Gun raffle winners

From the Nov. 10 meeting minutes:
Our recent gun raffle prize winners were 1st Larry Hess, 2nd Mike Doran, 3rd Steve Orcutt, 4th Matt Martin. The $50.00 winners were Scott Brubaker, Robert Fye, Walt Kuzemchock, Bob Nepher, Jim Chesley, James Johnston, Dustin Jones and Len Blake.

Jeff Gates, Tom Hamilton win IBS matches

Nine shooters competed in the Nov. 17, 100-yard IBS rifle match.  Here are the results: Varmit for Score: 1st - Jeff Gates, 250-18x 2nd - Ron Bailey,  249-13x 3rd - Jamie Eazor, 249-11x Factory: 1st - Tom Hamilton, 247-10x 2nd - Rick Hitzenriter, 245-1x 3rd - Jim Chesley, 244-7x - Brian Allen

Camp welcomes gray fox visitors

These fox, there were actually three of them, came to visit me at camp on a recent Friday afternnoon at about 5 o'clock.  

They seem to like the stale hot dog buns I threw out.  We have decided to let this family of gray fox take up residence, as we have not had a mouse or snake at camp for almost 2 years.

 - Tom

Anderson Creek Sportsmen

November 10, 2012 

Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order by Tom Hamilton at 7:30 p.m. on November 10th, 2012

The October minutes were presented by Randy Mitchell and were approved on a motion by Andy Shaffer and a second by Roger Thomas. The treasurer’s report was presented by George McCoy and approved on a motion by Joel Dutra and a second by Mike Solida.

President Thomas Hamilton brought to the attention of the members the deaths of Jeremy Smith’s father and Bob Huston’s wife. They have our deepest sympathy.

Match Reports – Walt Kuzemchock reported the high-power match had 37 targets, and Brian Allen reported the IBS match had 6 shooters. All match directors are to meet in January and finalize match schedules for the new year. Upon the recommendation of Tom Hamilton, Roger Thomas made a motion to join the ARA in order to sanction our 22 matches. The motion passed on a Charles Bungo second.

Old Business

The 50 yard range was completed by the last work party. Joel Harris brought his backhoe and made the job a lot easier. Work continues on the new archery range. There is a sign up sheet for the Grice sale at the end of January. Help is needed to man our booth. The trap house needs cleaned out and the thrower needs stored for the winter. Randy Mitchell reported that the front of the building has been resided and repaired. The new door and combination lock have been installed by members Mike Straub and Joe Mitchell. They plan to replace the other windows and siding next year.

New Business

We continue to have a problem with damage to the various ranges at the club. Club security was discussed and several concerns were voiced. Jeremy Smith suggested we look into buying security cameras. Sign in sheets were also discussed. We will continue to investigate our options. Joel Dutra made a motion to contact prospective new members 2 weeks prior to the meeting to make sure they are present for induction and that the points will be posted by the February meeting. The motion passed on an Ed Spencer second. 

Cleaning up the inside of the building was discussed. Randy Mitchell will contact different companies to get quotes on a dumpster. Andy Shaffer has set traps for coyote around the property. Please do not bring your dogs to the property and possibly get caught by the traps. Randy Mitchell will get 10 gallons of heating oil for the furnace. Carl Huss brought a load of wood for the gun room heater.

After a very short discussion by George McCoy, Tom Hamilton and Randy Mitchell, Walt Kuzemchock was appointed as the official ticket counter/ prize drawing coordinator. The members would like to thank Walt for his tireless and faithful service.

The prize winners were 1st Larry Hess, 2nd Mike Doran, 3rd Steve Orcutt, 4th Matt Martin. The $50.00 winners were Scott Brubaker, Robert Fye, Walt Kuzemchock, Bob Nepher, Jim Chesley, James Johnston, Dustin Jones and Len Blake.

Nick Prave won the door prize .

Roger Thomas made a motion to adjourn and Ken Straub seconded the motion.

Respectfully submitted by Randy Mitchell secretary.

Jeff Gates claims 2 more perfect scores in 400-yard match

Here are the results from today's, 11/11/12, round target match:

This was the last 400 yard match of the 2012 season, and it was a dandy.  The temperature was perfect, the conditions were perfect, and we had 3 perfect scores fired, with Jeff Gates claiming 2 more for a season total of 3.  We shot 47 targets today and ended the year with 7 marksmen shooting perfect scores.

223 Class:

  1. Tom Hamilton of Curwensville

  2. Tom Hamilton

  3. Linda Solida of DuBois

.30 Class:

  1. Jeff Gates of Altoona

  2. Joe Reffner of Altoona

  3. Tie

    Joe Reffner

    Mike Cumming of Altoona

Unlimited Class:

  1. Jeff Gates

  2. Mike Cumming

  3. Jeff Gates

- Tom Hamilton

Our annual raffle drawing is this Saturday, 11/10. 

Please bring your ticket stubs to the meeting or get them to another member who will be there.

Thanks,

- Tom Hamilton

Work party completes 50-yard backstop & archery range; camp winterized

The 50-yard backstop is done and ready. We had a special treat at the work party today.  Member Joel Harris showed up with his backhoe and made short work of moving railroad ties, digging holes and filling in the backstop with sand. He also took several loads of lime down to the pond and put them in.

I want to thank Joel, Andy Shaffer, Andy Chimenti, and Carl Huss for coming out in the cold to get this much-needed project done. 

We set a tie on the ground in front of the backstop so people can set cans and clay birds there to shoot, as long as they pick them up when they are done. There is to be absolutely NOTHING put on top of the ties for targets.

We also need to thank Carl for bringing us another truckload of the dried hard wood for the shooting room wood burner.

Brian and Scott Brubaker got the water turned off and the camp winterized. 

They also got the archery range done except for hanging the target in the shooting room.

Thanks fellows!

- Tom Hamilton

The work party originally scheduled for last Sunday is now scheduled for Sunday, 11/4, at 2 p.m. to finish the 50-yard backstop.

Thanks,

- Tom Hamilton