SECTION FOUR
2 0 17 H OO S I E R O U T DOO R W R I T E R S
AWA R D S I N C R A F T W I N N E R S
WRITING CONTEST
Hunting/Trapping (Less Than 1000 Words)
2nd:
Brent Wheat, “Stillwater Marsh: Arkansas
in Indiana”
3rd:
Brandon Butler, “Governor’s Youth Hunt
Participant is Hooked”
1st:
Mike Schoonveld, “Are You Ready for a
Breakdown?”
2nd:
Brent Wheat, “Ramps: Gourmet Treats
Hiding in Plain Sight”
PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Hunting/Trapping (More Than 1000 Words)
Hunting/Trapping
1st:
Alan Garbers, “Where to Find Your
1st:
Tom Berg, “Pheasants in the Grass”
Hoosier Trophy Buck”
2nd:
Brandon Butler, “Late Season Rabbit
-- TIE --
Hunt”
1st:
Mike Schoonveld, “Learning from
3rd:
Brandon Butler, “Hooked For Life”
Professor Possum”
Fishing
-- TIE --
2nd:
Brandon Butler, “Niangua River Trout
3rd:
Tom Berg, “Indiana’s Reserved Pheasant
Fishing on Fire”
Hunts”
Outdoor Scenic
Fishing (Less Than 1000 Words)
1st:
Brent Wheat, “Sunset Sandhill Cranes”
1st:
Brandon Butler, “Fishing Legendary Bass
Angler’s Private Lake”
Outdoor Recreation
2nd:
Brandon Butler, “Fish of a Lifetime
2nd:
Tom Berg, “Sporting Clays in the Trees”
Caught on First trip”
3rd:
Brandon Butler, “Fine Places to Hike in
3rd:
Tom Berg, “Try Ice Flies for Late Summer
Missouri this Year”
Panfish”
-- TIE --
3rd:
Mike Schoonveld, “Are Your Hooks in the
BROADCAST
Red?”
-- TIE --
Best Radio Broadcast
1st:
Brandon Butler, “Conservation Federation
Fishing (More Than 1000 Words)
of Missouri – NWF President O’Mara”
1st:
Tom Berg, “Your Indiana Catfish Forecast”
2nd:
Brandon Butler, “Conservation Federation
2nd:
Mike Schoonveld, “Drags are not a Drag”
of Missouri – Governor Jay Nixon”
Conservation (Less Than 1000 Words)
1st:
Mike Schoonveld, “If It Looks Like a Fish”
2nd:
Rich Creason, “Indiana’s Wild Eagles
Getting Old”
3rd:
Brent Wheat, “Sandhill Crane Fall
Migration” Best Video
1st:
Brandon Butler, “Spence Turner: A Life
Well Cast”
Conservation (More Than 1000 Words)
1st:
Brandon Butler, “Loss of the Wild”
2nd:
Alan Garbers, “Indiana’s Rattlesnakes and
Pit Vipers” TIP WRITING CONTEST
General Outdoors (Less Than 1000 Words)
2nd:
Brent Wheat, “It Was Hot”
3rd:
Mike Schoonveld, “An Old Bird Survives”
2017 HOW/TIP Turn-In-A-PoacherContest
1st:
2nd:
3rd:
General Outdoors (More Than 1000 Words)
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Brandon Butler, “Poaching is a crime
against all Hoosiers”
Mike Schoonveld, “Turn in a Poacher”
Tom Berg, “Poached Salmon?”