Berrien County Sportsman’s Club, Inc. Newsletter

2985 Linco Road, Berrien Springs, MI 49103

www.bcsportsmansclub.com Volume 21 Issue 6 June 2016

Membership Meeting The next Membership Meeting is

Wednesday, June 15

at 7:00 p.m.

Carry in Potluck Dinner with Business Meeting to Follow

CHECK

US OUT

ON FACE-

BOOK

Be sure to visit BCSC Youth Programs on

Facebook and “follow” our youth arch-ery and rifle programs. Thank you.

New Members for June Richard

Welcome to the Sportsman’s Club Please introduce yourselves, when you come by—we’ll always be glad to see

you and your family Richard & Kelli VanErman Benton Harbor Darren & Kristi Jax St. Joseph Anthony Allen St. Joseph Mel & Laura Freehling Baroda Jim & Melisa Bowers Bridgman Harold Larock & Carrie Canaro Eau Claire

Welcome to the Sportsman’s Club Please introduce yourselves, when you come by—we’ll always be glad to see

you and your family

Please sign in at the clubhouse when coming to shoot ,fish or use the archery range, as per the club "Sign In Policy”. Shooters should

note the type of ammunition and the number of rounds shot.

Funding and Support for the BCSC Jr. Rifle Program is generously

Granted by The NRA Foundation. nrafoundation.org

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Compton Traditional Bowhunters

2016 Rendezvous - June 17, 18, 19

Schedule of Events Friday June 17, 2016

8:00am - 8:00pm – Ranges Open

9:00am – Vendors Open

9:00am – 5:00pm- Kids Program registration at the Compton booth in inside vendor tent.

9:00am – 5:00pm – Contest and Bow Skirmish registration.

10:30am – Seminar: “Whitetail Tips and Tactics” with Dan Beck – Main Clubhouse

1:30pm – Seminar: “Being Prepared as a Young Bowhunter” with Steve Shifflett – Main Clubhouse

5:00pm – Vendors close

5:00pm-6:30pm – Live Music – Seminar Tent

6:00pm – Free Chili Dinner- Seminar Tent

7:00pm – Membership Meeting/Raffle Items/Auction Items *Keynote Speaker- Wade Phillips “Will Compton Era Bowhunting”

Saturday June 18, 2016

8:00am – 8:00pm – Ranges Open

9:00am – Vendors Open/ Registration for Kids Events, Bow Skirmish and Venison Cooking Contest 10:00am – Kids Dutch Oven Cooking – Food Pavilion

10:00am – Peewee Shoot – Trap Range (ages 6 and under)

10:30am – Seminar: “Almost Honest Memories of Bowhunting Past & Present” Dick Mauch-Clubhouse

1:00pm – Kids Shoot – Trap Range (ages 7-16)

1:30pm – Seminar: “Tips On Floating Rivers In Alaska” with Monty Browning – Main Clubhouse

2:00pm – Ladies Social Event - Seminar Tent

2:00pm – Bow Skirmish Competition – Practice Range

3:00pm – Venison Cooking Contest – Main Pavilion

3:30pm – Seminar: “Alternative Aiming Systems for Bowhunting” with Jason Wesbrock- Main Clubhouse

5:00pm – Vendors Close

5:00pm-6:15pm – Blanket Trade – Seminar Tent / Main Pavilion

6:30pm – Contest Recognition – Seminar Tent

7:00pm – Auction & Dream Raffle Drawing – Seminar Tent

*Keynote Speaker- T.j. Conrads “Bowhunting France”

Sunday June 19, 2016

8:00am-2:00pm - Ranges Open

8:00am – Church Service with Dave Roose

9:00am – Vendors Open

1:00pm – Vendors Close

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NRA REGIONAL ACTION PISTOL MATCH HELD AT

BERRIEN COUNTY SPORTSMAN’S CLUB The NRA Sunset Coast Regional Pistol Match was held on the pistol ranges of the Berrien County Sportsman’s Club on May 21. Participants competed in practical, barricade, falling plates, moving targets, and speed events. Marty Prillwitz again organized the event. Marty would like to thank all those Club members who assisted this year. A special thanks to Cean Burgeson , Club public relations chair, for spearheading the prizes for both the Sunset Coast Regional and the Apple Blossom Cup, which was held on May 22.

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CMP SHOOTS

SCHEDULED TO

RESUME JULY

THE 9TH Well the robins were there, but so was the cold weather. On Saturday May 14th we had two brave souls show up for the CMP Shoot. There were rumors of a snow flake being seen just after the shoot, but in spite of the weather a successful shoot was held. In the end the younger shooter prevailed, but only by a mere 10 points. We will take the month of June off, but you can fill that time slot by coming to Comptons, if you are an Archery buff or would like to find out what archery is about, come down to the club on June 17th,18th, and 19th and you will see some expert and amateur archer’s at work. Well back to the CMP program, on July 9th we will be having a Poker Shoot. So break out your 22 caliber or small bore rifle and bring it down for the shoot. If it has a scope or just iron sights, bring it down because you shoot at playing cards that are face down on a card-board backing. There will be volleys with poi-son cards and wild cards. You will have a separate score sheet to score your targets, and a great time will be had by all. The cost will be $10 per person, “no club guns will be provided” the shoot will start at 8:00

am. Bring a friend and “let’s Play Some Poker the fun way”, see you there. For questions call Gene Herrman at 269-465-5026. July 9, 2016 Poker Shoot August 13, 2016 Poker Shoot September 10, 2016 CMP? or Poker Shoot? (TBA)

