Belvoir Bowhunters Newsletter Issue 260 January 2016 The Next Club Meeting Is On Wednesday, January 13, 2015 Start time 6:30 pm President s Message by Bakari Dale Welcome back everyone - I hope you all got a chance to get out in the woods and connect with a bruiser buck. We are now in the Urban Archery season so if you have not gotten out; there is still plenty of time to hunt in Fairfax and Prince William Counties. See you at the meeting on Wednesday the 13th and once again thank you for the privilege of allowing me to serve as your club president for 2016. Just a recap of my vision for 2016: GROWTH: I believe Recruitment, Retention and Reengagement should be the core of our growth plan. We are here to serve Fort Belvoir s soldiers and family in the sport of Archery and Bow hunting. It is my core belief that we must continue to attract active duty military members and their family even though the core cadre of our club consist of retirees and non-affiliated members. The Club always needs volunteers. COMMUNICATION: Communication is key for the club to operate properly and it is important for the installation leadership to see our great work and commitment to the soldiers and families of Fort Belvoir. The Club always needs volunteers. We have our first indoor shoot scheduled on January 24th and second shoot scheduled on February 6th. Here is a quick primer on how to shoot indoors and the Indoor Shooting Rules. 1. The Indoor Targets are the paper 40 cm Maple Leaf dull blue/black targets. Either the 40 cm single spot or the five spot 16 cm may be used. COACHING: On a regular basis, members in our club assist the Fort Belvoir ODR and the Wounded Warrior s by providing exceptional instructors to teach the basics of archery. Over the year we have lost a few Instructors due to transfers out of the area. We need more instructors to back fill those ranks. The Club always needs volunteers. COMPETITION: As our sport changes in rules and regulations, state and national organizations, and competitive shooting categories, it is always wonderful to see our archers competing and winning in local, state and national events. It should be our duty to help develop more competitive archers through advanced archery classes and coaching. The Club always needs volunteers.
2. The shooting distance will be 20 yards for all archers except Cubs which will be shot from 10 yards. 3. Scoring for the single spot target shall be 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 and the scoring for the 5 spot target shall be 5 and 4. 4. Perfect Game will be a 300 Round, consisting of 60 arrows. The archer will shoot 30 arrow on the top target and 30 arrows on the bottom target. 5. The X rings are part of the official score and will be used as tie breakers. Inside X's should be counted at the last six rounds. Inside X's are arrows inside the X ring that do not touch the X ring. X's and inside X's shall be counted as a tie breaker, but in the event of ties there will be a shoot off as soon as possible after the scores are turned in. Shoot off will consist of X shots until a miss is shot. archery center. Please complete the membership form, recruit new members and reach out to some of the past members. Please get the forms to Larry Readal, club Secretary/Treasurer as soon as you can. Note the price of membership increased this year. If you would like to register at this month s meeting please bring cash, check or credit card with you to the meeting to take care of it. Thanks! Bakari Vice President s Report Vacant looking for a volunteer. Secretary/Treasurer s Report 6. Each game will consist of six ends of 5 arrows per end. 7. The time limit will be four minutes when shooting five arrows. 8. There shall be two practice ends before the start of the first round. 9. There will be 30 min. of practice before the official practice ends for archers, they will use the same 4 min. time limit as the official round. 10. At the end of the sixth end, archers will change from top to bottom or bottom to top. 11. When using a 5 spot target, an archer may shoot the targets in any order and may shoot as many arrows into any spot as they desire, not to exceed the prescribed number of arrows per end. SHOOTING STYLES FS/R - FREESTYLE/Release BH - BOWHUNTER FS/F - FREESTYLE/Fingers BHFS/R Bowhunter Freestyle/Release BB - BAREBOW BHFS/F Bowhunter Freestyle/Fingers TRAD TRADITIONAL Please remember to renew your membership with the club, membership ends on December 31st. We have placed the new membership form on the Belvoir Bowhunters website, in the newsletter, and at the Meeting Minutes for December meeting. -by Larry Readal Meeting was called to order at 1830. No new members or guests were present. Officers Reports Vice President, Bakari Dale, reported that there is a new H4H drop off point in Woodbridge Tracey Grevert. It s a free service. The first indoor shoot is coming up. Start your practice now. Secretary Treasurer, Jim Zolinski, reported members and 9,623.51 in the treasury. The audit date has not yet been set. Activities Director, Larry Readal, was not present. The bus trip to Harrisburg is coming up on 08February. The expected price for this trip is going to be 55 per person. Competitive bids for contracted transportation have not yet been received but as soon as they are, a flyer will be sent to the membership for sign up. Pick up point will be at the Backlick Road Park & Ride in Springfield; same as last year. We will also be opening this event up to NORVA at the earliest possible time to ensure we sell the maximum number of seats. Publicity Director, Greg Thompson, was not present. We need to have a replacement for this position 2
