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Lonesome Dove Fest celebrating 2 decades of family fun and support for community efforts

LONESOME DOVE FEST SCHEDULE

Date Times Event

Thursday, Sept. 20 2:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Black Gold Shootout

Friday, Sept. 21 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Youth Day

Friday, Sept. 21 5:00 p.m. – midnight FAIRGROUNDS OPEN

Friday, Sept. 21 8:00 p.m. – midnight Mark Odom and Cactus Country

Saturday, Sept. 22 10:00 a.m. – Noon Lonesome Dove Parade Downtown Karnes City

Saturday, Sept. 22 11:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Dirty Texas

Saturday, Sept. 22 Noon – 5:00 p.m. Aussie Kingdom & Snake handler events

Saturday, Sept. 22 Noon – 5:00 p.m. Birds of Prey Exhibit

Friday, Sept 21 Saturday, Sept. 22

5:00 p.m. – SundownNoon – Sundown

SPORTING CLAYS TEAM SHOOT

Saturday, Sept. 22 5:00 p.m. –7:00 p.m. Emmerson Biggins

Saturday, Sept. 22 8:00 p.m. –9:00 p.m. Live Auction

Saturday, Sept. 22 9:00 p.m. – midnight John Wayne Schulz

LONESOME DOVE FEST SCHEDULE

Date Times Event

Thursday, Sept. 20 2:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Black Gold Shootout

Friday, Sept. 21 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Youth Day

Friday, Sept. 21 5:00 p.m. – midnight FAIRGROUNDS OPEN

Friday, Sept. 21 8:00 p.m. – midnight Mark Odom and Cactus Country

Saturday, Sept. 22 10:00 a.m. – Noon Lonesome Dove Parade Downtown Karnes City

Saturday, Sept. 22 11:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Dirty Texas

Saturday, Sept. 22 Noon – 5:00 p.m. Aussie Kingdom & Snake handler events

Saturday, Sept. 22 Noon – 5:00 p.m. Birds of Prey Exhibit

Friday, Sept 21 Saturday, Sept. 22

5:00 p.m. – SundownNoon – Sundown

SPORTING CLAYS TEAM SHOOT

Saturday, Sept. 22 5:00 p.m. –7:00 p.m. Emmerson Biggins

Saturday, Sept. 22 8:00 p.m. –9:00 p.m. Live Auction

Saturday, Sept. 22 9:00 p.m. – midnight John Wayne Schulz

KARNES CITY — The Karnes City Rotary Club’s Lonesome Dove Fest will celebrate 20 years of family fun and phil-anthropic success Sept. 20-22 by providing some-thing for everyone dur-ing the annual event at the Karnes County Youth Show Barn grounds on U.S. 181 between Karnes City and Kenedy.

Lonesome Dove Fest has grown from a gather-ing of dove hunters in a Coy City hay patch to an event recently described as the “South Texas Expo” by former Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Education Coordinator Steve Hall. As many as 8,000 hunters and their families attend the fes-tival – about one hour south of San Antonio – each year to enjoy activi-ties that cater to all wild-life enthusiasts in South Texas.

“The showing of sup-port for this event is to benefit the youth in our area and continues to grow each year,” said Charlie Thompson, co-chairman of the festival.

“Not only are people coming to have a good time, but an increasing number of them are ask-ing to donate, sponsor an event or just be part of this effort. Having a family-oriented event with a lot of people work-ing together is what the Lonesome Dove Fest is all about,” Thomspon added.

The annual festival that combines education,

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A Texas Parks and Wildlife staff member shows young people the finer points of casting for fish during the 2011 Lonesome Dove Fest Youth Day activities.

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In its second year will be the Black Gold Shootout – scheduled for Thursday (Sept. 20) beginning at 2 p.m. The shootout will consist of a five-member, five-stand clay target competition between representatives of companies related to the oil and gas operations that have moved into the area.

The winning team will earn bragging rights as the “Top Guns” of the county and a traveling trophy, with the friendly challenge providing energy-related companies a chance for some head-to-head match ups while raising a big chunk of cash for the Karnes County Rotary Club charity fund. Some of the uses of these funds have included help to purchase the Jaws of Life

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The 2011 Miss Karnes City Court ladies wave from the Lonesome Dove Fest float as it passes along Calvert Avenue in Karnes City. This year’s parade will get underway Saturday at 10 a.m.

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equipment for emer-gency medical service crews; construction of little league fields; and Christmas gifts to needy children.

The fun continues Friday (Sept. 21) with a Youth Day that offers educational mini-semi-nars on a variety of dif-ferent topics to more than 300 high school young-sters from area schools. Outdoor skills; game laws and wildlife identi-fication; hunters’ educa-tion and shooting safety instruction are just a few of the learning opportu-nities presented to the students during a vari-ety of open-air seminars conducted by volunteers. Returning again this year for both the Youth Day and the main event will be John Karger of the Last Chance Forever Bird of Prey Conservancy in San Antonio. Karger and his crew conduct hundreds of educational programs each year about the graceful and efficient aerial predators.

Funds from the main events of the Lonesome Dove Fest have allowed the Karnes City Rotary Club to award 12 schol-arships to seniors from each of Karnes County’s four high schools, includ-ing two scholarships spe-cifically dedicated to voca-tional students.

The public events at the Youth Day will start at 5 p.m. Friday (Sept. 21). Food and merchan-dise vendors from across the area will operate booths and there will also be bounce castles and

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Shooters take aim at flying clay pigeons during the 2011 Lonesome Dove Fest, sharpening their skills before taking to the fields on the opening weekend of dove hunting season in the South Zone.

