Thirty-two years ago a handful of South Shore hunters would relieve the monotony
of the dead of winter by gathering in a barn in Cohasset to swap tall tales,
grill some of the water fowl and game they had harvested and share recipes.
This annual gathering at the barn, owned by local wrestling legend Steve “Crusher”
Casey, soon became a fixture on many calendars and acquired the moniker “Casey’s
Game Feed” with the date set as the day before the Super Bowl — Super
Bowl Saturday — a date everyone could remember and, being hearty New Englanders,
the hunters gathered every year no matter what the weather, a tradition that
continues to this day.
Since it’s inception, Minots Ledge committee member Kenny Crowell has been the driving force behind the Game Feed. At the 2010 Game Feed Kenny’s fellow committee members honored him for the countless hours, sweat and toil that he put in over the previous 31 years in organizing the Game Feed by renaming the event “KC’s Game Feed”.
Somewhere along the way the Game Feed started raising money to support the
wildlife
conservation effort of
Ducks
Unlimited by selling artwork and carvings the participants had acquired from
local artisans.
By the late 80s the Game Feed had outgrown the capacity of Casey’s barn
and moved to the grounds of the
Scituate
Rod & Gun Club where it continues to thrive today. The past few Game
Feeds at the Rod & Gun Club have attracted 400 people with each event raising
$7,500.00 for Ducks Unlimited.
In the same timeframe as the move to the gun club, the Game Feed became one of
the sanctioned fundraising activities of the
Minot’s
Ledge Chapter of
Ducks Unlimited;
a natural move as many Game Feed organizers were already members of the Chapter.
Minot’s Ledge Chapter holds three fundraising events: the Game Feed on
Super Bowl Saturday, a Dinner and Auction in May and a Wine
Tasting Dinner in
October with the three events raising over $30,000.00 annually for Ducks Unlimited.
Minot’s
Ledge also publishes an infrequent
e–newsletter to
keep our friends informed of our activities.
Local Massachusetts habitat projects that have been funded in part by Minot’s
Ledge Chapter’s activities are:
Lackey
Pond in Uxbridge,
Allens
Pond in South Dartmouth and
Island
Road Salt Marsh in Essex.