Talking Turkey The Pitt County Wildlife Club Newsletter May 2016 1 Welcome to the May edition of Talking Turkey. Please take a moment to read our newsletter and stay informed of the various events and opportunities awaiting you at the club this month. Membership Meeting 7:00 PM, Thursday, May 19 The May General Membership Meeting will host the annual picnic. There will be no presentation. Dinner is served at 7:00 PM and will be Parker's Barbecue with all the fixings. Field Notes From Club President, Lee Grubb Great things are happening at the Pitt County Wildlife Club. We have recently concluded our academic year of involvement with the ECU ROTC program where they have periodically used our ranges for training and education. In addition, our club recently donated $1,500 to the Rocking Horse Ranch, a local Greenville charity. By helping others in the community, we help ourselves and improve the club. In an effort to continue to improve the club we have enlisted the help of faculty and students in the graduate accounting program at ECU to help provide a financial and procedural review of the club. The financial review is complete and we will have an official presentation of that information later in the year. The procedural review is winding down and I look forward to sharing some of the information from the procedural review at a later date. I would like to draw your attention to the proposed Bylaws changes at the end of the newsletter and encourage you to attend the June membership meeting for the vote. Other additional information about the review and a club survey will be forthcoming. Thanks and I look forward to seeing you at the range and if I can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to email me at grubb3g@gmail.com or call me at (252) 367-1373. 1
Work Day Work Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 21, 8:00 AM. Activities will include cleaning the club house; regular work around the property; replacing backer boards; general grounds cleanup, and roadway trash pickup. This month s workday coordinator will be Joe Cavanaugh. 2 Club Ammo Sale The Pitt County Wildlife Club has acquired more.30-06 surplus ammo through the Civilian Marksmanship Program. This ammo will be sold at our club membership meeting on Thursday, May 19. This ammo is Greek military surplus. It is boxer primed, non-corrosive, and brass cased M2 ball surplus. There are mixed dates on the cans. Cans are approximately 200 rounds each, usually a couple over. Price is $130 per can. Sales will only be to PCWC club members. President Grubb Accepts Certificate of Appreciation from ECU ROTC to PCWC Lt. Col. Pierce, Cadet Protonentis, and Sgt. 1st Class Moffitt Photo by Louis Weaver Special Instruction for Beginning or New Shooters On the first Sunday of each month, beginning at 2:00 PM, special instruction for new shooters will be offered at the club. Bring your bagged, unloaded handgun to Range 4; if you do not have a handgun don't worry, we will furnish firearms. Please call Rick Brixon at (252) 752-1256 if you plan to attend. This is a free service open to the public. Please bring factory ammunition for whatever caliber firearm you are bringing or are interested in shooting. Usually we provide handguns chambered in.22lr,.380, 38 special, 9mm, and 45acp. Handguns provided include a mix of revolvers and semi automatic pistols. NRA Certified Range Officers and Pistol Instructors will be on hand to assist at all levels. A great opportunity to improve your handgun techniques! Safety First At PCWC, we allow members to carry concealed and open carry firearms while at the club. Along with this privilege comes personal responsibility. If you either conceal or open carry a loaded handgun on club property, keep the firearm holstered unless (1) using it for personal defense or (2) on a hot firing line. REMEMBER, a holstered firearm is a safe firearm! 2
Loaded handguns should only be unholstered or handled at the firing line. Unloaded handguns may be unholstered, holstered, or handled at either a firing line or one of the four (4) marked Safety Areas on the club grounds. Do not handle unholstered handguns at your personal vehicle. No handling of ammunition (including snap-caps) is allowed in the designated Safety Areas. It is the responsibility of all club members to report egregious safety violations when they witness them by notifying club President Lee Grubb, any Board Member, Chief Range Safety Officer, or Range safety Officer. Special Reminder Membership and Guest Badges Please make sure that you and your guests prominently display membership and guest badges at all times when you are on the club grounds. The badges are needed to help us identify members and guests alike to ensure that all persons on the club grounds are members or guests. In addition, if you bring a guest to the club, please make sure