THE FTA TMAN FEED IS SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH !!!!!!!!!

The Trapperman Feed in Wisconsin is coming up on SATURDAY, JUNE 30 at the Fur Takers 50th Anniversary Rendezvous in Marshfield and it’s time to get organized!

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 Saturday or cleanup on Saturday night.

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.



2018 FTA TRAPPERMAN FEED MASTER LIST:
Here is what everyone is bringing or helping with so far …

LABOR CAMP WORKERS:
Patrice, Zim, Macthediver, Nute, Tommy (lurker), Mat (lurker), Black and Tan & Chris, Roger B., ChrisH
Brian Riske will be getting pork smoked off-site

MEAT DISHES:
Patrice & Zim – 100 wild turkey kabobs
Robert Waddell – 150 lbs pork shoulder
Andy Weiser – 10 lbs elk burger
Roger B. – 200 burger buns
WIMarshRAT – 3 dozen hot dogs with buns
Black and Tan – 5-7 lbs salmon
Howard F. – 8 quart roaster sauerkraut & sausages
Bblwi – 2 dozen brats and 2 dozen buns

SIDES & SALADS:
Nute – 4 big bags potato chips, 4 big bags tortilla chips
RdFx – 3 quarts of his delicious cucumber mater salad
Nelly – 6-7 lbs Baby Swiss and 5-6 lbs Brick cheese
Kevin Stake – pineapple salad
Howard F. – 8 quart roaster baked beans
Bblwi – A package of string cheese
Greg Schroeder & Fur Harvesters Auction – 10 lbs coleslaw, 10 lbs 3 bean salad, 10 lbs macaroni salad, 20 lbs potato salad
Cheryl Henderson – homemade pickles!

DESSERTS:
Trifle Angel – Heavenly 2 gallon TMan Trifle
Zim – 2 reasonably good tasting pies
Kevin Stake – 5 dozen homemade chocolate chip cookies
Wissmiss – 100 mini cupcakes + a special treat exclusively for Labor Camp!
AnthonyT – good old Kentucky Possum Puddin'
Greg Schroeder & Fur Harvesters Auction – 10 lbs starwberry fluff
Chris – mystery dessert

CONDIMENTS, ETC:
Patrice & Zim – 8 shakers each salt & pepper, 3 tartar sauce, 35 oz ketchup

BEVERAGES:
Bblwi – 2 12 packs of diet sodas, like Pepsi and a white soda
Handitrapper – 48 assorted sodas
Nelly – some beers for Labor Camp
Zim – some beers for Labor Camp
Mat P – 2 jugs of iced tea!
Lee Steinmeyer – wine for Labor Camp
KS skunkman – 3 cases water

SERVINGWARE:
Patrice & Zim – Regular plates, dessert plates, forks, knives, spoons, cups, napkins, foil serving pans, serving spoons, etc.
Brocky – 200 regular plates, 100 small dessert plates, 400 forks, 20 foil pans with lids
Roger B. – 500 napkins

EQUIPMENT, COOKING UTENSILS & SUPPLIES:
Patrice & Zim – 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, coolers, gallon freezer bags, tall kitchen bags, 5 big garbage bags, aluminum foil, plastic wrap, dish detergent, hand sanitizer, hand wipes, charcoal lighter fluid, 100', 50' and 25' extension cords, power strip, 3-way pony tail, Feed Donation Jar, raffle ticket jar, raffle tickets for free door prizes, clicker to count people served, fly swatters!
Macthediver – His usual collection of supplies ... totes with small stuff, serving spoons and such, 4 Nesco roasters and at 2 LP cookers and pot, one long heavy extension cord and couple shorter ones, two chafing dishes, cutting boards, 2 fire extinguishers
WTA D9 – The WTA D9 MONSTER GRILL!
RdFx – (3) 50' 10 gauge extension cords
WIMarshRAT – Turkey cooker & propane, 2 coolers
Andy Weiser – 1 big cooler
Bblwi – 2 coolers
Nute – Copper mats for D9 grill, COOLER
Brian Riske – 2 Nesco roasters
Kevin Stake – 102 quart cooler
Nelly – some Styrofoam coolers - 4 HUGE styrofoam coolers
Handitrapper – small cooler with ice


