valley of the moon trap club bull shooter

Valley of the Moon Trap Club / P.O. Box 534 Vineburg, CA. 95487-0534Website: http//:www.VOMTC.org

Valley of the Moon Trap Club

Bull Shooter JANUARY 2009

Schedule: 4th Range Open -- Trap & Sporting Clays

6th Board Meeting 7pm—7:45pm (Board Members Only)

General Membership 8pm—9pm

11th Range Open -- Trap & Sporting Clays



Trap: Wednesday and Sunday: Open to the Public 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fees: Members $3.00, Non-members $6.00, juniors (17 and under) $2.00

Monday thru Saturday (Except Wednesday)[ until February 1, 2009]

Fees: Members $15.00 per case of targets, $10.00 per adult guest (18 years and older),

juniors (17 and under) $5.00.

Sporting Clays: Sundays Only: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.


Pistol / Rifle Range: A reminder: The pistol / Rifle range is for members only or guests accompanied by a

member only. It is not open to the public. Range opens at 10am Sunday's, 9amweekdays. Fees: $5.00 members, $10.00 adult guests, $5.00 juniors. Odd calendardays are reserved for pistol shooters. Even calendar days are reserved for rifle shooters.

You must sign-in, pay and raise the red flag before you start shooting. The range is

closed during scheduled events.

Wednesday Shoots: Start around 10ish and continue to 2pm or so. Open to the public for trap shooters

only.

Key Contacts: President _ John Ginocchio (707) 931-0470 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Only – Please)

Caretaker _ Tom Koehn (707) 933-0306Rifle/Pistol Range Master _ Len Stockton (707) 326-4253Membership _ Charlie Marino (707) 933-9536 (5 p.m. to 9pm _ Please)Newsletter _ Marv Schmidt (415) 381-8345, E-mail: [email protected] Work Coordinator _ Jan and Bill Miller (707) 996-5536 [email protected] & Advertising _ Janet Keiser (707) 996-4331Hunter Safety _ Sam Grow, NRA Certified Instructor (707) 648-0410

Club Hours: 9am to 5pm (9pm during special events). As always, weather permitting.

Valley of the Moon Trap Club / P.O. Box 534 Vineburg, CA 95487-0534


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THE LATEST BULL!

President’s Message “ Happy New Year and

best wishes for all of our members and specialthanks to all of you volunteers without with outwhich our club would not be what it is. I would alsolike to give praise to the National Rifle Associationfor their grant money which enabled us to extend theconcrete sidewalk all the way to trap six. So keepyour membership in NRA current and come out andenjoy your self with your friends at your greatclub……” John Ginocchio

Raffle Winners: Ralph Campana was the big

winner of the raffle drawing on December 21, taking cashin lieu of the Remington trap gun. Two flats of shells

went to the 4H club courtesy of an anonymous donor, and

one flat of shells was won by John Vallerga of Napa.

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to all of youwho “supported” the raffle this year.

Token Trap Issues

Beginning February 1st

, trap six will no longer be

available as the practice trap. Those of you who want to

shoot trap on non-public days can now use trap 2. Youwill need to purchase tokens in advance from the office

on either Sunday or Wednesday.

There will be a cordless voice call set kept in the clubhouse which you will need to move out to the trap and set

up. While you are picking up the voice call set, please

sign the log sheet located on the table next to the voice

call in the club house. If you are accompanied by non-member guests please put the $10 fee in a small

envelope provided and drop it in the slot in the office

window board. Be sure the trap has plenty of targets before you start

shooting. There will be a supply of targets kept in the

trap house. Then drop your tokens in the box and go

“break ‘em all”! When you’re finished shooting, please pack up the voice

calls and return them to the clubhouse.

If you are shooting by your self you can just use oneof the “mics” and just carry it with you from post to post

rather than setting out all five speakers.

NRA According to club records, 69% of our club

members are active NRA members but some of you havejoined the NRA but have yet to advise us of your

membership number. Our goal of course is 100%. If you

are new and haven’t passed your number on to us please

do so at your earliest convenience by contacting John,Ted, or Marv via phone, e-mail, or smoke signal. If you

don’t know your NRA number and can’t find your card,

check the address label on your magazine, i.e. AmericanRifleman or Hunter or whatever.

If you are not yet a member or your NRA dues need

renewing; you may pay through the club and save $10 offthe regular membership cost. Contact John, Ted, or

Marv.

“A well regulated Militia, beingnecessary to the security of a freeState, the right of the people tokeep and bear Arms, shall not beinfringed.” Second Amendment,U.S. Constitution….

Workers Corner

The 2009 calendar is on the bulletin board for your

convenience in signing up for your Sunday work day. Itis much better for you to choose a day than have

us pick one for you. But if you don't care, on the 2nd

Wed. of each month we choose work days for thefollowing month. You can always call or e-mail us with

your choice. We still need one more willing worker for

January 11th. Thanks for your help! Jan & Bill

Miller

WORKERS CORNER

JANUARY FEBRUARY

4TH Phil DeShazo,Garret Andersen,Wm. Davis

1ST Kelly Webb,

James SteenportTroy Taylor

11TH Steve Jacobs

Dan Mercury8TH Jim Johnson,

Marshall Bauer

Junior Holland

18TH Peter Maushardt,

Jeff Oster, DennisRinehart

15TH Jim Riley,

Joe Turner,Phil Bosso.

25TH Ray Shurtz,

Bert Varner,Chuck Zeiler

22ND Rod Jamieson,

Mike MeagherKenneth Sherman


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Remember it is your responsibility to be there on yourassigned day promptly at 9 a.m. to set-up the range and

get assignments for the day. If you are unable make your

assigned date, it is your responsibility to find another

club member to replace you or pay a $50.00 fine per clubrules.

It is easier for us and better for you to pick your dates

you know you can work rather than us assigning you adate. There are 3 easy ways of signing up.

Sign up on the calendar at the clubhouse, or

Call (707) 996- 5536 or (preferred) e-mail

[email protected] As a very important last reminder, in order to

receive credit for working, you “must” sign the

work log located in the club house. Please write

the total hours worked (“all day” is not a viable

answer). PLEASE BE SURE TO PRINT YOUR

NAME LEGIBLY AND “SIGN” THE LOG TO

INSURE THAT YOU RECEIVE CREDIT FOR

WORKING!!

Components Sales

The component room hours are from 12 noon to 1pmon Sundays and Wednesdays. Due to limited availability

of shot, we are limiting purchases to 100 lbs per member

(4 bags) per month at $29 per bag. Cheddite primershave gone down again to $25 per thousand, or $125 per

case of 5,000. Fiocchi and Winchester shells will now

be $6.50 per box of 25 and $60 per flat of ten boxes of 12and 20 gauge shells.

Fire Arm & Trap Machine Safety For those of you who are new to the club or are

unfamiliar with the safe care and operating of our trap

machines, the following is a short primer on safe oper-ating procedures.

All seven of our trap machines are Pat-Traps which

cost $8000+ new. They operate on 110 volt 60 Hz A.C.electricity which powers a hydraulic motor for the servo

actuator that causes the machine to oscillate left and right

as well as up and down on the three wobble traps.

There is a switch box mounted inside the right forwardwall of the trap house with two toggle switches. The rear

switch is an on off control for the pump motor and the

front switch is the arm release control. It is a threeposition toggle switch ( up is on, down is off, and

pushing below down releases the arm to the safe

position). Caution, be sure the area in front of the trap

is clear of people, animals, or vehicles before releasing

the arm!!!

When reloading the machine, release the arm which

throws the target on the table. The red launch arm will be

visible on the left side of the machine. Place the orange

safety cone on top of the roof and slide the roof back togain entrance to the targets.

The turret consists of sixteen angle iron stacks into

which the clay targets are carefully loaded (domed sideup of course). Fully loaded, the turret holds 540 targets.

Care must be taken to avoid breaking targets during

reloading, but accidents do happen and when they do, besure to clean all the big pieces out of the center of the

turret to avoid jamming the stacks.

