The FTA Trapperman Feed is coming up on FRIDAY, June 23rd at the 55th Rendezvous in Jefferson, Wisconsin and it’s time to get organized!

This will be quite the undertaking as 400 or more are expected to be served!

I will post the Master List here and update it as we get commitments from everybody. Please post if you can bring food, beverages, etc and/or if you can help us in labor camp with cooking, serving or cleanup for the Feed on Friday or cleanup on Saturday.

Please do me a favor – when you post or PM that you can bring something, try to mention an approximate amount or number. That will help a lot with our planning.



2023 FTA TRAPPERMAN FEED MASTER LIST:
Here is what everyone is bringing or helping with so far …

LABOR CAMP WORKERS:
Dave – “Alex the dog”
Nute
Eagleye


MEAT DISHES:
Scott_aR & Christine - 15# sliced ham, 13 dozen kaiser rolls, with Nesco & extension cord
Eagleye - 3 dozen Venison Brats
Trapper Dahlgren - 3 dozen Beaver Brats
Brian & Becky Riske / Little Wolf Trapping Supply - 25# of hamburger & Manwich for Sloppy Joes
Dave & Karen Christel - 25# ground venison, noodles, etc for stroganoff
Bryce aka. bblwi - 40 Johnsonville Brats & buns

SIDES & SALADS:
Paul Dobbins - smoked salmon cheese balls & crackers.
Wptourist - 6# of fresh sliced Colby cheese for sandwiches and 4 bags of the best cheese curds Wisconsin has to offer
Nute - broccoli and cauliflower salad
Howell Bros - My wife and I will bring the big cans of baked beans. We will bring 4 cans, 7 lbs each.
Brian & Becky Riske / Little Wolf Trapping Supply - 3# onions, Venision Sausage
WTA District 7 - 6# Colby Jack Cheese, 4# Jalapeno Cheese
Nick Bohms - Baked Beans
MChewk - 8 quarts of pickles

DESSERTS:
Howell Bros - 6 dozen sugar cookies.
Scott_aR & Christine - 6 1/2 dozen chocolate chip cookies
Scott_aR & Christine - 2 1/2 dozen oatmeal raisin cookies

CONDIMENTS, ETC:

BEVERAGES:
Bryce aka. bblwi - 2 cases of assorted soda in a cooler
Dave aka. Alex the dog - 1 case mixed soda, 5 case mixed adult beverages

SERVINGWARE:


EQUIPMENT, COOKING UTENSILS & SUPPLIES:
Dave – cutting boards, serving bowls, hot pads, towels, trivets, can opener, knife sharpener, scrubbing pads, dish brushes, grill lighters, measuring cup, serving spoons, serving forks, tongs, prep knives, bus bins, gallon freezer bags, tall kitchen bags, 5 big garbage bags, aluminum foil, plastic wrap, dish detergent, hand sanitizer, hand wipes, charcoal lighter fluid, Feed Donation Jar, raffle ticket jar, raffle tickets for free door prizes, clicker to count people served, fly swatters!
WTA D9 – The WTA D9 MONSTER GRILL!
Nute - a couple of roasters
Brian & Becky Riske / Little Wolf Trapping Supply - 2 nescos

FREE DOOR PRIZES for GIVEAWAY DURING FEED:
Old Relic - a few things
Dave aka. Alex the dog - skinning gloves, small propane tanks

CASH DONATIONS:
Wissmiss - $100
trappergabby - $50
Patrice & Zim - $50
Kevin Stake - $50
Anonymous- $100
Roy Greenfield - $20



THE WANT LIST
We are planning for 400 people. We need:
SIDES & SALADS:
7 bags potato chips

MEAT:
Any meat
6 dozen brats + buns
6 dozen hot dogs + buns
40 lbs total shaved ham, pulled pork
Any good game meat
meatballs
fish + breading
duck/goose
turkey

DESSERTS:
2 gallons trifle
8-10 pies
4 or more sheets of brownies, bars
cookies


SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT:
Heavy gauge extension cords

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!




MAKE SURE ANY EQUIPMENT, SERVING PIECES, UTENSILS, ETC. THAT YOU ARE TAKING BACK HOME ARE LABELED WELL!!!
PLEASE DO NOT DROP OFF INGREDIENTS THAT WE NEED TO INVENT A RECIPE FOR! (SORRY, NO TIME!!!)

