September/October TAFT SPORTSMEN S CLUB 201 2 Taft Sportsmen s Club, PO Box 1245, Taft, CA 93268 www.taftsc.com info@taftsc.com (661) 745-0416 Fireworks Booth Success! INSIDE THIS ISSUE PAGE Mike Donnelly, chairman of the Taft Sportsmen s Club fireworks booth, would like to thank all of our members, friends, and families for the wonderful support given to club during the operation of our fireworks booth during 4 th of July. We would also like to give thanks to the following people: Jennifer & Adrian Baker, Shirley Donnelly, James Donnelly, Greg Gill, Karen & Jim Chitwood, Chad Chitwood, Adam Moore, Stephanie House, John Miller, Don Pezer, George Ross, Vance Ross, Joe Gregory, Melanie White, Wes Morris, Kim Hayes, Sarah, Clay, & Colt Hamblin, and Sue & Tom Brown. We appreciate all of our members that showed up to help out and also to all our loyal patrons. All proceeds from this event go to directly back to our club for all of our yearly events and projects. Fireworks Booth Success! 1 Memberships 2 Get Well Soon 2 Meeting Minutes Online 2 Range Vandalism & New Gate Code 2 Junior Pheasant Hunt 2,3 Oppose SB 1221 4 Donated Ammunition for Sale 4.22 Action Shooters 5 Weekly Trap Shoots 5 International Defensive Pistol Association 5 Taft Shooters Challenge 2012 -.22 Action Match 6 New Range Rules & Membership List 7 Monthly Meetings 7 Friends of NRA Grants Update 7 Club Calendars 8,9 Business Card Displays 8,9,10 Classifieds 11 Hunter s Safety Course 11 Member Photos 11 Membership Application 12 Business Card Display Application 13 We would also like to thank Clint Wagner, owner of Sno White Drive In, for allowing us the use of his property and electricity, Dale White & Sahib Mujahid, owners of Excellent Fire Extinguishers for charging our extinguishers, and to Wes Morris, Dean Rowden, and Becky Sharp for donating a gun for our gun raffle. Taft Sportsmen s Club appreciates the continued support of our great community in all of our endeavors. Please contact Tom Brown, President or our website at www.taftsc.com for people interested in becoming members of the Taft Sportsmen s Club. Above: Bicycle raffle winner Jeff Hampton. Right: Daily trivia winner Josh House.
Page 2 Memberships The club currently boasts a member ship of 266 members. Remember that club dues are effective for a calendar year, so be sure to pay your 2012 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-12 means January 2012 aka over due! Get Well Soon Taft Sportsmen s Club We are keeping Carolyn Frideres (Jimmy & Karen Chitwood s aunt) in our prayers for physical healing. Please get well soon. 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. Range Vandalism & New Gate Code It is with great disappointment that we must report that there has been vandalism at the range over the last month or two. People are taking nontarget items from behind the sea trains and shooting them in the bays. Further, people have started shooting glass and other items in the bays and leaving behind a mess. The gate combination is changing effective 9/1/2012 and the new combination is 1156. Please do not share this combination with anyone. If they are a member, they will receive it in this newsletter or by e-mail. If you observe someone shooting items that are not targets and belong to the club, please call 745-0416, extension 1 or even the Taft Police Department and report these vandalism crimes. Our club members work hard to provide the club with quality range props that are not targets and no one has the right to take these items and shoot them. Junior Pheasant Hunt We have set the dates and times for the 18 th Annual J.C. Chitwood Memorial Junior Pheasant Hunt for the weekend of November 17 th and 18 th. Please see our flyer on the next page for more information about whom is eligible and how to register. The range props for IDPA were taken down from their storage area and shot. This is unacceptable. If you see someone shooting range props or the range benches, please call 745-0416 or the Taft Police Department and report it immediately. Please help keep your range clean and stop vandalism by reporting it and not sharing the gate combination with anyone. If they are a member, they have the combination.