When reloading is complete, close the roof, place the

cone in front of the house out of sight of the trap posts,turn the release switch back on and collect the empty bird

cartons and you’re ready to shoot again.

To become better acquainted with the system, youmight ask some of the Sunday or Wednesday shooters for

familiarization and tips on its operation.

Sam Grow Our resident NRA hunter safety instructor

would like to recruit some volunteers to work asfacilitators/instructors with the Department of Fish &

Game’s various seminar programs for youngsters.

Sam is also planning some reloading seminars if thereis sufficient interest. Call Sam at (707) 638-0410 for

more information.

Upcoming Events

2009 Round Robin : Petaluma April 25-26 Lake County May 16-17

VOMTC May 30-31

Pt Arena June 27-28 Ukiah July 18-19

2009 North Bay League: Martinez February 8 Coon Creek March 8

Stockton April 5

Newman May 3

VOMTC June 14 Newark @ Livermore July 12

Livermore August 2

NBL Grand @ Martinez September 13

VOMTC Website

***Happy New Year!!!***



Bull Shooter FEBRUARY 2009

Schedule: 1st Range Open -- Trap & Sporting Clays

3rd Board Meeting 7pm—7:45pm (Board Members Only)




22nd Range Open -- Trap & Sporting Clays



Monday thru Saturday (Except Wednesday)[as of February 1, 2009]

Trap #2 is open for practice using tokens and voice calls. Tokens are available at the Office on Sundays and Wednesdays and from FKS Sporting Goods at 20525 Broadway in Sonoma.



Pistol / Rifle Range: Until Further Notice the Rifle and Pistol Range is closed to all except

Law Enforcement Organizations……


only.






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THE LATEST BULL!

President’s Message Due to some recent incidents

occurring at the rifle and pistol range, the rifle/pistolrange is closed to all persons with the sole exception of

Law Enforcement Organizations. This issue will be a

subject of discussion of the February Board of Directors

meeting….. John Ginocchio

Token Trap Issues Beginning February 1

st, trap six will no longer be

available as the practice trap. Those of you who want to

shoot trap on non-public days can now use trap 2. You

may purchase tokens either in advance from the office oneither Sunday or Wednesday, or if you are not able to get

to the club on those days, you may buy tokens at FKS

Sporting goods at 20525 Broadway in Sonoma. Pleaseshow your club membership card to the clerk.

There will be a cordless voice call set kept in the club

house which you will need to move out to the trap and setup. While you are picking up the voice call set, please

sign the log sheet located on the table next to the voice

call in the club house. If you are accompanied by non-

member guests please put the $10 fee in a small envelopeprovided and drop it in the slot in the office window

board.

Be sure the trap has plenty of targets before you startshooting. There will be a supply of targets kept in the

trap house. Then drop your tokens in the box and go

“break ‘em all”! When you’re finished shooting, please pack up the voice

calls and return them to the clubhouse.

If you are shooting by your self you can just use one

of the “mics” and just carry it with you from post to postrather than setting out all five speakers.

NRA According to club records, 69% of our clubmembers are active NRA members but some

of you have joined the NRA but have yet to

advise us of your membership number. Our goal of

course is 100%. If you are new and haven’t passed yournumber on to us please do so at your earliest convenience

by contacting John, Ted, or Marv via phone, e-mail, or

smoke signal. If you don’t know your NRA number andcan’t find your card, check the address label on your

magazine, i.e. American Rifleman or Hunter or whatever.

If you are not yet a member or your NRA dues needrenewing; you may pay through the club and save $10 off

the regular membership cost. Contact John, Ted, or

Marv.

“A well regulated Militia, beingnecessary to the security of a freeState, the right of the people tokeep and bear Arms, shall not beinfringed.” Second Amendment,U.S. Constitution….

New Members

Please welcome the following new members:

Rafael Alvina, Robert K. Berkland, Jr, Charles B. Bragg, Michael D. Brown, Frank Darien III, Paul

B. Fabian, Theodore J. Kozloff, Stan MatsuI,

Stuart Morris, William D. Newhart, Ronald

Patterson, Michael Steven Smith, and Ilker S. Tirben.

Workers Corner

The 2009 calendar is on the bulletin board for yourconvenience in signing up for your Sunday work day. It

is much better for you to choose a day than have

us pick one for you. But if you don't care, on the 2ndWed. of each month we choose work days for the

following month.

We need 10 more workers for the St. Pat's meat shoot

on 3/15 and 13 workers for the Easter meat shoot on 4/5.This is a great way to fulfill your Sunday work obliga-

tions and have fun. You can sign up by e-mailing or

phoning us: [email protected] or 707-996-5536.You can also sign up on the work calendar in the

clubhouse. THANKS for your help.

Jan & Bill Miller

WORKERS CORNER

FEBRUARY MARCH

1ST Kelly Webb

Troy Taylor1

ST Modesto Llanes,

John Bennet &Robert Butler

8TH Jim Johnson,

Marshall BauerJunior Holland

8TH Casey Boden,Richard FisherGreg Hanson

15TH Jim Riley,

Joe Turner,

Phil Bosso.

15TH Gary Flandi

Pat Karinen

John MurphyGreg Knittel

22ND Rod Jamieson,

Mike MeagherKenneth Sherman

22ND Modesto Llanes,

Steve Jacobs &Sam Huck

29TH Garret Anderson,

Judy Schroder &

Bob Adra


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Remember it is your responsibility to be there on your

assigned day promptly at 9 a.m. to set-up the range andget assignments for the day. If you are unable make your

assigned date, it is your responsibility to find another

club member to replace you or pay a $50.00 fine per club

rules.


you know you can work rather than us assigning you a

date. There are 3 easy ways of signing up:





work log located in the club house. Please writethe total hours worked (“all day” is not a viable




WORKING!!

Components Sales

The component room hours are from 12 noon to 1pm

on Sundays and Wednesdays. Due to limited availability

of shot, we are limiting purchases to 100 lbs per member(4 bags) per month at $29 per bag. Cheddite primers

have gone down again to $25 per thousand, or $125 per

case of 5,000. Fiocchi and Winchester shells will now

be $6.50 per box of 25 and $60 per flat of ten boxes of 12and 20 gauge shells.


unfamiliar with the safe care and operating of our trapmachines, the following is a short primer on safe oper-

ating procedures.

All seven of our trap machines are Pat-Traps which

cost $8000+ new. They operate on 110 volt 60 Hz A.C.electricity which powers a hydraulic motor for the servo

actuator that causes the machine to oscillate left and right

as well as up and down on the three wobble traps. There is a switch box mounted inside the right forward

wall of the trap house with two toggle switches. The rear

switch is an on off control for the pump motor and thefront switch is the arm release control. It is a three

position toggle switch ( up is on, down is off, and




the arm!!!


throws the target on the table. The red launch arm will bevisible on the left side of the machine. Place the orange

safety cone on top of the roof and slide the roof back to

gain entrance to the targets.

The turret consists of sixteen angle iron stacks intowhich the clay targets are carefully loaded (domed side

up of course). Fully loaded, the turret holds 540 targets.

Care must be taken to avoid breaking targets duringreloading, but accidents do happen and when they do, be

sure to clean all the big pieces out of the center of the

turret to avoid jamming the stacks. When reloading is complete, close the roof, place the

cone in front of the house out of sight of the trap posts,

turn the release switch back on and collect the empty bird

cartons and you’re ready to shoot again. To become better acquainted with the system, you

might ask some of the Sunday or Wednesday shooters for

familiarization and tips on its operation.

Sam Grow Our resident NRA hunter safety instructor

would like to recruit some volunteers to work as

facilitators/instructors with the Department of Fish &

Game’s various seminar programs for youngsters. Sam is also planning some reloading seminars if there

is sufficient interest. Call Sam at (707) 638-0410 for

more information.

