South Carolina Sportsman will have gallery of big bucks
Lee and Tiffany Lakosky of the popular hunting television show, “The Crush” will highlight featured attractions at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ Palmetto Sportsman’s Classic, which is scheduled this week at the state fairgrounds in Columbia.
The Lakoskys, whose television show opened its third season on the Outdoor Channel last fall, starred for three years in another show, “Gettin Close,” before joining “The Crush.”
Natives of Columbia Heights, Minn,. The Lakoskys, who have been married since 2003, quit their respective jobs as chemical engineer and flight attendant to move to Iowa and begin developing trophy whitetail bucks on a farm. They were discovered by a company that made scent-blocking products, the first step in their trip to television stardom.
The Palmetto Sportsman’s Classic will run from noon to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 23, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. on Saturday, March 24, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday, March 25. Admission is $8 for adults and $7 for seniors aged 62 and over. Children under ages 10 and under will be admitted free. Parking at the fairgrounds will be free.
The Classic draws more than 300 exhibitors with booths featuring hunting and fishing equipment and clothing, boats, marine equipment and all-terrain vehicles.
The SCDNR will hold a whitetail deer antler-scoring session that is open to the public to measure some of the state’s biggest bucks and determine new entries for the state’s whitetail deer record book.
South Carolina Sportsman will be on hand to photograph many of the trophy bucks that are presented for scoring. SouthCarolinaSportsman.com will feature a gallery of those photographs throughout the weekend.
Other features at the Classic will include the 4,000-gallon Bass Tub, The Center for Birds of Pray, which has rehabilitated more than 6,000 injured raptors since 1991; snake expert Roark Ferguson, owner of South Carolina’s Reptile Rescue and owner of a collection of 1,100 snakes; and hunting retriever demonstrations by trainer Roy Coffey of Retriever World.
For more information, visit www.psclassic.com.
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