From Our Staff Poet:


On the fi rst day of springtime my true love gave to me: A groundhog in a hay fi eld Two prairie dogs Three wild hogs Four ground squirrels Five golden shells Six cats a-sneaking Seven crows a-cawing Eight marmots sunning Nine badgers digging Ten wolves a-howling Eleven coyotes yapping Twelve jackals crying


8th Annual


Northern Missouri Coyote Calling Contest


Registration will begin at 6:00 p.m., January 18, 2013, with mandatory rules meeting at 7:30 p.m. Registration fee for one-man or two-man teams is $80.00. This includes entry into Big, Little, and Mange Dog and refundable block fee. 100 percent payback on Big, Little, and Mange Dog (coyotes only). 10 percent of main entry fee will be donated to the Harrison County Cancer Patient Transportation Fund. Hunt will take place during daylight hours of the 19th. Contacts: Rick Plymell, phone 660-425-4622, daytime, or 660-876-5205,


evening. Chris Purdun, northernmissouri- calling@yahoo.com.


Member Articles, Photographs and Awards


We are always looking for more predator hunting articles and member fi eld tests of products and equipment, clothing, optics, reloading, prairie dog or ground squirrel hunting, etc. Please don't be concerned about not being a "professional writer." We've had lots of practice handling the details of sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, etc. The Varmint Hunters Association offers annual awards for Member Writer of the Year. Any member who submits an article is automatically entered into our yearly contest. We also like to receive photographs of you and your family or friends out in the fi eld on your hunting trips, showing your trophies, and so forth. There is a special section in the magazine devoted to member photos in every issue. Members also can enter our Photographer of the Year contest by sending us photographs of outdoor sub- jects that depict "the spirit of the hunt" and related outdoor settings and situations. Please include a note that your photograph is a submission for the Photographer of the Year Award.


New "Rifl e Shots" book published V.H.A. member Roy Welch has recently published a book titled "Rifl e Shots." He has been actively involved in the shooting sports for more than 50 years, includ- ing hunting small game and large, and various target shooting competitions. More recently he has traveled to the western states for prairie dogs. Roy covers rifl es and cartridges and shooting strategies for varmints and big game. "Rifl e Shots" is published by Sharpshooter Publications, LLC, P.O. Box 6206, Athens, GA 30604.


Snow Birds


If you are going to spend the winter sea- son in a place different from your usual address, please send us your seasonal address change so you can receive your Varmint Hunter Magazine while you are away from home.


2013 V.H.A. Membership Drive


Purchase a new membership or renew an existing one and get registered to win either a Nite-Eye Digital 4-16x50 SF or Sidewinder Tactical 6.5-20x42 scope from Hawke Sport Optics. Make sure to include promo code VHMD13 in the message fi eld. Contest will run until March 31, 2013. Visit www.VarmintHunter.org to order or call 800-528-4868.


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