Berrien County Sportsman s Club, Inc. Newsletter

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1 Berrien County Sportsman s Club, Inc. Newsletter 2985 Linco Road, Berrien Springs, MI Volume 22 Issue 6 June 2017 Membership Meeting The next Membership Meeting is Wednesday, June 21st at 7:00 p.m. Carry in Potluck Dinner with Business Meeting to Follow Funding and Support for the BCSC Jr. Rifle Program and Jr. Shotgun Program is generously granted by the NRA Foundation. nrafoundation.org CHECK US OUT ON FACE- BOOK Be sure to visit BCSC Youth Programs on Facebook and follow our youth archery, shotgun and rifle programs. Thank you. Important Notice of Range Closures All shooting ranges will be closed effective June 18, 2017 for the replacement of two range walls. This closure includes all rifle and pistol ranges. Exception is for prior scheduled club sanctioned events. Please see club calendar for other dates ranges will be closed. We are in need of volunteers to help replace the middle range wall and the ranges will not be opened until all work has been completed. Please contact Jim Howley or Michael Kechkaylo if you wish to volunteer. (269) or (269) Remember, without your help, the closure of the ranges will be extended until the work is complete. Thank you in advance

2 Attention: Range Users Club range rule 2.22 states: Always police the range, any range, and clean up brass and mess after you re finished. This includes Archery, Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun ranges. fore you leave the club then there will be no suspension. If you leave the club with a mess, our caretaker will call you and inform you that your range card has been turned off and that the club will require you to perform range cleanup for one hour to get your range card turned back on. Any questions or concerns can be directed to : Jason Grimm: (269) Jim Essig: (269) It has come to the attention of the elected officials that we have some members and/or guests that are not cleaning up after themselves when leaving the club ranges. The main violation is large amounts of cartridge cases just left in piles on the ranges. This is causing unnecessary man-hour and maintenance expense It only takes a few minutes to clean up after yourself and deposit the cases in the provided buckets, not in the trash cans. It is your club and your responsibility. Violation of club range rule 2.22 will cause a temporary suspension of your range privileges. If our caretaker sees a violation and brings it to your attention and you clean up your mess be- 2 CONTINUED

3 Trap and Skeet News Effective immediately, the club ranges will be open for trap and skeet from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. until Labor day weekend. The new skeet building should be up and operational sometime during the month of June. These shoots are in addition to Sunday s and Tuesday s normal times. Tom Holt. RSO trap and skeet Trap and Skeet Shoots ARE YOU SPONSORING, COORDINATING, OR SUPPORTING AN ACTIVITY AT THE BERRIEN COUNTY SPORTSMAN S CLUB? If it is happening at Berrien County Sportsman's Club, be sure your event gets into the monthly club newsletter. Let the BCSC newsletter help you get the word out to our members. Does your club activity sponsor weekly or monthly events? Put a monthly column in the newsletter and build participation. details to: editor@bcsportsmansclub.com The Club Newsletter is Going All-Digital Club Members: Due to the expense of mailing the newsletter, we will be phasing out distribution of the newsletter via US Mail after the June issue this year. Starting in July of 2017, you will only be able to get a printed version of the newsletter by coming to the club and getting one from the clubhouse foyer. This should be easy for most active members, as you must sign in when you get to the club anyway. If you are not currently receiving the newsletter via , send your name and address to: editor@bcsportsmansclub.com This will assure that you are getting your digital copy of the newsletter each month. If you do not wish to give us your , you may also download a PDF of the newsletter from the club website at: The money we save on postage will be used to promote the club in other ways. Thank you, Cean Burgeson Newsletter Editor 3

4 CMP Rifle Shoot Schedule for 2017 This year s shoots will now be changed to Sundays and the cost of using the club gun will be $50. The reason for this is the increased price of ammunition. If you figure the cost of 52 rounds of ammunition; you will find that you will pay over $50. So, by raising the cost, we are only recovering the cost of ammunition for the club. The cost to shoot bringing your own ammunition and gun will remain at $10. All shoots will start at 8 a.m. on the rifle range. June NO SHOOT DUE TO COMPTONS July 9, 2017 Poker Shoot August 13, 2017 Poker Shoot Election Committee Needed for Next Year The Executive Board is in need of an Election Committee to replace board positions which will become open this year. Please call or a member of the Executive Board if you are interesting in serving on this committee. Hunter Safety Classes Call Dan at (269) to register. September 10, 2017 CMP or Poker Shoot October 8, 2017 Military Bolt Shoot For questions 4 call Gene Herrman at: (269)

