Saturday: Manahoac Bowmen 3-D shoot at Izaak Walton Park, 12400 Herndon Rd, Spotsylvania. $12 per person. Details: 373-2278, or rolynn01@aol.com
Saturday: Fly Fishing Swap Meet, 630 Pelham St., Fredericksburg (Old Chesley's Tackle Shop). 9 a.m--4 p.m. Free. Call 899-6464 for more information.
Match 14: Monthly meeting. Falmouth Flats Fly Fishers. The Lodge at Gander Mountain, Spotsylvania. Contact
Email: info@ffflyfishers.org. Fly tying demonstration 6 p.m.; meeting at 7.
March 17: Fourth-Annual Fredericksburg Fly Fishing Show. National Guard Armory. Sponsored by Falmouth Flats Fly Fishers. Seminars by Bob Clouser, Beau Beasley and Cory Routh. Contact
Email: info@ffflyfishers.org.
March 17-18: Rappahannock River Waterfowl Show, staged in concert with Rappahannock Decoy Carvers and Collectors Guild Annual Show and Competition on March 17. Show begins at 10 a.m. each day. Held at the Woman's Club Building adjacent to the Whitestone Fire Station. $7 admission with kids under 12 free. See rrws.org. Contact
Email: info@RRWS.org or call 804/435-6355 for details. Carving competition has entry fee for competitors. Call Heck Rice at 804/537-5033 for entry details
March 24: Fort A.P. Hill 2nd annual Adult (16 years and older) Trout Fishing Tournament. 8 a.m-3:30 p.m., Beaver Dam Pond. $20/person, includes installation fishing permit and trout permit for that day. Virginia freshwater fishing license required. Prizes for heaviest single trout heaviest total weight based on a six-fish limit. Registration begins at 7 a.m. at Game Check Station. Pre-registration available at Community Activities Center. Call 633-8219 for details/directions.
March 24: Hike to Hunter's Iron Works--Embrey Dam Remains. Led by Dr. Doug Sanford from the UMW's Department of Historic Preservation. Sponsored by Friends of the Rappahannock. Age 9 and up. 8 a.m.--noon. Registration required. Call 373-3448. Fee ranges from $12-$30.
March 24: Turkey Hunting Seminar sponsored by Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Culpeper. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Techniques and biology. Free with lunch provided. Call John W. Dodson at 540/543-2070 to register.
March 31: 7th Annual Talkin' Turkey Workshop for Youth. Heathsville. Roanoke Farm. Sponsored by Northern Neck Wild Turkey Association. Techniques, setting up decoys and blinds, turkey calling and turkey biology. Free lunch. Prizes. For info and registrations, contact Bruce Wilds, 804/824-9279.
April 7: Hunter Education Class. Westmoreland Parks & Recreation. A.T. Johnson Museum. 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pre-registration required. Call 804/493-8163 or Buddy Fines at 775-7294 for more information.
April 14: Spring Gobbler season opens.
April 20-22: 2007 Virginia State Sporting Clays Championship. Charity Hill Hunting & Shooting Preserve. Call 804/448-2701 for details.
April 21: Rappahannock River Spring River Cleanup. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch provided. Friends of the Rappahannock provides bags, gloves, and a map to cleanup location. Pre-registration required. Call 373-3448. Check-in between 9-10 a.m. at Old Mill Park. Rain or Shine.
FISHING TOURNAMENTS Motts Run Open Team Bass Tournament: March 11. Benefits Kids fishing derby in June 2007. 70 percent payback plus trophies. For details, call 540/785-8087, 898-7452, or 571/247-1017. Lake Anna Bass Series: March 11, 18; April 1, 22, 29; May 6, 12. 10-Event Open Team/Individual Bass Tournaments. $160 entry (includes big fish) with 80 percent total payback. 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. Launch at Sturgeon Creek Marina. Contact Dave Fauntleroy, tourney director, 540/840 6772 or see laprbass.com. HOW TO SUBMIT ITEMS E-mail the information, with subject line stating "Outdoor Calendar," to Ken Perrotte at