This one was too tight, but I liked the face protection. You could still get slimed, though.

Team WON will be heading to Illinois for a carp eradication adventure, and we’re inviting you to follow us on our adventure. For starters, we will be the Kaskaskia River, followed by an evening of dodging the flyers – flying Asian carp. You know, the kind that smack-women-and-children-off-jet-skis and break jaws types of flyers.

I’ll be joined by Gretchen Steele, Jody Narantic, Stacey Huston and our own Paige Eissinger. When some of our sponsors and friends in the outdoors heard that we’d be endeavoring to get out there and get slimed by carp this weekend, they contributed some sweet gifts for us to give away. We’ve combined our forces and are offering a $500 gift package.

Maybe add a helmet with this fencing mask?

What’s in the gift package? For our part, we’re offering a Prois Hunting Apparel tank top and cool black baseball cap. We’re also throwing in a Dairy Queen gift card, signed by the princess of the pontoon, The Hunter’s Wife.

But there’s more … a lot more, including a $100 gift card from Cabela’s, courtesy of The Sportsman Channel. Where is that prize you ask? You’ll see – if you check the other bloggers’ sites, too.

The Hunter’s Wife

Walkin’ with the Wild Woman

A Focus in the Wild

Flying the Coop

Enter once at each site to increase your odds of being chosen. Each outdoor blogger will choose one winner. Then, we will combine our winners and choose one from that pool. So, you might even be entered to win two or more times, depending on the luck of the draw, and if you entered the contest at all our sites!

To enter here at The WON, answer this question:

How would you protect yourself from flying carp?

The deadline is midnight on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011.

OK ... how about combining something like this with the fencing mask?

What’s in the gift package? From my own blues band, Diezelfitter, I am contributing our CD, “September Days.”

But there’s more … a lot more, including a $100 gift card from Cabela’s, courtesy of The Sportsman Channel. Where is that prize you ask? You’ll see – if you check the other bloggers’ sites, too.

The Hunter’s Wife

Walkin’ with the Wild Woman

A Focus in the Wild

And, of course, right here at The WON, Babbs in the Woods.

Enter once at each site to increase your odds of being chosen. Each outdoor blogger will choose one winner. Then, we will combine our winners and choose one from that pool. So, you might even be entered to win two or more times, depending on the luck of the draw, and if you entered the contest at all our sites!

To enter here at The WON, answer this question:

How would you protect yourself from flying carp?

The deadline is midnight on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011.

Paige Eissinger is Associate Editor of The WON and plays bass in her own blues band, Diezelfitter. Note the Smith & Wesson tee. Photo by Barbara Baird.