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1 OHGC Newsletter May - June 2015 Volume 2, Issue 2 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT I've often talked about what makes a club like Old Hickory. The people, the facilities, and the commitment of our members contribute to the atmosphere and fellowship we enjoy. Old Hickory Gun Club is a non-profit club founded by members for members. The articles of incorporation state clearly that Old Hickory is a facility founded to provide a place for our members to enjoy the shooting sports and to socialize with likeminded individuals. As such, Old Hickory does not have a paid staff to work the counter, stock the houses, or to maintain the equipment and facility. The items sold at the counter are sold as a convenience to our members. Prices are set to cover purchase costs and to help defray operational costs for the facility. You've probably noticed some of the improvements made at the club in the past couple years. In spite of the cost of insurance, taxes, utilities, and maintenance we have been able to hold usage fees and prices down. There aren't many facilities that provide as much to their members at such a minimal cost. Active participation by volunteers at the club will assure more improvements to come in the near future. One area that your club especially needs help is in staffing the operations. Currently the Board of Directors shoulders the largest portion of the load. In a given month there are roughly 40 shifts that must be covered. This includes maintaining a Range Officer at the rifle range and a counter attendant at the club house, not to mention loading targets in the houses, receiving inventory, hauling trash, and the other things necessary to keep the club usable and presentable. These requirement and tasks are accomplished because of committed Board members and others willing to sacrifice their own time so that all members can enjoy the club but, we can always use more help. My hearty thanks goes out to all those who work to keep our club successful. One need not be on the Board of Directors to volunteer for duty at the counter or to take care of the other numerous tasks required for the operation. This November is election time for the Old Hickory Board of Directors. There are several Directors stepping down from the Board at the end of the year. This is going to leave a large hole in the Board that will need to be filled. Now is an ideal time to step forward and help out. We are looking for members ready to serve. Candidates for the Board of Directors must be willing and able to work the counter and/or range, load houses, and take care of the various day to day requirements at the club. Candidates must be committed to a policy of fiscal responsibility and a commitment to maintain the friendly and open atmosphere at the club while weighing impacts to each shooting discipline. Volunteering as a candidate for the Board is not a decision to be taken lightly nor does it assure automatic election to the board. All candidates for the Board of Directors must complete the selection process and be approved by the Nominating Committee before being listed on the November ballot. If you would like to do more for your club please me at robert@cressionnie.com or catch up with me at the club. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Annual Father Time Shoot..2 3 Cowboy Quotes Work Day... 6 Mosin Nagant Shoot... 8 Successful Hunt... 9 Club News. 10 1

2 ANNUAL FATHER TIME MEMORIAL SHOOT THE POSSE The Father Time Memorial Shootout was held at Old Hickory on May 1st - 3rd. The weekend honored the following cowboys who were all lifetime members of the Old Hickory Regulators. Three Finger Will (William Fountain), Tatonka (Archie Lambert), Tensleep (Joe Billy Cole), Mustang Don (Don Phillips), Oso Loco (Willis Palmer, Father Time (John Clark), Miz Annie (Laura Cole) and Silver Spur Shooter (Stephen Strapec). This year s shoot was the sixth annual and had an excellent turnout. There were 55 cowboys and cowgirls that showed up toting their western regalia, authentic firearms and cowboy spirit. In spite of a gully washer on Friday the weathered turned warm for the next two days and there was plenty of lead and gun smoke in the air. When it all cleared the Top Cowboy was Doc Pill Filler and the Top Cowgirl was Renegade Roper. The Top Ten Over all 1. Doc Pill Filler 2. Wendover Kid 3. Lash Toru 4. Six Gun Schwaby 5. Cody Maverick 6. Renegade Roper 7. Flatboat Bob 8. Path Pickett 9. Filthy Five 10. Ziggidy Zag 2

3 THE COWBOY WAY Gunpowder Creek Trading Post Bill White and his Chuck Wagon Gang Dutch and Brenda Serving up some tasty grub 3

