Greetings In The Name Of Our Lord,

Winter Trace is upon us. Be ready to compete. This year’s trace will be headed up by Time Keeper. The Seneca Run, will be headed up by Four-Way, so have your sectional teams ready. There is a lot planned for the 2^rd, 3^th and 4^th of December so let me get into the details.

There is a $20.00 per person for all who attends. It is an open trace for anyone who might be interested in FCF and 11 years old or older.

Guest Speaker: Mouse Hawk, our territorial scribe. Our National Vice President, Oak, will also be there if the Oklahoma weather cooperates this year and not hit with some ice storm or below 0 temperatures.      

Winter Trace:  A trade item worth $10 or more to enter competition.

Traps:  You will have 60 seconds to set 10 traps; each trap set is worth 10 points.

Hawk & Knife:  This will be a quick draw event, with hawk on belt and knife in sheaf. The mountain man in charge will yell, bear and time will start (time is in the event of a tie only). You will draw your hawk and throw it first followed by your knife. You will retrieve your Hawk, and put it back on your belt and the knife back in its sheaf. You will throw for a total of 10 times each with each stick worth 10 points. If all 10 throws are completed in less than 3 minutes you will receive 20 points as a bonus.

Black Powder: You will have 5 minutes to shot as many times as you can and hit a target for a total of 20 points per target hit. If you have powder in your gun when time runs out, you will have an opportunity to shoot for a 20 point bonus at a target. If you miss, it will cost you 20 points.

Flint and Steel:  You will be making lead balls for your gun during this event, all will be provided except your flint, steel, chard cloth and birds nest.

Knowledge:

FCF Pledge, 100 points if 100% correct 50 points if only missed 5 words or less, 25 points for 6 to 10 words missed or less and 10 points for trying.

The FCF Symbol, the five logs, 20 points each. The blazing campfire, love, witness and service each worth 20 points. The explanation of the symbol worth 40 points.

The FCF Motto, 50 points for English and 50 points for Latin.

Seneca Run: Four-Way has informed me that this year each team will need to be in shape due to the amount of running required. Each team will consist of 1 Young Buck and 1 Old Timer from each section. You can have as many as wants to compete, we will take the total number in your territory (section) and divided by the number competing (example is 6 total competing divided into total score). If you do not have your team together, pick out the best to represent your section.

The General Store/Trading Post will open for business.  It is not finished yet, but we are able to have our services inside if needed. We have not been able to locate the time to put on the log siding yet but it is covered with OSB board and painted at this time.    

We will be conducting a Vigil this year at winter trace. We have four candidates, Toe Sucker, Blade Bender,Flaming Legs and Merchant Man. The Vigil will start on Saturday at noon and go until Sunday morning.

See ya there!

Praise the Lord,

No Powder