The annual Georgia Falconry Association field meet will be held again this year in Pine Mountain, Georgia on the Martin Luther King Day weekend. Our meet headquarters will be the Mountain Creek Inn at Callaway Gardens. Please contact the Mountain Creek Inn at 800-225-5292 as soon as you can and make your reservation. They are holding rooms for us on a first come/first serve basis up until one week before our meet which is Jan 13-16. MAKE SURE YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE WITH THE GFA. Our room rate for MLK weekend is $69 + tax. (The regular rate is $109).

This meet promises to be another great one. The banquet will be buffet-style this year and the raffle should be super! Donna Blanton has been working hard and has acquired some quality items. Our banquet speaker will be Roy Crowe.

We expect a good selection of hunting sites with some of them being on the Callaway Gardens property.

Click here for photos of the 2010 event.

Pine Mountain, GA, is 60 minutes southwest of Atlanta and 30 minutes north of Columbus. Take I-85 South from Atlanta to I-185 (exit 21) and continue south to the U.S. Hwy. 27 (exit 42). Turn left onto U.S. Hwy. 27 and drive south approximately 10 miles to Pine Mountain.

FRIDAY, JAN 13

After 2:00 PM: Motel check-in. Contact the Mountain Creek Inn at 800-225-5292 as soon as you can and make your reservation. MAKE SURE YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE WITH THE GFA. Our room rate for MLK weekend is $69 + tax.

*****NOTE: Rooms will be available at the group rate on a firstcome/first serve basis until one week before the meet.

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Registration at Mountain Creek Inn. Hunting packets and schedules will be provided to members at this time.

Evening meal --- On your own.

SATURDAY, JAN 14

7:00 AM to 8:00 AM: Breakfast at the Mountain Creek Inn. Please join us at this event so that we can ensure that everyone receives maps and is assigned to a hunting group.

8:00 AM: Annual group picture. After breakfast we will assemble in the parking lot and take the traditional pre-hunt picture.

8:15 AM: Break up into parties for the morning hunt. Someone will be at the Mountain Creek Inn until 9:00 AM with maps to help direct anyone who might arrive later. If you are going to be later than 9:00 AM just catch the group at lunch and you will be assigned to an afternoon hunting group.

12 Noon - 1:00 PM: Lunch at the Whistling Pig Cafe, Main Ave in Pine Mountain. The café has reserved the meeting room for us. New groups will be organized for the afternoon hunt, or you can return to the morning hunt site.

1:00 PM: Afternoon hunt. Back to the hunt sites.

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM: GFA Annual Banquet at Mountain Creek Inn. Cost for the buffet-style dinner will be $20.00.

Our guest speaker for the banquet will be Roy Crowe.

The annual raffle will be part of the event and tickets will be available throughout the evening. We have a great selection of items already and more coming. We would like for every member who attends to bring something to donate to the raffle. Anything from artwork to anklets, perches to pea gravel, leather to lures ... you get the picture.
Bring some money and go home with some new toys! If you have an item to donate please bring it to registration on Friday or contact Bob Gordon at (770) 227-7015. If you are attending the Banquet, please email Joey Seabolt and let him know how many people will be in your party. He needs this count for the restaurant.

SUNDAY, JAN 15 and MONDAY, JAN 16

8:00 AM: Assemble in the Mountain Creek Inn parking lot at 8:00 AM for individual and group hunts. We have access to the properties listed on our maps for the entire holiday weekend. Feel free to go as a group or individually. Remember, we are guests. Treat the property as you would your own. We want to be invited back in the future.