4 COWBOY QUOTES The 1. stage lines for this year s Father Time Shoot are from Last Stand at Saber River starring Tom Selleck as Paul Cable. Well pilgrim, just how good are you at Cowboy Quotes? Name the character, actor and movie to each of the following quotes.* For example: He s first you're next. You care what happens after that? Character: Paul Cable Actor: Tom Selleck Movie: Last Stand at Saber River 1. It s a hell of a thing, killin a man. Take away all he s got, and all he s ever gonna have. Char. Actor: Movie: 2. You tell em I m coming and hell s coming with me! Char. Actor: Movie: 3. Fill your hand you son of a bitch! Char. Actor: Movie: 4. Badges? We ain t got no badges. We don t need no badges! I don t have to show you any stinkin badges! Char. Actor: Movie: 5. I won t be wronged. I won t be insulted. I won t be laid a hand on. I don t do these things to other people. I require the same from them. Char. Actor: Movie: 6. Not bad. Congratulations. Tell me, was it necessary that you kill all of them? I only told you to scare them. Char. Actor: Movie: 7. It ain t dying I m talking about Woodrow, It s living! Char. Actor: Movie: 8. Mr., You got a lot of hard bark on you Char. Actor: Movie: 9. This is the West, Sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. Char. Actor: Movie: 10. Boy, for a gunman, you re one hell of a pessimist. Char. Actor: Movie: Bonus: That Jeff Butler doesn t have all his brains in his holster. Char. Actor: Movie: Possibilities: John W ayne, John Russell, Urban Cow boy, Alfonso Bedoya, True Grit, J. D. Brooks, Once Upon A Time In The West, Wyatt Earp, Union Pacific, The Shootist, Kurt Russell, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Barbara Stanwyck, Cicero Grimes, Lonesome Dove, Calamity Jane, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Gold Hat, Shane, Augustus McCrae, Frank, Paul Newman, Humphrey Boggart, Charleton Young, Claire Trevor, Tombstone, Valdez, Keven Costner, Hombre, Will Munny, Henry Fonda, Alan Ladd, Rooster Cogburn, Mollie Monahan, Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, Richard Boone, Dustin Hoffman, Maxwell Scott, Stagecoach. 4

5 Notorious Bad Guys 1. Jack Wilson 2. Frank Miller 3. Little Bill Daggett 4. Angel Eyes 5. Lucky Ned Pepper 6. Ben Wade 7. Red Legs 8. Swifty Morgan 9. Waco Kid 10. Silvernose Strawn A. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly B. True Grit C. Cat Ballou D. High Noon E. Blazing Saddles F. Unforgiven G. Support Your Local Gunfighter H. 3:10 to Yuma I. Shane J. The Outlaw Josey Wales 1. The Old Hickory Regulators burn a lot of powder smokin the Bad Guys. Reckon you can match the above listed Bad Guys with the movie in which they appeared. *One point for each right answer. Quotes = 30 pts. Plus 3 pt. bonus. Total 33. Bad guys total 10 pts. Total 43 pts. Answers will be posted in club house and on web-site by second week in June. Real Cowboys should be able to score at least 30 points without using the internet. 5

6 Work Day - April 25th There was an excellent turn out for the Spring Work day held on April 25th. Many much needed projects were completed. Thanks to all who attended and helped to keep the club looking good. Thanks to the following members who participated. Richard Bendziewicz Steve Joyner Jon Silberhorn Al Bost Michael Langley Simon Smith Robert Cressionnie Ron Langley Jim Thompson Robert Curl Charles McCoy Bud Tremblay Bruce Daughtridge Phil McCumbee Eric Wintersteen Rusty Daughtridge Charles Miller Don Wise Al Davis John Parker Michael Hudyma George DeSanto Wayne Rhodes Nancy Roberts If we missed your name let us know SOME OF THE COMPLETED TASKS Brush Clearing Pressure Washing Club House Cleaning Fence Fixing Trench Digging - Wire Stringing Sign Refurbishing Window Cleaning Trash Disposal Lot s of supervising Al Davis with his custom made, 32 inch, multi gauge, auto loading Brushmaster weedwacker. 6

