Clockwise, from left: The 2025 Gillespie County Fair Queen Nora Schoessow displays a pistol up for auction at the Wild Game Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 23. — Standard-Radio Post/ Michaela Rush Craig Meier keeps the microphone hot as he auctions off a knife, held by Kirsten Hartmann (right), along with a chance to win a gun, held by Jaycee Treibs and Izzy Reeh. Auctioneer Craig Meier shows off a check representing the $2.1 million raised for agricultural youth education by the Gillespie County Wild Game Dinner since 2017.