Eau Claire Rod & Gun Club
NEWSLETTER

2006 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT: Doug Burrows    VICE PRESIDENT: Bill Moss
SECRETARY: Ron Harper    TREASURER: Jim Berry
DIRECTORS: Howard Edington - Lamoine Nelson - Mike Johnson - Dan Crevestan

THE MEMBERSHIP MEETING IS THE SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 8:00PM

OCTOBER 2006

Website
The Club has a current website at www.ecrodandgun.com .  Thanks to Jason Berry for getting us on the web and an additional way to let everyone know about "Wisconsin's oldest and finest gun club".  This is a work in progress and Jason has created a site that can be expanded to cover our many activities and community programs. You must take a look at this site, it is just great for our club.  If you have anything for this website please let Jason know. Thanks, Jason.

ANNUAL MEETING:
The Club's Annual meeting will be on December 11th , 2006 at 8:00pm.  Every  member is invited to attend this very special meeting.  Our annual meeting is a review of accomplishments of the past year and a look at the year to come.  We also will be electing members to the Board of Directors.  We have three Directors with their term ending; Ron Harper, Bill Moss, and Lamoine Nelson.  Nominations will be taken prior to the meeting by any Board member or at the meeting.
Part of the Annual meeting is the Eau Claire Rod and Gun Club's Foundation meeting.  All members of the Club belong to the Foundation.  The Foundation's Annual Report will be presented that night and two openings of the Board of Directors will be acted on. Nominations will be taken prior to the meeting by any Board member or at the meeting.

DATES TO REMEMBER FOR----  October, November and December.
Sunday's Oct. 8, 22, 29 Noon to 4;00 PM ----- Open shooting Trap, Skeet or 5 Stand
Sunday's Nov. 5 & 12 Noon to 4:00 PM ----- Open shooting Trap Skeet or 5 Stand
Sunday's Dec. 3, 10, 17 Noon to 4:00 PM ---- Open shooting Trap, Skeet or 5 Stand

MAINTENANCE JUG:
This past month jug got a $100.00 donation from Herman Genrich. Many thanks Herman for your yearly Jug Donation.  In the past weeks members have see many items being up-dated and fixed so that club members can be proud of there Club. Please help us with the continuous maintenance at your club.  As you can see maintenance at a Club this size is never ending.

LEAD RECOVERY UPDATE:
As you may have noticed the lead in the Trap & Skeet range's  is being recovered, to date over 100 ton has been recovered or shipped to the salvage company in St Louis.  The recovery contractor is the Lead Us Reclaim, LLC of Augusta, WI.  The Club signed a contract with them in August.

BOY SCOUT PROJECT:
Kevin Statz, Troop 31, will be constructing and putting up nesting boxes around our ponds for an Eagle Scout project.  If you see Kevin please thank him for this fine work he is doing.

EBAY COORDINATOR:
The club is looking for someone to help sell empty hulls on Ebay.  Last year Fred Krause and Jason Berry did a great job of selling empty hulls and raised over $800.00.  This year they need an assistant and hopefully that is you.  If you are interested please contact Fred or Jason.

WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION:
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Calendars are now available for 2007.  A prize is given away for every day of the year; Guns, Gander Mtn.Gift Cards, and Cash!  365 chances to win, over $100,000 in retail gifts and prizes.  Calendars are $20.00 each and are available by calling Doug Burrows at 828 4775.

HANDICAP LEAGUE INFORMATION;
Club high guns for the handicap league was Hi-Gun Mike Johnson with 390 total targets out of 400, Hi-Lady was Sandy Jack with 368 total targets, Hi-Youth was Zach Snobl with 367 total targets, Hi-Veteran was Elverne Cole with 365 total targets.  League High Guns total targets in parenthesis.  Mike Johnson (390) Jason Berry (383) Dean Luther (368) Marc Hagel (372) Glen St Aubin (377) Pat Schuch (367) Mike Hill (367) Eric Amundson (365) Jake Fricke (362) Zach Snobl (367) Dan Koich (363) Richard Meyer (363) Jerry Moldenhauer (377) Thomas Torgerson (347) all out of 400 targets.
Still some pictures to be picked up both Team and Individual high gun.  The Team high gun patches just came in and if you happen to be coming out to shoot on sundays ask Howard if your pictures or patches are  there.  Save sending them. 