7 Guys, I can do this at home George refurbishes sign. Displaced Cowboys? Hell, Will. We ain t bad men no more. Shit! We re Farmers. Ned Logan - The Unforgiven Hey Charles, I think this trench is longer than our wire! OK Rusty, if you let me down you can use my Browning.! Jim s bucket got a hole in it don t work no more.! Any idea what this thing is for, Robert?! Look busy men - he s taking our picture 7

8 RIFLE RANGE NEWS Mosin Nagant and Military Rifle Shoot Hey Charles, I Jim Martin competes with one of his beautifully refinished Mosins Joe Boeck shoots excellent group and wins the Mosin & Military Service Rifle Robert Langley on the firing line Steve Joyner competing from the prone position 8

9 By Charles McCoy Bill Rose spent hours at the OHGC Rifle Range...one could see confidence grow...both in himself and his equipment. Bill was introduced to basic accurizing techniques and external ballistics. He got the benefit of BIG game hunting experience from Ralph Zampella (aka Bawana). One of the great things about our rifle range is the depth of knowledge in the many experienced shooters and hunters. Hank learns from Frank, Frank shows Eddie, Eddie passes it on to Joe...and so it goes...this will not be Bill's last big, big game hunting trip. Successful Hunt By Bill Rose I woke at 3am in a wall tent, in the mountains of Wyoming...don't you just like the way that sounds! It was Sept 15, I had been preparing for this trip for well over a year. Dressing by propane light, and woofing down breakfast, had us on horseback and on the trail by 4am. Clear and cool, countless stars in the sky. As we rode up the mountain in the dark, you could see across the valley. The campfires of hunters, who had packed in the night before, flickered on the mountainside. I will never forget opening day of mule deer season in the public lands of Wyoming. Bill with his Pronghorn My group was Howard Smith, his son Kevin, and nephew Greg Viverette, and me, Bill. We had pulled our hotel/trailer with us as we drove cross-country to Jackson Hole Wyoming for a 5 day mule deer and 2 day antelope hunt with Trophy Mountain Outfitters run by Mr. Dustin Child. We met the outfitters at the trailhead and horsebacked into the mountains. At camp, TMO prepared a great dinner for us and we headed off to bed early, with great anticipation of what was ahead. Tomorrow would be our first hunt. Greg with Mule Deer The plan was for me to take first shot. As luck would have it, we met a shooter mule deer coming down the mountain by a line of trees. A 25 yard shot. He surprised us and we spooked him. He was gone...down the mountain. The first day was over. Day 2 was better and Howard took a nice mule deer right before dark. Howard, his son Kevin and the guide did not make it back to camp until 11pm. Learning to clean and cape a mule deer, while watching for bears, takes a while. Day 3 was uneventful, except for my horse Nemo unexpectedly jumping a log on the trail. Day 4 was tremendous. Greg took his mule deer at 7AM. Then Kevin tagged a nice one lying on his back. The shot was over 300 yds. with a 7mm Rem Mag. Kevin claims it was a lucky shot! Guide, Howard & Mulie Continued page 10 9