you both complete the liability waiver form located in the box on Range 7 when signing in your guest(s). A Clean Range is a Happy Range Properly dispose of all trash. Please do not fill the trashcans with large items such as cardboard targets, boxes, large plastic containers, etc., and do not put cardboard targets under the trashcans. If the trashcans are full or if you have generated a large amount of trash, please make a trip to our red dumpster located in the main parking lot. Please remember to police up all centerfire brass even if it is steel or aluminum case. Keeping our ranges/grounds clean and litter free is the responsibility of every member and guest. Parking on New Ranges 1, 2 & 3 The new ranges are open for parking. Members are requested to park as close to the berm as possible to ensure that emergency vehicles will have access in case of an emergency. To facilitate this, members are asked to park with the pasenger s side door facing the rear berm. This will entail driving down to the end of Range One, doing a three-point turn, and then parking facing Range Four. We thank you for your cooperation in this. First Aid Boxes All members should have keys to the first aid boxes on the ranges. We ask that you check your key copy so make sure that it does in fact open the padlock. Checking the padlock on one range should suffice. If your key does not work the lock, contach Rick Brixon (252) 752-1256, or rbrixon@yahoo.com. Also be reminded that AED boxes are on Range 6 and inside the clubhouse. Standard Operating Procedures for Range Usage and Match Set-up Times Members, please be aware that match directors need access to the following ranges for set up for the following club-sponsored matches on the following days at the following times; do your best to accommodate them and the job they have to do, as they do their best to accommodate you. PISTOL (USPSA) Range 1 After 1:00 PM Thursday prior to match Range 2 After 1:00 PM Thursday prior to match Range 3 After 1:00 PM Thursday prior to match Range 4 After 1:00 PM Friday prior to match Range 5 Unused by USPSA Range 6 After 2:00 PM Friday prior to match Range 7 After 2:00 PM Friday prior to match, if ranges 1, 2, and 3 are unusable Range 8 After 2:00 PM Friday prior to match, if ranges 1, 2, and 3 are unusable 3 3
THREE GUN Range 1 After 1:00 PM Thursday prior to match Range 2 After 1:00 PM Thursday prior to match Range 3 After 1:00 PM Thursday prior to match Range 4 After 1:00 PM Friday prior to match Range 5 After 1:00 PM Friday prior to match Range 6 Not Used by Three Gun Range 7 Not Used by Three Gun Range 8 After 2:00 PM Friday prior to match 4 M1 GARAND Range 8 After 8:00 AM on match day TRAP Range 5 Friday prior to match ARCHERY All Ranges Friday prior to match All times subject to change at the discretion of the Club President and the Board of Directors. Welcome to Our New Members Jeffrey & Stephanie Stein, Mike Skeen, Nathan Esposito, Greg Harris, Jim & Lynn Gammel, Mark & Robin Bowman, Tom Proffitt III, Thomas Proffitt IV, Brian Wessels, Michael Mitchell, Ryan Meditz Calendar of Events New Shooters Clinic Sunday, May 1 at 2:00 PM, Range 4 Board Meeting Thursday, May 5, 7:00 PM. Ladies Day Saturday, May 7. Registration 7:45-8:45 AM. Safety briefing at 9:00. Trap Shoot Sunday, May 8 at 12:30 PM. Open to the public. $5 per round. If you need a shotgun to try out your Trap skill or for more information, please contact Joe Cavanaugh at (252) 375-1700, or Jim Hart at (919) 606-5163. (Trap Range only). Garand Shoot Saturday, May 14. Registration at 8:00 AM. Membership Meeting Thursday, May 19. Picnic is served at 7:00 PM. Work Day Saturday, May 21 at 8:00 AM. 3-D Archery Tournament Sunday, May 22, registration from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. All ranges will be closed for duration of tournament. USPSA Match Saturday, May 28, beginning with set-up at 8:00 AM. Registration opens at 9:00 AM. Match begins at 10:00 AM. Additional help is needed Friday, May 25 at 8:30 AM to set up the stages. Contact Rick Dean at (252) 933-3344 for questions or more info. NOTE: Ranges 7 & 8 will be open for members subject to weather availability. Board Meeting Thursday, June 7, 7:00 PM. 4
