The Naperville Trapshooter The Official Newsletter of The Naperville Sportsman s Club

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As it stands now there are 3 members who have paid and signed up for the mid- November hunt, the facility that we will be staying at can accommodate up to 6 hunters.

1 The Naperville Trapshooter The Official Newsletter of The Naperville Sportsman s Club August 2005 Issue Fall Iowa Pheasant Hunt Open to Naperville Sportsman Club Members Signup for the Fall Iowa Pheasant Hunt Closes at the End of August! Members who are interested in the Fall Iowa Pheasant Hunt should review the announcement in the July 2005 Naperville Trapshooter, for details. As it stands now there are 3 members who have paid and signed up for the mid- November hunt, the facility that we will be staying at can accommodate up to 6 hunters. A number of you have expressed interest in the hunt; however members can t wait until the last minute to decide since our hosts need to know how many participants to expect. Any members interested in participating should contact Steve Thornhill by phone at (630) , or by at huntingtrip@napervillesportsmansclub.org. Upon receipt of your $50 non-refundable deposit, I will send an information packet with directions, phone numbers, etc. I will be closing this signup on the last day of August, so that our hosts have the opportunity to fill the remainder of their facilities guest accommodations....steve Thornhill NSC Member What s Inside President s Message... 1 Fall Iowa Pheasant Hunt... 1 The Fred Section... 2 ATA Corner... 2 Club Info... 2 Help Wanted... 3 Shooting Tips & Trivia... 3 Shotgun Instructor Class... 4 Shooting Tips & Trivia... 4 Dates To Remember... 4 Classifieds... 5 Calendar Member/Board Meeting Date: 7:30 P.M. - August 9, 2005 President s Message Another PatTrap The Board of directors has voted to buy another Pat-Trap. The new machine that we put in Trap House #2 is working so well we decided to buy another. Dennis Haffner will again be taking the bull by the horns to get it done. We will wait until the weather cools down a bit before we get to work on it. We will put this one in Trap House #1. If you haven t been out for awhile, come on out to try Wobble or Doubles. It s a lot of fun. Annual Dinner The Annual Dinner was a huge success. Barbecue on Wheels provided a fabulous Pig Roast again. I want to thank everyone who helped out. Everyone pulled together and made it a great day. Rob Noetzel again sold the most tickets (130) for the Raffle and will have his dues waived for Rob also sold the winning ticket to a non-member who took the cash ($750). Tom Krolick won second and took the Remington 1100 Trap. I won the third prize of $250 and Jimmie Daniels won the forth prize of $100. New Member Orientation The next new member orientation (informal history and workings of the club) will be at the club on Sunday August 28 at 10:00 AM. Please RSVP to myself at The Range Volunteer clinic will begin at 11:00 AM....Jim Monk President

The Naperville Trapshooter 2 The Fred Section Members & Board Meeting We ll have our next members and board meetings on Tuesday, August 9th starting at 7:30 PM.

2 The Naperville Trapshooter 2 The Fred Section Members & Board Meeting We ll have our next members and board meetings on Tuesday, August 9th starting at 7:30 PM. (Members meeting followed by the board meeting.) All members are invited and requested to attend both meetings. Doors open at 7:00 PM. First & Second Time Out Programs These programs are for members and their families, for the person s first and second time trap shooting respectively. If interested please me (Fred Turek) at tureks@ameritech.net or drop me a note c/o the NSC PO Box....Fred Turek Secretary The Naperville Sportsman s Club Officers & Board Members President: Jim Monk Vice President: Scott Calhoun Secretary: Fred Turek Treasurer: Tom Coleman Directors: Jim Daniels - 05 Dennis Haffner - 06 Ed Heasley - 07 Art Jablonski - 07 Rosemary Jendras - 05 Aaron Harriman - 06 Park District Liaison: Brad Wilson Newsletter Editor/Publisher: Rosemary Jendras Club Information The Naperville Sportsman s Club P.O. Box 27, Naperville, IL Clubhouse Phone: Hours of Operation: Thursdays: 6:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. Sundays: 12:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Final sign up at 4:00 P.M. Board/Member Meetings: 7:30 P.M., 2nd Tuesday of every month ATA Corner Grand American The schedule of local shoots for August is a little light. The Grand American covers 11 days, including two weekends, so there are only a couple of local shoots during August. Things get going again in September, with quite a few local shoots that will give you a jump on registering targets for the 2006 target year. August, 2005 Sat, 6 Sun, 7 Wed, 10 thru Sun, 14 Mon, 15 thru Sat, 20 Frankfort Downers Grove Grand American - Preliminary. Dayton, Ohio. Grand American - Championship. Dayton, Ohio. September, 2005 Sat, 3 Downers Grove (Targets Only) Sun, 4 Frankfort Sat, 10 and Sun, 11 Illinois Northern Zone - Northbrook Sun, 18 St. Charles Wed, 21 thru Sun, 25 Las Vegas Fall Handicap Sun, 25 Downers Grove Target Year Coming to an End The 2005 target year is coming to an end, with the Grand American serving as the unofficial end of the year. The target year ends officially on August 31, so any targets registered starting on September 1 are part of the 2006 target year. We ve got three club members committed to the Las Vegas Fall Handicap in late September. I ll be attending, along with Paul Johnson and Dennis Haffner. The club in Vegas puts on a great shoot and you can t beat the nightlife. Hopefully I ll have some good results to report when we get back. Sportsman s Club Members in the ATA News The Illinois State shoot was held from June 13 18, with Ed McGunn the only club member participating. Following the Illinois State shoot, we had six NSC members participate in the June 26 shoot at McHenry Sportsman s Club. Bob Ash and Tom Krolick both recorded 97 s in the singles, good enough for runner-up honors in B- Class. My 97 in singles was good enough for a tie for the continued page 3

