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1 CEDAR RIVER BOWMEN NEWSLETTER APRIL 2015 IMAGES FROM THE 2015 BOARS HEAD BOARD MEETING REMINDER Thursday, May 14 6:30pm In the Clubhouse All CRB members are welcome! Come see how you can contribute to your club! Guest comments and feedback are welcome. CABELA S Recently Cedar River Bowmen spent the weekend at Cabela s supporting them during their Spring Great Outdoor Days. The Cedar River Bowmen staff consisted of Ed and Jenn Thompson, Scott Bursley, Scott McQuilken, Richard Lemon and Mike Stefanick. Cabela s provided lunch and discount coupons to all of the volunteers. Thanks everyone for helping out. TOURNAMENT RESULTS Interested in where you finished in a tournament we have had? You can view the results of each shoot by going to the tournament page. Clink on the shoot you are interested in and then click on the link near the bottom of the page, Click here for tournament results. Tuesdays in the Clubhouse 6:00pm Potluck Social 6:45pm Shooting Begins Come join us for some indoor archery at the club! A great time is had by all who show up! Come join us! This is an Open House event, if you have family or friends that want to try shooting or just watch, bring them along. CRB MERCHANDISE Anyone need a new CRB shirt? We have new shirts in stock. New colors and a some new styles. There is something for just about everyone. Contact Diane Daniels for pricing and inventory. CRB members Ed and Jenn Thompson with Emily Oaks staff shooter for Cabela s also a CRB member.

2 A STUDY IN INCOMPETENCE By: Pat Moore Let me start this story by stating that I am a Bowhunter Education Instructor, I am also a Wa Hunter Ed instructor and as such it is my job not only to instruct on proper behavior for new hunters but also to set that example through my own behavior. I pride myself in hunting ethically and by the rules of the land. I typically harbor a significant amount of vitriol for those that intentionally break the game laws and steal from the honest hard working hunters. Now as you may have already guessed this story describes some rather unpleasant events that I am completely responsible for and they happened to me this past fall. I share this experience despite my reservations and embarrassment so that others may benefit and learn how an individual may deal with those times when your actions or decisions result in a situation that is less than ideal. It was a warm early fall morning. I was hunting an area I had been seeing elk regularly. In this particular area the regulations state that you can shoot a cow or a 3 point bull or better. This constitutes likely 90% of the elk roaming the woods. I was tip toeing through an area that was relatively flat and open but had a sharp drop off along the ridge. I glimpsed some movement off to my right and I quickly recognized the fork of an antler as the elk moved below the edge of the plateau. Now a forked top often indicates a branch antlered Elk so I readied myself as the elk continued up the hill towards me. I dropped down to one knee in an effort to partially conceal my profile as a human. There was one of those Alder or maple trees that had 5 or 6 trunks all growing vertically from the same stump. It represented a significant visual screen but I could see the elk moving up the hill as scattered glimpses of brown and antler. As the elk stepped from behind that tree\jungle I clearly saw a dagger point protruding from both antler bases. I was at full draw and there he stood basically broad side at 15 or 16 yards but staring directly at me. As I released the arrow he whirled and the arrow caught him squarely in the neck angling back toward the chest cavity and I could see the shaft was buried up to about 6 inches from the fletch. It certainly wasn t an ideal shot but I thought there was a chance that the broad head may have made it to the chest cavity. After sitting down and having a snack and killing 45 min I started to follow the blood trail. Initially the trail was rather sparse but with a bit of diligence I could follow it. The first 60 yards probably took me over an hour to traverse but the further I went the more blood I would see. This is usually a good sign more blood later on the trail often indicates a mortal wound. After about 150 yards I could tell the elk was stopping and looking for a place to lay down because every ten feet or so I would see a pool of blood 10 or 15 inches in diameter. This went on for another 30 yards so it was a lot of blood. I was certain he was laying down right there somewhere. The trail seemed to stop and this is almost always when the animal back tracks to lay down. There was a small tangle of bushes off to my right so as I turned to give it a good look the bull busted from that cover and ran straight towards our camp. After I recovered from my surprise that the bull was still alive I decided to sit and wait another 30 min. After starting on the trail again I noticed that the blood was still rather easy to follow I thought gee that s lucky he ran towards camp I won t have to pack it as far. Within another 30 yards I spied the bull sprawled out on the trail up ahead he was clearly