The 2014 Carlton Kendrick Memorial Graham Varmint Hunt, presented by Clear Fork Country, kicked off in January with three hunt dates scheduled.

Clear Fork Country
1075 US Hwy 380 E.
Graham, TX 76450

Saturday Check in time:  9:30 a.m. till 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Weigh-in time:  11:00 a.m. till 12:00 a.m.

100% Payback

$35.00 for one-man team.

$35.00 per man on teams.

$20.00 for High School (HS) Kids.

$20.00 for Ladies.

14 and under hunt free.

$1.00 per man expense fee to pay for expenses of tournament.

Special Tournament for H.S. Teams.

Side Pots (Optional) Per Team:

$10.00 Heaviest Coyote

$10.00 Heaviest Bobcat

$10.00 Heaviest Raccoon (1 Place)

Bobcat and Coyote pays 2 places

Calcutta (Optional)

$10.00 per man & all team members must participate.

Mail-ins available for all three hunts.

To get to sign up location: go east of Graham on Hwy 380 about 3 ½ miles and look for Clear Fork Country on north side of hwy. There is a great big deer head lying in front of the building. (www.clearforkcountry.com)

For more information contact:

Dana Lindley 940-550-8015

The Red River Cutting Horse Association competition will be held in the Main Arena of the Young County Arena on Friday, January 10 and Saturday, January 11, 2014.  Judges for this event are: CASEY MORRIS (AAA), FORT WORTH, TX and DIRK BLAKESLEY (AAA), AUGUSTA, KS

Location: Young County Arena – 120 Barclay Blvd. Graham, TX

Date: Friday, January 10, 2014

Time: 8 a.m.

APPROVED LIMITED AGE:{FOUR YEAR OLDS:}$500 ADDED PURSE Open and Non Pro Ef$125+C c$125+Oc$30+V$5.

Date: Saturday, January 11, 2014

Time: 8 a.m.

APPROVED LIMITED AGE:{FIVE/SIX YEAR OLDS:}$500 ADDED PURSE Open and Non Pro Ef$1 25+Cc$125+Oc$30+V$5.

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event, Feb. 14-17, 2014, that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are.

Everyone is welcome–from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes on one day, or you can count for as long as you like each day of the event. It’s free, fun, and easy—and it helps the birds.

Participants tally the number of individual birds of each species they see during their count period. They enter these numbers on the GBBC website.

Participants may also send in photographs of the birds they see for the GBBC photo contest. A selection of images is posted in the online photo gallery.

Why count birds?

Scientists and bird enthusiasts can learn a lot by knowing where the birds are. Bird populations are dynamic; they are constantly in flux. No single scientist or team of scientists could hope to document and understand the complex distribution and movements of so many species in such a short time.

Scientists use the GBBC information, along with observations from other citizen-science projects, such as the Christmas Bird Count, Project FeederWatch, and eBird, to get the “big picture” about what is happening to bird populations. The longer these data are collected, the more meaningful they become in helping scientists investigate far-reaching questions, like these:

• How will the weather influence bird populations?

• Where are winter finches and other “irruptive” species that appear in large numbers during some years but not others?

• How will the timing of birds’ migrations compare with past years?

• How are bird diseases, such as West Nile virus, affecting birds in different regions?

• What kinds of differences in bird diversity are apparent in cities versus suburban, rural, and natural areas?

The Great Backyard Bird Count is led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, with Canadian partner Bird Studies Canada and sponsorship from Wild Birds Unlimited.