The CMP Mission To Promote Firearm Safety and

Marksmanship Training With an Emphasis on Youth

KEVIN POUNDERS 2016

MICHIGAN STATE ACTION

PISTOL CHAMPION Congratulations to Berrien County Sportsman’s Club member Kevin Pounders. Kevin is the 2016 Michigan State NRA Action Pistol Champion

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BCSC RETIREES HOLD TRAP SHOOT ON MAY 25 The Club retirees moved outdoors for their May 25 meeting. Trap and Skeet chair-man Tom Holt set up the trap range for this group of eager shooters. The next Re-tiree Meeting is Wednesday, June 22nd at 10:00am. We have decided to meet monthly for the summer months. We have been having discussions of our favorite guns followed by some time in the indoor and outdoor ranges. We have moved to the outdoor ranges for the summer. So far, we have had discussions and sharing of member’s favorite rimfire, centerfire, and military guns, including swords, trench art, and military items. For June, we are planning an outdoor rifle shoot, weather permitting. Bring your old military rifle or whatever you have. We will be meeting at the rifle range at 10:00 am. If interested in attending contact: Jason Grimm @ (269) 927-1793 or Mike Parker @ (269) 429-0507 Mike Parker

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PLEASE VISIT OUR ADVERTISERS! WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT!

RANGE SAFETY CLASS

Range Orientation begins at 7:00 p.m. in the BCSC clubhouse.

Monday, June 6 Mitt Russell

Wednesday, July 6 Jim Essig/Marty Prillwitz

Monday, August 1 Jeff Herrman

Wednesday, September 7 Jim Essig

Monday, October 3 Jim Hausmann

Monday, November 7 Mitt Russell

Monday, December 5 Michael Wilson

Firearm & Archery Safety Rules

Number 9.1:

Club members are not permitted to use any range unsupervised unless

they have completed the Club’s “Firearm Safety Rules and Guide-

lines Course”.

NEW

MEMBERS, BRING YOUR

PISTOLS

New members! Come on out with your pistol on Thursday nights and enjoy shooting with some of the old members. We would like to meet you and have you use our indoor pistol and rifle range. We will help you with your shooting skills for when you decide to take the club’s monthly CPL class. If you are not a current CPL holder, you will need to be sure to separate your ammunition and firearm and place these two items in different parts of your vehicle when transporting your fire-arm. The clubhouse range opens at 7:00 p.m.

Martin Prillwitz

IDPA shoots are the second Satur-day of each month. Shooting runs from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Come on out and see what it is all about.

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As of June 2, the DNR reports those hitting the inland lakes in this region are catching blue-gills, crappie, sunfish, and rock bass. Bass season is open and catch rates have been good. At St. Joseph, salmon fishing slowed but was still good. The fish were scattered and caught on spoons in 60 to 120 feet or more. Pier an-glers caught freshwater drum and catfish on crawlers. Perch fishing was slow. In the St. Joseph River, Bass anglers were doing well in the shallows and some large catfish were caught on crawlers, bluegills, shrimp or

cut bait.

To catch weekly DNR fishing reports and tips, go to:

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364_59567---,00.html

When fishing on Club grounds, please have your membership card available or car decal visible. Good fishing! Jeff Jones, Chairman

BASIC INSTRUCTOR

TRAINING Jason Grimm would like to do a Ba-sic Instructor Training class in the

near future. This is a six-hour class that needs to be completed by any person who would like to become an instructor through the NRA. Ja-son already has received some in-terest from individuals and would

like to open this class up to anyone interested. Please contact Jason Grimm at 269-927-1793 . A date has not yet been set. This will de-

pend on the demand.

CHAIRS AND TABLES

FOR SALE The Club is selling excess

tables and chairs. We have 10 eight-foot, gray

tables at $20.00 each. In addition, there are 100 metal, folding chairs at $5.00 each. If you are interested in purchasing tables or chairs, con-tact Jerry Hebner, Club caretaker,

at 269-429-3792.

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NOTICE TO MEMBERS The Berrien County Sportsman’s Club does not allow slide fires, trigger bumps, or any ac-tions that attempt to mimic a fully automatic firearm. Thank you for your cooperation.

NEWSLETTER CORRECTIONS Did you find an error in the newsletter? Please email the correct information to edi-tor@bcsportsmansclub.com for publication in the following month’s newsletter. Thank you.

BERRIEN COUNTY SPORTS-

MAN’S CLUB RANGES

The Berrien County Sportsman’s Club includes a variety of ranges to meet your weapon and shooting needs. In-door and outdoor Archery. Indoor and outdoor Rifle and Pistol. Black Pow-der, 25, 50, 75, and 100 yard ranges. Handgun Tactical and bowling pin ranges. A 200 yard rifle range is avail-able for special club events only.

