Hudson Rod, Gun & Archery Club, Inc. P.O. Box 83 Hudson, Wisconsin 54016 www.hudsongunclub.com Shooting A Skill That Lasts a Lifetime July 2012 Newsletter Board Meeting Mon. July 2nd 6:30pm Membership Meeting: No meeting in July 2012 Board Members: President- Craig Horwath Vice President -Open Secretary- Mark Wotruba Treasurer- Don Simpson Purchasing- Bob Snegosky Membership- Cal Wood Grounds- Mike Cravens Shooting- Jeff Prescott PR -Rick Persinger Committee Members: Safety-John Helgeson Archery - Josh Johnson Indianhead Secretary - Mike Wallace and Dave Kirkpatrick Trap/Skeet-Dave Orf & Bob Snegosky Rifle - Jim Strandquist Newsletter- Harvey Hoss July 2nd Board meeting 10th Fall Hunter Safety Registration 12th First Fall Hunter Safety Class 12th Women on Target - Trap 14th Women on Target - trap 15th Indianhead shoot -Fishbowl United Sportsman Club (Webster) 21st Concealed carry class 22nd Doubles trap league starts 28nd Fall hunter safety range day 29th Indianhead shoot - River Falls Sportsman Club August 2nd Summer trap & skeet leagues end 4th Conceal carry class 9th Summer 5-stand league ends 12th Cushing Rifle Club
Pistol Range Closed The pistol range will be closed on July 21st Conceal carry class 1:00 to 3:00 pm. July 28th Hunter safety range day 8:30am to 1:00pm August 4th Conceal carry class 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Hudson Rod, Gun & Archery Club Board Meeting June 4, 2012 Old Business: Budget for 2013: Lengthy discussion on what is the key items to focus on to create a budget for 2013. Four major revenue streams: Membership Fees, Trap/Skeet Fees, Rifle/Pistol Fees and Bar revenue. Need to project costs of operations and percent of revenue gains in each area to maintain a healthy cash flow and profit to keep the club in good operating condition. Dave Orf has offered to assist and will be asked to help Rick, Don and Craig prepare the budget for full board review. Membership Cards: Cal will order the new style membership card with a magnetic strip on back to be able to add data and account info in the future. Website: Motion by Don Simpson and seconded by Craig Horwath to launch website by June 15, 2012 and lock into a 5 year site/server contract, buy needed software and site fee totaling $1250. Motion passed. Club Improvements/ Work Hours: Mike will contact Josh to finish painting of the clubhouse doors and deck rail. Contact Gary Zappa to see if he has fill to raise the pistol berm. Call Tim to schedule trap house tuck pointing so painting and roof sealing can be done. Rick will assist Al Fritz with trap shed and skeet house gutters and facia by June 25, 2012. Rick will also obtain a bid for new heater in trap shed. Need meeting with Tom Irwin to make material list and costs to finish pistol shack siding and inside partition wall. Mike Cravens will replace water softener by end of July. Future painting of sheds on property will match the color of the pistol building Motion from Don to accept $1370.00 bid replace 8 with 12 upstairs ductwork so AC will work properly. Seconded by Craig and motion passed. Getting bid to run electricity to trap #6 plus conduit to #7 and * for future wire to be pulled. Trap shed needs to be resided and estimate for Hardi-board siding will be needed due to the woodpecker problem. We need to know who is interested in work hours this year so we can create a list of projects/maintenance to be done around the club. Deer Stands: Please remove all deer stands from club property. Future deer stands will need to be labeled in accordance with DNR regulations as the same as stands on public property. New Business: Inventory: Club contents/property inventory needs to be done; Craig and Rick will handle with a couple of volunteers. Need details of larger items and serial numbers. SOP Manual: Job descriptions and duties need to be created for Trap, Kitchen, Bartenders and RSO. Do you believe in life after death? the boss asked one of his employees. Yes, Sir, the employee replied. Well, then, that makes everything just fine, the boss went on. After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother s funeral, she stopped in to see you.
