January/February 2015 TAFT SPORTSMEN S CLUB Taft Sportsmen s Club, PO Box 1245, Taft, CA 93268 www.taftsc.com info@taftsc.com (661) 745-0416 JC Chitwood Junior Pheasant Hunt The 20 th Annual JC Chitwood Memorial Junior Pheasant Hunt, that was held on November 15 & November 16, 2014, proved to be another great success. We had a total of 90 hunters show up for the weekend. This hunt could not have run so smoothly without the help and support of many of the club s loyal members. I would like to personally thank the following individuals for their help in the organization of this big event. I could not have done it without you! Sue Brown Jim Chitwood Chad Chitwood Karen Chitwood Jaime Bratcher Craig Johnson Kal Vaughn Mike Vaughn Jordan Mead Billy White Mike Berry John Mark Mitchell Patrick Snyder Dennis Jorgensen Jacob Snyder Brent Meadors Gerardo Figueroa Daniel James Joe Gregory Tom Moore Eric Ross Sandy Ross Kevin Mulhause Gary Morris Chad Miller Bradley Howard Steve Walls John Miller Jeff Miller Dog Handlers Shawn Wilkins David Morton Bill Burton Mike Brannon Juan Mora John Jorgensen I hope I have not overlooked anyone for their effort in our hunt. Thank you again. Hope to see you next year! INSIDE THIS ISSUE PAGE 2014 Junior Pheasant Hunt 1,2 Memberships 3 Meeting Minutes Online 3 Annual Awards Qualifications 3 Get Well Soon & Condolences 3 Horn Measuring 3 Gate Combination & Range Etiquette 3 Annual Banquet & Awards 3.22 Action Shooters 4 Trap Shooting Canceled 4 Taft Sport Shooters 4 Officer and Board Member Elections 5 Tactical Shotgun Match 5 Taft Shooter s Challenge 2014 6 Third Annual Sporting Clay Shoot 7,8 Club Calendars 9,10 Business Card Displays 9-13 Annual Banquet Invitation 13 2014 Membership Application 14 2014 Business Card Application 15 Tom Brown Taft Sportsmen s Club Junior Pheasant Hunt Chairman Pheasant Hunt Chairman Tom Brown gives instructions while club member and volunteer Chad Miller observes.
Page 2 Taft Sportsmen s Club Above: scenes from the 2014 20 th Annual JC Chitwood Memorial Junior Pheasant Hunt. We also received these letters of thanks! We had a wonderful time at this event. The team of Lalo and Juan and their dogs made the event run very smoothly and their attitude and kindness were a tribute to the founders and organizers of this event. God bless you all and THANK YOU! Dominic & Victor Espitia I wanted to thank you for all your efforts at the pheasant hunt. My daughter Laura had a fantastic time. I also enjoyed watching Tom work the dogs and put Laura in position to make shots. My children look forward to next year s hunt. Hopefully by then my son will have passed his hunter s safety. Thank you very much. Justin Gonzalez
Taft Sportsmen s Club Memberships The club membership has increased to 307 paid members. Remember that club dues are effective for a calendar year, so be sure to pay your 2015 dues. You can find more information on our website at www.taftsc.com/membership.html. Please note that your membership expiration date is printed on your address label on this newsletter. Please do not let your membership expire. If you think there is an error, please contact us and we will help get it figured out. January-14 means January 2014 aka over due! Annual Awards Qualifications This is a reminder that the revised TSC Constitution & By-Laws require awards candidates to attend one General Meeting and two work parties. One of the work parties must be completed by August 1 st. These requirements will continue to be enforced. Page 3 Meeting Minutes Online Interested on what happens at the monthly meetings and board meetings of the Taft Sportsmen s Club? Well now you can read the public records of these meetings online from our website. Go to www.taftsc.com/newsletter.html for a listing of the meeting minutes as well as the club constitution and by-laws. Get Well Soon & Condolences Clay Hamblin is recovering from being young and not invincible, Bill Barber fell of his horse and is recovering. Savannah Gregory recently had surgery and is recovering as well. Life Member Ray Kooken passed away and will be truly missed. Horn Measuring The horn measuring will take place on Tuesday January 6, 2015 at 6 PM in the party room at Pizza Factory. If you want to be considered for this year s awards, please be sure to attend. Gate Combination Change & Range Etiquette The gate combination is will change to **** on Saturday January 10, 2015. Please remember, do not share this gate combination with anyone. If someone asks for the gate combination, do not give it to them. If they are a member, they receive their newsletter with the combination and they can always contact Wes Morris at info@taftsc.com or 661 745-0416 and he will verify their status and issue the combination. Additionally please do your part to read and understand the range rules and also to take care of your range. You can find the range rules at www.taftsc.com/range.html and they will specify who has range priority on which days and how to interact with other club members. If you bring targets to shoot, please remove them from the range when you are finished. We have trash cans available, please use them. NO GLASS SHOULD BE SHOT AT THE RANGE AT ANY TIME! If you witness people abusing the range, please call us at 661 745-0416. If it is a serious enough violation, please call 911 and report range vandalism or an unsafe situation and then contact your club. Annual Banquet & Awards Just a reminder that the Taft Sportsmen s Club Annual Banquet and Awards Night will be Saturday January 17, 2015 at 6 PM. Tickets are $20 for adults and $8 for children 12 and under. Lifetime members are free. YOU MUST RSVP IN ORDER TO HAVE A MEAL! RSVP by calling (661) 745-0416 ext 3 or at rsvp@taftsc.com.