Michigan Gun Owners was established in 2002 as a website and incorporated in 2003 with the mission to educate the pub-lic and encourage grass roots activism on a state-wide level through various out-reach programs and a popular community forum on the internet. Michigan Gun Own-ers has become Michigan’s fastest grow-ing, grass roots gun rights advocacy or-ganization.

http://www.migunowners.org

NEWSLETTER ONLINE You can read the Berrien County

Sportsman’s Club Newsletter online every month by visiting the Club’s

Website www.bcsportsmansclub.com.

Select the NEWSLETTER box in the bottom left corner of the home page.

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WHO ADDS CONTENT TO THE BCSC NEWSLETTER? YOU DO.

If it is happening at Berrien County Sports-man's Club, be sure your event gets into the monthly club newsletter. Let the BCSC newsletter help you get the word out to our

members.

Does your club activity sponsor weekly or monthly events? Put a monthly column in

the newsletter and build participation.

Send us your articles and photos. Email

details to:

editor@bcsportsmansclub.com

CAMPGROUND

LOT AVAILABLE LOT 12 in the Berrien County

Sportsman’s Club Campground is now available. The lot has electricity and campers have access to running water and toilets. The campground offers a dump station. The vacancy will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis. The cost is $85.00 per month, $1020 per year To reserve LOT 12, or for more infor-mation, call Les Herrman at 269-429-9963 and talk to the machine. I will get back to you in the order that calls come in. Please leave me valid phone numbers.

Thank You Les Herrman, Campground Chairman.

4478 Red Arrow Highway

Stevensville, MI 49127

269-556-2253

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Officers/ Board Members/ Chairpersons

President Jim Hausmann 269-208-6574 Vice President Jason Grimm 269-927-1793 Secretary Scott Dawson 269-479-9944 Treasurer Sheryl Hausmann 269-208-1506 Director 3 yr Al Hemerling 269-876-9363 Director 3 yr. Director 3 yr. Les Herrman 269-429-9963 Director 2 yr. Matt Center 574-339-9274 Director 2 yr. Mike Kechkaylo 269-325-3519 Director 2 yr. Jim Wojcik 269-429-7060 Director 1 yr Mike Parker 269 429-0507 Director 1 yr. Dan Jennings 269-429-4656 Director 1 yr. Margo Howley 269-313-0523 Caretaker Jerry Hebner 269-429-3792 Archery Bldg/Grounds Jim Howley 269-313-6450 Campground Les Herrman 269-429-9963 CCW Registrar Jason Grimm 269-927-1793 Fishing Jeff Jones 269-449-9185 Hunter Safety Dan Jennings 269-429-4656 IDPA Kevin Pounders 269-484-4881 Jr. Rifle Robbee Center 269-683-1168 Jr. Shotgun Membership Gayla Snow 269-429-3792 Newsletter Greg Iwaniuk 269-487-8829 Pistol Martin Prillwitz 269-463-3472 Public Relations Cean Burgeson 269-281-0242 Range Safety Jim Essig 269-429-9797 Rentals Jim Hausmann 269-208-6574 Rifle Gene Herrman 269-465-5026 Trap & Skeet Tom Holt 269-429-8888 Webmaster Wayne Sample 574-320-8045

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Trap & Skeet Sundays 10 am-2:00 pm Tuesdays 7 pm-9 pm Pistol Every Thursday at 7:00 pm Fishing Every Day Home School Archery Tuesdays 10:00 am AEP Tactical Range Wednesdays 8:00 am Retirees 2nd and 4th Wed., 10 am

June 2016 1 AEP Tactical Range 8:00 am-5:00 pm 6 Range Orientation 7:00 pm 7 Executive Board Meeting 7:00 pm 9 CCW Class 6:00-10:00 pm 11 CCW Class concluded 8:00 am-5:00 pm 11 IDPA-Rifle Bays 8:00 am-Noon 13 Board of Directors Meeting 6:30 pm 14-MSU Steak and Suds 1:00-11:00 pm

14-19 ALL RANGES CLOSED 15 Membership Meeting and Potluck 7:00 pm

17-19 COMPTON RENDEZVOUS

July 2016 4 Range Orientation 7:00 pm 5 Executive Board Meeting 7:00 pm 9 IDPA-Rifle Bays 8:00 am 9 Poker Shoot-Rifle Range 8:00 am 11 Board of Directors Meeting 6:30 pm 19 Elk’s Lodge Outing 10:00 am-2:00 pm 20 MEMBERSHIP MEETING & POTLUCK 7:00 pm 23 3D Archery 8:00 am 26-27 Shriners Pavilion all day 28 CCW Class 6:00-10:00 pm 30 CCW Class (concluded) 8:00 am-5:00 pm

Trap & Skeet Sundays 10 am-2:00 pm Tuesdays 7 pm-9 pm Pistol Every Thursday at 7:00 pm Fishing Every Day Home School Archery Tuesdays 10:00 am AEP Tactical Range Wednesdays 8:00 am Retirees 2nd and 4th Wed., 10 am