ELDERADO TRAPSHOOT:
Friday September 22, 2006 starting at 10:00 AM was the Elderado shoot sponsored by the Eau Claire Rod & Gun Club and the Westgate Geezers Club.  It rained right up to the time the shoot was to start, then stopped until the shoot was completed. This shoot is for anyone Male or Female 60 years old or older.  We have the Jr Veteran class won by Jeff Smith, 2nd in class was Gary Schuch, & 3rd. Gordy Gullickson.  The Vet. Class was won by James Nowak, 2nd in Vet class was Jim Hoffman, & 3rd Rex Peterson.  The Sr. Vet class was won by Archie Huss, 2nd in Sr. Vet. Class was Bob Krieg, & 3rd John Kramer. 

GUN DEER HUNT FOR HUNTERS WITH DISABILITIES NOTES:
For the second year the Eau Claire Rod & Gun Club in conjunction with BADF Disabled Service  Sponsored a Gun Deer Hunt October 13, 14, & 15 2006, for six disabled hunters on Club Property.  This hunt followed the guidelines established by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and was at NO CHARGE to any person participating in the hunt because of donation from company's and  individual's.  This special event might be the only way these disabled individuals get out deer hunting and back into the woods they once enjoyed so much. This year 3 deer was shot, some misses did occur. This  was a great time for all the hunters and the many volunteers.  Here is a letter we received from one of the disabled hunters. He put in writhing what we heard from all the hunters. 
Dear Friends:
Thank you again for such a wonderful experience at your facility.  The camaraderie and food was  just fantastic.  What a swell bunch of guys & gals.  Sorry we didn't reduce the heard more, but isn't that why they call it hunting?  My best wishes to all the volunteers, and staff.  May your holiday season be a blessed one !!!!
Ron E Davidson                                                                                                                                   Racine Wisconsin
Here is a list of the volunteers that he talked about. (Sorry if we missed anyone and please let me know) Tom Michels, Mike Rossow, Jim Davis, Jeff Grindall, Brian Spindler, Pat Casey, Eric Hoel, Ed Hagmann, Bob Snobl, Jeff Beigal, Mark & Rhonda Mulder, Dale Rickstad, Jason & Jim Berry, Julie Simon,  Scott Wallus, Dan Creviston, Howard Edington, John Dunn, Tamy & Bill Moss, Doug Burrows, Lamoine Nelson, Chuck Paulin, J.D. Armstrong.

RIFLE RANGE:
This is a very busy time at the range so lets all be careful when using the range.  Lets all be very PATIENT  (Webster's definition) Enduring without murmuring; Not easily provoked;
Persevering; Not hasty. If we all remember this we will get through this busy time without any trouble or injuries. Also please when you bring targets to the range they go home with you.  Wayne Klett and his crew do a great  job keeping the range cleaned-up but at this time of the year they need help from the members that use the range. Remember NO glass,  tin cans, garden items are allowed on the range.  NO shooting of items placed on the ground.  Shoot at targets on the target stands only. Wayne said that they would be checking the range more often to make sure members are using it in the right way.

DEER  HIDE  DONATION  PROGRAM:
The box to place your hides in will be in place on November 1, 2006.  The box will be under the Dave  Madis shelter. this program is in conjunction with the Chippewa Valley Outdoor Resource  Alliance.  The funds raised by this program help support the many conservation projects in the area that we all participate in.  We wish to thank all members that support this fund raiser for the Outdoor Resource Alliance,  Club members dropped off a total of 65 hides for this project in 2005. For each hide you donated your name will be entered in a drawing for one of four cash prizes, just place your name on the slips and put them in the holder. The last date for dropping off hides will be Dec. 15, 2006.