The Naperville Trapshooter 3 ATA Corner continued C-Class trophy, but I did not stay for the shoot-offs and had to settle for the runner-up award.

Dennis Haffner, Rich Kelly, and Paul Johnson also shot the event. There were around 75 shooters for the singles and handicap events, and around 35 for the doubles.

Dennis Haffner, Paul Johnson, and I took part, with Dennis tying for top honors in the Saturday handicap. His 96 was good for a one-yard punch, putting Dennis back to the 21.5 yard line.

3 The Naperville Trapshooter 3 ATA Corner continued C-Class trophy, but I did not stay for the shoot-offs and had to settle for the runner-up award. I also tied for the short yardage handicap event trophy with 95, but wasn t around for the shoot-off. Tom Krolick had a 93 in doubles which earned him the top prize in C-Class. Dennis Haffner, Rich Kelly, and Paul Johnson also shot the event. There were around 75 shooters for the singles and handicap events, and around 35 for the doubles. The weather, although warm, was perfect otherwise and the high scores reflected that. Northbrook held their annual Chicago Grand registered shoot on Saturday and Sunday, July 16 and 17. Dennis Haffner, Paul Johnson, and I took part, with Dennis tying for top honors in the Saturday handicap. His 96 was good for a one-yard punch, putting Dennis back to the 21.5 yard line. Now Dennis can stop wearing the reflector on the back of his hat....scott Calhoun Vice President & Webmaster HELP WANTED Earn Club Work Hours Instructors needed at Trapshooting Fundamentals Class on August 28, 2005 We had 4 instructors and 15 students at the July class. We would like to see a better balance of instructors and students. Please help us ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for our new shooters. Call Ed Heasley at to volunteer your time and expertise. Shooting Tips & Trivia: Rise and Fall of Bobwhite in Illinois Prior to World War II, bobwhite flourished on the landscape created by small, general farms with woodlots, shrubby fence rows, crop rotations of corn, wheat, oats and clover, and unimproved pasture dominated by bluegrass, forbs and shrubs. After the war, farms became larger and less diversified, shifting to continuous row crops (corn and soybeans). Effects of the transition were mitigated in the 1950s and 1960s by large-scale programs to reduce production of feed grains, idling millions of acres of farm land across the nation. Planted to grass/legume mixtures or allowed to revegetate naturally, these idle crop lands increased nest cover and brood habitat and populations of bobwhite, ring-necked pheasant and rabbit. During this period, more than 150,000 quail hunters harvested between 1.5 and 2.6 million birds in the nearly 900,000 days spent in the field annually. An increased demand for feed grains, elimination of land retirement programs and two successive severe winters (1977 and 1978) caused bobwhite numbers to plummet in the 1970s. But within a decade, overproduction of corn and soybeans brought about a land retirement program the Conservation Reserve Program 36 million acres of fragile land were idled nationally, including 822,000 acres in Illinois. Nest cover and brood habitat for bobwhite increased as a result of habitat improvements, and annual harvests reached 900,000 to 1 million birds in the early 1990s. But the pendulum swung again in the mid 1990s. Extreme weather reduced winter survival and summer production, and CRP grasslands grew into thick, unsuitable uniform stands because no management was required to thin grasses and maintain legumes and other broad-leaved plants. By 2000, annual harvests were reduced to less than 250,000 and hunter numbers declined by 60 percent.

