Talking Turkey- The Pitt County Wildlife Club Newsletter September, 2015

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1 Talking Turkey- The Pitt County Wildlife Club Newsletter September, Welcome to this month s edition of Talking Turkey. Please take a moment to read the newsletter and stay up-to-date with any changes and/or the various events & opportunities awaiting you at the club. Membership Meeting 7:00 PM, Thursday September 17 th. This month s General Membership Meeting will have a presentation by Trent and Trisha Fraser of Serpent Secrets. The meal will be pork tenderloin, rice, gravy, butterbeans, and desert will be banana pudding and chocolate cake. The Round before Dinner trap shoot and the Plates before Dinner pistol events will start at 5:00PM. Field Notes From Club President, Bill Waggoner This year has gone by really fast. October is almost here and your newly elected officers will take office. The Club is in the best financial and finical shape ever. With addition of ninety four acres this year the Club has room for expansion. The Lower Ranges are open to everyone and you can drive down there. If the Upper Ranges are ever crowded please use the lower. I hope the Club will continue to grow stronger. Please come out and volunteer for one of our special events. The Club will be better and so will you. We will have the largest Pistol match ever held at the Club September 19th. We need all the help we can get. Thank you for letting me serve as your President. It truly has been an honor. You may contact me about Club matters at (252) Thank you for your continuing support Election Results President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: BOD (2018): BOD (2018): Lee Grubb Joe McMillan Daniel Martin Rick Brixon Steve Cerutti Joe Cavenaugh Workday The workday will be held on Saturday, September 12 th at 8:00 AM. The workday coordinator will be Woody Andrews. Activities will include cleaning the ranges, clubhouse, changing backer boards, and other maintenance as needed. The Garand Shoot will be taking place at the same time as Work Day so please DO NOT go down the river path or other areas down range or Range 8. Please bring your equipment and tools. 1

2 Fall Ladies Day and Youth Day The Ladies Day and Youth Day events are right around the corner and we need your help. The Fall Ladies Day is scheduled for Saturday, October 3 rd and Youth Day is scheduled for October 18 th. Both of these are important public events sponsored by our club. We will need volunteers to assist with registration, parking, event setup, range officers, and clean up. Please keep these dates open and volunteer to help out. If you want to volunteer for Ladys Day, contact Mimi Fulk at micky.fulk@yahoo.com or(252) To volunteer for the fall Youth Day David Ward at davidward1660@hotmail.com or (252) TOPSHOT: Literacy Volunteers of Pitt County As most of you know PCWC is sponsoring a pistol match on September 19, 2015 to benefit the Literacy Volunteers of Pitt County. Whether you normally shoot in our pistol matches or not, this is a great opportunity to help a local organization. You can help by either shooting in the match or by volunteering to help as support crew for the match. We will need a number of volunteers on September 19, Help will be needed with the registration of match participants from 8-10am and with food service form 11:30a till 2:00p. For additional information please contact Rich Dean (Match Director) at rickeyd45@gmail.com or (252) Friends of the NRA Banquet Announcing the 2015 East Carolina Friends of NRA Banquet and Auction. This annual event will be held at 6pm, Thursday, September 24, at Rock Springs Center. 100% of the net proceeds from these FNRA events fund shooting sports and related projects. PCWC has been the recipient of FNRA Grants, including one to help complete the Bill Brown Classroom building, and others to fund NRA Women on Target Programs. Locally, funding goes to the Middle and High School Youth Hunter Ed Competition Teams. Currently, there are approximately 120 youth in the county participating in this program, which is run by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. PCWC annually sends 5-7 Volunteer Hunter Safety Instructors to the District and State Tournaments to assist with scoring the events, and PCWC has hosted the District 2 Tournament three times, with March 2015 being the most recent event, held on PCWC grounds. The Friends of NRA is a 501-C3 Foundation, so all donors of cash, goods or services will receive a receipt for tax use. Ticket pricing: $40 per individual adult; $70 per couple; $25 for youth 18 and under. All per ticket prices are $5 more, at the door. For ticket pre-event sales and information about this family oriented event, please contact PCWC and Friends of NRA Committee members: Jim Whitehead ; Chuck Fulk ; Mindy Waugh ; Jimmy Hughes ; Kim Tavasso ; or Fred Farrell Club Ammo Sale The Pitt County Wildlife Club has acquired more surplus ammo through the Civilian Marksmanship Program. This ammo will be sold at our club meeting on Thursday. This ammo is Greek military surplus. It is boxer primed, non-corrosive, and brass cased M2 ball surplus. There are mixed dates in the cans. Cans are approximately 200 rounds each, usually a couple over. Price is $130 per can. Sales will only be to PCWC club members. Special Instruction for Beginning or New Shooters On the first Sunday of each month, beginning at 2:00 PM. Special instruction for beginning or new shooters will be offered at the Club. If you do not have a handgun don't worry, we furnished firearms. Please call Rick Brixon at (252) if you plan to attend. This is a free service to all and is open to the public. (Range 4) Please bring factory ammunition for whatever caliber firearm you are interested in shooting. Normally we provide 9mm, 38spl, 45acp or 22LR handguns. Handguns provided include a mix of revolvers and pistols. Safety First At PCWC, we allow members to open carry loaded firearms while at the club. Along with this privilege comes 2 2