identified to maintain a full executive board. If you can dedicate the time and energy to this effort, it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Bakari Dale if you re interested in the position. Range Warden, Phong Nguyen, gave thanks to all the volunteers who helped with the range duties over the last year. A survey of the range will need to be conducted soon to determine additional repairs. Sergeant at Arms, Jerry Michonski, passed a sign-up sheet to solicit assistance with cooking and food prep operations at upcoming events. Contact Jerry if you can help. VBA Representative, Kevin Brown, noted we need to send the ad for the state indoor shoot into VBA to enter into Flight magazine. Greg Singleton has that for action. Minutes from the VA meeting have been published. Old Business The annual holiday donation was discussed at length by the membership present. The various donation options presented culminated in a motion, seconded, and passed to donate the 500 collected specifically for this donation to the Fisher House on Fort Belvoir. Another motion was made, seconded, and passed, to augment this donation with funds from the treasury of 1,000 making the total donation 1,500 to Fisher House. BBH Members and Friends: To commemorate their 75th Anniversary, the Virginia Bowhunter s Association is offering a Buck Knife with the VBA emblem laser inscribed on the blade, making it a once-in-a- lifetime memento! Please see attached flyer and close-up photo of the emblem. Each knife is 40. I plan to submit our order to VBA by the end of January, so they have time to order them and get them back to us after the April VBA Quarterly meeting. They need us to pay up front, which is why I need your money before I can submit the order. If you would like a knife (or several), please let me know! You can mail a check to the address below, or pay me at the Jan meeting, or we can meet somewhere. This is a unique opportunity don t let it pass by! Thanks, Larry Phone: 757-469-8700 Mail your payment today: LARRY READAL Secretary/Treasurer, BBH 5108 REMINGTON DR. ALEXANDRIA VA 22309 Greg Singleton signed and delivered to the Corps of Engineers, their license agreement with the BBH club. Currently this license requires annual renewal but efforts are underway to extend that to 5 years. More to follow as progress is made. New Business The Outdoor Recreation Center is running low on archery instructors. There is a call to replace those instructors who have left over the last few months. If interested in volunteering for this, contact Steve Richards. If interested in signing up for the VBA knife, you still can do that. Contact Kevin Brown for details and mail payments to Jim Zolinski or Larry Readal. There is an effort to arrange a Wounded Warrior Elk Hunt in Colorado in 2016. No details to publish at this time. For the Good of the Order: Retiree council meeting is upcoming. Contact Stan Parmentier if you have any issues you like to raise via the Council. Meeting adjourned at 1955. 3
Treasurer's Report For December 2015: Checking Account Balance as of November 30th, 2015 Income Holiday Fund Hat & Shirt Sales Total Income Expenses Fisher House Donation H4H Advertising Expense (Belvoir Eagle) Total Expenses Checking Account Balance as of December 31st, 2015 Activities Director Report 9,894.10 109.00 22.72 131.72 1,500.00 250.00 1,750.00 8,275.82 There is also a jam packed schedule including country concerts, fundraising dinners, speaking events, archery competitions, celebrity appearances, seminars, demonstrations and much more! We will depart from the BACKLICK NORTH PARK & RIDE parking lot as we did last year and get breakfast on the way. Cost will be about 55. See enclosed flyer for map and details. Contact Jim Zolinski or mail him the tear-off form from the flyer to reserve your seat - this trip is definitely worth it! Thanks, Jim and Larry. JANUARY 1-3: The Nation s Gun Show, Dulles Expo Center, Chantilly, VA 3: Urban Archery Deer Season (antlerless deer only) in various locations; check VGDIF regs for specifics. 9-23: VA Fall Firearms Turkey Season in some locations; check VGDIF regs for specifics. 15-17: IBO Indoor World Championship, Parma Archery, Cleveland, OH 16: Maryland State 12th Annual NWTF Awards Banquet, Kent Island VFW, Stevensville, MD POC Susan Boarman: susanboarman55@gmail.com or (301) 259-2830 16-17: Richmond Fishing Expo, Meadows Events Park, Doswell, VA 16-17: VBA Quarterly Meeting 22-24: 13th Annual Lancaster Archery Classic, East Petersburg, PA 23-24: Gun Show, Prince William County Fairgrounds, Manassas, VA 23-24: Gun Show, Richmond Raceway Complex, Richmond, VA 24: BBH Club Indoor Shoot (Sunday Shoot) 29-31: National Capitol Sportsmen Show, Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center 30: Virginia State Turkey Calling Championships (at National Capitol Sportsmen Show) 29-31: NFAA World Archery Festival, Las Vegas, NV 29-31: NFAA Vegas Shoot -by Jim Zolinski BBH Members and Friends: Our bus trip to the Great American Outdoor Show is on MONDAY, 8 FEB. This is the WORLD S LARGEST OUTDOOR SHOW with over 1,100 exhibitors from shooting manufacturers to outfitters to fishing boats and RVs, and archery to art covering 650,000 square feet of exhibit hall space! Belvoir Bowhunters 2016 Calendar JANUARY 6 Executive Committee Meeting 13 Club Meeting 16-17 VBA Meeting, Harrisonburg 24 Club Indoor Shoot ** Sunday Shoot ** FEBRUARY 3 Executive Committee Meeting 6 Club Indoor Shoot ** Saturday Shoot ** 8 Great American Outdoor Show bus trip 10 Club Meeting 4
