Kishwaukee Chronicle

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1 Kishwaukee Chronicle APRIL 6, 2018 Note from the Editor. Renewals were sent out. You can pick up a form at the club house and beat the rush. Work hours are done for If you didn t get in your hours, then you will be required to send in $20 per hour not completed with your renewal payment. $120 for working and $220 for non-working. The rate for Students stays the same, but those ages 18 and older will be required 4 working hours. Reminder: No smoking inside the club house and indoor range. This include E-cigs and Vaping. Dan Kollins Fox Valley Archery (formally Buckstop Archery) has changed their name but not their location and contact number. Check them out a or a 10% discount is still in effect for K.A. Members. Introduction Grab your gear and come out to the club for some practice to insure you are ready for your next shot of the lifetime. Share your sport and invite a new shooter or experienced shooter to accompany you. Do you remember who introduced you to the sport of archery? Maybe you could be that person for your new shooting partner. No news is good news, but no news means a blank newsletter. Please send in your stories, pictures and ideas. This is a newsletter about the club and its members. If you have something to share, one of the officers listed at the bottom of the newsletter. Happy Shooting and leave the club better than you found it!

2 Club Meetings The Meetings are held the first Thursday of the month 7pm, at the club house. Club logo Decals, Hats, and T-shirts Show some support to your club!!! T-Shirts $10.00 Long Sleeve T-Shirts $15.00 (Sizes M-2XL available, ladies & kids also) Hats $12.00 New Camo Hats $15.00 Large Decal Sticker $2.00 Small Decal Sticker $1.00 Chance for work Hours Please log any work hours on the clipboard, inside the club house, so we can keep your work hours up to date. It s your responsibility to get approval from a board member prior to performing the work and to write your hours down. All members with working memberships must have their hours completed between January 1st and December 31st of each calendar year. Sunday 3d fun shoot. Set up and take down. ½ hr each. Indoor 3D shoots for March. Setup starts on Friday before shoot at 4pm. Take down starts Sunday 1pm. Work party April 7 th at 9am. Bring clothing and tools for chopping and moving fallen timber. Shovels for trenching would be good too. Lunch will be provided. Project end time is aruong 2pm Call Mitch to sign up (815) Anyone willing to work in the kitchen during any or all of the upcoming shoots please contact Tony Skiroock

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4 Classifieds Got something for sale? Feature it in this space. Provide a brief description, a price and your contact information. an officer listed at the bottom of the newsletter. ISO Looking for a used left handed target bow for a beginner (my wife). Would prefer the bow be complete and ready to shoot. Send info to dankollins@fvi.net Old Business / New Business / Meeting notes. Old Business: Guest Fee Reminder All members are reminded that the $5.00 guest fee applies to the Outdoor Range and Outdoor practice targets as well as the Indoor Range. If you bring guest, please sign them in and pay in the guest fee box located in the Indoor Range Need new stand made for the new Rock Solid target Cub scouts will be here March 20 th Need Trees cut on outdoor range Range rule signs need for indoor range. New Business: Field league starts Jul 9 th Aug 27 th Work party planned for April 7 th. Lunch provided. Shadow box for new map will be mounted outside by door. Flag need replacement and tree trimmed. Rugs will be cleaned and new one purchased. Old 3d targets to be put on field course Membership cap kept at 225

5 Club I.D. Pictures!! Remember to display your club I.D. card on your quiver or bow case. If you don t know someone ask them to see their card. This is a way to meet members you don t know or haven t met. This could become your next shooting or hunting partner. (Send in a picture of your buck or doe you shot this year or any year and we ll put it in the newsletter! Tell us about the deer; where you shot it; how it scored; etc. You can also send in other archery related pictures as well.) Remember, this is your club and you have a right to card someone you don t know. NOTICE! Broadhead arrows are allowed only in the sandpits! No broadhead arrows are allowed in the indoor range Congrats to Todd Anderson for KAI s big buck of the year!! Lonny Black second place with an 8 pt, 138 3/8 buck Todd - On October 29,2017 I harvested this deer in Ogle county. He weighed 285 pounds field dressed. I used a slick Trick magnum broadhead at 32 yards. The gross score was 173 7/8 and official final P& Y score is 158 5/8. Bases were 7 inches.

6 Congrats on a great hunt Bud Calbeck and KAI Outstanding animal of the year!!!! On Sept I took this Bull in Game Unit 45 near Buffalo Wy. It took 8 years to draw a tag. I hired Seven J outfitters of Sundance. Great outfitter!! Hours of practice on the elk target at Kishwaukee Archery Club made it successful. Bud. Kishwaukee Archers, P.O. Box 495, Sycamore, IL g Clubhouse phone:

7 Congrats to Chris and Brook Leatherwood for KAI Big Does of the year!!! A family battle for big doe with the leatherwood girls, mom Chris with a 142 pound doe and Daughter Brook with a 149 pound doe field dressed Congrats on a great hunt Kyle Pietschmann!!!! I took this rare Ozarkian Fox Squirrel in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains outside Rolla, Missouri. He tipped the scales at an impressive 210 pounds. I was lucky to slip the arrow just behind his massive shoulder bone.

8 Club Shoots: Indoor range may be closed during indoor shoot times. Other Shoots December 14, 15, 16 Kishwaukee 600 KIA club picnic September 8 th League Days. Sunday night 3d fun shoot April 15th. 3-6pm Thursday 300 league. Starts Jan 11 th. 7pm Field league Jul 9 th Aug 27 th 3D Shoot dates (see flyer below) May 5 6th June 2 3 rd ** Mac Qualifier ** July th Aug th (Todd Moser Memorial shoot) Officers President - John Geraci - (815) jrgeraci1@comcast.net Vice-President - Mark Jones - (815) hoytarcher555@gmail.com Secretary Dan Kollins (630) dankollins@foxvalley.net Treasurer - Dennis Leifheit - (815) coltsaa4440@hotmail.com Range Captain Mitch VanVlerah (815) mvanvlerah71@gmail.com Range Captain James kufer (815) jimmybassin101@yahoo.com Director -Tacy Moser - (815) tracymoser13@gmail.com Director- Ron Hemmelgarn - (815) Home - (847) Cell ronhemmelgarn@comcast.net Director - Ron Ault - (847) r.ault@sbcglobal.net

9 Kishwaukee Archers 2018 Outdoor 3D schedule Where: Lukens Rd, Sycamore, Il Phone: When: Saturday 7-3pm Sunday 7-1pm. May 5, 6th June 2, 3 rd Mac Qualifier July 14, 15 th August 11, 12 th Cost: $10 members $12 nonmembers