Berrien County Sportsman’s Club, Inc. Newsletter

2985 Linco Road, Berrien Springs, MI 49103

www.bcsportsmansclub.com Volume 22 Issue 8 August 2016

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Membership Meeting The next Membership Meeting is

Wednesday, August 17 at 7:00 p.m.

Carry in Potluck Dinner with Business Meeting to Follow

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

Funding and Support for the BCSC Jr. Rifle Program and Jr. Shotgun Program is generously granted by the NRA Foundation.

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NO VEHICLES ARE TO BE DRIVEN ONTO THE RIFLE RANGES. THANK YOU.

There’s Still Time to Apply for a Michigan Doe Permit

The Michigan Department of Natural Re-sources reminds hunters that the application period for antlerless deer licenses is now open and runs through Aug. 15. Hunters may apply for one license in any open Deer Management Unit (DMU) statewide; a nonrefundable $5 fee is charged at the time of application. Hunters may choose to apply for either one private-land or one public-land license online at E-License or at any authorized license agent or DNR Customer Service Center. Young hunters, ages 9-16, can purchase one junior antlerless deer license over the counter July 15-Aug. 15. No application is required. A 9-year-old must be 10 by Sept. 26 to purchase this license. Any leftover antlerless deer licenses not issued in the drawing will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Sept. 8 at 10 a.m.

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August Poker Shoot Scheduled

Well there will be an Au-

gust Poker Shoot and the dealer will show up this time. It will be held on Aug. 13 at 8 a.m. and bring your favorite 22 down and try your luck at cards. There will be poison cards, wild cards and a great time. You will have your own score sheet to keep tabs on your best hand. The card faces will be facing away from you and we will move targets, so that you are not shooting at the same target twice. Say you don’t know how to play Poker? It doesn’t matter, the hand will be scored for you. You can use iron sights or scopes. It will be a “shoot what you bring” event, so no sighting rounds will be shot. Rumor is we will be shooting from the 25 or 50 yard marker. The fee will be $10 per shooter and “there will be no club guns available for the shoot”. If you are planning on attending you can call (269) 465-5026 and leave a message. If you forget to call, just stop on down anyway and we will make room for you. See you there and bring your best poker face and your best friend. See you on the rifle range. For questions or further information call the number above and ask for Gene Herrman. Aug. 13: Poker Shoot Sept. 10: CMP or Poker Shoot (TBA)

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New Additions to Trap and Skeet

Due to the generosity of some of our regular shooters, we have been given some new equipment: A new MEC 100e wobble trap All lumber and materials to build a trap

house on the 1st skeet field to house both new trap machines to have a five-stand sporting clays course.

This gift is worth approximately $7,000 of ad-ditions to our shooting equipment.

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Junior Shotgun Program The shotgun program is open to both boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 18. The basic purpose of the association is to provide training in the safe operation of firearms and to provide a fun environment for children to participate in a sport they might not normally have access to. Additionally, it teaches kids both maturity and responsibility. The preferred shot shells are #7 ½ and #8 shot. Each participant must provide12-guage shells, or through a grant from the NRA Foundation, 20 gauge shells have been supplied. Each participant typically uses 50 shells during each practice. Since the Junior shotgun program events occur primarily outdoors, scheduling of activities are subject to weather conditions. Cost to participate is $50 for members and $65 for non-members. The program runs Tuesdays at 7 p.m. through Aug. 30. If you have any questions, please call Carol Weller at (269) 876-7674 or email

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Pavilion Team Thank You We would like to thank the great TEAM that worked at the Compton pavilion this year! Tom & Shirley Holt, Austin Hebner, Kayla Warman, Mike Parker, Carol Weller, Melissa & Matt Foster, Jim Wojcik, Greg Iwaniuk, Justin Iwaniuk, Rowan Iwaniuk, Robbee Center, Gene & Karen Herrman, Patty Steinhauser, Pat Shunkwiler, and Les Herrman. We had a great group and things ran smoothly. Your help was greatly appreci-ated and your extra effort was no-ticed. Looking forward to your help next year!