dead. As I walked up on my first elk ever with excitement and elation my heart sunk. That fork that I was certain was on his right antler had mysteriously vanished. Holy cow how the hell did I shoot an illegal elk? I sat there in disbelief for what seemed like forever. It was one of the most crushing depressing times I can ever remember experiencing. Now I had to decide what to do. It is at this time I ask what would you do? I could try and sneak the meet back to camp it was only about 200 yards to the tent. I could pull my arrow and simply walk away. I could have done any number of things. What would you do? This is what I did, I pulled my tag from my pack and filled it out. I then proceeded to tag the elk and gut it. I was not going to let this beautiful animal go to waste. I had sat in dozens of Hunter Education Classes where the fish and wildlife officers had said regardless of the outcome of your infraction it will be a lot better on you if you just admit your mistake and take your medicine rather than try to sneak away an illegal animal. Off to camp where I found my hunting partner hanging out waiting for me. I explained that we needed to go call the WDFW and explain the problem. The first gal I talked to I explained who I was that I was a hunter Ed instructor and then what had happened. She put me in touch with a conservation officer who I also explained all of the above and he asked if we could still save the meat. I explained that I had gutted it and prepared it tagged it and then called him as quickly as I could. He thanked me profusely for making that call. He took my license plate number and vehicle description and told me to pack it out and get it to the local meat packer where he would alert them to the incoming meat and to prepare it for a local homeless shelter. If I did that he wasn t going to write a ticket on it. That seemed like a win win for everyone. I ended up having to pay... (continued on next page)

3 A STUDY IN INCOMPETENCE, CONTINUED $ for the processing fee which I thought was a bit steep but I certainly wasn t going to complain. Now, there will be times in your life when you do things that may not meet your own expectations. They may be embarrassing or painful. Of course we hope that those poor decisions don t result in an injury or death of your fellow man and that there is something you can do to make up for your poor decisions. In my case there really was no excuse for me not double checking what I thought was a legal bull. I feel very fortunate that the officer that handle my report took pity on me and worked out an amicable solution that worked well for all involved. My thanks to the WDFW and their professionalism and their empathy. CRB NEW MEMBER PROGRAM By: Mike Stefanick, Membership Chairman For the last few years CRB has operated a membership recruitment program which allows the recruiter the opportunity to receive a dues reduction for the next membership year if both the recruiter and recruit renew their membership by the day of the Super Bowl Safari Key Exchange shoot. Generally, that shoot is on the first Saturday of February, the day before the Superbowl. Below are the names of the recruiter and the recruited that I have recorded so far this year. If you have recruited a new member and your name is not on the list, shoot me an , call me or catch me on the range. RECRUITER RECRUITED DATE Greg Campbell Brandon Boatman March 8 Rock Creek Jay Atkinson February 21 Rock Creek Jeff Bailey January 18 Rock Creek Steve Polack April 7 Mike Garrett Ralph Hecht January 31 Al Gertsch Leigh Wygle January 31 James Gookin Mike Whitford January 31 Jamey Holmes Chuck Brown January 21 Jamey Holmes Bill & Lisa Jarrell January 31 Jamey Holmes Bobby Tannehill February 10 Derrell Keegan Mike McConn January 25 Rich Lemon Wyatt Johnson January 31 Angelo Olivencia Skip Ciscoe April 4 Curt Peterson Marshall Coolidge March 19 Nick Pleasant Joshua Tedeschi February 10 Eric Slasher Robin Marlow March 22 Harvey Walker Bryan Still January 30 Paul Woods Glen Souza Febuary 22 Roasted Wild Turkey Recipe Once it s stuffed with apples and topped with a unique combination of sauces, this wild bird requires no basting and cooks up nice and moist. TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Bake: 3-1/2 hours YIELD:10-12 servings Ingredients 1 wild turkey (10 to 15 pounds) 2 large apples, quartered 6 to 8 medium red potatoes, quartered 2 pound baby carrots 2 medium onions, sliced 2 cups water 1-1/2 teaspoons seasoned salt 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1/2 cup maple syrup 1/4 cup French salad dressing 1/4 cup barbecue sauce 2 tablespoons ketchup 2 tablespoons steak sauce 1 tablespoon lemon juice Directions 1. Place turkey on a rack in a roasting pan; place apples in turkey cavity. Place potatoes, carrots and onions around turkey. Pour water over vegetables. Combine seasoned salt, salt and pepper; rub over turkey. Combine remaining ingredients; spoon over the turkey. 2. Cover and bake at 325 for 3-1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 180 baste if desired. Turkey may be uncovered for the last 30 minutes for additional browning if desired. Yield: servings.