10 Continued from page 9 Day 5 had me out alone while the others lay around camp. I was going to put to use all the hard work at Old Hickory Gun Club Rifle Range. My guide and I spotted a nice deer at the top of the mountain. I huffed and puffed up the mountain trying to get in range for a clear shot. With the deer about to disappear over the ridge, I made a hurried shot at 300 yards. Oh well...what was it they told me about shooting 30 degrees uphill...ahhh, that is what my ballistics card is for! We had one last chance in the next valley. But it was the same scenario. Deer kept disappearing and we kept chasing. Finally Nate, the guide, looked at me and said it s over. We will never get close enough to see him before dark. You have come a long way riding horses on mountain ledges. It is thousands of feet down. We're going back. Day 6 the fun day! Antelope hunting on the plains of Wyoming. They were everywhere as we rode with Dustin Child, the outfitter, and his 2 kids. Little cowboys and great antelope hunters. We spotted and stalked the antelope in tall grass. Everyone tagged out on Antelope. We did not hunt day 7, which was great. After a week, we wanted a shave and a shower more than a hunt, so we headed back to Jackson Hole and civilization. I would highly recommend a hunt with Trophy Mountain Outfitters. They are a class act and can be found at Our plans are to return in 2017 for an Elk hunt. You need to plan ahead as they stay booked with returning customers. A special thanks to Charles McCoy and Ralph Zampella for keeping a safe range and finding time to help. Look out 2017, we are already setting up the new Browning X bolt! Ticket sales for the Remington Shotgun are going well; however. Wayne Rhodes still needs your help to sell as many as possible. The gun drawing will be August, 2015 at the NC Open Skeet Tournament held at OHGC. Any shooter 22 years old or younger that is a full time student may be eligible to receive available funds for tournament shooting. Ron Langley Shoots 100 Straight On Friday May 29th Ron Langley shot his first 100 straight. He was clearly in the zone. He crushed every one! He was shooting with his son, Mike, George DeSanto and Bud Tremblay. L to R. George, Bud, Ron and Mike. 10

11 OLD HICKORY GUN CLUB ALCOHOL POLICY The consumption of alcoholic beverages at Old Hickory Gun Club is not a common occurrence since alcohol and firearms do not mix. However there are occasions when its use may be appropriate; therefore the Board of Directors has established a policy specifically governing the use of alcohol on club property. It is imperative that all members are aware of this policy. Alcohol Policy Alcohol and Firearms do not mix. Alcohol consumption while not prohibited is heartily discouraged during shooting hours. Handling of firearms at any time after alcohol consumption is strictly prohibited and may be grounds for immediate termination of membership. Intoxication on club property during shooting hours may be grounds for immediate termination of membership. No refund of dues will be made for violations resulting in revocation of membership. Think before you drink. Rules: 1. Alcohol may not be consumed at any time by shooters or anyone handling firearms. 2. Members may store alcohol at the club provided it is in a secure location. 3. Alcohol may not be consumed by the counter attendant, range officer, shoot officials and their designees during shooting hours. 4. Your firearms must be cased and placed in your vehicle prior to consuming any alcohol. 5. Intoxication on club property may result in revocation of membership. Excessive intoxication at any time may result in revocation of membership. 6. Handling of firearms in any manner after consumption of alcohol may result in immediate revocation of membership. 7. Members must comply with all local, state, and federal laws regarding the consumption of alcohol by a CCW permit holder. 8. Members must comply with all local, state, and federal laws regarding the operation of a motor vehicle and alcohol consumption. 9. Decisions made by the board in issues concerning alcohol use are final. This policy became effective March 4, 2015 and supersedes any and all previous policies. 11

12 OLD HICKORY TRAP SHOOT May 23, 2015 The first Trap shoot of the year was held on May 23 and there was a good turnout. There were 15 shooters in the Singles event, 10 in the Handicap and 9 in Doubles. The High Overall Average went to Old Hickory Junior Shooter Brandon Matthews. Old Hickory is looking to rebuild its Trap Program. If you have suggestions for improvements or would like to help out in generating more interest in Trap Shooting,contact Trap Chairman Al Bost at abcbost@embarqmail.com or any of the Old Hickory Board of Directors UPCOMING EVENTS Skeet Pig Pickin Open June NC Open Aug Trap Fall Tournament Oct 24 Rifle/Pistol OHGC Contact Information 201 Dalewood Drive, Rocky Mount NC Club Hours: Wed, Fri & Sun - 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Sat. 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Phone Web Site : Newsletter: bud.tremblay@gmail.com 12