Cedar River Rendevouz and Outdoor Days and Sportsman, Outdoor Auction

Event Summary

Come enjoy a step back in time at the Cedar River Rendezvous and Outdoor Days and Sportsman Auction. Held in beautiful and scenic Mitchell County in Northern Iowa, we are going to be located at the Mitchell County Nature Center 1 1/2 miles west of Osage, Iowa   1879-3 Highway 9. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:  FRIDAY SEPT. 23, 2011 Field Trip Day for Schools You can choose either morning or afternoon or all day. You can arrive anytime before 9am for the morning trip. Please arrive by noon for the afternoon. With both times please bring a sack lunch to enjoy at the rendezvous. 9-9:30- Introduction to conservation practices and early  history for the area of Mitchell County. The Department of Natural Resources employees will be here to discuss the early practices of the early 1900’s. 9:30-10:00- Early Blacksmithing program  and demonstrations set up with authentic antique equipment 10:00-10:30- Woodcarving demonstration and program of early woodcarving with hand tools. 10:30-11:00- Archeology of Mitchell County and early settlement of native Americans. 11:00- 11:30- Native Americans of the Fox and Sac Tribes will perform storytelling and dance 11:30- 12:00 Lunch Afternoon groups (1/2 DAY) 12:00-12:30- Lunch 12:30-1:00- Native Americans of the Fox and Sac Tribes will perform storytelling and dance 1:00-1:30- Early Blacksmithing program  and demonstrations set up with authentic antique equipment 1:30-2:00- Woodcarving demonstration and program of early woodcarving with hand tools. 2:00-2:30-- Archeology of Mitchell County and early  settlement of native Americans. 2:30-3:00- Introduction to conservation practices and early history for the area of Mitchell County. The Department of Natural Resources employees will be here to discuss the early practices of the early 1900’s. If staying for all day the students will visit the different  displays and spend more time with the native Americans as well as dutch oven cooking demonstrations and the steam power museum. After 3pm everyone can come. Bring your tents and stay!   There is no charge.  SATURDAY  SEPT. 24, 2011 Booths  DNR- Eric Johnston  North Iowa Fur Company- Harvey and Bill Drewlow  Taxidermists- Rich Gonnerman, Andy Sadler, Chad Olsen, Jason Parcher (MFT)  Iowa Trappers Association  Maple Syrup Collecting and Processing  Antique to Modern Trap Display  Antique to Modern Gun Display  Conservation Issues with State Rep. Josh Byrnes  Woodcarving  Events Trap Shooting Tournament BB Gun Shooting .22 Rifle Shooting Long Bow and Arrow Shooting Black Powder Shooting Coon Hunting Demos Canoe Trips- Iron Springs to Cedar Bridge Campground Raffles Steam Power Museum Open Blacksmithing Old Fashion Fishing with sticks and strings and nightcrawlersFish Catching by Hand for kids 6 and under Trapping Seminars Mink Trapping Coyote and Fox Calling Snaring and 220 Dryland Setting Beaver Trapping Dirt Hole Dryland Trapping Coon Trapping Muskrat Trapping Skinning and Fur Preparation Fur Grading Taxidermy Introduction to Trapping and Overreproduction Introduction to Early American History of Mitchell County  MAIN ATTRACTIONS Flying Pig Fiddle and Banjo Come and enjoy early American music and learn to play instruments such as the early fiddle and washboard and numerous others. They will be playing all day Saturday and evening with the audience welcome to join in! They will be in period clothing. The Sac and Fox Native American Tribe They will perform on Friday night and all day Saturday as well as in the evening. Storytelling as well as their native dances along with their food will be featured.  SUNDAY SEPT. 25, 2011 Sportmans and Outdoor Auction Auction will start at 10:00 AM Come one, Come all to this consignment auction. This is your chance to donate to the Mitchell County Environmental Education Foundation with a portion of the proceeds of the sale of your item. Remember you don't have to donate your sale dollars just let us know when you drop off your item. Sale items can be dropped off as much as a month before the auction date and can consist of campers, boats, guns, fishing equipment, hunting and trapping supplies and anything else related to the outdoors and hunting and trapping sports.  Frank Fox Auctioneering will be conducting the auction and all bidders need to have a bid number to bid on items. The auction clerk will have the numbers for you that day. All items must be paid for before you leave. Items not paid for or taken by the end of the sale will become the property of the Mitchell County Environmental Education Foundation. There will be lunch and refreshments available all day at the rendezvous.  

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