Ten More Weeks. Ten
more LONG weeks. Seventy eternities
(a.k.a. Days) until the next Annual Wild Game Feed at Irvine Lake. I feel like I’m about to explode! I’m not trying to speed up my life, but I do
wish for the Feed to hurry up and get here.
I’m wondering if I’m the only person already packed? Has anybody already packed, unpacked, and
repacked? Several times? I have.
And I will most likely do it again.
Several times.
If you are reading this thinking “Maybe I should order a
ticket and give this a try,” you are probably too late for this year. Maybe not, but don’t get your hopes up. This shindig sells out quickly. If you did get your order placed in back in
June and received your ticket, but this is your first time to go, please read
my page AWGF FAQs. It’s a tab near the
top of this page. It may answer some of
your questions, but if it doesn’t do it for you, just email me at
fineleatherart@yahoo.com . I don’t have all the answers, but I’ve been
going there for two decades. I’ve
learned a few things the hard way so you don’t have to. In fact, if anyone has anything to add to my
FAQ list, let me know. Like I said, I
don’t have all the answers.
The Annual Wild Game Feed is the biggest and best Feed I’ve
ever encountered in my many years on this earth. I’ve been to about 25 to 30 of these game feed events outside of
this one, and most were pretty good.
Good food, good people, good prizes—but none even compare to the Annual
Wild Game Feed at Irvine Lake. Not
One! This is as good as it gets. You don’t get just a plate served to you
with three or four different meats, you get as many plates (paper trays) as you
want, and you can go back as many times as you want. The meat selection is HUGE, and you may not get around to
sampling everything before you are too full to move. Then they serve dinner.
On top of the food, the beer is a bottomless keg. Just drink responsibly. You still have to drive home, remember? And the prizes are unbelievable. Just look at what’s listed on your order
form, and realize ‘That’s not even close to all of it.’ And don’t forget the events and
exhibits. There is just too much to
take it all in, and after nearly twenty years, I still haven’t gotten around to
everything.
If you go this year, stop by my shelter and chat a
while. I usually bring along a few
extra cigars and some pickled quail eggs just to share.
See you at the Feed.