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Page 4 Taft Sportsmen s Club Take Action to Oppose SB 1221 Today!!! SB 1221 would ban the use of dogs for hunting bear and bobcats with limited exceptions, require increased licensing and microchip insertion for those exceptions, authorize game wardens to dispatch any dog that chases a bear or bobcat, and increase bear hunting tag fees. It is absolutely critical that all hunters call their Assemblyperson or State Senator and urge them to oppose SB 1221. The SB 1221 has been amended a few times and it is a fluid situation. By the time this newsletter is published, it might already be on the Governor s desk (It has in fact reached the Governor s desk). If that happens, you must contact the governor and voice your desire for him to veto the bill. Do not make the mistake of thinking because you do not hunt bears or bobcats with dogs that this bill does not matter to you. The animal rights extremists are using an incremental approach and are guaranteed to come after your bird dogs next. If you value liberty and your hunting tradition, you must oppose this bill. You can contact Assemblywoman Shannon Grove at 661 395-2995 or receive updates by e-mailing assemblymember.grove@assembly.ca.gov. You can contact Senator Jean Fuller at 661 323-0443 or by e-mailing senate.fuller@senate.ca.gov. Club Secretary Wes Morris spoke to both representatives staff and they were very quick to give him updates about the bill. Since printing the newsletter, the bill has passed through to the Governor s desk. Please contact him by all of his available means as often as possible. You can find the Governor Jerry Brown s contact information at http://govnews.ca.gov/gov39mail/mail.php. Please call, fax, and e-mail the governor at least once a day. It is all of our responsibility to pass on our hunting heritage to future generations. Please actively contact your representatives to urge them to oppose SB 1221 today and keep an eye on our Facebook Page and website for the latest updates. Donated Ammunition for Sale Longtime Taft Sportsmen s Club member Steve Hill recently donated some of his ammunition to the club. Since some of the ammunition is to some unique firearms, we can t use it for youth shooting, but we can sell it and use the proceeds to fund of our youth programs. If you are interested in purchasing any of this ammunition, please contact us at 661 745-0416 and dial extension 0 or e-mail us at info@taftsc.com. You can also come see Wes the next time you are at Ten Percent Firearms to take a look. List of Ammo for Sale:.45 GAP Speer 185 Gr. GDHP $25 2 Boxes 20Rnd.45 GAP Speer 200 Gr. GDHP $25 2 Boxes 20Rnd.45 GAP Speer 185 Gr. Lawman $27 2 Boxes 50Rn.45 GAP Win 230 Gr. Winclean $25 2 Boxes 50Rnds.45 GAP Win 230 Gr. FMJ $27 1 Box 50 Rounds.45 GAP Federal 230 Gr. FMJ $27 1 Box 50 Rounds.243 Winchester 100 Gr. PP $16 6 Boxes 20 Rnds.243 Remington 80 Gr. PSP $18 2 Boxes 20 Rnds.17 Rem Remington 25 Gr. HP $27 2 Boxes 20 Rnd 12 Ga Dead Coyote 3.5 T $40 3 Boxes 10 Rounds 12 Ga Dead Coyote 3 T $40 3 Boxes 10 Rounds 12 Ga Rem Wing HD 3.5 BB $25 1 Box 10 Rounds 12 Ga Rem Wing HD 3 T $25 4 Boxes 10 Rounds
Taft Sportsmen s Club Page 5.22 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 our.22 Action Shooters Matches! runs the timer for The stages are designed to not require more than 10 junior rounds to complete (unless you miss) and you can shooter Seth Taylor use any.22 rimfire rifle or pistol. Juniors (under 21) during the always shoot for free and adults are only $20 or $15 April.22 with club membership. Action Shooters We shoot every 4 th Match. Saturday at 9 AM so don t miss Weekly Trap Shoots Thursdays at. With the recent time change, the trap program is back into full swing. Come on out and enjoy the nice weather and longer days perfect for shooting a round of trap. Trap shooters stepping up to the line to shoot at the weekly Trap Shoot. The cost is $5 for members and $6 for nonmembers, per round. Juniors always shoot for free. Just bring out your shotgun and your ammo and have a great time. International Defensive Pistol Association 3 rd Saturdays Taft IDPA shoots on the third Saturday of the month every month. Show up for registration at 8:30 AM and shooting starts at 9 AM. Cost is $25 for non-members, $20 for IDPA or TSC members, or $15 for members of both or for shooters with military ID. Juniors (under 21) and first time ladies shoot for free and get free ammo! To participate all you need is a handgun, three magazines, holsters, and about 100 rounds of ammo. You can get more details at www.taftidpa.com. The September 15 th Match has been canceled! But we will have two matches in October. A new junior shooter draws and fires while Safety Officer Jeremiah Morris runs the timer and Match Director Joe Little observes during the June IDPA Match.
Page 6 Taft Sportsmen s Club Taft Shooters Challenge 2012 Geocaching.22 Match! On Saturday September 29, 2012, Taft will be filled with adventure seeking shooters in the first annual Taft Shooters Challenge. Contestants will have to shoot a.22 action stage in order to receive the coordinates to a Geocache planted somewhere in the Taft area. Then contestants must go to those coordinates, find the Geocache, and return back to the Range with the access code before being allowed to shoot the next stage. Registration starts at 7 AM and first shooting starts at 8 AM. The entry fee is $40 per team and teams can be from one to four persons. All guns and ammunition will be provided and no personal firearms will be allowed in order to level the playing field. You just need a GPS device for finding the Geocaches. Additionally we will have an awards banquet that night at Hot Stone Pizza at 5 PM and everyone is invited. See our Facebook or http://coord.info/gc3p7rk for more information. Scenes from Around the Shooting Matches Clockwise from above: Tim Arnold, Alex Lopez, Isaiah Lopez, Paul Pitts, and Kirk Hale at a Thursday evening trap shoot; Carrie & Shayann Morris at a.22 Action Match; James & Ruby Stith after their first match; Carly Carrasco takes aim at her target. Kirk Hale after saying Pull! ; Paul Pitts, Isaiah Lopez, and Alex Lopez pose after a round of trap.
