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The Riverton Division of the Fremont County Search and Rescue recently completed the 4th annual “Get Lost” carp shoot.
17 teams made up of 4 members each started at Rocky Mountain Discount Sports in Riverton and went to their favorite spots to bow hunt, yes bow hunt, carp.
The 30 largest fish were weighed and entered into the competition. A total of 8,1000 pounds of carp were harvested and 24,000 pounds of carp have been removed from local waters during the 4 years this event has taken place.
This year’s big winners, picture below, included:
3rd place – Ty Jammerman team
2nd place – Shane Fehring team
1st place – Hughes family team
Most fish – Don Hall team
Proceeds from this event will be used for member training and equipment to be used when a search is requested. This is the only fund raising event taken on by the Riverton District. Many sponsors made the event possible and allowed Search and Rescue to give away prizes.
Those sponsors include:
| 2M Construction |
| 4 Seasons Sport Center |
| A & P Pawn Shop |
| Absaroka Heating & Air |
| Adams RV |
| Amerigas |
| Arrow Mtn. Dental |
| Bailey Tire and Auto Service |
| Big R |
| Black Hills Energy |
| Bloedorn Lumber-Riverton |
| Car Quest |
| Carr Ceramics |
| Central Bank & Trust |
| Christian Church of Riverton |
| Crosseyed Custom Rifles |
| Fremont Distibution |
| Fremont Stoneworx |
| Hasco Industrial Supply |
| High Mtn. Seasoning |
| Inberg-Miller Engineers |
| ITC Electrical Engineering |
| Jack FM |
| Jack’s Saw Shop |
| Jenny Hall |
| Jerry Bornhoft |
| Lucid Optics |
| Mark Stone |
| NAPA-Lander |
| Plains Floor & Window Coverings |
| Radio Shack-Riverton |
| Riverton RV |
| Riverton Tire and Oil |
| Rocky Mtn. Discount Sports |
| Service Plumbing |
| Service Sprinkler |
| Shane Fehring Construction |
| Specialty Marine |
| Storks Auto Body |
| The Print Shop |
| Traveling Computers |
| Walmart |
| Wild Iris Mtn. Sports-Lander |
| Wild West Powersports |