5 New Members for May Welcome to the Sportsman s Club! Please introduce yourselves when you come by we ll always be glad to see you and your family! Brian Bertien / Barbra Steinbrecher Burtonsville, MD Kieeran Browne /Kathryn Bixby Chicago, IL Michael and Jeri Essig Bridgman, MI CHAIRS FOR SALE The Club is selling excess chairs. We have 100 metal, folding chairs at $5 each. If you are interested in purchasing chairs, or know of anybody who is, including nonmembers, contact Jerry Hebner, Club caretaker, at Benjamin Jakubs Berrien Springs, MI Min and Leah Ke St. Joseph, MI Richaard and Shirley Matthias Stevensville, MI Robert McFeeter Benton Harbor, MI Kevin O'Hagan St Joseph, MI Travis and Kendra Olszewski St Joseph, MI Brian O'Malley Burbank, IL Marketing and Public Relations Experts Pat O'Malley Chicago, IL Your Ad Here Call Cean@classicpressroom.com

6 IDPA shoots are the second Saturday of each month. Shooting runs from 8 a.m. to noon. Come on out and see what it s all about. NEW MEMBERS, BRING YOUR PISTOLS New members! Come on out with your pistol on Thursday nights and enjoy shooting with some of the old members. We would like to meet you and have you use our indoor pistol and rifle range. We will help you with your shooting skills for when you decide to take the club s monthly CPL class. If you are not a current CPL holder, you will need to be sure to separate your ammunition and firearm and place these two items in different parts of your vehicle when transporting your firearm. The clubhouse range opens 6 at 7:00 p.m. Martin Prillwitz RANGE SAFETY CLASS Range Orientation begins at 7 p.m. in the BCSC clubhouse. Monday, June 5 Monday, July 10 Monday, August 7 Monday, September 11 Monday, October 2 Monday, November 6 Martin Prillwitz Jim Essig Jim Essig Jeff Herman Sheryl Hausman Jim Essig Firearm & Archery Safety Rules Number 9.1: Club members are not permitted to use any range unsupervised unless they have completed the Club s Firearm Safety Rules and Guidelines Course PLEASE VISIT OUR ADVERTISERS! WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT!

7 Junior rifle DNR Southwest Lower Peninsula Fishing Report St. Joseph: Boat anglers continued to make good catches of trout and salmon. Fish were caught well past 200 feet. There were also nice catches of fish from 80 to 100 feet, with most caught on spoons and spin doctors and flies. Pier anglers were still catching lots of channel catfish. Most were caught on night crawlers and stinkbait. The occasional steelhead was also caught on shrimp. St. Joseph River: Anglers drifting night crawlers and trolling small crank baits were catching lots of walleye - most in the lower river. South Haven: Boat anglers were catching good numbers of lake trout and salmon in 70 to 90 feet. Blue and green spoons seemed to work best. Pier fishing was very slow. Kalamazoo River: Nice walleye catches were reported around Saugatuck. Grand Haven: Salmon fishing continued to be good. Boats were finding Chinook, along with some coho, near the pier heads in 30 to 60 feet of water. Offshore they were catching fish 30 to 100 feet down in 120 to 180 feet of water. Orange, green or pink spoons were working well, along with white flasher flies. Some anglers on the pier were catching Chinook on alewives. Grand River near Grand Rapids: Walleye and bass were caught in good numbers near 6th Street Dam. Grand River near Lansing: Those catch-andrelease fishing for bass were seeing quite a few fish near Grand River Park. Muskegon: Offshore boats were doing well on Chinook and coho 25 to 100 feet down in 140 to 200 feet of water. Green, orange or pink spoons were doing well, as were white flashers with green or white flies. Whitehall: Anglers trolling in 150 to 200 feet were catching Chinook and coho on spoons. Most fish were caught in the top 50 feet. 7 Pier anglers casting spoons caught them as well, along with the occasional steelhead.