Upcoming Events

2009 Round Robin : Petaluma April 25-26

Lake County May 16-17

VOMTC May 30-31 Pt Arena June 27-28

Ukiah July 18-19

2009 North Bay League: Martinez February 8

Coon Creek March 8

Stockton April 5 Newman May 3

VOMTC June 14

Newark @ Livermore July 12

Livermore August 2 NBL Grand @ Martinez September 13

Sunday, February 8th

is the start of the North

Bay League for 2009. See you all at Martinez!!!!

***Happy Valentines Day!!!***



Bull Shooter MARCH 2009

Schedule: 1st Range Open -- Trap & Sporting Clays

3rd Board Meeting 7pm—7:45pm (Board Members Only)



15th St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef Shoot

22nd Range Open -- Trap & Sporting Clays

29th Range Open -- Trap & Sporting ClaysTrap: Wednesday and Sunday: Open to the Public 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.


Monday thru Saturday (Except Wednesday)[as of February 1, 2009]







only.






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THE LATEST BULL!

President’s Message A time for change may be a

recent political campaign motif but here at the trap club ithas been a continuing evolution over the last year with

the addition of improvements to the trap fields, club

house, and storage and maintenance facilities. We aresteadily moving into the twenty-first century, gone are

the cash boxes on the line to sell different colored shoot

tickets, now tokens and sporting clays tickets are soldfrom the office which features an actual cash register to

help keep track of our finances and better serve you the

members. Listed below are a number of changes in our

operating procedures which I ask you to become familiarwith and please feel free to offer any suggestions or

comments. We are above all else a volunteer member

club and any help offered will be gratefully accepted…. John Ginocchio

Here’s What’s New!

Stinking Badges! Since we are selling all tokens andtickets from the office and the office people may not

always know who is or is not a member, we are asking

club members to wear their membership cardprominently displayed on their shirt pocket, vest, sleeve,

or suitable place so the office help know who the mem-

bers are. We have available in the office a small supply

of clear plastic card holders which can be pinned to yourshirt, vest, or whatever.

New Members Prior to applying for club membership,future applicants must have shot four separate public days

of either trap or sporting clays before a membership

application will be offered. We are a shot gun sports club

and this way we know the applicant is a shot gun shooter.

Rifle/Pistol Range The rifle/pistol range is still closed

except to our Law Enforcement clients. We expect tohave the range re-open at a future date but on a limited

basis i.e. two or three days a week with a qualified range-

master present.

Trap No. 6 Trap number 6 is closed for use except on

Sundays as an instructional trap for new shooters. Trap

no. 2 is the designated non-public day practice trap.

Skeet Field We regret to report that after an extended

survey, it has been determined that given the areaavailable, a skeet field would not practical. We

appreciate the work of the committee who researched the

project.

Trap Clinic Larry Marvier would like to know if anyserious trap shooters would be interested in a one or two

day trap clinic presented by Frank Hoppe. Hoppe is an

ATA champion shooter, Trap & Field magazine

columnist, and has produced excellent trap shootingvideos. The cost would be $220 for one day and $350 for

two days with an eye towards mid April (18th & 19th) as

possible dates. If you are interested, let Larry know at(415) 328-5153.

Please Sign In! When using the practice trap (#2) on

non-public days, please remember to sign in on the sheeton the table and print your name and member number

legibly so we know who’s who. If you have a guest,

please have them sign in and drop $10 in an envelope inthe slot on the office window.

Wood Cart We have a new cart to be used for haulingfire wood from the stack outside to the club house inside.

If you need to use the cart please return it to the garage

when finished.

New Members

Please welcome the following new members: Dennis

Del Grande, Melinda Harris, Benjamin Laurance, Alec

Mc Taggart, Tim Ryan, and Ronald Stepan.

Workers Corner

This newsletter lists the April Sunday workers. That

means only May and June are left for you to sign up soyou don't get fined $50 for each day you didn't work. We

really need workers for Sundays to make sure the club

runs smoothly for everyone, members as well as non-

members. It only takes 4-5 hrs. of your time twice a year,not much to ask for the privilege of being a member of

VOMTC. You can sign up on the calendar in the

clubhouse, call us at 707-996-5536 or e-mail us [email protected] to sign up to work. All work

hours are on the computer making it easy to keep track of

everyone's time. Call or e-mail if you need to know thatinfo.

NOTE: We still need 4 more workers for the St. Pat's

Day meat shoot on 3/15 and 5 for the Easter meat shoot

on 4/5. On May 30th & 31st, VOMTC will host the Round

Robin competition. Many workers are needed for both

days. If you can spend a few hours at the club on eitherday to help out, please let us know.

On June 14th, VOMTC will host The North Bay

League. Lots of workers are also needed for this shoot. Thanks for everyone's help, Jan & Bill Miller


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WORKERS CORNER

MARCH APRIL

1ST Modesto Llanes,John BennetRobert Butler

5TH Gary Flandi,

Ed Reinfeld,Damien Magnani,

Tim & DonnaRyan,Leo Maionchi,

AnthonyMcDaniel, PaulFabian, Nicholas

Weeks

8TH Casey Boden,

Greg Hanson

Richard Fisher

12TH Marc Davies,Gloria Brecher,

Geoff Brecher

15TH

Gary Flandi

Pat Karinen

Greg Knittel

John MurphyDon Glazier,

Luigi Sesto,Rob Samson,Monte Springer,

Jim Tremari,

Mike Malone,

NicholasWeeks.

19TH Jim Johnson,

Leslie Clark,Richard Konecky

22ND Modesto Llanes,

Steve JacobsSam Huck

26TH Joe Brambrink,

Jan Sides,Richard Lederer

29TH Garret Anderson,

Judy SchroderBob Adra


assigned day promptly at 9 a.m. to set-up the range and

get assignments for the day. If you are unable make your

assigned date, it is your responsibility to find anotherclub member to replace you or pay a $50.00 fine per club

rules.

It is easier for us and better for you to pick your datesyou know you can work rather than us assigning you a











WORKING!!

Components Sales


on Sundays and Wednesdays. Due to limited availabilityof shot, we are limiting purchases to 100 lbs per member

(4 bags) per month at $29 per bag. Cheddite primers

have gone down again to $25 per thousand, or $125 per

case of 5,000. Fiocchi and Winchester shells will nowbe $6.50 per box of 25 and $60 per flat of ten boxes of 12

and 20 gauge shells.

Fire Arm & Trap Machine Safety For those of you who are new to the club or areunfamiliar with the safe care and operating of our trap

machines, the following is a short primer on safe oper-

ating procedures.



front switch is the arm release control. It is a threeposition toggle switch ( up is on, down is off, and




the arm!!!


throws the target on the table. The red launch arm will bevisible on the left side of the machine. Place the orange

safety cone on top of the roof and slide the roof back to

gain entrance to the targets. When reloading is complete, close the roof, place the

cone in front of the house out of sight of the trap posts,



Upcoming Events

2009 Round Robin : Petaluma April 25-26

Lake County May 16-17 VOMTC May 30-31

Pt Arena June 27-28

Ukiah July 18-19

2009 North Bay League:

Coon Creek March 8

Stockton April 5 Newman May 3

VOMTC June 14

Newark @ Livermore July 12 Livermore August 2


**Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!**



Bull Shooter APRIL 2009

Schedule: 5th Trap & Sporting Clays NBL @ Stockton



12th Easter--Trap & Sporting Clays

18th Third annual Charlie Humberger Memorial Club Shoot

19th Trap & Sporting Clays




Monday thru Saturday (Except Wednesday)







only.


Caretaker _ Tom Koehn (707) 933-0306Rifle/Pistol Range Master _ Dave Lenci (707) 255-1992Membership _ Charlie Marino (707) 933-9536 (5 p.m. to 9pm _ Please)Newsletter _ Marv Schmidt (415) 381-8345, E-mail: [email protected] Work Coordinator _ Jan and Bill Miller (707) 996-5536 [email protected] & Advertising _ Janet Keiser (707) 996-4331Hunter Safety _ Sam Grow, NRA Certified Instructor (707) 648-0410

Club House Phone -- (707) 938-9874 e-mail [email protected]




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THE LATEST BULL!

