Taste of the Wild Recap
April 13th, 2019 Frazee High school
The 6th annual Taste of the Wild was on April 19th and it was an awesome event. As always, this event was a completely free event that was also family friendly. This year the Taste of the Wild had over 450 people come through the doors. We have outgrew the Frazee Event Center in 2018, so we are moved it to the Frazee High School to make more room. From the beginning, the purpose of this event has been to give back to the community by providing a family friendly event that is completely free. We know that during the spring season there are a lot of fundraisers and so we wanted to be able to offer something free. Getting in the door and prize tickets are completely free. The only thing to bring your wallets for was the vendors selling their awesome merchandise and food.
Grand Prize: A-14 Lund fishing boat, trailer with spare tire and a 42lb Thrusting power trolling motor
Because of many businesses and people supporting this event with cash donations, we were able to give away a 14 foot fishing boat, trailer with a spare tire, and a 42Ib Thrusting power trolling motor as a grand prize. Every person that was 18 or older received one ticket to be entered into win this boat and trailer valued at over $3,000!! And the event and tickets for all the prizes was completely free. Winner paid all taxes and fees associated with boat when they picked it up from Ray's Sport & Marine in Perham, MN
Doors opened at 1:00 PM
Speakers, vendor booths, prize drawings, kids games and more going all day long.
During this time, we had games for the kids like minnow races, antler ring tosses and more. We also had a lot of door prizes being given away throughout the whole day. Everyone that came received 5 tickets to enter in for all the different prizes and everyone 18 or older received 1 ticket for the grand prize boat, trailer, and trolling motor package.
We also had a line up of speakers presenting throughout the day talking about a large variety of topics like managing your properties to increase whitetail deer population, walleye fishing and more. This year the speakers were in the commons to make it easier to listen to the information being presented. The list of speakers are listed below.
Speakers for this year included:
Vendor Booths had items for sale for you to buy as well.
Tasting started at 5:00 PM
As a part of this yearly competition we have the opportunity for you to prepare a dish at home and bring it to compete for the bragging rights for best dish in the Frazee area. Winners of each categories also received an additional 5 tickets per item they bring to use towards door prizes. We had multiple different categories for you to compete in. These categories included:
Keynote Speaker started at 6:00 PM
Jason Ziegler from Whitetail Properties was be the keynote speaker this year talking about his many outdoors experiences involving hunting. Jason is a well respected speaker in the area and has been apart of our event for many years and always has engaging speeches that really captivate you and pull you in.
Speakers, vendor booths, prize drawings, kids games and more going all day long.
During this time, we had games for the kids like minnow races, antler ring tosses and more. We also had a lot of door prizes being given away throughout the whole day. Everyone that came received 5 tickets to enter in for all the different prizes and everyone 18 or older received 1 ticket for the grand prize boat, trailer, and trolling motor package.
We also had a line up of speakers presenting throughout the day talking about a large variety of topics like managing your properties to increase whitetail deer population, walleye fishing and more. This year the speakers were in the commons to make it easier to listen to the information being presented. The list of speakers are listed below.
Speakers for this year included:
- Jason Ziegler of White Tail Properties(How to grow, hold, and consistently kill mature deer on small tracts of land.)
- Adam Warweg with C&S Calls (Calling techniques & decoy setting.)
- Jeff Lekatz with DL Lakers Fishing Team
- Darius Simon with Wounded Warrior Guide Service - (Supporting Veterans through the outdoors.)
- Pro Staff John Gildersleeve
- Alisha Haken with Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
- Pro Staff Mike & Shawn Woodard of Lund and Ray's Marine Moorhead
- Robert Baden with MN DNR
- C&S Custom Calls
- Migratory X Clothing Company
- Dl Lakers High School Fishing Team
- Frazee Sportsmans Club
- Wounded Warrior Guide Service
- Ray’s Marine of Perham
- Black Timber Landworx
- Venture Custom Rods
- Whitetail Properties
- The Painted Turtle
- Outlet Recreation
- Frazee School
- Frazee Kaotic Robotics selling concessions
- Friends of Tamarac
Vendor Booths had items for sale for you to buy as well.