4 2015 CRB BANQUET By: Tom Daniels, President Our annual CRB Banquet saw some great spring weather. We had approx. 75 people in attendance. Activities included an egg, giant bubbles and a Spring based target shoot. Kids ranging in ages from 2 to 12 picked up 270 hidden eggs in matter of minutes. They also enjoyed buckets of bubbles. The bubbles provided hours of enjoyment for the kids. Although I did recognize some of the bigger kids looked a lot like CRB board members. We also had a fun shoot that consisted of targets decorated with baskets, bunnies, flowers and butterflies. Points scored were random and winners received a CRB t-shirt. Winners were Al Gertsch with a high score of 90 in the men s division and Heather Walling had a score of 70 for the high score in the female division. We then enjoyed a potluck dinner with chicken being provided and grilled by the club. At the banquet, Tom thanked last year s board for their service and welcomed the new 2015 board. He also talked about highlights for the upcoming year. A few awards were announced course captain of the year, which is voted on at Bownanza, was awarded to Al Gertsch and his crew. The inspirational award is traditionally passed on by the previous year s recipient. This year s inspirational award was passed from Clint Collins to Diane and Tom Daniels. We also had a 50/50 raffle which saw Kary Lemon winning $89.00! Way to go, Kary! Thanks to all who helped make this event a success. We shared lots of food, fun and comradery. Great fun was had by all.

5 BLAST FROM THE PAST By: Diane Daniels This article was published in the December, 1974 Puffs of Smoke VOLUNTEER POSITIONS AVAILABLE SECURE YOUR SPOT NOW FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND! Friday morning, around 9:30am, come help set up courses for the shoot. Saturday or Sunday come help serve the hungry Archers in the cook shack. Sunday, after the shoot, come see how the course gets taken down and put away. Sunday, after the shoot, general clean up help is also needed. Please call or Jennifer Gahan for cook shack: Please call Tom Daniels for all other positions: Have An Idea for a Puffs Article? We are always looking for articles and topics for the Puffs Newsletter. Please send any hunt photos, recipes, and article ideas to Sarah St. George, Puffs Editor at sarahst.george@outlook.com

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7 MEETING MINUTES - MARCH 2015 CRB BOARD MEETING MARCH 12, 2015 AT THE KRAIN INN Attendance: Tournament report Mike G Absent BJ Brewster Diane Daniels Joe St. George Sarah St. George Richard Lemon Derrell Keegan Travis Gahan Tom Daniels Jim Walker Jamey Holmes Mike Stefanick Jennifer Gahan Zach Graves Dave Garrison Al Gertsch Meeting called to order at 6:06 pm. Quorum is present. Secretary s report - Diane Distributed to the board 2/13/15 - Motion made to accept. Seconded and passed. Treasurer s report Travis - Distributed to board 3/4/15 Motion made to accept. Seconded and passed. * Travis reminded everyone to try to turn in any receipts as soon as possible in order to keep the books accurate. Range Master report Chris Absent Assistant Field Zach * Thanks everyone that came to paint and work on targets. * Needs to talk to Chris regarding the layout for this coming shoot. * Courses look good. Tom has a list for the work party Saturday. Assistant Animal Al Al reviewed courses A & C. Made a list of which targets need to be replaced and possible safety issues. Bow hunter report - Dave * Game department proposals should already been in. * Multi season permit requests are due by 3/30. * Anyone with a successful hunt season needs to get info into Dave. Membership Mike S- * Thanks everyone for voting for the store membership. He failed to include a calendar with the membership to o Sportco and the Sportsman s Warehouse s. Jamey volunteered to deliver them. * Mike is reconciling membership reports. Checking to verify if new members are getting s. Forward any concerns to Mike if we hear them. * Current membership is 149 total. 