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A visitor to the 2011 Lonesome Dove Fest looks over a selection of jewelry available for purchase at one of the many arts and crafts booths on display under the air-conditioned tent.


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other kids’ events. For the adults, beer and other beverages will be sold under a 14,400 square-foot air-conditioned tent as a DJ and local bands provide musical enter-tainment.

Saturday (Sept. 22) events start with a Lonesome Dove Fest Parade that will kick off at 10 a.m. in downtown Karnes City. Parade floats, bands and other participants will trav-el along Calvert Street through the heart of downtown Karnes City, weather permitting. The Lonesome Dove Fest Parade has become a traditional annual event enjoyed by folks of all ages.

One of the main attrac-tions at the festival, a team sporting clays com-petition, will be held Friday (Sept. 21) from 5 p.m. until sundown and again on Saturday (Sept. 22) from noon until sun-down. The team shoot provides an opportunity for participants to com-pete for prizes and brag-ging rights and, for those interested in hunting, includes a dove hunt with area landowners. A celeb-rity challenge five-stand clay target event pitting the shooting skills of media members against local and state officials will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 22).

Exhibits will also be on display to entertain the kids on Saturday (Sept. 22). In addition to the Birds of Prey exhibit, this year will feature the “Aussie Kingdom” that includes birds, lizards,

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With John Wayne Schulz and company providing musical entertainment, a lot of boot scootin’ goes on atop the Lonesome Dove Fest dance floor underneath the huge air-conditioned tent at the 2011 Lonesome Dove Fest. John Wayne Schulz is headlining the event for the second consecutive year and will perform immediately following the auction Saturday night.

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One of the world famous Kimble Longhorns greets visitors to the 2011 Lonesome Dove Fest. There are always a wide variety of displays and exhibits to see at Lonesome Dove Fest focused on hunting and the outdoors lifestyle of South Texas people.


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wallaroos and walla-bies among other native Australian wildlife that is the largest display of its kind in the United States. A&J Snake Handlers will perform shows Saturday (Sept. 22) featuring rat-tlesnake showdowns between rattlesnakes and their handlers. The annual Stickhorse Rodeo and Kid’s Camo Contest will be conducted shortly after noon on the main day of the festival.

Musical entertainment is always a big part of Lonesome Dove Fest. Karnes City’s very own Mark Odom, Dirty Texas, Emmerson Biggins and American Idol contes-tant John Wayne Schulz

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The Last Chance Forever Bird of Prey Conservancy based out of San Antonio will bring their Bird of Prey exhibit and performances again to Lonesome Dove Fest with shows Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. They present educational shows involving a variety of birds of prey such as falcons, hawks and owls.


will provide live musi-cal performances during the festival. Mark Odom and Cactus Country will perform Friday (Sept. 21) at 8 p.m. Dirty Texas will perform under the air-conditioned tent Saturday from 11:30 to 2 p.m., while John Wayne Schulz will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 22). In addition, coun-try music act Emmerson Biggins will be the open-ing act for John Wayne Schulz on Saturday (Sept. 22) from 5 o’clock – 7

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A pair of Kid’s Camo Contest contestants do their best to impress the judges during the 2011 Lonesome Dove Fest. An annual tradition, the contest continues this year and is expected to get underway Saturday, just after noon.

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p.m. Between Emmerson Biggins and John Wayne Schulz’s performance, there will be a live auc-tion featuring a variety of sporting goods and other items will be held under the tent at 8 p.m.

“This is not just for hunters,” Rotarian Randy Witte emphasized, “but for families - for every-body!” Organizers say they rely on some fan-tastic sponsors to have a festival on this scale. When sponsors come to the grounds and see entire families being entertained, they get very interested. Club mem-bers said that any success or growth the event has enjoyed over the years is directly associated with the generosity of these sponsors.

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John Wayne Schulz talks with the crowd during the 2011 Lonesome Dove Fest Celebrity Shoot. Area celebrities are invited each year to square off for bragging rights in a competition with one another demonstrating their shotgun shooting skills. This year’s celebrity shoot will get underway 2 p.m. Saturday.


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There will be no admission charge for all the public events of the festival, including John Wayne Schulz’s performance Saturday night.

For more information on the 20th Annual Lonesome Dove Fest, including schedules and applications for the team shoot, parade, vendor, Black Gold Shootout and cook-off, go to www.lonesomedovefest.com or call Randy Witte at 830-780-3314, Benny Lyssy at 830-583-5775, or Charlie Thompson at 830-620-8815.

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A trio of youngsters find a way to beat the heat with a little help from snow cones from one of the 2011 Lonesome Dove Fest food vendors. Food and refreshments are always a big part of Lonesome Dove Fest with items such as gorditas, barbecue, cheeseburgers, funnel cakes, fajitas and much more on the menu.

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A young Stick Horse Rodeo contestant gets a little support from one of the members of the 2011 Miss Karnes City Court at last year’s Lonesome Dove Fest. This year’s Stick Horse Rodeo is planned to begin shortly after noon.

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A young visitor to the 2011 Lonesome Dove Fest enjoys a pony ride inside the Karnes County Youth Showbarn. Pony rides and petting zoos have been favorites of many young visitors to Lonesome Dove Fest in past years.


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A shooter takes aim at a flying clay pigeon during the 2011 Lonesome Dove Fest. One of the main attractions at the festival, a team sporting clays competition, will be held Friday from 5 p.m. until sundown and again on Saturday from noon until sundown. The team shoot provides an opportunity for participants to compete for prizes and bragging rights and, for those interested in hunting, includes a dove hunt with area landowners.


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