Tasting started at 5:00 PM
As a part of this yearly competition we have the opportunity for you to prepare a dish at home and bring it to compete for the bragging rights for best dish in the Frazee area. Winners of each categories also received an additional 5 tickets per item they bring to use towards door prizes. We had multiple different categories for you to compete in. These categories included:
- Big Game
- Small Game
- Fish
- Jerky
- Non-Game
- Kid Made
Keynote Speaker started at 6:00 PM
Jason Ziegler from Whitetail Properties was be the keynote speaker this year talking about his many outdoors experiences involving hunting. Jason is a well respected speaker in the area and has been apart of our event for many years and always has engaging speeches that really captivate you and pull you in.
Are you apart of a business or an organization that would like to be apart of sponsoring this event? We are looking for more door prizes and cash donations to be able to make this event even better than ever before.
If you would like to make a monetary donation, you can give by clicking on the "Support" button below.
Please contact us with any questions you might have about becoming a sponsor by calling Caleb at 218-640-5747
If you would like to make a monetary donation, you can give by clicking on the "Support" button below.
Please contact us with any questions you might have about becoming a sponsor by calling Caleb at 218-640-5747
Recap of 2018 Event
Last years Grand Prize: Lund wc-14 boat and trailer
Because of many businesses and people supporting this event with cash donations, we were able to give away a 14 foot fishing boat and trailer as a grand prize. Every person that was 18 or older got one ticket to be entered into win this boat and trailer valued at over $7,000!! And the event and tickets for all the prizes were completely free.
Doors opened at 1:00 PM
Speakers, vendor booths, prize drawings, kids games and more going all day long.
During this time, we had games for the kids like minnow races, antler ring tosses and more. We also had a ton of door prizes being given away throughout the whole day. Everyone that came got 5 tickets to enter in for all the different prizes and everyone 18 or older got 1 ticket for the grand prize boat and trailer.
We also had a line up of speakers presenting throughout the day talking about a large variety of topics like managing your properties to increase whitetail deer population, walleye fishing and more. The list of speakers are listed below.
Tasting started at 5:00 PM
As a part of this yearly competition we had the opportunity for you to prepare a dish at home and bring it to compete for the bragging rights for best dish in the Frazee area. We had multiple different categories for you to compete in. These categories include:
Speakers for last year included:
Booth's and Vendors for last year included:
Speakers, vendor booths, prize drawings, kids games and more going all day long.
During this time, we had games for the kids like minnow races, antler ring tosses and more. We also had a ton of door prizes being given away throughout the whole day. Everyone that came got 5 tickets to enter in for all the different prizes and everyone 18 or older got 1 ticket for the grand prize boat and trailer.
We also had a line up of speakers presenting throughout the day talking about a large variety of topics like managing your properties to increase whitetail deer population, walleye fishing and more. The list of speakers are listed below.
Tasting started at 5:00 PM
As a part of this yearly competition we had the opportunity for you to prepare a dish at home and bring it to compete for the bragging rights for best dish in the Frazee area. We had multiple different categories for you to compete in. These categories include:
- Big Game
- Small Game
- Fish
- Jerky
- Non-Game
- Kid Made
Speakers for last year included:
- Jim McCracken - TrueBridge, Keynote Speaker
- Jason Zeigler - White Tail Properties
- Matt Johnson - Johnson Performance
- Mike and Shawn Woodard - Pro Fishing
- John Gildersleeve & Brenda Strohschein - AYA and FM Walleye Tournaments
Booth's and Vendors for last year included:
- Bachman Boutique - Duck Calls
- Ray's Marine of Perham
- Johnson Performance
- Annette Guntermann - Metal Sculptures
- Lights Out Taxidermy
- West Fletcher - Knife Sharpening
- Feed the Fish Organization
- Frazee Sportsman's Club
- Smoke My Butt BBQ - Pulled Pork & Chicken Sandwiches, Baked Beans and Mac n Cheese
Are you apart of a business or an organization that would like to be apart of sponsoring this event? We are looking for more door prizes and cash donations to be able to make this event even better than ever before.
If you would like to make a monetary donation, you can give by clicking on the "Support" button below.
Please contact us with any questions you might have about becoming a sponsor by calling Caleb at 218-640-5747
If you would like to make a monetary donation, you can give by clicking on the "Support" button below.
Please contact us with any questions you might have about becoming a sponsor by calling Caleb at 218-640-5747