3 personal responsibility. If you either conceal or open carry a loaded handgun on club property, keep the firearm holstered unless (1) using it for personal defense or (2) on a hot firing line. REMEMBER, a holstered firearm is a safe firearm! 3 Loaded handguns should only be unholstered or handled at the firing line. Unloaded handguns may be unholstered, holstered, or handled at either a firing line or one of the marked safety zones on the club grounds. Do not handle unholstered handguns at your personal vehicle. No ammo is allowed in the designated Safety Zone areas. Special Reminder Membership and Guest Badges Please make sure that you and your guests prominently display membership and guest badges at all times when you are on the on the club grounds. The badges are needed to help us identify members and guests alike to ensure that all persons on the club grounds are members or guests. In addition, if you bring a guest to the club, please make sure you both complete the liability waiver form located in the box on Range 7 when signing in your guest(s). A Clean Range is a Happy Range Please properly dispose of all trash. Please do not fill the trashcans with large items such as cardboard, boxes, large plastic containers, etc. and do not put cardboard under the trashcans. If the trashcans are full or if you have generated a large amount of trash, please make use of our red dumpster located near the main parking lot. Keeping our ranges/grounds clean and litter free is the responsibility of every member and guest. Calendar of Events New Shooters Clinic- Sunday, September 6 th at 2:00 PM, Range 4. Workday Saturday, September 12 th beginning at 8:00 AM. Garand Shoot Saturday September 12 th. 8:00 AM Registration Trap- Sunday September 13 th, 12:30 PM. Open to the public. Please contact Joe Cavanaugh at (252) or Jim Hart at (919) for more information (Range 5 only). Membership Meeting - Thursday, September 17 th (details above) Dinner is served at 7:00 PM Topshot: Targeting Literacy in Pitt County Benefit Match Saturday September 19 th. Registration 8:00-10:00AM. All ranges closed for this match. USPSA Match- Saturday, September 26 th beginning with set-up at 8:00 AM (or maybe a little earlier). Match begins at 10:00 AM. Additional help is needed Friday May22 nd at 1:30 to help set up the stages. Contact Rick Dean at (252) for more info. NOTE: Ranges 7 & 8 will be open for members subject to weather availability. Trap Shoot- Sunday, September 27 th, 12:30 PM. Open to the public. Please contact Joe Cavanaugh at (252) or Jim Hart at (919) for more information (Range 5 only). Board Meeting Thursday October 1 st starting at 7:00PM. Ladies Day Saturday October 3 rd. Garand Shoot Saturday October 10. 8:00 AM Registration 3

4 4 PCWC Asset Exchange: Advertise items for sale or trade here, FREE! For future ads, please Dan Martin at Wanted: FRP radios "walkie talkie" to use at 4-H shooting sports tournament. Contact David Ward (252) For Sale: 1891 Mosin Nagant single shot rifle chambered in 50 caliber Alaskan Magnum. Comes with 3 die loading set and form set to utilize Winchester 348 cases. Have 37 Winchester 348 cases already formed with 34 of the cases loaded with 600 grain hard led cast bullets. Comes with over 100 hard lead cast 600 grain bullets and 7 plus pounds of WC860 powder. $475 Contact Jules Hurst at (703) For Sale: Two Egyptian Hakim rifles in 8mm Mauser. Built on Swedish machinery in Egypt in the 50s and 60s where they served as a main battle rifle. Design based on Swedish battle rifle of post WWII era. Strong rifling and functions very well. Each weapon comes with 200 rounds of ammunition. $450 each or $850 if bought together. Contact Jules Hurst at (703) For Sale: Winchester model 101 O/U 12 ga. "Field Grade" shotgun. 26" barrels - modified & improved. Selective ejectors; 2 3/4 " chambers; bores are bright & shiny; 98% original bluing; lightly engraved receiver; ventilated rib; checkered forearm & grip; new Pachmayer recoil pad. Manufactured in SN 128XXX. $725 obo. Contact Ben Bankard (252) For Free: I have 650 rounds of.38 special and several hundred rounds of 9mm brass to give away free to anyone who wants it for reloading purposes. This is once-fire, never reloaded, handgun brass. Interested parties may me: John Leonard (jleonard4@suddenlink.net). 4

5 5 Fall Youth Day Don t miss the Annual Fall Youth Day hosted and sponsored by the Pitt County Wildlife Club (PCWC). As before, this free of charge event is sure to be lots of fun for the family and will include: firearms safety,.22 rifle ranges, an air rifle range, outdoor archery, skeet shooting, turkey shoot contest, and wildlife & hunting related exhibits. (no prizes at this event) This fun-filled day is for boys and girls ages Rain or shine, sign-in begins at 1:00 PM with a safety briefing starting shortly thereafter at 1:20 PM. Concessions will be available. Special note: At sign-in; a Liability Waiver must be signed by a parent or guardian for each child to participate. This event is free but please pre-register by October 16th to attend. When: Sunday, October 18th, at 1:00 PM, sign-in begins Where: The Pitt County Wildlife Club near Falkland, NC on Hwy. 222 East (physical address is 3029 NC Hwy 222, Greenville, NC 27834) GPS: (latitude= longitude= ) To pre-register or for information, please contact: David Ward at or davidward1660@hotmail.com 5

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