Currituck Wildlife Festival

On September 10th and 11th the Coinjock Ruritan Club will be hosting
the 13th annual Currituck Wildlife Festival at Currituck High School, in
Barco. The times for the Wildlife Festival are 9:00 AM – 5:00 on Saturday
10 September, and 10:00 AM – 4 PM on Sunday 11 September. Admission
is $5.00 for the weekend, with children under 12 free, and free to all First
Responders (with I.D.).
The Currituck Wildlife Festival is a unique venue, family oriented, that
showcases all forms of wildlife and wildfowl art. This is a non-juried/nonjudged
festival, which provides an opportunity for wildlife artisans to display
and sell their work. On display, for viewing and purchase are original paintings
and prints, numerous hand carvings of various birds and wildlife,
decoys for display or hunting, antique decoys, photography, and many oneof-
a kind gifts associated with Wildlife. Our Exhibitors come from up and
down the Eastern Seaboard, as well as Northeast North Carolina, and many
are repeat exhibitors.
This year’s featured carver is Bud Coppedge, a very well known carver from the Back Bay and Currituck Sound areas.
Bud was often sought out to verify the carvings of other well known area carvers, and in 1991 he co-published a book titled “Gun Clubs & Decoys of Back Bay and Currituck Sound.” This book is still regarded, by many, as the finest record of waterfowl history of the Back Bay and Currituck Sound areas. Unfortunately Bud Coppedge left us on December 28, 2015.
For further information on the Currituck Wildlife Festival, please contact John Murray @252-453-6814.

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