The CMP Mission To Promote Firearm Safety and

Marksmanship Training

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RANGE SAFETY CLASS

Range Orientation begins at 7:00 p.m. in the BCSC clubhouse. Monday, Aug. 1 Jeff Herrman Wednesday, Sept. 7 Jim Essig Monday, Oct. 3 Jim Hausmann Monday, Nov. 7 Mitt Russell Monday, Dec. 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

Guidelines 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 firearm. The clubhouse range opens at 7:00 p.m.

IDPA shoots are the second Satur-day of each month. Shooting runs from 8 a.m. to noon. Come on out

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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 each. In addition, there are 100 metal, folding chairs at $5 each. If you are interested in purchasing ta-bles or chairs, contact Jerry Heb-ner, Club caretaker, at 269-429-

DNR Fishing Report

St. Joseph: Perch fishing continues to be decent but the fish were scattered and were caught in 30 to 40 feet or 50 to 60 feet. Salmon fishing has been very slow. The few fish being caught were lake trout in 90 feet. Pier fishing for steelhead was slow. Those using shrimp and crawlers caught freshwater drum.

South Haven: Had slow fishing. Perch anglers struggled to find a consistent bite. Salmon fishing was very slow with only the occasional chinook caught along with a couple steelhead in 130 feet. Pier fishing was very slow with only freshwater drum caught by those putting crawlers on the bottom.

Grand Haven: Pier fishing for steelhead was slow. A couple freshwater drum were caught while casting spoons in the chan-nel. Some walleye have also been caught. Those trolling for trout and salmon caught fish 60 to 140 feet down in 120 to 220 feet with white or green flies and blue or green spoons.

Grand River at Grand Rapids: Anglers are getting some walleye and crappie. Those fishing north or south of town have caught a few walleye and catfish.

Grand River at Lansing: Has very good smallmouth bass fishing for those fly fish-ing below the North Lansing Dam. Lower water levels make it easier for anglers to wade out and cast wooly buggers. Those

Janke Barn Sale

Tools, hunting gear, fishing boat and trailer.

Aug. 11-12 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 13 from 9 a.m.-1p.m.

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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 editor@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 shooting needs. Indoor and out-door Archery. Indoor and outdoor Rifle and Pistol. Black Powder, 25, 50, 75, and 100 yard ranges. Handgun Tacti-cal and bowling pin ranges. A 200 yard rifle range is available for special club

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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

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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 per month, $1,020 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,

4478 Red Arrow Highway Stevensville, MI 49127

269-556-2253

Report All Poaching RAP Hotline: 800-292-7800

Poaching - The illegal taking of fish or wildlife.

Poacher - A person who hunts, traps, or fishes illegally.

Citizen concerns over unacceptable levels of poaching led to the estab-lishment of the Wildlife Resource Protection Fund. The Fund's mis-sion is to counter poaching activity in Michigan through a program called Report All Poaching (RAP). Hunters, anglers and trappers sup-port the Fund through purchase of hunting, fishing and fur harvester li-censes.

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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 916-616-4014 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

IN GOD WE TRUST "No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily sub-dued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders."

Samuel Adams to James Warren, 1775

Berrien County Sportsm

an’s Club 2985 Linco Road Berrien Springs, M

I 49103

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

August 2016 1 Hunter Safety 6:00 pm 2 Executive Board Meeting 7:00 pm 2 Hunter Safety 6:00 pm 3 Hunter Safety 6:00 pm 6 Hunter Safety 8:00 am 8 Board of Directors Meeting 6:30 pm 13 IDPA-Rifle Bays 8:00 am 13 Poker Shoot-Rifle Range 8:00 am 13 Priest Wedding—Pavilion 8:00 am 17 MEMBERSHIP MEETING & POTLUCK 7:00 pm 20 Pennies from Heaven 7:00 am-11 am 25 CCW Class 6:00 pm 27 3D Archery 8:00 am

September 2016 5 Range Orientation 7:00 pm 6 Executive Board Meeting 7:00 pm 10 3D Archery 8:00 am 10 CMP or Poker Shoot 8:00 am 10 IDPA-Rifle Bays 8:00 am 12 Board of Directors Meeting 6:30 pm 21 MEMBERSHIP MEETING & POTLUCK 7:00 pm 22 CCW Class 6:00 pm 24 CCW Class 8:00 am 26 Hunter Safety 6:00 pm 27 Hunter Safety 6:00 pm 28 Hunter Safety 6:00 pm 1 OCT. Hunter Safety 8:00 am