Hudson Rod, Gun & Archery Club, Inc. P.O. Box 83 Hudson, Wisconsin 54016 www.hudsongunclub.com Shooting A Skill That Lasts a Lifetime 2011 January Newsletter Board Meeting Tue January 4th 6:30pm Membership meeting: Tue January 11th Social Hour starts at 5:30 Dinner starts at 6:30pm Membership meeting at 7:30pm. As of printing Cooks are needed for the meal 2010 Board Members: President- Randy Morrissette Vice President Pat McNamara Secretary- Terri McNamara Treasurer- Don Simpson Purchasing- Bob Snegosky Membership- Cal Wood Grounds- Mike Wallace Shooting- Dave Kirkpatrick PR Chairman- Open Committee Members: Safety-John Helgeson Archery - open Indianhead Secretary- OPEN Trap/Skeet-Dave Orf & Bob Snegosky Rifle - Jim Strandquist Newsletter- Harvey Hoss 2011 Club Calendar Our Secretary, Terri McNamara, is currently compiling the 2011 Club Calendar. If you are aware of ANY events that need to be on the calendar, PLEASE get them to Terri ASAP. Club Calendar for January 2nd Trap & Skeet Leagues Begin 4th Board Meeting 6th Jr. BB Gun Registration 7th.22 Rifle Leagues & Orientation 8th All Inclusive MN/UT/FL Class 11th Club Meeting 13th BB Gun League 17th Snowmobile Class 19th Snowmobile Class
20th BB Gun League 22nd Snowmobile Class 27th BB Gun League 29th All Inclusive MN/UT/FL Class February 1st Board Meeting 3rd BB Gun League Minutes of the Board Meting 1. Some work remains on the parking lot. Mike has left a message for Zappa regarding the plan for finishing the work. He ll also call the snowplowing person to ensure he s aware of the new blacktop. 2. The logging work is going well. 3. Cal reported that he is working on updating the work hours list. 4. The board agreed that the newsletter is for covering news about the club and not for political messages or personal opinions. The editor of the newsletter will use these policies as guidelines in determining appropriate content. 5. The board agreed that we will place a donation jar behind the bar to support feeding of the trumpeter swans on the river for the winter. 6. We need volunteers ASAP to run the benefit banquet. 7. The boy scouts would like to discuss a possible shooting program for the scouts. Donation The Club would like to Thank Linda Emmons for donating $50.00 to the Youth Programs in memory of her father who was an avid Sportsman Archery The club is looking for someone to step up and be the 2011 archery chairman. The primary responsibilities would be to organize a small team of volunteers to set up the 3-D archery course, register shooters, manage the competition and purchase small awards for the two Indianhead Archery shoots that the club sponsors each year. These events are held on Saturdays 1 in late March and 1in early April. Shooting starts in the morning therefore the course would need to be set the previous day. If interested contact Don Simpson for the exact dates. How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire. 22. RIFLE LEAGUE There will be a meeting on Friday January 7th for the 2011 shooting season, with open shooting and orientation for new shooters. Hours will be from 7PM to 11 PM. Please contact Dan Hildebrandt
Winter Range Policy The factors below will determine if range help is available on frigid shooting days. Time: 8:00 a.m. Source: WCCO 830 AM Radio Temperature: 0 degrees or lower Policy: Skeet/trap help cancelled Club house, ranges open Trap, skeet shooters can shoot, but must pull own birds All Inclusive MN/UT/FL Carry Class $100.00 Bob Amey will be holding a Carry Classes on 1/8/2011 and 1/29/2011. Each class provides ALL of the training needed for permits from Minnesota, Utah, Florida for a $100.00 fee and you re all done in one day. Why pay more? This is an excellent value. $25.00 of each fee comes back to the club as rental fees. Fall is the busiest time of year for these classes so schedule your choice as early as possible. If interested or if you have questions, email Bob at bobamey@aol.com or call him at 651-336-8380 evenings. Jr. BB Gun League The Jr. BB Gun League begins with registration on January 6, 2010 at 6:30PM. The fee is $10 and open to ages 7 to 15. The BB guns and BB's are provided. The league is 8 weeks: the first 2 weeks of instruction and the remaining 6 weeks as competition. The league is every Thursday night from 6:30PM to approximately 8:30PM at the club. There are several divisions based on shooting skill/average so new shooters are not pitted against experienced shooters. For more information contact: Bill Shirley, or Jane George,. Thank You I would like to Thank David Kirkpatrick and Al Fritz for their help in getting me out of the club after the heavy snow of 12/11/10. They went above and beyond in helping me out. Bob Amey Volunteers The board is still looking for volunteers to help with the spring fund raiser banquet. Contact a board member if you are interested. We need help ASAP. This is a good time to get your work hours in for 2011.
