2019 Beaver Creek Free Trappers Spring Rendezvous
You are invited to the annual Beaver Creek Free Trappers Spring Rendezvous on March 29-31, 2019 at the Beaver Creek Free Trappers Club Range near Sterling, Oklahoma. Leave behind your cell phones and venture into the great outdoors of Sterling, Oklahoma with members of the Beaver Creek Free Trappers as they both celebrate and demonstrate pre-1840s fur trade living history. Folks from Hollis, Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Moore, Lawton, Sterling and beyond come together semiannually to participate in the Beaver Creek Free Trappers Rendezvous where they can target-shoot wearing historic attire, using muzzleloading rifles and pistols.
The Beaver Creek Free Trappers host their Beaver Creek Free Trappers Rendezvous to recognize the event’s historical significance from the 1820s and 1840s and to honor and recreat those skills of the past. Primitive dress is preferred, but not required. If a visitor wants to try his or her hand at shooting a black powder muzzle loader or throwing a knife or tomahawk, there is usually a club member near to give instruction.
There are primitive camping and recreational vehicle sites, and firewood and water will be available. What is not available is electricity, so be prepared to cook over a campfire. Those planning to camp are asked to bring their own water buckets.
Competitive shooting and other contest take place on Friday and Saturday. Competition ends at 4:00 p.m. each day, so visitors should get here early. Sunday is award day and will include raffle drawings for various prizes.
Beaver Creek Free Trappers Spring Rendezvous Mini Gallery
Public Welcome – Free Admission
Participant Fees
Camping $10 per Lodge
Compete $10 & $10 Blanket Prize
Traders: Pre-1840, $10 Prize Donation
Activities
- Contest Events: Muzzleloader Shooting: Rifle, Pistol
- Knife & Hawk Throwing
- Fire Starting
- Separate Primitieve Archery Match (must use wood arrows and bow of natural materials).
- Prizes awarded during potluck dinner on Saturday for participants.
Camping
Call for Early Setup
Firewood & Water Available
Handicap Accessible
Bring Water Buckte
Primitive Dress Preferred but not Required
Location
Beaver Creek Free Trappers Club Range
NE Welch Rd & NE 195th St
(then 1/2 mile east on NE Welch Rd)
Sterling, OK 73541
For More Information
Toby Butler 806-679-9016
Jeff “Bones” Lathrop 940-642-5066
Frank Kuntz 580-695-9137
James Gardner 580-678-9233
Andrew “Possum” East 405-628-7932
Mark your calendar today so you don’t miss the next Beaver Creek Free Trappers Spring Rendezvous in March at the Beaver Creek Free Trappers Club Range near Sterling, Oklahoma.
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