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Ensign ready for  Sports Hall of Fame induction

Jake Ensign

OBSERVER Staff Report

An internationally acclaimed  bow hunter will be inducted into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame next month.

Jake Ensign, one of less than 20 bow hunters to achieve the North American Super Slam, will join 10 other honorees at the CSHOF’s 36th annual banquet, which will be held Monday, Feb. 20 at the Lakewood Rod & Gun Club. Joining him in the Class of 2017 are Paul Cooley, Charlie LaDuca, Sammy LaMancuso, Deb Palmer, Bob Patterson, Dave Polechetti, Sam Restivo, Michael Sayers, Maceo Wofford and the late Francis “Doc” Malinoski.

A 60-year resident of Chautauqua County, Ensign graduated from Westfield High School and now lives in Busti. An active mentor, teacher and promoter of hunting and conservation, he has legally taken all 29 North American big-game animals with a bow and arrow. They include four types of bears, five types of caribou, five types of deer, three types of elk, three types of moose, four types of sheep, a mountain goat, bison, antelope, muskox and mountain lion.

Ensign is also the only person to take all four North American sheep with a bow in a single year.

Banquet tickets may be purchased at the Jamestown Cycle Shop, 10 Harrison St., Jamestown; Matt’s News, 93 E. 3rd St. in Dunkirk; and the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame, 15 W. 3rd St. in Jamestown. Tickets, priced at $50, can also be ordered by calling banquet chairman Chip Johnson at 485-6991. CSHOF members receive a $5 discount. Hospitality begins at 5 p.m. with dinner to follow at 6:15 p.m.

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