THANKS!!!!!!!!
Can’t wait to meet some new friends and see some old ones!
Dave


Items can be dropped off Thursday and later. My phone number will be posted at drop off site

I'll bring the smoked salmon cheese balls & crackers.

Thank you Paul!

Dave

Back to the top

Dave

Hello Dave,
Christine and I will be bringing ~15 lbs of sliced ham for sandwiches.

Thank you Scott_aR & Christine for the ham donation.

Thank you to Wissmiss for $100 donation towards supplies.

Dave

TTT

TTT

Dave

Dave, good to see you today at the District 8 rondy

Same here, I apologize for not talking more.

Dave

Back to the top.

Dave

I will bring 6# of fresh sliced Colby cheese for sandwiches and 4 bags of the best cheese curds Wisconsin has to offer

Ttt

Thank you Wptourist!

Master list has been updated.

Dave

TTT

Dave

TTT

It looks like there's a lot that needs to be acquired yet. I'll go ahead and tack this to the top a bit early.

Ill be there to help and bring a broccoli and cauliflower salad. Also a couple of roasters. Nute

if I can find someone who is going, I will donate some beaver brats and polish sausage's,3 dozen, I want to go and might but don't want to commit if I can't.

Thank you Paul for pinning to the top.

Nute - thank you for bringing the salad, roasters and offering to help again. Always enjoyable with you around.

Trapper Dahlgren - I hope you can make it!

Dave

got someone going there to bring beaver brats

Thank you!

Master list updated.

Dave

Sherry and I were just in Wisconsin and unfortunately won't be able to make it back for the Convention. We both love to help out with a TMan feed. If you'll PM me a mailing address, I can send up some things for door prizes, if you are doing door prizes.

Thank you Old Relic!

Dave

Thank you Howell Bros for food donations!

Master List updated.

Dave

Alex, They can mail prizes to me .Ill take care of bring them to feed. Also anyone say about bringing the d9 grill ? I will not make there till 1pm friday .Nute

One week away!

Weather is looking great, will be posting fairgrounds map marked with where to drop items off at.

Dave

I am hoping to make it this year, have missed the last two conventions. I plan on arriving at the host hotel on Wednesday. Will look you up and donate 50.00 dollars to be used to buy supplies. Gabby

Hey, Dave!

As you know, Zim and I can't make it to Jefferson, but we'll be sending a few things up with Nute. I ordered plastic pin-on name tags with cards to insert so Trapperman members can write their TMan names on them and wear them. I'll send some Sharpie markers with those too. Nute can drop half off at Paul Dobbins' location so people can say hello and put on their names. The rest can be at the TMan Feed location to pick up latecomers who arrive in time for the Feed. It's always so great to look around and see the TMan names of the people you know here.

We'll also send a $50 cash donation to help out a little with expenses.

Sorry we'll miss all of you!
Patrice & Zim

You and Zim will be missed!

trappergabby, Patrice and Zim, thank you very much for your donations.

WTA District 7 - thank you for the cheese's.

Brian & Becky Riske / Little Wolf Trapping Supply - thank you for the chop meat, manwich, onions, sausage and nesco's

Nick Bohms - thank you for the baked beans

Only a few day's to go and weather is still looking great!

I added a map for where to drop off items.

Dave

Dave, put me down for $50 donation.

Dave, any preferred day/time for drop off?

We'll bring our Nesco roaster and a 25' x3 outlet, 12 ga (20amp) extension cord
with the ham.

Add 13 dozen mini kaiser rolls

Christine thought it wasn't hot enough today lol so we're bringing:
~ 6 1/2 doz chocolate chip cookies
~ 2 1/2 doz oatmeal+raisin cookies

Dave
I am bringing 40 Johnsonville brats, 40 buns and 4 12 packs of assorted soda

I have to leave Tuesday AM so will keep this stuff at my brother's place and drop it off early Friday. I will have it in a cooler that you can use for the feed and I will pick that up Saturday sometime

Bryce

Thank you Kevin!


Scott and Christian - anytime Thursday or later. I'll have a sign out front with my phone number on it. Thank you for all your bringing!


Thank you Bryce!

This whole feed is a bit overwhelming and I am very appreciative for everyone that is donating their time, equipment, food and financial support.
Dave

Thanks, Scott! We'll be missing all of you!

