Merry Christmas from SCOPE~ We hope that you enjoy a special holiday season as we step forward into our 30th year!
Brian Cope connects with clay
Brian Cope proves that writers aren’t just talk, as he connect with a clay target at the Palmetto Shooting Complex in Edgfield, SC
Shotgun 101 @ NWTF
Dan Kibler shows off his shooting skills at the Palmetto Shooting Complex after the Shotgun 101 session during the SCOPE 2016 Conference.
SCOPE AWARDS
South Carolina Outdoor Press Honors Casada, Excellence in Craft
The South Carolina Outdoor Press Association (SCOPe) presented special honors to Jim Casada and others at the organization’s 29th annual conference September 17th in Edgefield, S.C.
SCOPe is an organization of writers, editors, photographers, media producers and authors dedicated to a high standard of professionalism and ethics in communicating about the outdoors in South Carolina.
Well known author and charter member of SCOPe, Jim Casada was honored with the Pat Robertson Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual conference September 17th. President Brian Carroll presented the award to Casada who was recognized for his long-term commitment to the organization, and for a career spent documenting, reporting and exhorting about the lifestyle we all enjoy as sportsmen and women. Pat Robertson for whom the award is named, gave a well-deserved roast of Casada recounting many stories from his career that has spanned over fifty years.
In addition to the recognition of Casada for his lifetime achievement. SCOPe also presented their Excellence in Craft Awards to its membership. Once again dominating the awards was Jim Casada who took top honors in Best Newspaper Feature and Best Column and best Magazine Short Feature. Other awards were bestowed as follows:
Magazine Feature: 1st – Jon Wongrey, 2nd- Jim Mize, 3rd Jon Wongrey
Magazine Short Feature: 1st – Jim Casada, 2nd – Pete Rogers, 3rd – Jim Casada
Electronic Media: 1st – Pat Robertson, 2nd – Jim Mize, 3rd – Pete Rogers
Non Game Story: 1st – Jim Mize, 2nd – Jim Casada, 3rd – Jim Mize
Bob Glendy Award for Best Overall Fishing Story: Pete Rogers
Published Photography: 1st – Jim Mize, 2nd – Pete Rogers, 3rd – Pete Rogers
Open Photography: 1st – Pete Rogers, 2nd – Pete Rogers, 3rd – Jim Mize
SCOPe would like to thank the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Palmetto Shooting Complex for their hospitality in hosting this year’s conference. The 2017 conference will be held in Florence, SC and will mark the organization’s thirtieth year as a professional organization.
For more information on SCOPe or to join, please contact; Roger Metz at rmetz@bellsouth.net 864-414-8787
LATE SUMMER DROPS
This fawn needs some time to grow up, It was dropped just a little over a month away from deer season. GROW FAST LITTLE BUDDY !
COMING SOON ~ DEER SEASON
BLACK DRUM “SHRIMP EATER”
Mike Johnson ( Supporting Member and Manager of The Clinton House Plantation ) with an Upper Wando River Black Drum ~
Upper Wando Trout Bite :) Go Get A GATOR
Lindsey Johnson ( Clinton, SC ) with a GATOR Wando River Speckled Trout