AMERICAN PHEASANT and WATERFOWL SOCIETY

***  2024 Tentative Convention Schedule  ***

OCTOBER 13 – 17, 2024

Trip is OPEN to ALL Members and their Families

Janet Trader, Convention Chair – 757-990-0116
Jantrader62@gmail.com or apwsbirds@yahoo.com

Subject Line: APWS Convention 2024

FIRM CUT-OFF DATE TO REGISTER –  SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

 

Hosted By John Collins and The Carolinas and Virginia Pheasant and Waterfowl Society

Columbia South Carolina (The Palmetto State) *The State with the Cheapest Gas*

Hotel and Airport Columbia, SC

Complimentary Breakfast and Airport Shuttle to/from Hotel

 

Day 1 – Sunday- October 13, 2024 – ***Non Bus Day

4:00 pm Board Meeting at Hotel

6:00 pm Group Dinner at Hotel – Attendees Membership Meeting – **Round Table Discussion Between Registered Attendees, Awards.

 

Day 2 – Monday – October  14, 2024 – Bus Day

John and Lucy Collins – Aviary Tour

Build a Wood Duck Nest Box Workshop for Registered Attendees

Noon: BBQ Lunch at John and Lucy’s

Presentation: How to Build 8×6 Bird Panels Workshop (To be donated to a Youth with a Pair of Birds)

Group Dinner Blue Vista

 

Day 3 – Tuesday – October 15, 2024 – Bus Day

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden Visit the Zoo – Noon: Lunch at Zoo on own – Tour and Speaker

Dinner on own or as a group  (all within walking distance)

 

Day 4 – Wednesday – October 16, 2024 – Bus Day

 Steve and Lisa Humphrey – Tour Aviary

Tommy Geddings, Food Truck Lunch, Aviary Tour

Group Dinner at Hotel, Photo Contest and Benefit Auction at Hotel

 

Day 5 – Thursday –  October 17, 2024 – Bus Day 

Danny Altman – Tour Aviary –

Park Bus for Lunch Choices ON OWN

South Carolina State Museum

End the evening at City Market The Vista (Walk from the Museum To City Market and back to Hotel as a group or on own)

 

Friday, October 18, 2024 – Departures

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APWS 2023 Annual Convention

November 2 – 4 2023

Hosts:

Pinola Conservancy Aviary

Paul Dickson, Owner and Jacob Kraemer, Aviary Director

Shreveport, Louisiana

AND

Bayou Bird Farm – Kelly McMullin and Timothy Bora

Princeton, Louisiana

Some of the Group (with a few missing from the picture) at the Louisiana State Exhibit Building

during the 2023 APWS Convention

                                                                        

APWS Members Enjoying the 2022 Convention – Connecticut -New York – Maine

    

 

 

APWS 2018 CONVENTION ~ Montreal and Québec Canada
September 30 ~ October 5, 2018 ~ Hosts: Clément Pagé and Jean Bourassa

The entire APWS Group at Jean Bourassa’s