Taft Sportsmen s Club Page 7 New Range Rules and Membership Lists The Taft Sportsmen s Club Range Rules have been updated and are available online and posted in the display case at the range. The main addition to the rules is a designated priority day on Thursdays for shotgun shooters and clarification on where clay targets shot from the air can be launched and shot from. newsletters online do not receive a membership card in the middle of the year, a list of current club members has been posted in the display case. All club members should have their current club membership card or their name should be on this list in order to use the range. If anyone s name is not on the list, please ask them to leave or call us at 661 745-0416. Additionally since members who elect to get their Thank you and stay safe on the range! Monthly Club Meetings Our club meetings are held at 6:30 PM on the 4 th Tuesday of the month in the banquet room at Pizza Factory at 614 Center Street in Taft. Come down and buy yourself some pizza and drinks and participate in the operation of your sportsmen s club. Next Meeting: September 25, 2012 Update: Friends of NRA Grants The NRA Foundation grant funds have mainly been dispersed to the club and most items have arrived at the Taft Sportsmen s Club. Most club programs are now in operation and ready for your use. Defensive Multi-Gun: The youth 20 gauge shotguns are now available for use during DMG events. There are only a few odds and ends to left to order. Stay tuned during the fall for the announcement of our next DMG event. We also anticipate hosting an all shotgun tactical match once the weather cools off. Trap: The new trap machine has been installed and is in use! We now have both 12 and 20 gauge ammo available for junior shooters. Please come down and check out our exciting new program. be available until later in the year as Laser Shot improves their archery design. We will keep you updated. Junior Pheasant Hunt: The funds have been deposited and the Jr. Pheasant Hunt Application are now available in your newsletter and online. The newly installed AT400 Trap Machine! John Miller reports this machine is much easier to operate and he is glad to be out of the trap house. The shooters love it as well. Laser Shot Archery Equipment: The funds have been deposited for the purchase of the new equipment. However, the new software and equipment might not
Page 8 Taft Sportsmen s Club August ~ September 2012 ~ October Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 1 st Dove Season Opener 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 st Dove Season Ends IDPA Canceled 16 17 18 19 20 21 22.22 Action Shooters 8:00 AM D-8,D-9,D-10 Opening Day 23 Winton IDPA Regional Match A Zone Ends 24 25 Monthly Meeting Pizza Factory 6:30 PM 26 27 28 29 Taft Shooter s Challenge 2012 (.22 Match) 30 Notes:
Taft Sportsmen s Club Page 9 September ~ October 2012 ~ November Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Hunter s Safety WSRPD 6:30 PM 2 Hunter s Safety WSRPD 6:30 PM 3 Hunter s Safety WSRPD 6:30 PM 4 5 6 Gold Country IDPA Regional Match (Sacramento, CA) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 D-13 Deer Season Opener 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 IDPA 8:00 AM General Quail Season Starts 21 D-8,D-9,D-10 Last Day 22 23 Monthly Meeting Pizza Factory 6:30 PM 24 25 26 27.22 Action Shooters 8:00 AM IDPA Zombie Shoot 3:00 PM 28 29 30 31 Notes:
Page 10 Taft Sportsmen s Club If you are interested in advertising in our newsletter and on our website, please contact us at info@taftsc.com or you can pay by Pay Pal at http://www.taftsc.com/membership.html by selecting the Business Card Display option for $45.
Taft Sportsmen s Club Page 11 Classified Ads Items for Sale Do you have something you need to sell? Then please e-mail us at info@taftsc.com and let us know and we will put it in the monthly newsletter. Please send us the item description, price, your name, phone number, and your e-mail address. Hunter s Safety Course Here is a reminder that the next Hunter Safety 2012 Hunter Safety Schedule Course will be October 1-3, 2012. We are able to offer these classes with the cooperation of the West October 1-3 Side Recreation & Park District and the California Department of Fish and Game. The classes are held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings from 6:30-9:30 PM at the WSRPD Community Center Auditorium. All three days are mandatory and a one-time $5 facility fee is collected at the registration on Monday night. Member Photos If you want to share your hunting, fishing, or outdoors photos in the newsletter, please submit them to info@taftsc.com! No really, no one ever sends in photos and we had to find the Pezer photo below on Facebook. We would really like to see you in the newsletter showing of your game or fish. Taft Sportsmen s Club members Donny & Tammy Pezer show off their A Zone bucks. This was Tammy s first buck. Congratulations! Club Secretary Wesley Morris shows off a Carrizo Plain Coyote he shot on a recent Geocaching trip to the Carrizo Plain National Monument.
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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. If you receive your newsletter online, your name is printed on a list at the range that authorizes you to use the range. New Gate Combination Be sure to check inside for the new gate combination. Please do not tell anyone the new combination. If they are a member, they have it inside their newsletter or via e- mail. We re on the Web! Visit us at: www.taftsc.com www.facebook.com/taftsports mensclub Taft Sportsmen s Club PO Box 1245 Taft, CA 93268 Taft Sportsmen s Club & Jr. Division 2012 Membership Card