8 NEWSLETTER ONLINE You can read the Berrien County Sportsman s Club Newsletter online every month by visiting the Club s Website Select the NEWSLETTER box in the bottom left corner of the home page. NO VEHICLES ARE TO BE DRIVEN ONTO THE RIFLE RANGES. THANK YOU. BERRIEN COUNTY SPORTSMAN S CLUB RANGES The Berrien County Sportsman s Club includes a variety of ranges to meet your shooting needs. This includes indoor and outdoor archery, indoor and outdoor rifle and pistol, along with black powder, 25, 50, 75, and 100 yard ranges, handgun tactical and bowling pin ranges. A 200-yard rifle range is available for special club events only. Michigan Gun Owners was established in 2002 as a website and incorporated in 2003 with the mission to educate the public and encourage grass roots activism on a state-wide level through various outreach programs and a popular community forum on the internet. Michigan Gun Owners has become Michigan s fastest growing, grass roots gun rights advocacy organization. NOTICE TO MEMBERS The Berrien County Sportsman s Club does not allow slide fires, trigger bumps, or any actions that attempt to mimic a fully automatic firearm. Thank you for your cooperation. NEWSLETTER CORRECTIONS Did you find an error in the newsletter? Please the correct information to editor@bcsportsmansclub.com for publication in the following month s newsletter. Thank you. 8

9 Report All Poaching RAP Hotline: BCSC Whirlpool Trap Night 2017 NRA Action Pistol CAMPGROUND LOT AVAILABLE A lot in the Berrien County Sportsman s Club Campground is now available. The lot has electricity and campers have access to running water and toilets. The campground offers a dump station. The vacancy will be filled on a firstcome-first-served basis. The cost is $85 per month, $1,020 per year. To reserve the open lot, or for more information, call Les Herrman at (269) and talk to the machine. I will get back to you in the order that calls come in. Please leave me valid phone numbers. Thank You, Les Herrman, Campground Chairman 4478 Red Arrow Highway Stevensville, MI

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11 IN GOD WE TRUST "No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders." Samuel Adams to James Warren, 1775 Officers/ Board Members/ Chairpersons President Jim Hausmann Vice President Jason Grimm Secretary Treasurer Sheryl Hausmann Director 2 yr. Al Hemerling Director 3 yr. Dan Bacchiocci Director 1 yr. Les Herrman Director 2 yr. Matt Center Director 1 yr. Mike Kechkaylo Director 1 yr. Jim Wojcik Director 3 yr. Curt Novotny Director 3 yr. Cean Burgeson Director 2 yr. Margo Howley Caretaker Jerry Hebner Archery Dan Jennings Bldg./Grounds Jim Howley Campground Les Herrman CCW Registrar Jason Grimm Fishing Jeff Jones Hunter Safety Dan Jennings IDPA Dale Herter Jr. Rifle Robbee Center Jr. Shotgun Membership Gayla Snow Newsletter Cean Burgeson Pistol Martin Prillwitz Public Relations Cean Burgeson Range Safety Jim Essig Rentals Jim Hausmann Rifle Gene Herrman Trap & Skeet Tom Holt Webmaster Wayne Sample CORRECTIONS If any of the above information is incorrect, please contact Cean Burgeson, Newsletter Editor at: 11

12 Berrien County Sportsman s Club 2985 Linco Road Berrien Springs, MI nd and 4th Wed. at 10 a.m. June Range Orientation 7:00 pm 6 Executive Board Meeting 7:00 pm 10 IDPA Rifle 8:00 am 12 Board of Directors Meeting 6:30 pm All Ranges Closed Comptons 21 MEMBERSHIP MEETING & POTLUCK 7:00 pm 22 CCW Class 6:00 pm Monthly Club Events Trap & Skeet Sundays 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Pistol Every Thursday at 7 p.m. Fishing Every Day Home School Archery Tuesdays at 10 a.m. AEP Tactical Range Wednesdays at 8 a.m. Retirees July Range Orientation 7:00 pm 4 Executive Board Meeting 7:00 pm 8 IDPA-Rifle Bays 8:00 am 9 Poker Shoot 8:00 am 10 Board of Directors Meeting 6:30 pm 19 MEMBERSHIP MEETING & POTLUCK 7:00 pm 27 CCW Class 6:00 pm 29 CCW Class 8:00 am