Blaine County Fur Fest Wraps Up Successful Weekend

We wrapped up the 3rd annual Blaine County Fur Fest this past weekend. This year was a huge success with 50 teams registered for a total of 165 hunters. We had 27 Open Class teams, 17 Calling Class teams and 6th youth class teams. We also had 24 teams sign up for the raccoon side pot, 28 team sign up for the rabbit side pot, and 23 team sign up for the porcupine side pot. Over the weekend we checked in 286 coyotes, 637 rabbits, 41 porcupines, 5 raccoons, and 1 badger for a total of 970 animals.

The hunt started Friday evening with supper and a calcutta of the teams. During this time there were...