President’s Message Just a word of thanks to Bill

and Jan Miller for their great job as work coordinators.Unfortunately for us they are unable to continue in that

role (see worker’s corner) and a replacement is needed.

Check out the new look of the club website atwww.vomtc.org with its new layout and new photo

albums…….. See you at the club… John Ginocchio

Here’s What’s New! Please mark down Saturday, April 18th as the date of

the third annual Charlie Humberger Memorial club shootand lunch THIRD ANNUALCHARLIE HUMBERGER MEMORIAL SHOOT Saturday, April 18th, 2009 Price of $35 for 101 targets and lunch Lunch only, $ 7 Two different programs, shooters choice A or B Event A: 25 5 Stand sporting clays 25 Progressive 19--27 yards 25 Hot singles 13 Pairs of doubles Event B: 25 Hot singles 25 24 Yard handicap 25 Progressive 19--27 yards 26 Wobble 20 yard 1 shot

Several nice trophies will be awarded including High

overall, runner-up, high lady, and others. So come out and enjoy some fun shooting, fine dining,

and win a trophy!

Stinking Badges! Please have your club membershipcard visible or readily available when on the club

grounds.

Trap Clinic: Larry Marvier has obtained the services of

ATA Hall of Fame shooter and Trap and Field Magazine

columnist Frank Hoppe to present a trap shooting clinic

at the club on April 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Friday, April 3rd willbe a one day clinic and April 4 and 5 will be a two day

class. The cost will be $220 for one day and $350 for

two days. If you are interested, please call Larry at (415)328-5153.

New Members-There is a moratorium on new membersjoining the club. New members will be accepted at the

June 2nd Board of Directors meeting. Prior to applying

for club membership, future applicants must have shot

four separate public days of either trap or sporting clays

before a membership application will be offered.

Rifle/Pistol Range The rifle/pistol range is still closed

except to our Law Enforcement clients. Dave Lenci has

agreed to assume the post of Range Master/SafetyOfficer. He will be NRA Range Safety Officer qualified

some time in April and will then train his staff of club

volunteers so that there is at least one Range Supervisoravailable for the range’s open days.

Trap No. 6 is closed for use except on Sundays as an

instructional trap for new shooters. Trap no. 2 is thedesignated non-public day practice trap.


non-public days, please remember to sign in on the sheet

on the table and print your name and member numberlegibly so we know who’s who. If you have a guest,

please have them sign in and drop $10 in an envelope in

the slot on the office window.

New Members

Please welcome the following new members: PeteGonzalez Jr., Robert Larman, and Chuck Waltman.

Upcoming Events

2009 Round Robin: Petaluma April 25-26

Lake County May 16-17

VOMTC May 30-31 Pt Arena June 27-28

Ukiah July 18-19

2009 North Bay League: Stockton April 5 Newman May 3

VOMTC June 14


Livermore August 2 NBL Grand @ Martinez September 13

Workers Corner

TO ALL CLUB MEMBERS

Circumstances beyond our control make it necessary forus to discontinue our job as Duty Coordinators for the

club. Therefore, someone needs to take this task over

IMMEDIATELY. As everything is on the computer in

the Excel program, it is not a difficult role to assume. Inorder to facilitate the change over, we have assigned

workers for the months of May, June & July.

WORKERS , if you find your name on a date you cannotmake and want to swap with someone, but need a phone

number, give us a call or e-mail us and we will be glad to

accommodate you. So please, someone step up to theplate and take on this task for the club. It will be greatly

appreciated by everyone. Thanks for all your help these

past few months. Bill & Jan Miller


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WORKERS CORNER

APRIL MAY

5TH Damien

Magnani,Jim Crumpler,

Paul Fabian,Ron Gordon Anthony

McDaniel

3RD Ted Vervais,

Nick Weeks,Joe Brambrink

Don Ridenhour

12TH Marc Davies,

Gloria Brecher,

Geoff BrecherRobert Nunes

10TH Tim & DonnaRyan, Mark Rose

Joe Brambrink

19TH Jim Johnson,

Leslie Clark,

Richard KoneckyTodd

Steuteville

17TH John Murphy

Frank Darien

Don RidenhourRichard Kramer

26TH Jan Sides,

Richard LedererJohn Quigley

Gary Sweeden

24TH Adam Welsh,

Tony Zitko Gary Sweeden

Dana Goleno


assigned day promptly at 9 a.m. to set-up the range and

get assignments for the day. If you are unable make yourassigned date, it is your responsibility to find another

club member to replace you or pay a $50.00 fine per club

rules.


you know you can work rather than us assigning you a











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SUNDAY WORKER DUTIES

NOTE: The 5 stand shooters take care of their traps &

scoring. Sunday workers may be asked to haul targets(standard or sporting clays) to the sporting clay traps.

All other traps to remain open until there are no more

shooters - approx. 4-5 hours.

1. Bring in wood for the stove & fireplace during coolerweather days. Use and return wood cart from garage.

2. Place score cards at traps 2, 3 & 4.

3. Fill traps using mower/tractor from garage and small

trailer kept behind garage. Traps 2 & 3 should have 12cases of clays, traps 4, 5, & 6 should have 8 cases.

4. Set up speakers on traps 2, 3, & 4. Speakers may be

required for trap No. 5 if there are doubles shooters.

5. Score for traps #2 & #3. There must be a club

member at trap #2 at all times in order to help the general

public and insure that firearm safety rules are obeyed.

6. When shooting is finished, lock traps up, put speakersaway, No. 2 set goes in club house, and take score cards

to office.

7. Please properly fill out and sign work log in clubhousebefore leaving.

Components Sales


on Sundays and Wednesdays. Due to limited availability

of shot, we are limiting purchases to 100 lbs per member(4 bags) per month at $29 per bag. Cheddite primers

have gone up again to $29 per thousand, or $145 per case

of 5,000. Fiocchi and Winchester shells will now be$6.50 per box of 25 and $60 per flat of ten boxes of 12

and 20 gauge shells.


unfamiliar with the safe care and operating of our trapmachines, the following is a short primer on safe oper-

ating procedures.



front switch is the arm release control. It is a three

position toggle switch ( up is on, down is off, andpushing below down releases the arm to the safe



the arm!!!


throws the target on the table. The red launch arm willthen be visible on the left side of the machine. Place the

orange safety cone on top of the roof and slide the roof

back to gain entrance to the targets.

When reloading is complete, close the roof, place thecone in front of the house out of sight of the trap posts,



**Have a Safe, Happy Easter!!**



Bull Shooter MAY 2009

Schedule: 2nd Meehan Memorial Shoot

3rd Trap & Sporting Clays NBL @ Newman






30th & 31st Round Robin @ VOMTC










only.


Caretaker _ Tom Koehn (707) 933-0306Rifle/Pistol Range Master _ Dave Lenci (707) 255-1992Membership _ Charlie Marino (707) 933-9536 (5 p.m. to 9pm _ Please)Newsletter _ Marv Schmidt (415) 381-8345, E-mail: [email protected]

Sunday Work Coordinator _ Monte Springer (707) 604-7278 [email protected]

Accounting & Advertising _ Janet Keiser (707) 996-4331Hunter Safety _ Sam Grow, NRA Certified Instructor (707) 648-0410





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Here’s What’s New!

Round Robin: Valley of the Moon hosts the third leg ofthe Round Robin shoot on May 30 & 31. Saturday is for

VOM members and Sunday is for the visiting club

shooters.

New Members-There is a moratorium on new membersjoining the club. New members will be accepted at the

June 2nd Board of Directors meeting. Prior to applying

for club membership, future applicants must have shotfour separate public days of either trap or sporting clays

with those dates recorded by the office before a

membership application will be offered.