PCWC Asset Exchange: Advertise Items for Sale or Trade Here To place an ad in (or have one removed from) the Talking Turkey please contact Steve Cerutti at stevencerutti@yahoo.com 5 Wanted by Wayland McGlohon: (252-916-9270): either/or a Smith & Wesson model 60, model 36, model 10 (with a 4 inch heavy barrel), all chambered for 38 special; also looking for a Ruger #1A caliber 223. For Sale or Trade: Marlin 336 30/30 with a simmons 3x9 scope mfg in 1979 (presafety) $275; Marlin 336CS 30/30 with a 4x Simmons scope mfg in 1990, $285. All offers and trades considered. M1 Garand Post war mfg Springfield receiver, mix of parts, refinished, $850 OBO call for details. Another one showed up! This one is a beauty!! Marlin 336 RC 30/30 mfg in 1965. It is CLEAN! I put a scope on it and it loves 170gr Winchester factory ammo. Asking $325. Can be had with the weaver K4 I put on it for another $50. Offers and trades considered. They don't make them like this anymore! Contact David Rushing at this email 65magnumtarheel@gmail.com or 252-714-2393. For Sale: 2015 Kimber M84 7mm-08 NIB- walnut stock, 22 inch barrel, 1:9 twist. Kimber scope mount included. Asking $800; 2014 Howa 1500 22-250, Hogue adult and youth stocks. Nikko-Sterling 3-9 x42 scope included. Asking $425;13' Gheenoe boat with 5 HP Mercury motor, trailer, Hummingbird depth/fishfinder. Color is blue, 2014 model, comes with fire extinguisher and paddle. Asking $2200; 1 box of 50 of vintage Western 32-20 100 grain, plus some loose Remington Kleanbore rounds of same caliber. Asking $50. Contact Kenny Kendall 252-903-8554. For Sale: Kimber 82 Gov't,.22 cal. target rifle complete with Olympic sights. Like new, asking $750.00. Bushnell 6X18 target scope available with mounts, $100. Charles Daly 1.5X4 variable scope. Good condition. $75 Contact Wayland McGlohon, 252-916-9270. For Sale: Colt Model MT6700. Purchased new 11/21/98. Fired approximately 300 rounds, all from the bench. No rapid fire mag dumps. Original box and papers. $1000. Contact Frank Bertok at (252) 442-5177, Rocky Mount. For Sale: Sealed cases of USGI MREs (meals ready to eat). Cases are $40 each, and there are 12 meals per case. Contact Lenn Norment, (252) 341-2690. For Sale: Ruger #3 carbine 22 hornet with rings, custom stock, $750 or best offer (trades will also be considered). Contact David Rushing (252) 714-2393, or email 65magnumtarheel@gmail.com. Talking Turkey Lost & Found People leave all kinds of personal things behind when they come to use the ranges, from eyeglasses to earmuffs. A new feature of our newsletter will now include a forum where members who have found personal items, and where members who have lost or left personal items on the ranges or elsewhere at the club, can contact the membership. If you have lost, or found something, and want to advertise it here, please contact Steve Cerutti (252) 341-1940 and email at stevencerutti@yahoo.com. On Monday a staple gun was found at the range. If you recently lost your staple gun then please call Ben Bankard at (252) 756-3140 or email him at bkbankard@yahoo.com 5
6 Bylaw changes to be voted on at the June meeting Article V Officers and Club Chief Range Safety Officer Section 2 Club Chief Range Safety Officer (Club CRSO) The Club CRSO is to serve as the Club s advisor in matters of safety related to the club, the ranges, activities that take place at the club and procedures related to the handling and use of firearms, ammunition and other sporting equipment at the club. The Club CRSO shall be a presidential appointment approved by the BOD annually. The CRSO should not be a current member of the PCWC Board of Directors. PCWC Chief Range Safety Officer qualifications should take into account training, education, and experience. Qualifications should include being a NRA Instructor, Completion of the NRA CRSO Course (Range Development Course is considered a plus) and at least 10 years of active safety experience (teaching, training, etc.). The Club CRSO: 1. shall have the authority, granted by the Board, to enforce the Standard Operating Procedures of the club. 2. shall serve as Chair of the Safety Committee and report as needed to the BOD with information about safety issues. 3. shall make recommendations to the Board concerning safety related procedures and report safety related incidents. 4. shall call meetings of the Safety Committee at least quarterly to discuss the state of the club/range safety and any issues or when issues dictate a meeting 5. shall train and oversee club RSOs as necessary 6. shall recommend safe firearms handling procedures to be used at the club 7. shall assist with development of Range SOPs to be approved by the BOD 8. shall report to the PCWC BOD with an annual safety report with an overview of incidents during the November BOD meeting. 9. shall serve on the Safety Committee for one year as past CRSO when a new CRSO is appointed. Section 1 Committees There shall be the following committees: Article VI Committees A Safety Committee: It shall be composed of the Club CRSO (Chair), the past Club CRSO, President of the club, representatives from each of the competitions (Archery, USPSA, 3-Gun, Trap, Garand, etc.), representatives of the special events (Youth Day, Ladies Day, etc.) and a member from the general membership. Competition representatives should be someone other than the match directors. This committee shall: a. meet at least quarterly to discuss the state of the club/range safety and any issues or when issues dictate a meeting. 6