2012 INDIANHEAD LEAGUE SCHEDUAL SHOOTS FOR THE 2012 SEASON ARE AS FOLLOWS JULY 15th FISHBOWL UNITED SPORTSMAN CLUB (Webster) JULY 29th RIVER FALLS SPORTSMAN CLUB AUG 12th CUSHING RIFLE CLUB All Inclusive WI/MN/UT/FL Carry Class $100 Bob Amey will be holding a Carry Classes on 6/2/2012, 6/23/2012 and 7/21/2012. Each class provides ALL of the training needed for permits from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Utah and Florida for a $100.00 training fee and you re all done in one day. You may register (and pay if you like) online at: http://mnpermittocarrytraining.com or http://wi- PermitToCarry.com or call Bob at 651-336-8380 any evening or email at bobamey@aol.com for registration materials and information. Utah continues to be a good choice for WI residents as it offers reciprocity with 34 states including MN and Utah recently dropped it s price to $51.00 for the first 5 years and $15.00 for each 5 year renewal. That s only $96.00 for 34 states for 20 years. Pick up your Utah permit before you start your summer travel. Hunter Safety Classes: Registration for the Fall, 2012 Hunter Education Class is scheduled for July 10th at 6:30 PM. This is at the Gun Club. The class is Limited to the first 50 students and early arriving time would be best. We will not begin registration until 6:30. There is no pre-registration. Registration is done on July 10th and that day only. The fee is $10, non-refundable. The class is 8 weeks long, meeting every Thursday at 6:30PM until testing is done August 28th or August 30th Mandatory attendance Range Day is Saturday, July 28th. Every student must bring a firearm to each class (not registration night). No ammunition allowed. For more information only, call Jane George Work Hours Mike has put 2 binders together with work projects in them. It has different sections in it for maintenance projects, cleaning, RSO's and mowing. The binders will be kept on the table by the bulletin board and at the bar. You will need 8 work hours in for the year to get the discounted membership. This not only reduces your membership cost but also improves the club. Board Position Open The Vice Presidents seat is still open. If you have some time to help your club out and would like to have some say in how your club is run this is the place to do it. Contact any board member for more information. New Club Website The new remake of the clubs web look is up and running now at hudsongunclub.com. Over the course of the next few weeks we will be tweaking and updating its content. New Website Committee members are Heidi Komorouski (new webmaster), Teal Persinger and Nick Persinger under the direction of board member Rick Persinger with help from Don Simpson. The name is the same so if you have the old website bookmarked you will be able to use that one
June 23 rd, 2012 Bowling Pin Shoot Nine members attended the June 23rd bowling pin shoot. Winners of the shoot, with average time per round and prize payouts, are listed below. Payouts are based on the number of people shooting in each category. Categories with too few entrants are combined. For more information on this and future shoots call Craig Horwath at 651-238-5868. Name Avg. time (sec.) Prize Auto Centerfire 1 st - Bob George 7.057 $18.00 2 nd - Mike Cravens 8.01 $13.00 Mid- Jerry Seigler 17.463 $5.00 Auto.22 1 st Bob George 5.057 $18.00 2 nd Briana Cravens 6.197 $13.00 Mid- Mike Cravens 7.807 $5.00 Spring Turkey Contest Winners 1st place was Mike Cravens 23lbs.12 oz 111/2" beard 11/4" spurs. 2nd place was Jordan Persinger 24lbs.71/2oz 11 3/4" beard 1" spurs. 3rd place was Tim Letourneau 23lbs. 10 9/16" beard 1" spurs. Mark Schrouder, Jordan Persinger and Tim Letourneau won the drawings for wing bone turkey calls crafted by Dave Orf. This spring there were 9 Turkeys registered. Congratulations to all the successful hunters on a great season. 2012 INDIANHEAD LEAGUE SCHEDUAL SHOOTS FOR THE 2012 SEASON ARE AS FOLLOWS JULY 15th FISHBOWL UNITED SPORTSMAN CLUB (Webster WI.) JULY 29th RIVER FALLS SPORTSMAN CLUB AUG 12th CUSHING RIFLE CLUB Shooting fees are $8.00 for adults and $3.00 for juniors for 50 birds. Juniors must be 12 to 17 years old on the day of the first shoot. To qualify for a trophy four scores are needed both adults and juniors. The Hundred bird trophy has returned this year based on your first 50 birds + the second 50 shot for another club. This is a fun league and it is a great chance to shoot at other clubs and meet other trap shooters from our area. All levels of shooters are welcome, so talk it up with your teams and let's have a good turn out from the Hudson Rod Gun and Archery Club this year. Membership Cards The new membership cards have been ordered by Cal and are in the process of being printed. It will take some time to get the cards printed but we hope to have them out by the end of July. The new cards will have your name, membership number and date. They will have a magnetic strip on back to be able to add data and account info in the future. In preparation for this no new cards have been printed the old way this past month.