Rifle/Pistol Range As was mentioned in the April

newsletter, we are making progress on reopening therifle-pistol range. However and here is the “rub”, the

Board of Directors has mandated that a trained Range

Supervisor be present any time the range is open. Forthis to happen, six to eight trained “volunteers” need to

be instructed in NRA Range safety and management and

then be able donate ten to twelve hours of time per month

at the range. We are looking at three days a week (Tues., Thurs.,

Sat.) from 9am to 3pm. Rifle shooters would shoot in the

morning and pistols in the afternoon. There are a number

of new rules BUT the most important thing is if we

don’t get these VOLUNTEERS the Range

stays closed!!!! If you want to help and can donate some time, callDave Lenci at (707) 255-1992.

Trap no. 2 is the designated non-public day practice

trap. Starting on May 1st, trap 5 will also be available

for doubles shooters on non-public days.


non-public days, please remember to sign in on the sheeton the table and print your name and member number

legibly so we know who’s who.

Upcoming Events

2009 Round Robin: Lake County May 16-17 VOMTC May 30-31

Pt Arena June 27-28

Ukiah July 18-192009 North Bay League: Newman May 3

VOMTC June 14


Livermore August 2


Workers Corner

TO ALL CLUB MEMBERS

Beginning on May 1st, Monte Springer will be our

Sunday workers coordinator taking over the “reins” from

Jan and Bill Miller. Monte’s contact info is now shownon the contact page of the newsletter and of course if you

can e-mail him that is best or if you call him leave a

message if there is no answer. Listed below arescheduled workers for May, June and July.

WORKERS CORNER

MAY JUNE

3RD Ted Vervais, Nick

Weeks, JoeBrambrink Don

Ridenhour

7th Cody Harris, John Quigley,

Robert Nunes III, & Stan Cook

10TH Tim & Donna Ryan,

Mark Rose JoeBrambrink

14th George Borba, Larry &

Karen Fuller, Rod Jamieson, EdReinfeld, Bill Gahan, DaveCerini, Steve Barloggi, Ian

Cooley, Greg Collins, LeslieClark, Richard Konecky, DamienMagnini, Rein Plakk, Marc Rose,

Anthony McDaniel, Louis Lori,Robert Samson, Lubor Maly,Adam Welsh, Al Crivelli & Tony

Zitko Gary Sweeden

17TH John Murphy Frank

Darien Don Ridenhour

Richard Kramer

21st Paul Rodman, Todd

Steuteville, Judy Schroeder & PatKarinen

24TH Adam Welsh, Tony

ZitkoDana Goleno

28th Richard Fisher, Cody Harris,

John Bennet & Greg Knittel

30TH Al Crivelli, Mike

FrancesStrohmeyer

Marc Davies, John Spence,

Meagher Casey BodenJoe Turner Bill Gahan,

Gordon Cort, Kent Payne,Kelly Webb

31ST Ed Reinfeld, Rein

Plakk, Marc Power,

Ray Shurtz, RobertButler, Rick Franco,George Borba

Bill Davis, Terry McClarnonDave Cerini, Junior. Holland

Troy Taylor, Dan Mercury,Paul Rodman, Mike Curtain

July 5: Melody Samuelson, Jim McVeigh, Mike Caselli

& Tom Ellis

July 12: Darin Cravea, Nicholas Harris, Ron Stepan &

Sid FinleyJuly 19: Robert Birkland, Jr., Stuart Morris, Melinda

Harris & Gene Kelly

July 26: Ron Patterson, Benjamin Laurance, AlexMcTaggart & Russell Hubbard


you know you can work rather than us assigning you adate. There are 3 easy ways of signing up:



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Call (707) 604-7278 or (preferred) e-mail [email protected]

As a very important last reminder, in order to







WORKING!!

Components Sales


on Sundays and Wednesdays. Shot is now $28 per bag.Cheddite primers have gone up again to $32 per

thousand, or $155 per case of 5,000. Fiocchi and

Winchester shells will now be $6.00 per box of 25 and$55 per flat of ten boxes of 12 gauge shells.

HAPPIER TRAPSHOOTING

WITH VOICE CALLS & TOKENS By Floyd Dean

Thirty-three years ago, for me, was the golden age of

trap shooting. You had the BIG GUNS at that time.. This

was the time of the score keeper/puller; if you had a goodpuller, your score would also be good.

Now, thirty-three years later, we have the Voice Call.

All problems should be solved. It will save targets,money, reduce manpower, and eliminate slow pulls and

fast pulls. But, there is a trick to using the voice call

system. It can be frustrating unless used properly.

If you think about it and understand how the voice callsystem works you will always get a target on time and

have no need to ever curse the machine or, heaven forbid,

the poor score keeper. He is only a volunteer trying tohelp you and has no power over these electronic devices.

It is the shooter who has the absolute power of how he

or she will get a target on the voice command, ‘PULL’. I

made a little study of how this voice call system worksand I have learned that there is an adjustable time delay

in the system of say, 1 - 20 seconds, or so. Also, it seems

that the BATTERY powered units are a little slower thanthe HARD WIRED ones. I do not know how or why this

is the case. Other variables are the different trap

machines. Some are just slower than others. Sometimesthere might even be the wrong viscosity of oil in a given

unit.

Never the less, if you want to have a good shooting

experience, you may want to incorporate these simplesuggestions. You might even need to adjust your shooting

style to accommodate the voice call machine.

SCOREKEEPER

#1- SCOREKEEPER —To save targets, theSCOREKEEPER MUST NOT turn on the button until all

of the shooters are ready to shoot, call out, ‘The line is

hot’.#2- SCOREKEPER must TURN OFF the button as the

5th shooter calls, ‘pull’ and fires the 5th shot on a given

station. Call, ‘lost’

or, ‘dead’ and say, ‘change’ then read off the scores.#3-SCOREKEEPER must TURN OFF the button when

shooters are moving voice call units or changing stations.

SHOOTER

#1-SHOOTER- To get started make sure you put a coin

in the machine, and above all make sure it registers.

#2-SHOOTER- To save targets DO NOT TALK while

others are shooting. Close guns at the most opportune

time. That is, when a shooter has fired a shot. Thisespecially applies to the pump and auto shotgun.

#3-SHOOTER- To get a target right on time you do nothave to yell your head off. Louder will not help. However

it’s important that you use the most simple, strong one

word/syllable to call for the bird so the machine can

respond to your voice. And, you need a clear soundtunnel from your mouth to the microphone. A left-handed

shooter should have the unit on his or her right side and a

right-handed shooter should have it on his or her left side.Do not call pull through you gunstock.

Also, as the #1 post shooter breaks the target, if youare the #2 post shooter, YOU MUST WAIT 5 - 8 seconds

after he calls for the target before you call, ‘pull’. That is

because it takes that long for the machine to recycle and

get ready to throw another target. Again, the elapsed timebetween when Post #1 calls ‘pull’ until Post #2 calls,

‘pull’ must be a minimum of 5 - 8 seconds, period.

Some shooters use the following method to be sure that

they wait long enough for the machine to be ready.

Mount your gun when the previous shooters target eitherbreaks and the smoke cloud blows away or the target

lands in about 5 seconds. Try it you will like it.

BE SAFE AND HAVE FUN SHOOTING.

**Have a Safe Memorial Day!!**


Bull Shooter JUNE 2009 Schedule: 2nd Board Meeting 7pm—7:45pm (Board Members Only)



14th North Bay League

21st Trap & Sporting Clays





Trap #2 is open for practice using tokens and voice calls. Tokens are available at the

Office on Sundays and Wednesdays and from FKS Sporting Goods at

20525 Broadway in Sonoma.




Law Enforcement Organizations……See below…


only.

