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