November 2019 Meeting Minutes

Anderson Creek Sportsmen
November 2019 Meeting Minutes 

Meeting was called to order by Tom Hamilton at 7:30 p.m.

The October minutes were presented by Randy Mitchell and approved on a motion by Joel Dutra and and  a second by Greg Yutzey. George McCoy presented the treasurers report  and it was approved on a motion by Breck Neeper and a second by Jeremy Smith.
Walt reported he had 21 shooters for the Deer Hunter Match..

Old Business

 Tom Hamilton presented a picture of the kids who were winners at the June 2019 fishing derby. Jeremy Smith presented a poster of the winners and participants in the Recent Chukar Challenge. Don Odell reported that the dock is “shot”. Don and his brother have volunteered to rebuild the dock at no cost to the club. Members are reminded that tickets are available for the December Member Drawing. The Winter Matches have been scheduled for the second Saturday of January, February, March and  April. Walt Kuzemchock will score the targets, Tom Hamilton will run the matches and Jeff Kriner will handle the sign ups. Joel Dutra and Christina Cummings have tentatively volunteered to run targets with their 4 wheeler. Walt Kuzemchock and Tom Hamilton attended the recent CWD meeting held in Clearfield by the Game Commission. The Major points were t5hat it is illegal to transport any  deer out of the CWD area (primarily any organs, brain matter, spinal tissue  etc.... It is illegal to feed or set out salt/mineral blocks for deer. No doe urine is allowed to be used as an attractant for hunting.  At present food plots are okay. Next year the antler restrictions will be lifted, there will be more doe tags issued and there will be an additional 2 week rifle hunting season after Christmas. It was agreed that control of deer farms should be returned to the Game Commission and not handled by the department of agriculture. There was a lengthy discussion about various CWD matters.

New Business

There will be a work party on Saturday the 16th at 10am to bring the tables and boat up to the pavilion, cut brush, bring in wood, clean the shooting room and set up tables. The next meeting will be for the election of officers. Jeremy has scheduled the next Chukar Challenge for Saturday March 28th of 2020 and there will be a meeting for volunteers on March 22 of 2020 at 2:00. The cost per shooter for the Chukar challenge is $50.00 for 4 birds for 20 minutes. Ed Spencer asked for and received permission to park his campers at the club. Raffle tickets for the member raffle and the regular raffle are now available. Members are reminded that they get a point for every 10 tickets that they sell. The regular prize drawing will be held at the January meeting and tickets are $5.00 each. Members are encouraged to get and sell tickets, this is our biggest source of income for the year.

Due to technical difficulties there was no door prize.
Don Odell made a motion to adjourn and Carl Huss seconded the motion.

Respectfully submitted by Randy Mitchell secretary.