Key Contacts: President − John Ginocchio (707) 931-0470 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Only – Please)

Caretaker − Tom Koehn (707) 933-0306

Rifle/Pistol Range Master − Dave Lenci (707) 255-1992

Membership − Charlie Marino (707) 933-9536 (5 p.m. to 9pm − Please)

Newsletter − Marv Schmidt (415) 381-8345, E-mail: [email protected]

Sunday Work Coordinator − Monte Springer (707) 604-7278

[email protected]

Accounting & Advertising − Janet Keiser (707) 996-4331

Hunter Safety − Sam Grow, NRA Certified Instructor (707) 648-0410 Club House Phone -- (707) 938-9874 e-mail [email protected]




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President’s Message Check out the new look of the club website at www.vomtc.org with its new layout and new photo albums. If anyone has need of an E-Z Lift trailer hitch, I have one in very good condition for sale at a reasonable

price. Call or see me at the club… John Ginocchio

Here’s What’s New! New Members- New members will be accepted at the June 2nd Board of Directors meeting. Prior to applying for club membership, future applicants must have shot four separate public days of either trap or sporting clays before a membership application will be offered.

Dues Renewal Time

Dues renewal forms will be mailed out in the coming two weeks. Please fill out the accompanying info sheet and please mail it to the return address shone. Do not drop it off at the club or give it to a board member as that usually causes more problems than it is worth..

Rifle/Pistol Range

GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS; We hope to have

the range open before July 1. We have a group of

volunteers who are being trained on the Clubs rules

and proper range management. The BAD NEWS is

there will be very firm rules pertaining to the use of

the facility!!!

The range will be open ONLY when an authorized

Range Officer is present.

The range will ONLY be open to MEMBERS &

THEIR CHILDREN UNDER 18!!!

ALL SHOOTERS MUST wear eye and ear protection

Members MUST check in with the Range Officer

after paying the fee and show proof of membership.

No full automatic weapons allowed. No incendiary

(tracer) ammunition. No shooting from any other

point other than designated positions. No one may be

at the shooting bench or with weapons in hand while

targets are being changed.

Should a dispute occur, the Range Officer will have

the final authority!!!

The range is to be open Tues. Thurs., and Sat.

Exceptions will occur for Law Enforcement training.

A schedule of open days will be in the monthly

Newsletter. Hours will be from 9AM to 3PM. Rifle

shooters in the AM and Pistol shooters in the PM…

ALL SHOOTERS are expected to pickup their brass

and targets when they are finished!!!

Trap No. 6 New shooters at our Sunday practice shoots are requested to join Charlie Marino at trap 6 for initial trap shooting tutoring which includes firearm safety, basic trap shooting tips, and trap machine loading instructions.

Stinking Badges! Please have your club membership card visible or readily available when on the club grounds.

WORKERS CORNER

JUNE JULY

7th Cody Harris, John Quigley, Robert Nunes III, Stan Cook

5TH Melody Samuelson, Jim McVeigh, Mike Caselli Tom Ellis

14th

NORTH BAY

LEAGUE

SHOOT

George Borba, Larry & Karen Fuller, Rod Jamieson, Ed Reinfeld, Bill Gahan, Dave Cerini, Steve Barloggi, Ian Cooley, Greg Collins, Leslie Clark, Richard Konecky, Damien Magnini, Rein Plakk, Marc Rose, Anthony McDaniel, Louis Lori, Robert Samson, Lubor Maly, Adam Welsh, Tony Zitko Gary Sweeden

12TH Darin Cravea, Nicholas Harris, Ron Stepan Sid Finley

21st Paul Rodman, Todd Steuteville, Judy Schroeder & Pat Karinen

19TH Robert Birkland Jr, Stuart Morris, Melinda Harris Gene Kelly

28th Richard Fisher, Cody Harris, John Bennet Greg Knittel

26TH Ron Patterson, Benjie Laurance, Alec McTaggart Russell Hubbard


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It is easier for us and better for you to pick your dates you know you can work rather than us assigning you a date. There are 3 easy ways of signing up:


Call (707) 604-7278

E-mail [email protected]

As a very important last reminder, in order to receive credit for working, you “must” sign the work log located in the club house. Please write the total hours worked (“all day” is not a viable


NAME LEGIBLY AND “SIGN” THE LOG TO INSURE

THAT YOU RECEIVE CREDIT FOR WORKING!!

Please Sign In!!! When using the practice trap (#2) on

non-public days, please remember to sign in on the

sheet on the table and print your name and member number legibly so we know who’s who. If you have a guest but do not have non-member tokens, please have them sign in and drop $10 in an envelope in the slot on the

office window.

SUNDAY WORKER DUTIES

NOTE: The 5 stand shooters take care of their traps & scoring. Sunday workers may be asked to haul targets (standard or sporting clays) to the sporting clay traps. All other traps to remain open until there are no more shooters - approx. 4-5 hours.1. Bring in wood for the stove & fireplace during cooler weather days. Use and return wood cart from garage.2. Place score cards at traps 2, 3 & 4.3. Fill traps using mower/tractor from garage and small trailer kept behind garage. Traps 2 & 3 should have 12 cases of clays, traps 4, 5, & 6 should have 8 cases.

4. Set up speakers on traps 2, 3, & 4. Speakers may be

required for trap No. 5 if there are doubles shooters. 5. Score for traps #2 & #3. There must be a club member at trap #2 at all times in order to help the general public and insure that firearm safety rules are obeyed.6. When shooting is finished, lock traps up, put speakers away, No. 2 set goes in club house, and take score cards to office.7. Please properly fill out and sign work log in clubhouse before leaving.

Components Sales

The component room hours are from 12 noon to 1pm on Sundays and Wednesdays. Due to limited availability of shot, we are limiting purchases to 100 lbs per member (4 bags) per month at $28 per bag. Cheddite primers have

gone up again to $27 per thousand, or $135 per case of 5,000. Winchester shells will now be $6.50 per box of 25 and $60 per flat of ten boxes of 12 and 20 gauge shells. Fiocchi 1oz. 12 ga. shells are available at $55 per flat in #8 and #7.5 shot.

Fire Arm & Trap Machine Safety For those of you who are new to the club or are unfamiliar with the safe care and operating of our trap machines, the following is a short primer on safe operating procedures. There is a switch box mounted inside the right forward wall of the trap house with two toggle switches. The rear switch is an on off control for the pump motor and the front switch is the arm release control. It is a three position toggle switch ( up is on, down is off, and pushing below down releases the arm to the safe position). Caution, be sure the area in front of the trap is clear of people, animals, or vehicles before releasing the arm!!! When reloading the machine, release the arm which throws the target on the table. The red launch arm will then be visible on the left side of the machine. Place the orange safety cone on top of the roof and slide the roof back to gain entrance to the targets. When reloading is complete, close the roof, place the cone in front of the house out of sight of the trap posts, turn the release switch back on and collect the empty bird cartons and you’re ready to shoot again.

Upcoming Events

2009 Round Robin: VOMTC May 30-31 Pt Arena June 27-28 Ukiah July 18-19

2009 North Bay League: VOMTC June 14 Newark @ Livermore July 12 Livermore August 2 NBL Grand @ Martinez September 13

**Happy Fathers Day!!**




Bull Shooter JULY 2009

Schedule: 5th Trap & Sporting Clays



11th Saturday—Lee Williams Memorial Club Shoot










Pistol / Rifle Range: Reopening July 14th

Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday with exceptions for

Law Enforcement organization use. Hours: Rifle 9am—12pm Pistol 12—3pm


only.


Caretaker _ Tom Koehn (707) 933-0306Rifle/Pistol Range Master _ Dave Lenci (707) 255-1992Membership _ Charlie Marino (707) 933-9536 (5 p.m. to 9pm _ Please)Newsletter _ Marv Schmidt (415) 381-8345, E-mail: [email protected] Work Coordinator _ Monte Springer (707) 604-7278

[email protected]

Accounting & Advertising _ Janet Keiser (707) 996-4331Hunter Safety _ Sam Grow, NRA Certified Instructor (707) 648-0410





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President’s Message Long time club member Charlie De Martini is steppingdown from his seat on the board of directors, Charlie has

been a member of the club for over forty years and has

been the go to guy for keeping the club running feast,flood, fun, and everything in between! We deeply

appreciate Charlie’s selfless donation of time and energy

in making this club the great facility it has come to

be…..Thank you ……. John Ginocchio

Here’s What’s New!Club Shoot On Saturday July 11th, a club shoot is

planned to honor the memory of Lee Williams, afounding member of Valley of the Moon Trap Club.

