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Free clinics for hunters, water activities for kids at Cabela’s

Trish Thomas pushes a full shopping cart out of Cabela's with Amber Gibe after christmas shopping for the men in their lives.  The store, in Lehi, Utah, is similar to the one proposed for Post Falls, near the Idaho-Washington border.  CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT Special to The Spokesman-Review (Christopher Onstott / The Spokesman-Review)
Trish Thomas pushes a full shopping cart out of Cabela's with Amber Gibe after christmas shopping for the men in their lives. The store, in Lehi, Utah, is similar to the one proposed for Post Falls, near the Idaho-Washington border. CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT Special to The Spokesman-Review (Christopher Onstott / The Spokesman-Review)

OUTDOORS -- Programs for hunters and some special water-related activities for kids are being organized for the weekend at Cabela's in Post Falls.

Cabela's Big Game Classic is set for Saturday and Sunday, including free presentations related to the upcoming hunting season.  Among the offerings:
  • Adventure Hunting with Steve West, celebrity host of The Adventure Series on the Outdoor Channel.
  • Field Dressing 101 with Idaho Fish & Game.
  • Back Country Elk Hunting with Pro-Staff Sara Lamson

The kids' water-related events are Saturday only, as follows:

10 a.m. -- Pacific Northwest Fish Identification Game.

11:30 a.m. --  Family Boater Safety & Life Jacket Fitting with Kootenai County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol.

Noon -- Find Buried Treasure: Metal Detector Game.

1:30 p.m. --  Kids Fishing Game in the Cabela’s Pool Fishing lessons, kids can catch a brightly colored fish from the pool.

2:30 p.m.  -- Water Gun Duck Races See who can squirt their duck across the finish line first!

10 a.m.-4 p.m. --  Big Kahuna Slide & Tiki Island Inflatable Obstacle Course.

 Info: (208) 777-6300. 


Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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