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The Northern Maine Chapter of Maine’s Fish & Wildlife Conservation Council and the Friends of the Allagash Benefit Pig Roast

 August 28, 2004

Location: Gary Pelletier’s Residence & Barbeque Bistro
T17 R5, Route 161, Cross Lake, Maine

The feast included 2 roast pigs, barbequed bear, fried moose, Gary’s beanhole beans, potato salad, coleslaw, strawberry shortcake and lots of other goodies.

Special Thanks to:

Smythe’s IGA for donating cups, knives, forks, & spoons.
Maine Trappers Association for donating 1 pig.
Eldon Jandreau, Custom Taxidermy, Portage Lake for donating the other pig.
Trackdown Kennels for donating the bear and dinner rolls.
Derek Pelletier for donating the moose.
Bob Sweeny from Lebanon, Maine for driving up to donate the strawberry shortcake.

1. Gary’s brother, Mel (blue shirt) and 2 of his sons (red aprons) make suspiciously short work of reducing a moose hindquarter to pan fare. 2. Roastmaster Dave Allen pickin’ the bones. 3. Some of the large turnout. 4. John Holyoke spooning Gary’s beanhole beans to Catherine Packard. 5. The moose was so good we went back for more! 6. Peter Hilton with his canoe pole. This award was a special surprise for Peter. Some time earlier he had asked Gary if he could order one.

Other Special Donations:

Gary Pelletier, Show Host with $115.69 out-of-pocket expenses (just a fraction of his real costs). He also bought a giant stainless steel propane-cooking center, constructed 2 huge roasting pits (with concrete blocks donated by Dragon Cement), and hot-topped the entire barbeque area. Gary also bought all of the cooks (8 in all) caps & aprons.
Eldon Jandreau, Custom Taxidermy, Portage Lake, $500.00
Paul Berube, Fort Kent, $250.00
Matthew Morgan, Morgan Taxidermy, St. Francis, $100.00
Crossroads Cabins, Fort Kent, $100.00
No. Retreats & Cabin, St. Francis, 100.00
Robert LeBlanc, Orlando, Florida, $100.00
James Caron, Fort Kent, $100.00

Door Prize Winners:

Gary Pelletier Handmade Canoe Pole (Donated by Gary) won by Jesse Powers of Chapman Framed Print, “Beaver Pond” (Donated by the artist, David Footer) won by Pete Luzeau of Canaan, New Hampshire 100 gallons of Fuel Oil (Donated by Dead River Madawaska) won by Paul Cyr of Madawaska .

Raffle Winners:

Bushmaster Rifle raffle winner (donated by Bushmaster) won by James Madore of Eagle Lake Lifetime License raffle winner (donated by Macanamac Camps) won by Matt Morgan of St. Francis (for his 6-mo old) Fishing Outfit raffle winner (donated by Dr. Richard Raymond) won by DOC Commissioner Pat McGowan.

Special Awards of Gary Pelletier Handmade Canoe Poles (donated by Gary) were presented to Harry Hafford of Masardis, Peter Hilton of Presque Isle and DOC Commissioner Pat McGowan for their hard work and outstanding contributions in helping to preserve Maine’s Hunting Heritage.

Text by Sandy Baird - Photos by Charlie Beck.

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