Price of $30 will include 100 fun targets and a potluck

lunch so plan to attend a fun event in memory of a great

guy.New Members- New members will be accepted at the

July 7th Board of Directors meeting. Prior to applying for

club membership, future applicants must have shot fourseparate public days of either trap or sporting clays

before a membership application will be offered.

Welcome New MembersPlease welcome new members Chuck Baker, Lou Lesko,

Noah Nordhoff, and Scott Peterson to our club.

Dues Renewal Time Dues renewal forms have be mailed out and are payable

now. Please fill out the accompanying info sheet and

please mail it to the return address shown. Do not drop itoff at the club or give it to a board member as that usually

causes more problems than it is worth.

In Memoriam It is with great sadness that we report the passing of

long time member Bill Miller. Bill will always beremembered for his willingness to jump in to help with

club related jobs that needed to be done. We extend our

deepest condolences to Jan and their family.

Rifle/Pistol RangeGOOD NEWS; The range will reopen on July 14.The range is to be open Tues. Thurs., and Sat. Exceptions will occur for Law Enforcementtraining. A schedule of open days will be in the monthlyNewsletter. Hours will be from 9AM to 3PM. Rifleshooters in the AM and Pistol shooters in the PM… The range will ONLY be open to MEMBERS &

THEIR CHILDREN UNDER 18!!!

The range will be open ONLY when an authorized

Range Officer is present. Members MUST check in with the Range Officerafter paying the fee and show proof of membership. No full automatic weapons allowed. ALL SHOOTERS MUST wear eye and earprotection No one may be at the shooting bench or withweapons in hand while targets are being changed ALL SHOOTERS are expected to pickup theirbrass and targets when they are finished!!!

The purpose of the Range Officer is to insure thatproper rules and etiquette of range management arefollowed. We hope the changes made to the range operationwill ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for ourmembers.

New shooters at our Sunday practice shoots are

requested to join Charlie Marino at trap 6 for initial trapshooting tutoring which includes firearm safety, basic

trap shooting tips, and safe trap machine loading

instructions.

Stinking Badges! Please have your club membership

card visible or readily available when on the club grounds

WORKERS’CORNER In case you all weren’t aware, along with the new

membership year which starts July 1st, comes a new

work year for those new and returning members who didnot pay to opt out of the 12 hours of Sunday work detail.

Through July, Janice Miller has been kind enough to

assign workers. Beyond that, I will be assigning the

workforce. I will attempt to contact you in person, byphone, or by e-mail. No other form of notification will be

implemented. For this reason, it is imperative that you

complete and return the personal information formincluded with your membership renewal forms. If and

when I do contact you, and you decide that you are not

available for the date I had in mind, you will be requiredto assign your own work date at that time. Only limited

exceptions will be made. If any of you have preferred

dates in advance, please contact me directly and make me

aware of your choices well ahead of time. If I am not ableto contact you as described above, a date will be assigned

none-the-less. It is your responsibility as a member to be

present on your assigned work dates to help the clubfunction in a safe and relatively effortless manner.

Failure to comply will result in a fine of seventy five

dollars per incident up to a maximum of two hundred


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and twenty-five dollars per membership year. Failure to

pay the fine or fines within 30 days will result in loss ofmembership without the possibility of re-instatement. To

date, many members have aligned themselves with

V.O.M.T.C. and have not performed their roll as a

participating club member. In an effort to make and keepit fair for all members, this new approach to scheduling

will be implemented as of the beginning of the 2009 /

2010 membership year. Last but not least, the club wouldlike to extend a special thank you to all of the members

who realize the true value of what we are privileged to be

a part of and have gone above and beyond what wasrequired of them in the past. I look forward to seeing you

all at the range.

Monte Springer / V.O.M.T.C. Work ScheduleCoordinator

Telephone (707)604-7278 or (preferred) e-mail

[email protected] sure to include V.O.M.T.C. in the subject line of all e-

mails.

As a very important last reminder, in order to







WORKING!!

WORKERS CORNER

JULY AUGUST

5TH Melody Samuelson,

Jim McVeigh,

Mike Caselli

Tom Ellis

2ND Dan Canet, NoahNordhoff, Gloria &Geoffrey Brecher

12TH Darin Cravea,

Nicholas Harris,

Ron Stepan

Sid Finley

9TH Greg Hanson,

Chuck & ArleneWaltman, BertVarner

19TH Robert Birkland Jr,

Stuart Morris,

Melinda Harris

Gene Kelly

16TH Terry McClarnon,Bill Newhart, Mike

Malone

26TH Ron Patterson,

Benjie Laurance,

Alec McTaggart

Russell Hubbard

23RD Phil Deshazo Jan

Sides, RonTitus

30TH Scott Peterson,Doug Feudner,

Stan Cook

As an important reminder, Sunday workers

should be present at 9:00 A.M. to prepare the

trap range. In order to receive credit for

working, workers must fill in and sign the

work log located within the club house on their

scheduled work date.

Please Sign In!!! When using the practice trap (#2) on

non-public days, please remember to sign in on the

sheet on the table and print your name and member

number legibly so we know who’s who. If you have a

guest but do not have non-member tokens, please havethem sign in and drop $10 in an envelope in the slot on

the office window.

Components Sales

The component room hours are from 12 noon to 1pmon Sundays and Wednesdays. Due to limited availability

of shot, we are limiting purchases to 100 lbs per member

(4 bags) per month at $28 per bag. Cheddite primers

have gone up again to $28 per thousand. Winchestershells will now be $6.50 per box of 25 and $60 per flat of

ten boxes of 12 and 20 gauge shells. Fiocchi 1oz. 12 ga.

shells are available at $55 per flat in #8 and #7.5 shot.

NRA Since we are again submitting grant request

forms to the NRA to fund needed

improvements to our facilities we must remind

you that we are required to be a 100% NRA

membership club to qualify for these grants.So if your NRA dues need renewing, let us

know in the office and you can renew or join through the

club at a savings of $10. If you haven’t completed yourclub info sheet included in the dues renewal packet,

please do so immediately and be sure your NRA number

is correct.

Upcoming Events

2009 Round Robin: Ukiah July 18-19

2009 North Bay League: Newark @ Livermore July 12

Livermore August 2


** Have a Safe & ** Happy July 4th!!



Bull Shooter NOVEMBER 2009

Schedule: 1ST Trap & Sporting Clays 3rd Board Meeting 7pm—7:45pm (Board Members Only) General Membership 8pm—9pm 7th PITA Multi-plex Shoot 8th Trap & Sporting Clays 15th Trap & Sporting Clays 22nd Turkey Shoot

27th Trap (Thanksgiving Friday) 29th Trap & Sporting Clays

Trap: Wednesday and Sunday: Open to the Public 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Fees: Members $3.00, Non-members $6.00, juniors (17 and under) $2.00Monday thru Saturday (Except Wednesday)

Trap #2 is open for practice using tokens and voice calls. Tokens are available at the Office on Sundays and Wednesdays

Sporting Clays: Sundays Only: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Fees: Members $5.00, Non-members $8.00, juniors (17 and under) $3.00

Pistol / Rifle Range: Open for members only: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays with exceptions forLaw Enforcement organization use. Hours: Rifle 9am—12pm Pistol 12—3pm

Wednesday Shoots: Start around 10ish and continue to 2pm or so. Open to the public for trap shootersonly.