FREE DOOR PRIZES for GIVEAWAY DURING FEED:
Handitrapper – our first door prizes - 4 trapping T-shirts!
Deerfly – 2 jars of Lenon's lures
Mat P – 1 1/2 Victor trap
AJE – 110 conibear trap
Nute – 2 antler key rings and 3 packages jerky
Jack Links Vendor – package of beef sticks
Macthediver – 2 custom dog proof trap setters
Dave R – 2 bottles local honey
Little Wolf – squirrel cage trap
MYSTERY DONER ??? – BEAUTIFUL BOX OF BOOKS AND VIDEOS

CASH DONATIONS:
swift4me – $30 cash donation
HobbieTrapper – $100 cash donation
Jim Bethall – $40 cash donation




THE WANT LIST
We are planning for 300 people. We still need:

MEAT:
NOTHING - We're all set!

SIDES & SALADS:
watermelon, cantaloupe
some pickles
garden tomatoes from somewhere down south!!!!
salsa

DESSERTS:
a few more brownies, bars, cookies

BEVERAGES:
96 waters - the forecast is HOT!!!

EQUIPMENT:
Nothing at the moment ...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 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 see everyone!
Patrice

Just heard from Greg Schroeder and Fur Harvesters Auction and they'll be there as always to back us up where we need it. Thanks Greg!

Hey, would any of you fellows coming from south of here have any garden produce to bring ... like TOMATOES? It will be a while before we see any up here and we've forgotten what real ones taste like!

Trifle Angel just committed to bringing her wonderful trifle! Thanks, Trifle Angel!!!

I will bring 2 reasonably good tasting pies.

Zim

Thank you, Sweetie!

The Master List is updated.

Thanks, RdFx, for the salad and extension cords! The Master List is up to date.

I can bring a fish fryer, tank, oil, breading, and a couple gallon bags of fish fillets if needed. I better send the kids out fishing 🎣.

Thank you WIMarshRAT and Nelly for your wonderful contributions! All great stuff!

Keep 'em coming, folks. The Master List is up to date.

Thanks, Swift4me, for the $30 cash donation all the way from France!

Not sure if it would help but we can bring a big cooler full of good elk burger from Montana.

I will bring a pineapple salad and homemade chocolate chip cookies. Don’t worry my wife will make the cookies and I will just have to mixup ingredients for the salad.

Thanks, Black and Tan for joining Labor Camp and bringing us some of that great Lake Michigan salmon!

Thank you, Andy! The big cooler and the elk burger would all be wonderful! Do you have any idea how many pounds of elk you're talking about? We don't want to waste anything, but we could use some. Let me know what you have in mind.

Thanks, Kevin! Sounds great! We'll trust you to do the mixing. Do you have a quantity on the cookies? Then I know how much more to beg for. Thanks!

40 or 50 lbs.

I will bring 5 dozen chocolate cookies.

Thanks to lurker Howard for an 8 quart roaster of baked beans and an 8 quart roaster of sauerkraut and sausages!

Wow! Andy, I'm thinking we could probably use about 10 pounds if I'm planning right. I hate to turn away any donations, but we're getting pretty good in the meat category with all of the pork coming and I sure don't want to waste anything. Let me know what you think.

Thanks, Kevin! That's great!

Sounds good. 10 lbs. It is.

Thank you!

Thank you, Wissmiss, for specially ordering 75 mini cupcakes from a local Marshfield bakery for our Feed!

Nute just switched his world famous taco salad for world famous broccoli & cauliflower salad with bacon. Great stuff, Nute!

(I put taco salad back on the Want List in case anyone else was thinking of bringing some.)

Better late than never, it is time once again for me to post a description of this event and officially INVITE EVERYONE, including newbies and lurkers, to join us and participate in the event. We want everyone to feel at home and jump right in. Here’s how it works:

On Saturday afternoon/evening of the FTA Convention at the Marshfield fairgrounds, we will hold the Trapperman Feed, serving food and drink to all folks who come to join us. The Trapperman Feed is organized here on the Trapperman website and everyone is welcome. We get a lot of regulars in Wisconsin who have joined us and don’t even own computers!

