This past Saturday was the biggest, yet soggy-est, day of Florida squirrel hunting yet! The fourth annual Brooksville Squirrel Hunt, sponsored by the Brooksville Outdoors Conservation Alliance and hosted at Stable Faith Cowboy Church, took place, and wow, what a turnout!
This event has quickly become a huge part of our community, drawing outdoorsmen from hundreds of miles around. The dozens of co-sponsors, businesses and families donate cash and prizes to keep our kids in the outdoors and out of trouble. Do you know the old saying, “Take your kids hunting, and you won’t have to hunt for your kids?”
The hours and hours put in by hunt directors Courtney Vohlberg and Michelle Payne in order to keep this event organized and growing cannot be shown nearly enough gratitude. What a tremendous testament of love for the community! There were 388 participants overall, 194 two-man teams, and 188 of them were kids at this year’s event!
And here are the winners, as reported to me by Hunt Master Michelle Payne. “We want to congratulate all of our winners and everyone who participated, regardless of where you placed in the competition. We know that there were so many memories made that will last a lifetime! It was a long, wet day, but it made for good competition.
All team weights and rankings will be posted next week on our Brooksville Annual Squirrel Hunt Facebook page.
Youth/Youth Bracket Winning Teams:
1st Place: Greyson Volberg and Albert Kersey, 5 lbs., 6.54 oz
2nd Place: Addison & Tanner Johnson, 5 lbs., 3.41 oz
3rd Place: Gavin Hoffman and Shelby Cook, 5 lbs., 0.02 oz
Youth Side Pot, Belle Woodsby, one lb., 3.41 oz
Adult/Youth Bracket Winning Teams:
1st Place: Lane Stallsmith and Colton Sasser, 5 lbs., 6.77 oz
2nd Place: Travis & Brantley Graves, 5 lbs., 5.51 oz
3rd Place: Shannon and Kenna Brass, 5 lbs., 5.37 oz
Adult/Adult Bracket Winning Teams:
1st Place: Raymond Vielleux, 5 lbs., 2.78 oz
2nd Place: Daniel Vielleux and Dave Huston, 5 lbs., 0.96 oz
3rd Place: David Hutchinson and Steve Smith, 4 lbs, 15.64 oz
Adult Side Pot: Johnny Cremata, one lb., 4.19 oz
Raffle Prize Winners:
12g: Jeff Hurst
308: Trenton Payne
25-06: Jacey Fisher
Captain Rick Spratt Fishing Trip: Bonnie Wood
“WILDFIRE” Flag: Cody Sikes
Youth Raffle Winners:
Lifetime License sponsored by Spring Hill Well Drilling, Elena Harper
Youth Turkey Hunt sponsored by Todd Arick and Wyatt Fincher
Reeltime Outdoors Half-Day Fishing Trip: Joshua Sikes
410, sponsored by Rebel Yell Outdoors, Rielly Mueller
410, sponsored by The Braswell Family – Leah Steele
410, sponsored by FL Trappers Assoc., Bristol Cummings
20g sponsored by Bismark Lakera – Riley Smallwood
20g sponsored by Mayor Blake Bell – Wyatt Oden
17HMR, sponsored by Waller Bros Land and Cattle – Ernie Gay
.22, sponsored by Waller Bros Land and Cattle – Jace Mena
.22, sponsored by The Brass Family – William Combs
.22, sponsored by Florida Leadslingers Outdoors – Kyle Pearson
.22, sponsored by Goldiggers & Gunslingers – Bekem Papa, Paxton Rossman, Megan Sowers, Tarren Johnson, and Blake Rowland.”
I’d love to hear from you if you’ve got any questions or comments. Feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]. God Bless, and good hunting!