Page 4 Taft Sportsmen s Club.22 Action Shooters 4 th Saturday of the Month Do you have a.22 rimfire rifle or pistol you wish you out on what is turning into one of the most exciting would go out and shoot more often? We have a events at our range. reason for you to shoot it at least once a month at Zach Morris runs the our.22 Action Shooters Matches! timer for junior The stages are designed to not require more than 10 shooter Seth rounds to complete (unless you miss) and you can Taylor use any.22 rimfire rifle or pistol. Juniors (under 21) during an Action always shoot for free and adults are only $20 or $15 Shooters with club membership. Match. We shoot every 4 th Saturday at 9 AM so don t miss Trap Shooting CANCELED *Please Read* The Thursday trap shoots at the range are canceled because there is no one to run them. Expecting one or two people to run trap shoots two to four times a month has never been good for longevity. If the shoots are to continue, ideally it would be nice to get 4 to 8 volunteers that are willing to work one week every month or two and spread out the responsibility. Trap shooters stepping up to the line to shoot at the former weekly Trap Shoot. If you are interested in stepping up and helping out the club, please attend the January General Meeting at Pizza Factory at 6:30 PM or contact Melanie White. Thank you. Taft Sport Shooters 3 rd Saturdays Taft Sport Shooters has their matches on the third Saturday of the month. Show up for registration at 8:30 AM and shooting starts at 9 AM. Cost is usually $25 for non-members or $20 for TSC members or for shooters with military ID. Juniors (under 21) and first time ladies shoot for free and get free ammo! Mainly we will be shooting Fabulous Ferrous Fracas with the occasional IDPA or Tactical Shotgun Match. To participate all you need is a handgun, at least three magazines, holsters, and about 200 rounds of ammo. You can get more details at www.taftshooters.com. A new junior shooter draws and fires while Safety Officer Jeremiah Morris runs the timer and Match Director Joe Little observes during an IDPA Match.
Taft Sportsmen s Club Page 5 Officer and Board Member Elections The yearly elections were held on Tuesday December 23, 2014 at the General Meeting at Pizza Factory. Here are your 2015 Officers and Board members. President: Jimmy Chitwood Vice President: Billy White Treasurer: Karen Chitwood Secretary: Wesley Morris Two Year Board Members: Jeff Miller, Chad Miller, John Miller, & Tom Brown Remaining One Year Board Members: Craig Johnson, Sandy Ross, Coleen Morris, & Don Pezer. Congratulations to the new and returning officers and board members and thank you to the outgoing members for their continued service to your Taft Sportsmen s Club. Membership is Now Due! If you have not paid your membership for the 2015 calendar year, this will be your last newsletter. Be sure to pay your dues today using the application in this newsletter or paying by PayPal at www.taftsc.com. Tactical Shotgun Match Saturday January 31 st, 2015 The Taft Sport Shooters will be hosting a Tactical Shotgun Match on Saturday January 31 st, 2015 at 9 AM at the Taft Sportsmen s Club Range. Registration will start at 8 AM with shooting starting at 9 AM. Any shotgun will work. Bring 150 rounds of birdshot and 10 rounds of slugs. Targets will vary from steel to clay pigeons. Range fees will be $25 for non-members and $20 for members. Come on out and enjoy the fun! Top: A Go-Pro view of a Tactical Shotgun match. The shooter is using a stock Remington 870 12 Gauge 26 with the plug removed. Left: Wes Morris shoots his Benelli M2 12 Gauge at clays on the berms during a previous Tactical Shotgun Match.