The Feed will take place near the northwest corner of the fairgrounds, on the north side of the north horse barn. (The only thing further north of us is campers, so we’re easy to spot.) We will be starting the Feed at about 4:30 to give folks plenty of time to join us before the auction starts Saturday evening. I will set up a drop-off site on Friday at the north horse barn where people can drop off food and supplies ahead of time. There will be a sign and some coolers around, but anyone who can bring their food in big coolers with ice and loan us their coolers until after the Feed is greatly appreciated.

People offer to bring food, beverages and other needed supplies, and volunteer time to help cook, clean up, or do some other odd jobs for the Feed. On Saturday, all day, we begin prepping and cooking food, and setting things up.

We don’t set a price for the meal, but we put out a big donation jar and everyone throws in what they can on their way through the line. When the Feed is over, we use those funds first to pay off any outstanding bills for supplies, and then we will be splitting the remaining donations between the Fur Takers, the Wisconsin Trappers Association and the Trapperman Discretionary Fund (which helps trapping families going through tragedies, illnesses, etc.). At the Feed, we usually have a few donated free door prizes to give away as well. We have a great time, with great food, and a chance to put some faces to the names of some fine folks who we know from this site. After the Feed, volunteers help out with our clean up. People also come by to pick up their dishes, extension cords, grills, etc, etc, etc. We wash everything and lay it all out on tables for everyone to pick up later or the next morning.

During these days leading up to the event, people are jumping in and committing to what they can bring or do by replying to this post, or by sending me a PM. I will continually update the “Master List” of who has committed to bring what, which you can find at the top of the first page of this post. As we get more commitments, I will get an updated Want List posted up there to beg for things we still need. We appreciate all contributions, large and small, and all the help with cleanup we can get. It is also really helpful if you are able to post in the next few days before we go out and order or buy our final food and supplies. We always love your home grown and homemade goodies. I will be putting in final food orders for anything we’re missing or in need of with stores up in Marshfield on Tuesday, June 26th. If you don’t bring anything, just put more cash in that jar on your way through the line!

Welcome newbies, welcome lurkers, and welcome to all of you familiar and unfamiliar faces – we all look forward to seeing you there!!!

Your Wisconsin TMan Feed Gestapo,
Patrice

Thank you, Wissmiss! She increased her order to 100 mini cupcakes and a special treat exclusively for Labor Camp!

(Working in Labor Camp does have its advantages. )

Swift4me, your check is here. Thank you!

Brocky, thank you for arranging for the servingware we need. You've been a big help in that department for the last several TMan Feeds!

We need beverages in coolers with ice. We need more sides. Check the Want List and post here. Thanks!!!

Finally got my room arrangements made so I will bring the following.
2 dozen brats and 2 dozen buns
A package of string cheese
2 12 packs of diet sodas, like Pepsi and a white soda
I will also have 2 coolers that you can use as well.
Bryce

Thanks, Bryce!

We'll be on site on Friday in the usual spot.

The Master List and Want List is updated.

HobbieTrapper, thank you for your $100 cash donation! We have supplies we can buy up front with those cash donations from you and Swift4me. That will really help out!

The Master List is updated.

I’ll bring the rest of (48) assorted sodas. I can’t help with the cooler @ this time. They have been loaned out for graduation parties and haven’t been returned yet.

I have 102 qt cooler I will bring along.

I can bring some good old Kentucky Possum Puddin'. Don't worry it isn't made out of grinners!

Thanks, Brocky for the servingware!

Thanks, Brian Risk, for the roasters and getting the pork smoked for us!

Thanks, Handitrapper, for the sodas!

Thanks, Kevin, for the cooler!

Thanks, AnthonyT, for the Possum Puddin'! We cannot wait to try it!

Thanks, Mac, for those fire extinguishers!

The Master List and Want List are updated.

Thanks, WIMarshRAT, for the hot dogs and buns!

I spent the day yesterday cutting turkey and bacon, pre-drilling water chestnuts and assembling ...

... and the wild turkey kabob appetizers are done and in the freezer!

I'm putting in an order for potato salad, pasta salad, coleslaw and dessert fluff with festival Foods in Marshfield tomorrow. If you know you are bringing one of those things, please post it so I don't go and buy it. Thanks!

Can someone bring 4 cases of water in a huge cooler full of ice? The forecast is HOT and Labor Camp will be working hard!