Hudson Raiders Trap Shooting Team The new team was organized in May and has 17 trap shooters. The Raider coaches are: Rick Persinger,Tom Hellmers & Mike Cravens. This was their very first competitive outing of the year. Rick Persinger and wife, Mike Cravens, Scott Holden & Patrick Vizenor took 7 kids from Hudson to the state shoot which was held in Waukesha WI on June 16th. Matt, Zach and Jordan all placed in the top 50 of all shooters in their divisions. Matt Lohman Jr Varsity division, Zach Lohman- Jr Varsity division, Jordan Persinger Rookie division, Nick Persinger Intermediate/Beginner division, Josh Mattis - Jr Varsity division Austin Vizenar - Jr Varsity division & Luke Holden - Jr Varsity division Left to right :Jordan Persinger Nick Persinger Matt Lohman Luke Holden Zach Lohman Austin Vizenar Josh Mattis Stillwater Area High School Clay Target Team Stillwater Area High School s Clay Target Team coached by Ken Bjorlin & Eric Walstrom just concluded its first year as part of the State High School League (for kids in grades 6-12). The culmination was the State High School Meet recently held in Alexandria. In our inaugural year, 18 kids (both girls and boys) joined the team. The skill levels were varied, and we had many kids with very little organized trapshooting experience. We are proud to say that we went from starting out 7 th in our conference and worked our way up to finishing 2 nd! We even had a number of kids that shot a perfect 25 ; they were beaming with pride! Arguably more importantly, the kids were encouraged to give back to the communities in various ways. Our first season saw kids volunteering their time to help promote Kids Outdoors at a Youth Expo in Hugo. They then literally rolled up their sleeves and cleared brush here at the Gun Club as a small way to say Thank You for the clubs great support! A number of the HR&GC members commented on how well the kids handled themselves. As a Thank you and a season ending celebration for both the Team and the Gun Club, the Pheasants Forever Lady Slippers provided a rib and chicken dinner on the final practice for all involved. It was a nice way to end a fantastic first season. In summary: The Hudson Rod and Gun Clubs support from many of the long time members made the season a success! The SAHS Clay Target Team is already looking forward to next year, but you may see them soon as many of the kids are now hooked on shooting! The Clubs support and the team s commitment is sure to provide growing opportunities to attract and keep more kids shooting for our long-term future. In a society that sometimes tries to take away opportunities for the shooting sports, the SAHS Clay Target Team is extremely appreciative to the Hudson Rod and Gun Club s support in expanding opportunities for kids to shoot.
Comments from Club Members High School groups were great. Nice to see them shoot. Well behaved group of youngsters Ralph Nelson We enjoyed watching the high school kids shoot. The groups were courteous and polite. It was great seeing them improve their skills over the weeks that they were here at the Hudson Rod and Gun club. Need to encourage them to keep up their enthusiasm for trap shooting. They are the future of trap shooting Marge Nelson We should all encourage the High School Shooting Teams to keep up their good work. Who better to carry on the shooting tradition of this club and the nation. They are being taught the right way - Jerry Clare The High School shooting squads What a great bunch of kids. And their instructors WOW!! Students are well behaved, respectful of other shooters and more importantly respectful of their handling of guns. Encourage them to keep up with what they are doing because they are the future of this club!!! Susan Clare RSO Training On May 23 and 24th, 2012, the Hudson Rod and Gun Club had an NRA Chief Range Office Tom Erwin, provide Range Officer Training to the following. Jim Gullickson, Kieth Hanson, Michael Herron, JD Hilton, Scott Jorgenson, James Knorn, Patricia Knorn, Mark Leyde, Jason Phillips, Melvin Reed Jr. & Scott Wukawitz. Mel Reed & Scott Jorgenson both provided On The Job Training after the class. Looking Back June 20th 1976 (Fathers day) the St Croix Rod and Gun Club ran a benefit trap shoot for the Variety Club Heart hospital in Minnesota dubbed "Shoot Down Heart Disease". This shoot was one of a series being held in WI and MN to raise money for the hospital. Chuck Darrow manager of the Metro Gun Club in Blaine and Bill Shirley treasurer/secretary of the St Croix Rod and Gun Club of North Hudson were two key figures spearheading the event for the hospital. The event was the idea by a group of people to show the public that shooters are not "all bad guys" as the anti gun anti shooters would have the public believe. 102 shooters from Wisconsin took part in this shoot to throw 8,750 birds. They had pledges to mass $7,452.00 for the hospital. Top score registered was 99 x 100 by Bill Shirley for pledges of $710.00. Milt (Chub) Forsyth a sporting goods store owner at Roberts WI confined to a wheelchair doesn't let a physical handicap stop him from enjoying his favorite sport, shot a 91 x 100. with a remarkable display of dexterity. A similar shoot took place at the Metro Gun Club the week of August 21 29, The Beaverbrook Sportsman Club and the Minnesota Game & Fish Club. One thing to note is that all the birds thrown were hand set on single throw machines by kids known as setters in the trap house.