Page 6 Taft Sportsmen s Club Taft Shooters Challenge 2014 The 3 rd Annual Taft Shooter s Challenge (TSC) 2014 was held on Saturday November 29, 2014 at the Taft Sportsmen s Club Range. The Taft Shooter s Challenge is a timed, team shooting competition that also incorporates Geocaching into the course of fire. Geocaching is a global treasure hunt that involved hiding geocaches and posting their coordinates online for other geocachers to find. The TSC involves four stages of shooting a.22 LR rifle or pistol. When the competitor completes a stage of shooting, the team is given the coordinates of a nearby Geocache that they must go find. After finding the Geocache and the secret code phrase in the Geocache, they return to the Taft Sportsmen s Club Range and once confirmed are allowed to go on to the next shooting stage. The team that completes all four stages in the fastest time wins. There were 19 total teams this year with 14 teams in the Rookie Class and 5 teams in the Veteran Class. Local shooters and cachers Team Cache In, White Trash Out took first place in the Rookie Class and out of towners Worlds Collide took first place in the Veteran Class. If you missed out on this year s event, mark your calendars now for the Taft Shooter s Challenge 2015 scheduled to take place on Saturday November 28, 2015. Scenes from Taft Shooter s Challenge 2014.
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Taft Sportsmen s Club Page 9 December ~ January 2015 ~ February Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 CCW Renewal Class @ TSC Range 4 5 6 Horn Measuring Pizza Factory 6 PM Taft High Trap 3 PM until Dark 11 12 13 Taft High Trap 3 PM until Dark 7 8 9 10 CCW Initial Class @ TSC Range Junior Trap @TSC Range 9 AM 2 PM 14 15 16 17 3F TSC Range 8 AM 18 19 20 Taft High Trap 3 PM until Dark 21 22 DFW Training TSC Range 3:30 PM Annual Awards Banquet 6 PM OT Cookhouse *Reservations REQUIRED* 23 24 22 Action Shooters 8:00 AM 25 Last Day of Quail Season 26 27 General Meeting @Pizza Factory 6:30 PM Taft High Trap 3 PM until Dark 28 29 30 31 Tactical Shotgun Match 8 AM
Page 10 Taft Sportsmen s Club January ~ February 2015 ~ March Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 Taft High Trap 3 PM until Dark 4 5 6 7 CCW Renewal Class @ TSC Range 8 9 10 Taft High Trap 3 PM until Dark 11 12 13 14 Junior Trap @TSC Range 9 AM 2 PM 15 16 17 Taft High Trap 3 PM until Dark 22 23 24 General Meeting @Pizza Factory 6:30 PM 18 19 20 21 3 rd Annual TSC Sporting Clay Shoot @Five Dogs Range *See Flyer in this newsletter* IDPA Classifier 3:00 PM 3F 6:00 PM 25 26 27 28 22 Action Shooters 8:00 AM Taft High Trap 3 PM until Dark
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Taft Sportsmen s Club Page 13 Business Cards Are you interested in displaying your business card in our newsletter? We would love to advertise for you and would appreciate your support of the Taft Sportsmen s Club. Please see our application at the end of the newsletter or contact us at (661) 745-0416 or info@taftsc.com.
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Taft Sportsmen s Club PO Box 1245 Taft, CA 93268 Phone: (661) 745-0416 Fax: (661) 745-0416 E-Mail: info@taftsc.com Membership Cards Please note your membership card is printed as your address label on your newsletter. The 2015 Cards will appear on your March/April Newsletter. Range Combination Change The Range Combination is changing on January 10 th. Find the new number inside or in your e-mail. Pay Your 2015 Membership Dues Now! If you haven t paid your dues yet, you won t receive your next newsletter. Be sure to renew today! Annual Banquet RSVP! If you don t RSVP for the Annual Banquet coming up on Saturday January 17, we will not have a meal for you. Please RSVP at (661) 745-0416 ext 3 or rsvp@taftsc.com by January 10 th. We re on the Web! Visit us at: www.taftsc.com www.facebook.com/taftsports mensclub