141 paid. Running slightly ahead of last year. * Jim Discussed that we need a revenue stream to keep going. Asked us to vote on which event, membership, or donations we think is our biggest revenue stream. Most people voted for tournaments. Historically, we gota lot from donations, work on our land, clubhouse and Bownanza door prizes. All the carpet bales were donated. Donations are an integral part of our club. Membership, based on 2013, 208 members. Income from this was $17,500 minus expenses of $14,500, only left $3000 as income. Bownanza, over a 6 year period, our income was roughly $12,500, expense $500, pro-rated targetsetc netted us approx $7500 per year on average. Bownanza is our biggest money maker and we need to keep it that way. We need to keep up the expectations so that we do not lose shooters. Tom attested to this. * Has anybody done anything on the web to post our shoots? He thought archery talk, elite and others have a place that shoots can be listed. Tom to look into this. Puffs Sarah Has a good list of articles. She plans on sending out the Puffs the Wednesday following the board meetings. Bownanza * Donations Tom will take the lead and set something up. * Need course captains Al will take B course, North American. Derrell will take A course, Exotic. Richard will take C course, North American. Course D is still unclaimed. Tom to put article in the Puffs. Jim volunteered to be course marshal. He would like layouts in advance. Old Business * WSAA Ads Diane submitted them for the year to WSAA. WSAA agreed to donate a full page ad for the American Heroes Shoot. Diane to contact Jason to resize for the Ad and correct age categories. * Shirts have been ordered. Should be ready to pick up next week. * Received a copy of the liability insurance for the NWTF event. We have been named as additional insured party. New Business * Porta Potties Tom Thinking about changing service provider. Currently, we are paying $60 per unit on site. Additional $50 per unit for cleaning. Got a bid from National. They will provide units $80 per unit per month to include weekly cleaning. BJ made motion to change to National. Seconded and passed.

8 * Hooks & Horns BJ Event being sponsored in Elma. Benefits Youth Outdoors Unlimited, Y.O.U.. They take kids with disabilities hunting and fishing. They are asking to use 6 of our targets this coming weekend only. BJ will be responsible for delivering and returning the targets. They will list us in their magazine and run our shoot calendar. Motion made to allow them to borrow the targets. Seconded and passed. * Banquet Diane Flyer went out. Anyone willing to help would be appreciated. * IBO Our insurance is due 3/16. Need 4 more people to renew their membership. Sarah to put article in the Puffs encouraging people to join IBO to help us in the future. * Jim asked if we have board liability insurance. In years past, we have had it. Tom to look into it. * Jim thinks we should move the gate lock to the clubhouse. * Jim wanted to know if there was anything new on the wiring in the containers. Found that the wire had been cut and removed. Tom and BJ to look at it this weekend. * Derrell asked if CRB has a standard donation letter. Diane will resend. Meeting adjourned at 6: BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Tom Daniels roscoedaniels@msn.com Vice President Richard Lemon vf52rcl@aol.com Secretary Diane Daniels enumclawdi@msn.com Treasurer Travis Gahan ratpnk123@msn.com Membership Chairman Mike Stefanick stefanick.mike@gmail.com Rangemaster Chris Ray bowhntr206r@comcast.net Assistant Rangemaster Al Gertsch agertsch@pinnaclefamily.com Assistant Rangemaster Zach Graves zachary.graves52@gmail.com Tournament Chairman Mike Garrett mfginspect@comcast.net Bowhunting Chairman Dave Garrison bowhunterdave@comcast.net Puffs Editor Sarah St. George sarahst.george@outlook.com Trustee Jamey Homes jameyholmescpm@gmail.com Trustee Scott McQuilken lo86blazer@aol.com Trustee BJ Brewster bjbrews@msn.com Trustee Derrell Keegan derrellkeegan@yahoo.com