Varmint-Calling Contest Nets 59
The team of David Neff, Dwain Fox, Scot Sheppard and Joey Pinard won the Varmint-Calling Contest held Feb. 20 with seven coyotes and four bobcats. In doing so, the team took a prize of $850.
Jim Havlak, Joe Deiterman and Kyle Schwartz won second prize with a take of 9 bobcats, pocketing a cash prize of $425.
Each team pays an entry fee, which goes into a jackpot, which is then awarded 50 percent to the winning team, 25 percent to the second place team, and 25 percent to the Glasscock County Livestock, Range and Wildlife Association, which sponsors the contest as a fundraiser.
This year’s 17 teams netted a total of 16 coyotes, 21 bobcats, 11 grey foxes and 11 raccoons. The contest lasts from 5 p.m. on one day until 10 a.m. the next.