Can someone bring 4 cases of beer too? Labor Camp does not run smooth on a water diet.

Zim

I won't promise 4 cases, but I will bring some beer specifically for the Labor Camp since I am unwilling to subject myself to hard labor. I will also bring some Styrofoam coolers that we get our starter cultures in.

In response to Mr. Nelly's more than generous pledge, I too will bring a reasonable amount of cool ones for labor camp and other vagrants that may be passing through.

Zim

God Bless you, Nelly and Zim!

Thanks, Roger B. for joining the elite Labor Camp group, and thank you for the burger buns and napkins!

The Master List and THE WANT LIST are updated!

Thank you, Greg Schroeder & Fur Harvesters Auction, for your incredible support for our event every time. Thank you for all of those cold dishes: potato and pasta salads, coleslaw, 3 bean salad and strawberry fluff for dessert! Thanks again and again!

Hey Patrice I got great news!!!!!!! My fishing trip got changed to Friday morning instead of Sunday morning so I'll be able to attend now!!! Please let me know what you would like me to bring down!

That's great for us, Chris! Will you be in Labor Camp?

You could bring a dessert like you've brought before if you have time. If you still have access to the monstrous heavy gauge extension cords, please bring one or two of those! Let me know!

Patrice;
I got one of my coolers back. So soda (mixed bag) will come in a cooler with ice.

I’ll also bring something for raffle/door prize.

Yes I'll be down for labor camp. Desert I can bring but not the cord

Thanks, Handitrapper. That will really help! And thanks for our first door prize for this Feed!!!

Thanks, Chris! Welcome back to the club and thanks for the dessert!

Guys, we are starting to look pretty good! I had a learning curve here (like usual) because I never set one of these up in June. I realize now that the colds sides are hard for people to bring and keep cold for days, so it will work great to have Fur Harvesters go pick up a bunch of nice cold stuff on Saturday afternoon!

We don't have lots of our usual garden stuff right now and I still hope someone from further south might sneak us a few garden treats!

I will be on site on Friday and you will see signs go up at the northeast corner of the north horse barn. In the meantime, some folks will already have dropped items off in coolers, hopefully with lots of ice. As soon as Zim and I get there and get everything inventoried, we will be making ice and propane and supply runs as needed.

I am looking forward to seeing all of you!!!

It’s a smaller cooler. Maybe 48 qt? If I can squeeze some bottled water in after the ice? I will.

Bringing 4 trapping T-Shirts. 2 of them for kids & 2 adult sizes.

Thanks, Brian! I updated the Master List. I'll have to ask you a burl wood question when I see you ...

Thanks, Deerfly, for your door prize donation of Lenon's muskrat lure!

Just have to throw this out there -

Is there anyone near Marshfield who could get their hands on a big barn fan for us to use on Saturday?

Please let me know - thanks!

Patrice, I don't have a barn fan.

BUT, I just bought a new conibear muskrat trap to be given away tomorrow night at the feed. I'll stop over with it in a bit.

Thanks, AJE! It was great to finally meet you too!

Got a good night's sleep at the hotel last night. We set the room temp for 60 degrees and it actually got there while we went out for some supper! Too funny. We had to push it back up to 69 - plenty hot for a summer evening for me. We're up and getting ready for the day!

See you guys back at the fairgrounds!

I hope you all have a great meal. Patrice, my niece cancelled her wedding two days ago, leaving us no time to arrange the trip. I cannot explain how I feel right now. I know you are good with computers, so could you post some scratch and sniff meal pics. Lol!!! Have a great time all!!!!!

Pictures, where are the pictures?

We had a great time last night! We fed 240 people and brought in $785 which we dispersed as follows:
$250 to the Fur Takers
$250 to the Wisconsin Trappers Association
$285 to the Trapperman Discretionary Fund

It was wonderful to meet more of the Trapperman family! What a blast! I thanked everyone for everything last night during my announcements, but right now I want to thank again the people who sent things from afar without even being here. WIssmiss, thank you for those beautiful cupcakes, including some extra special ones for Labor Camp and a big one for me! HobbieTrapper and Swift4me, thank you for your cash donations that really made everything work up front. We made propane and supply runs - including loads and loads of ice in that heat! Thank you for helping out our day all the way from Idaho, Maryland and France!

