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Beast Feast  
Our
annual wild game dinner is our biggest fundraiser of the year. Each
year club members collect meat donations from friends, family, and
the community and prepare exotic dishes for an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Beast Feast is always the last weekend in February and is held at the
UF Horse Teaching Unit. If you know any hunters or fishermen that would
like to donate, let us know! We also look for door prizes and raffle
donations from local businesses, such as fishing rods and camping
equipment.
Millhopper Road Clean-up 
One
day every year The Wildlife Society pick ups
garbage along our adopted road to keep it clean. After a few hours of
hard work the group goes out for lunch. It's more fun than you
think!
FWC
Hunter Check Stations  
Club members each hunting season are
encouraged to help out the FWC at local hunter check stations. The FWC
conducts game measurements and checks deer for Chronic Wasting Disease.
This year the club took a trip to the Caravelle Wildlife
Management Area and learned how to age deer jaw bones. Volunteering at a check
station is a great way to gain knowledge and skills, and will look
great on a resume! See http://www.myfwc.com/RECREATION/WMASites_index.htm to
look up other WMAs you could volunteer at. Buck-Off 
In
the fall our club puts together a team of girls to participate in a
bull-riding competition sponsored by the Agriculture Fraternity, Alpha
Gamma Rho. All proceeds from the night go to the Winn Dixie Hope Lodge,
which provides housing for outpatients undergoing cancer treatment. For
the past fourteen years, Buck-Off has helped assist the Hope Lodge with
their much-needed donations. Lubee Bat Fest 
The
Lubee Bat Conservancy is an international non-profit organization
dedicated to protecting biological diversity though conservation of
fruit bats. They are only open to the public during the annual Lubee
Bat Fest in October, where people can visit the bats, check out display
tables from local environmental groups, and participate in games and
arts & crafts events. The Wildlife Society participates in tabling
and welcomes volunteers to come out for the day and get the word out
about our club and what we do. Florida Caverns State Park Trip 
This year the club took a weekend camping trip to the FL Caverns in Marianna, Florida. They spent the day hiking in the park and exploring one of Florida's few dry caves.
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