Shotgun Trap and Skeet Winter Leagues As I walked the dogs this morning, winter is here. Winter trap and skeet leagues are starting soon for those hearty shotgunners. Shooting in our traditional leagues starts Jan. 2 ends 12 weeks later on Mar. 20. The first three weeks of shooting is the time team rosters are set, fees paid ($75 trap or $60 skeet), the first 75 birds can be shot anytime, handicaps are established. Team sign up sheet are available at the club. Get your team organized. If you would like to shoot and are looking for a team to join, put your name and phone # on the easel in the clubhouse. Trap teams can have five to seven adult shooters and skeet teams can have four to five adult shooters. An additional shooter can be added to your roster if one person is 17 or less on Jan. 2. Remember you can shoot ahead at any time during the 12 weeks. If you have a situation where you cannot shoot for a week due to health reasons or an emergency, contact the league secretary. Winter 5 Stand LEWIS START Jan. 2 This is a league for individuals TEN ROUNDS ANY TIME BY Mar. 21 TEN ROUNDS ANY TIME BY Mar. 21 LEWIS CLASS PAY OUT OF LEAGUE FEES FIRST PLACE =1/3 67% PLACE =2nd PLACE=1/3 33% PLACE =3rd PLACE=1/3 TIES SPLIT PLACE WINNINGS $10.00 LEAGUE FEE SCRATCH LEAGUE (YOU SCORE WHAT YOU BREAK) For more details call Dave Orf or Bob Snegosky The Club is in need of a league secretary. See Dave Orf if you re interested 2010 Pheasant Tail Contest As of 12-19 The tails on the board are Stuart Wood 10-16 20 7/16" Stuart Wood 10-17 20 1/2" Dave Orf 10-17 24" Craig Johnson 10-16 22" Eric Wahlstrom 12-19 22 3/4"
SNOWMOBILE CLASS Hudson Snow Trails snowmobile club is conducting a safety class Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, Jan. 17th, 19th, and 22th, at the Hudson Rod & Gun Club on Krattley Lane. Hours are 7-9p.m. Monday and Wednesday and 8a.m.- noon Saturday. Attendance is mandatory at all 3 classes to obtain a safety certificate. Cost is $10 and the student must obtain a DNR customer ID number prior to class start date. The DNR customer number can be obtained by visiting any DNR Service Center or by calling 1-888-936-7463. The class is limited to 40 participants and the students must be at least 11 years old to take the course (12 years old to operate a snowmobile with safety certificate). To register, call Jim Hallen, Dan Kirkpatrick or Dave Kirkpatrick. Anyone born after Jan. 1, 1985, must have a safety certificate to operate a snowmobile on public lands or trails. Persons 16 or older may obtain a snowmobile safety certificate by getting a CD-ROM course from the Department of Natural Resources. More information is available on the DNR Web site. Ice Fishing is Here As the temperature gets colder ice anglers begin to dust off their tip-ups and ice augers to prepare for the season. Three hooks, lines or lures apply to open water fishing as well as ice fishing. This means that an ice angler may only use 3 lines with one hook/lure each or a combination there of. A bait with a treble hook(s) is still consider one hook/lure. For inland waters, if an ice shanty is left out on the ice unattended it must legibly bear the owner s name and address on the outside of the shanty. When using an ice shanty on boundary waters such as the St. Croix River, the shelter even if a portable shelter must bear the owner s name and address at all times even if occupied or in use. An ice angler may not fish inside a LOCKED ice shanty. The only time an ice shanty can be locked is if unoccupied or not in use. All other fish size and bag limits apply during the ice fishing season By Paul N. Sickman Wisconsin Conservation Warden
Hunting Story from Steve McDonald I have had the hunts of a life time this year. I went to my cabin in Pepin County for the opening night for bow season 9/18 and got out to a ladder stand along a field about 2:30. I had a small buck come by about 6 pm and then about 6:45 I saw some does across the field head into a corn field and a few minutes later a real nice buck comes out across the field and is rubbing his antlers in the branches of a tree that I have a ladder stand in, I though geezz I should have set up there. After watching him for a few minutes I decided that he has no reason to cross 130 yd field and come to me so I dug out my small buck grunt call and gave one grunt, he looked over my way and then walked over and turned broadside at 35 yds and I gave a bleat call to stop him and made the shot, he turned and ran back where he came from although he rolled over when he hit a small ditch. It was now 7 pm, so I got down and found my arrow and thought I may have hit him a bit back, so I called my Son-in-Law to come down to help find him in the morning. We followed the blood trail and found him about 50 yds. in the woods, my biggest buck at that time. We had game camera pictures of the buck just one day only on 8/7. Then on opening day of gun season, I was in my box stand and all morning long I was thinking I was in animal central, turkeys roosting around me then different groups coming and going, deer were apparently still in rut as I noticed does running back and forth and small bucks chasing, of couse squirels everywhere, had a red fox come by. I had 8-10 does hanging around when finally at about 10:30 the big "wide guy" showed up and I made the shot. I couldn't tell at that time of the shot how big he was as I didn't have clear view of all of his rack. We had several videos of this buck until mid July when we pulled that camera. A new biggest deer. While I was sitting on the hillside calming down and taking pictures, a non-typical 12 pt came by and headed toward my Son Chad, he was able to get him. I still can't believe 2 days hunting about 10 hours total hunting for my best 2 deer.
Steve McDonald Steve McDonald Chad McDonald Big Buck Contest Winners 1st Bob Snegosky 17 1/4 x 9 155 2nd Dan Kirkpatrick 17 1/2 x 8 140 2rd Jeff Prescott 17 x 7 119 Please do not dump deer carcass's on the Club property or at the gate.
Logging The loggers returned after deer hunting and made considerable headway into the project. As you drive into the gate and look to the archery range you will see a hill of wood chips and piles of logs waiting to be hauled out. They have already hauled out 18 loads of chips @ 21 tons per load and 11 loads of logs. As you drive up to the trap fields you will see the open woods. They should be done around the middle of January. Editor contact info Harvey Hoss