I got pin-on name tags and printed Trapperman.com on the cards and inserted them into the tags. Nute is bringing those up along with our cash donation. I put the name tags in two boxes, each with a couple of markers, hoping that one box can land at Paul Dobbins' space and the other at the TMan Feed.


Dave, thank you for taking this on. You deserve a whole lot of appreciation from everyone here!!!

There is no clapping hand emoji but we applaud you Patrice thanks you for being you

Great Idea- This should make the Silvert Alert process easier if I go missing at Jefferson also.

Thanks Patrice, you had this process well organized and I'm just carrying on what you started. The support from others really makes this a success. Will miss you and Zim.

Dave

Thank you to MChewk for donating 8 quarts of pickles

Thank you to the anonymous donors of $120

Dave

Have a great feed tonight!

I just got back from the Tman feed. It was a huge success. My hat's off to Dave and the whole crew. They did a magnificent job! There was a very large crowd and the food was delicious. Thank you all for doing a great job!!!

That is so nice to hear! Hats off to everyone there!

Just a few pics from tonight's Trappermann feed at the FTA convention

Good food too! Can't believe how smooth these go. Good job everyone. Dave, Denny, and crew thank you very much!

Thank you to everyone that donated food, cash and door prises to the Feed. A total of 185 people were served and $1301.50 donated. That money is split between FTA and Trapperman Discretionary Fund. A huge Thank You to Nute (Denny) and Eagleye (Bob) for doing alot of the prep and serving.

Dave




Nute and Eagleye

that's great

Great job on the dinner, loved the brats

What a great evening. The folks that made all of this possible have my respect. They did an outstanding job and made the whole affair a great time for all of us. Those beaver brats were excellent too.

Thank you again to everyone. GREAT JOB!!!!

I never stayed for a t-man feed....but $7 average for donations for a charity is pretty pathetic....c'mon people spend $12 going through fast food joints

Wish that we could have been there. TMan feeds are a lot of stress and work for the Organizers of it all. But, the friendships and rewards of fellowship overule all that. Congrats on a successful feed.

We hear that sometimes, Keets, but you have to remember that people contribute in other ways too. There are those who work all day (and those who work for days or weeks ahead), those who prepare and bring some fantastic and often expensive foods, and those who donate door prizes for the occasion. With all of that factored in, contribution assessment gets a bit more elusive.

Umm.. there were alot of kids that ate so..it cost some families lot.of money..even at 7.00 a plate

And Alot of us spent money and donated items.back to the kids camp so we supported the fta in ways in addition to the tman feed donations.

..which I'm sure others did as well.

Overall things were great and imo, we shouldn't highlight the convention with negativity.

That doesn't do any good for anybody and it might even discourage someone from attending future feed if the cant.pay alot and I'd hate to miss meeting someone on here at h eed because there not able to pay some high price for the meal.

They said pay what you can afford and I'm sure everyone did.

Ya gotta remember aomeof us aren't well to do and 7.00 bucks a plate is a stretch.

The Trappermann feeds in Wisconsin have never been about fundraising. It's a time for people to relax, meet up with old friends, meet new ones and just kick back after a long day at the convention. There is never been an expectation for anyone to donate to participate and enjoy the fellowship.

We are saddened that you had never attended a Wisconsin Trapperman feed. As a trapper and/or supporter of trapping, you and your family are always welcome! Come join us sometime.

I have a great idea ,Keets we need help this fall at WTA in Antigo trapperman feed. You interested ?

Keets,
as the organizer of the Feed I honestly don't measure the success of the event based on the average $ donated by those that attend. I measure success from seeing full plates go thru the line, folks talking and laughing at the tables, kids holding door prize tickets in anticipation of their number being called, folks commenting on how good beaver brats were when coming back for seconds, trappers meeting a fellow trapper for the first time and the overall positive energy that is present in the room. Dollars donated can't measure that and many who went thru the Feed line were there earlier dropping off food, equipment, door prizes, etc. The funds raised to support the organizations that support trapping is a bonus.

I personally invite you to the Feed at our state convention in Antigo on September 8th, donate nothing or a $100, I respect whatever you choose to do. Some things can't be measured in dollars and cents, hopefully you can attend and appreciate that.

Respectfully,

Dave

Well said Dave.

You can still give a donation, even if you don't stay for the feed.

It was a great time, the food was excellent and the people that put this on are some of the finest people you'll ever meet.

Right on Dave. Thanks for all you do.

I'll second that! Dave and the WTA/FTA crew did a great job!