountain, Georgia; after showing David Blanton some footage he and his brother-in-law shot while hunting deer and turkey, Michael was hired as a freelance cameraman. Currently Michael is hosting Realtree Roadtrips that can be seen on the Outdoor Channel, which has won a record breaking seven Golden Moose awards over the last four years, three of which were the coveted fan favorite hunting show award in 05, 07 and 08. In 2007, Michael signed on and became part of the Gander Mountains elite pro-staff and hosted Gander’s We Live Outdoors Television show.  He is also apart of Thompson Center’s Pro Staff and appears on Thompson Center’s Game Trail Television Show.  Both shows can be seen on The Outdoor Channel.In 2008 things continued to evolve as Michael was signed to be the official celebrity spokesperson for The Outdoor Channel, was elected to serve as chair of the National Hunting and Fishing Outdoors Day and named the official spokesperson for National Wildlife and Turkey Federation.  Michael’s down home country boy image along with his humor and natural born hunting ability has led him to be one of the most sought after hunting personalities in the hunting industry today. Michael loves to hunt and spend time with his family, wife Ashley and his three boys, Mason (8), Meyer (4) and the twins, Macoy (19 mo.) and daddy’s little girl, Addie (19 mo.).

 

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Before the banquet started, there was plenty of work to do setting up the silent auction tables, awards, trophies, raffle items, dining tables. Many of the Mississippi Bowhunter Association Area Directors and MBA member volunteers arrived early in the day to get all the 'hardware' organized for the evening activities.




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The MBA Area Directors and MBA member volunteers put their heads together and made important decisions regarding where to place the auction items, raffle tables, registration booth and the MBA booth . After much discussion and contemplations, the proper decisions were made and the preparations got on the way.
Once all the decisions were made on proper placement of the auction and raffle tables, the MBA Booth was positioned at a key point to best serve signing up new members and renewing memberships for current MBA members. Joel Cunningham (MBA Sec./Treasurer) sits behind the MBA Members Booth and studies his laptop computer getting vital information in preparation for the evening's activities.




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A major part of the evening's activities recognized MBA members that had excelled in various aspects of archery, 3-D tournament competition and bowhunting. The above 7 trophies were awarded to the winners of the 7 2008 'TOP GUN' categories. They were presented to the respective recipients by the MBA 3-D Tournament Committee Chairman Bill Tolbert. Later in the evening, all attendees recognized and congratulated all the trophy and award recipients.

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