I brought a camera but barely got a chance to take a photo while we were running. We had an excellent crew but it was unbelievably hot and we were worked to exhaustion. We got everyone fed before a storm rolled in. When it did, it dropped the temperature, so it all worked out beautifully in the end. We got to work on clean up and stayed for the Labor Camp Post-Feed Party with the first cooler air in days! We'll be back on site to finish cleanup and packing this morning.

Neeeed sleeeeeep ...

It sounds like the feed was another outstanding success. We all thank you, Patrice and labor camp workers, for the hard work y'all did to put on this massive undertaking under such arduous conditions. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. I know I missed out on a great time by not being able to make it there.

Paul, we're all looking forward to the TMan Feed in September when you can join us! Everyone is on board and lined up for September already. After we conquered this one in the heat, we're all thinking that September will be a breeze!

We mentioned you at the Feed, of course, but it's not as much fun when you're not hiding around the corner trying to avoid the limelight while we sing your praises! I'll get you in September!

Another “OUTSTANDING” job Patrice!!!! You are a slave driver with great organizational skills. Even with the oprresive heat and humidity, you always wear that big smile.

I met some great new people, reminisced with ones I usually only get to see in Marshfield. But best of all, I got what I really had planned for; Robert Waddell’s hog control trip!! I’m super excited for next spring!

As handitrapper said, and i double it. Will have to make a twice as big batch of maters and cucumber salad as it disappeared so fast and some people didnt get any... looking forward to September.

I would also like to thank Lee Steinmeyer for dropping off a couple jugs of his homemade wine which made an appreciable attitude adjustment in Labor Camp!

Zim

Funny how a few drinks can do that very thing. lol

Patrice and her amazing T-man feed crew once again did an amazing job at the feed...thank you everyone for your hard HOTTTT work! And yes Lee's "drink" can change ones outlook on heat and work...lol

Thanks so much you guys!

I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar!

I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar! I met Tom & Nancy Oar!

We're buds now!!!!!!!

(Zim had actually met them years ago and has been to the cabin they lived in long before the one they live in now. They talked about all the people they knew in common when Zim lived in that area and they shared some memories and laughs about those days.)

Hey Patrice!
I heard you met Tom and Nancy Oar! :-)

I saw that photo being taken...

Mac

Hee! Hee! Hee!

Well I didn't stay for the feed but I did get a hug from Patrice.

Sorry I didn't get to make it I took the wife and little one to the water park for some fun and we didn't get back I in time looks like I missed out.

Thank you everyone for the great dinner. Couldn't have ask for better food and folks.

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I am so glad you guys enjoyed the meal. Sorry I was running like an idiot. I wish I had a chance to sit and visit with every one of you! Beav, I wish it was cooler but I sure understand. I hope you got cooled off and had a comfortable night! It was nice to see you there at the fairgrounds!

Thanks for the great meal. Real enjoyed the salmon and the cheese was great. Wished it was cooler and had more time to visit. The only thing that would have been better. Is if i made it home with no car trouble. The engine is now toast. Hope every body made it home safe.

Sorry to hear that, woodboy! That's no way to end a fun trip!

Now that I have cooled off and caught up on sleep, I would just like to say ...

I LOVE YOU, LABOR CAMP!!!

Thank you TMan members: Zim, Macthediver, Nute and Black and Tan,
and TMan lurkers: Wayne W, Tommy R, Mat P, Roger B, Chris, Darlene A and Arlene K!

You guys are the greatest!

Thank you, Robert Waddell, for providing 150 pounds of pork and Brian Riske of Little Wolf for getting that pork smoked and ready for us. Thank you to all of the people listed on The Master List at the top of this thread for all of the generous donations of cash, food, supplies and door prizes! (I made a bunch of final updates to the Master List!) And thank you, Paul Dobbins, for bringing us all together in the first place!

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh! I'm ready for September!

I am also told that the Wisconsin Trapperman Feed Labor Camp will now be listed in the Fur Takers "Circle of Friends" - watch in future issues of their magazine!

I really enjoyed the T-man feast...and the after party ! lol.

The labor camp did an awesome job.

It was my first T man feed. Great food and people who worked there. Thanks Patrice.