4 August 2005 Issue 4 Shooting Tips & Trivia: Report Snakeheads In a joint effort by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Army Corps of Engineers and the City of Chicago, a team of fisheries biologists conducted electrofishing and net sampling surveys of fish in Burnham Harbor where a northern snakehead was caught by a shore angler on October 9. The sampling was implemented to determine if additional northern snakeheads are present in the harbor. No additional snakehead fish have been captured. Any angler catching a snakehead is urged to keep the fish and transport it to a DNR or a U.S. Fish and Wildlife office. Snakehead fish are on the list of injurious species in Illinois and their importation, possession and release in the state is prohibited. For further information, visit the Illinois Aquatic Nuisance Species website at index2.html. Coming to Sparta in 2006! To learn more about the World Shooting and Recreational Complex (Designed for Shooters/Built for Recreation), contact the Department of Natural Resources tollfree at , or visit the website at Shotgun Instructor Class We are looking for people who are interested in taking a Shotgun Instructor Class. If interested. please call Ed Heasley at Ed Heasley NSC Director Dates to Remember 2005 Mark your calendars with these important dates! Grand American ATA 8/10-8/20/2005 Member/Board Meeting 8/9/2005 New Member Orientation 8/28/2005 Trap Fundamentals Class 8/28/2005 Labor Day 9/5/2005 Member/Board Meeting 9/13/2005 Open House 9/18/2005 National Hunting/Fishing Day 9/24-9/25/2005 Member/Board Meeting 10/11/2005 Trap Fundamentals Class 10/23/2005 Member/Board Meeting 11/8/2005 Thanksgiving (Club Closed) 11/24/2005 Member/Board Meeting 12/13/2005 Christmas (Club Closed) 12/25/2005 New Year s Day 1/1/2006 Shooting Tips & Trivia: STATS from TOP STATES The Real Green Index: Sportsmen spend $21 billion on sporting goods, licenses, gas, and other things every year, according to the 2001 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. Hunters Anglers Total Salaries Tax Ripple Expenditures & Wages Revenue Effect Pennsylvania 1 mil 1.3 mil $2 bil $909 mil $119.5 mil $3.89 bil Texas 1.2 mil 2.4 mil $4.1 bil $1.97 bil $218 mil $8.2 bil Michigan 780, mil $2.06 bil $880 mil $133 mil $3.45 bil americanhunter - November 2004

August 2005 Issue 5 Classifieds Many thanks to our contributors. Please support those who support our club.

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Frazier attorney at law 19 South LaSalle Street Suite 802 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Civil Law International, Domestic Employment & Commercial Telephone: (312) 629-2827

5 August 2005 Issue 5 Classifieds Many thanks to our contributors. Please support those who support our club Delivery 10 am - 12 am 4920 LINCOLN IN THE LISLE BOWL LISLE, ILLINOIS Complete Professional Repair Darien Automotive 2525 W. 75th Street Darien, Illinois Mechanical And Body Shop Phone: (630) Fax: (630) Mike Weresch Liz Kuhn Bookkeeping Reconciliations Receivables Payables QuickBooks Excel Quicken Word Phone (630) Fax (630) Lizakuhn@comcast.net Douglas L. Frazier attorney at law 19 South LaSalle Street Suite 802 Chicago, Illinois Civil Law International, Domestic Employment & Commercial Telephone: (312) Facsimile: (312) Jay Spitz, CLU Independent Insurance Broker Box 876 Naperville, IL (630) Insurance for Individuals & Small Businesses Life: Term, Cash Value & Annuities Disability: LTD, Keyman & Long Term Care AD SPACE FOR RENT Business Card Size Rates: $10/month - $100/year Health: Individual, Group & Medicare Supplements

6 Naperville Sportsman s Club P.O. Box 27 Naperville, IL PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID LISLE, IL PERMIT NO 512 AUGUST 2005 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY NSC Board Grand & Member American Meeting - 7:30PM Starts Members welcome Grand American Ends Trap 28 Fundamentals Class *

The Naperville Trapshooter The Official Newsletter of The Naperville Sportsman s Club

The Naperville Trapshooter The Official Newsletter of The Naperville Sportsman s Club June 2006 Issue ATA Donation In Honor of Dennis I just wanted to let all of you know that I collected $593 for the