20 Club Indoor Shoot ** Saturday Shoot ** MARCH 2 Executive Committee Meeting 9 Club Meeting 12-13 VBA State Indoor Shoot (Belvoir, Kingsboro, Rockingham, Sherwood) 18-20 NFAA Indoor National Championships, Louisville, KY APRIL Wild Game Dinner - Park West Lions Club, 2 Manassas 2-3 VBA Meeting and Awards Banquet 6 Executive Board Meeting 10 Club 3D Shoot ** Sunday Shoot ** 13 Club Meeting 16-17 VBA State Spring Classic 3D (marked). Bowhunters of Rockingham MAY 4 Executive Committee Meeting 11 Club Meeting 15 Club 3D Shoot ** Sunday Shoot ** 28-29 VBA State Open - NORVA JUNE 1 Executive Committee Meeting 4-5 VBA Quarterly Meeting 8 Club Meeting 25 Club Pig Roast and 3D Shoot JULY 6 Executive Committee Meeting 13 Club Meeting 23 Club Annual Picnic and 3D Shoot AUGUST 3 Executive Committee Meeting 10 Club Meeting 20-21 VBA Fall Classic 3D (unmarked), NORVA 27 BBH Hunters for the Hungry 3D Benefit Shoot, NORVA SEPTEMBER 3-4 VBA State Closed, Two Rivers 7 Executive Committee Meeting 14 Club Meeting 17-18 VBA Scheduling Meeting OCTOBER 5 Executive Committee Meeting 12 Club Meeting NOVEMBER 2 Executive Committee Meeting 9 Club Meeting DECEMBER 7 Executive Committee Meeting 14 Club Meeting Sergeant at Arms Message Happy New Year, everybody!! - Jerry Michonski I hope you have a good one. We will be having BEAR Chili at the January Meeting. We have Indoor shoots in January and February, so if you can bring some treats or Food items let me know. Michonski.14@gmail.com Please consider bringing a meal or donating some game for one of our meetings. Usually, we have around 30+ members at the meeting. As a courtesy to others, please limit your take of food until all members and guest have had a chance to partake. Sometime we are limited on the quantities and we want all to be able to enjoy a taste. Thanks, Jerry Michonski Sergeant of Arms Range Warden s Message No input. -Walt Spaulding 5
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Donating your excess Venison Donating your deer just got easier for Northern Virginia (Fairfax & Prince William County). The Hunters for the Hungry just added a new drop off spot for your deer. Simply take your legally harvested and field dressed deer to: Tracy Grevert Prince William Parkway/Davis Ford Road Woodbridge, VA 22192 703-929-5553 Please Call Ahead Mon-Sun Options for your HftH donations: One: Donate an entire deer in the refrigerated trailer: There is a simple form to fill out stating you are donating your deer. The meat will then be given to a local feeding program so that it can be distributed to people in need. To help our program be as costeffective as possible please donate large bodied animals. Processors reserve the right to refuse any carcass not properly cared for. Tracy will register the hunter in the H4TH raffle. Two: Donate a package or two from a deer that you have had processed for your personal use: When you have a deer processed for your family consider donating a portion of the meat to Hunters for the Hungry. Every package makes a difference. As little as 1 pound will help. The processor will store this meat until it is picked up for distribution to the hungry. Three: Donate an entire deer plus the cost of processing: In addition to donating a deer at one of the participating meat processors or collection points send the 45.00 cost of processing to the Hunters for the Hungry program. A donation form is provided on the website if you would like to make a financial donation. Your gift is tax deductible and you will receive a receipt for your tax records Four: Donate deer from damage permit harvest: If you qualify for damage permit harvests, call our office to see how we can assist you in donating these deer to the hungry. Publicity Director s Message Vacant looking for a volunteer. 7
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NEWSLETTER January 2016 Belvoir Bowhunters P.O. Box 372 Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060 The next Club MEETING is January 13 th. Club Officers & Phone Numbers President Bakari Dale 757-515-0498 dalebakari@hotmail.com Vice President Vacant Secretary/Treasurer Larry Readal 757-469-8700 lreadal@gmail.com Activities Director Jim Zolinski 210-319-0792 james.zolinski@verizon.net Publicity Director Vacant Range Warden Walt Spaulding WALT357XTRA@YAHOO.com Sergeant-at-Arms Jerry Michonski 703-946-1063 michonski.14@gmail.com Webmaster Timothy Seymour 571-220-7328 seymourtg@gmail.com Other Key Phone Numbers Belvoir Check Station & Outdoor Rec Center Office 703-805-3688 Belvoir Game Warden 703-806-0050 Belvoir MP s 703-806-3104/5/6 State Game Violations Hot Line 800-237-5712 See you at the Jan meeting. 10