Key Contacts: President _ John Ginocchio (707) 931-0470 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Only – Please)Caretaker _ Tom Koehn (707) 933-0306Rifle/Pistol Range Master _ Dave Lenci (707) 255-1992Membership _ Charlie Marino (707) 933-9536 (5 p.m. to 9pm _ Please)Newsletter _ Marv Schmidt (415) 381-8345, E-mail: [email protected] Work Coordinator _ Monte Springer (707) 604-7278

[email protected] & Advertising _ Janet Keiser (707) 996-4331Hunter Safety _ Sam Grow, NRA Certified Instructor (707) 648-0410


Club Hours: 9am to 5pm (9pm during special events). As always, weather permitting. Valley of the Moon Trap Club / P.O. Box 534 Vineburg, CA 95487-0534


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President’s Message Raffle tickets are available at $10 each for a drawing tobe held at the December 20th meat shoot. First prize willbe a beautiful new Remington 1100 Classic Trap12 gaugeshot gun, second prize, 2 flats of shells, and third prize,one Flat of shells. Check at the office for tickets. Still looking for some eager “volunteers” to haul agrowing supply of firewood from both Bill Melson’s andJohn’s place to the club. Truck would be helpful and ofcourse work credit hours would be granted. Pleasecontact Monte or myself if you can help…....Thank you ……. John Ginocchio

Phil Simpson Memorial Shoot Over seventy shooters participated in the third annualPhil Simpson memorial fun shoot and raffle on October10th. Todd, Lisa, Carol, and the rest of the Simpson clanas well as Jim Elam, and John Sculatti helped run anothergreat event with lots of good prizes, food and a fantasticraffle drawing with well over a hundred prizes.Here’s What’s New! November will be a busy month here at the clubstarting on Saturday the 7th with the first of the PITAmulti-plex Lewis purse shoots. These consist of three 50target events (singles, handicap, and doubles) with thescores sent to the PITA office in Oregon which computesthe three Lewis class winners for each event and thenmails them the checks. For more info, check the postersin the clubhouse or go to the vomtc.org or www.shootpita.com websites. On Sunday the 22nd, we are hosting our annualThanksgiving turkey shoot with 140 large turkeys to won.This is our biggest meat shoot of the year with shootersfrom far and wide in attendance so get there early astickets go on sale at 9 am and shooting starts at 9:30.

NEW SHOOTERS at our Sunday practice shoots arerequested to join Charlie Marino at trap 6 for initial trapshooting tutoring which includes firearm safety, basictrap shooting tips, and safe trap machine loadinginstructions.Stinking Badges! Please have your club membershipcard visible or readily available when on the club groundsNew Members- New members will be accepted at theNovember 3rd Board of Directors meeting. Prior toapplying for club membership, future applicants musthave shot four separate public days of either trap orsporting clays before a membership application will beoffered.

Lunches Lunches are being served again on Sundays fora nominal price of $5. MMMMmmm good!! November Lunch Menu $5.00 1st Sloppy Joes & baked beans 8th Beef stew & corn muffins 15th Chicken fried steaks, mashed potatoes & gravy 22nd Turkey shoot…Ham, scalloped potatoes, salad.. 29th Tri-tip, green salad & French bread

Please Sign In!!! When using the practice trap (#2) onnon-public days, please remember to sign in onthe sheet on the table and print your name and membernumber legibly so we know who’s who. If you have non-member guests, please have red tokens available, andwhite tokens for juniors 17 and under. Any time you use trap 2 and you’re the last personthere, please put the equipment away before youleave!!!Welcome New MembersTom Bates, Tim Hastings, Lee Reisinger, Greg Wilkins,and Mark Zeller have recently joined our membership.Welcome aboard to all!

NRA “A well regulated Militia,being necessary to thesecurity of a Free State, theright of the people to keepand Arm bears, shall not be

infringed.” Second Amendment,U.S. ConstitutionSince we are again submitting grant requestforms to the NRA to fund needed improvementsto our facilities we must remind you that we arerequired to be a 100% NRA membership club toqualify for these grants. So if your NRA dues needrenewing, let us know in the office and you can renew orjoin through the club at a savings of $10. If you haven’tcompleted your club info sheet included in the duesrenewal packet, please do so immediately and be sureyour NRA number is correct. Of course if you are not yet an NRA member or yourmembership has expired, no worries come by the cluboffice and we will provide you with the necessary formsand even send it in for you! Payment may be with cash,check, or credit card and you get a $10 discount forrenewing through the club.


3WORKERS CORNER Thank you to those of you who have shown up andupheld you commitment to the club and it’s members byworking and helping to keep the club a safe place for allto enjoy. See you at the range. Monte Springer / Work Schedule CoordinatorTelephone (707)[email protected] sure to include V.O.M.T.C. in the subject line of allcorresponding e-mails.WORKERS SCHEDULE

NOVEMBER DECEMBER

4TH Jerry Routh,GeneAnderson,Dick Marchant

6TH Steve Mack, LaddMiyasaki, PhilDeshazo

8TH Jerry Routh,GeneAnderson,Dick Marchant

13TH Joe Burroughs,Joe Brambrink,Lou Morton

15TH Richard King,Poul Poulsen,Dave Stanley

20TH X-MASMEAT SHOOT

Christina Flandi,Iain Wilson, TomBates, GilBradshaw, MikeBurgess, ErrolHinton, RodJamieson

22ND Christ Flandi,Ron Titus,ElaineMerrill,Poul Poulsen,FrankDarienLes Clark,Iain Wilson,Mark Zeller,John Bennet,Gil Bradshaw,Errol Hinton,Greg Knittel ,Kent Payne,C. Gustafson

27TH Rick Franco

29th Richard King,Jim Gade, JoeBurroughs

As an important reminder, Sunday workersshould be present at 9:00 A.M. to prepare thetrap range. In order to receive credit forworking, workers must fill in and sign thework log located within the club house on

their scheduled work date. Please write the total hours worked (“all day” is not aviable answer).

SUNDAY WORKER DUTIES NOTE: There is a check list outlining the duties thatthe Sunday workers are responsible for that is attached to

the workers log sheet in the club house. If you arescheduled for Sunday duty please read that list.

Rifle/Pistol RangeGOOD NEWS; The range is open TuesdaysThursdays, and Saturdays from 9AM to 3PM. Rifleshooters in the AM and Pistol shooters in the PM… Please note that the following dates for range usehave been reserved by law enforcement agencies: The range is ONLY open to MEMBERS &THEIR CHILDREN 17 & UNDER!!!The range will be open ONLY when an authorizedRange Officer is present. Members MUST pay the fee and sign in with therange safety officer. Remember, you must have your clubmembership card available if you want toshoot. No exceptions!! ALL SHOOTERS MUST wear eye and earprotection. No one may be at the shooting bench or withfirearms in hand while targets are being changed.

Components Sales The component room hours are from 12 noon to 1pmon Sundays and Wednesdays.

Fiocchi 1oz. 12 ga. shells are available at $55 per flatin #8 and #7.5 shot. Remington Gun Club shells are nowavailable at $55.00 a flat in 2 _ Dram #8 and 3 Dram # 7_ size shot, 1 1/8 oz loads.

We are back in the shot business with # 8 & # 7 _shot at $25 a bag and limited supplies of powder andprimers are occasionally available.

Upcoming Events :

November 22nd: Thanksgiving Turkey ShootDecember 5th: Multi-plex shootDecember 20th: X-mas meat shoot

**HAPPY THANKSGIVING**

PITA Multi-Plex Shoot 5th

Trap & Sporting Clays 6th


Christmas Meat Shoot 20th


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December Schedule

Valley of the Moon Trap Club P.O Box 534,

Vineburg, CA 95487-0534

www.VOMTC.org

THE LATEST BULL! President’s Message Raffle tickets are available at $10 each for a drawing to be held at the December 20th meat shoot. First prize will be a beautiful new Remington 1100 Classic Trap12 gauge shot gun, second prize, 2 flats of shells, and third prize, one Flat of shells. Check at the office for tickets. Another quick note when putting empty clay target boxes and other items in the recycling PLEASE rip and break down the boxes so that they can lie flat and we get can more in them. Thank you, John Ginocchio

In Memoriam

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of founding member Jon (Jody) Ray on November 22nd after a long battle with cancer. We extend our deepest condolences to the Ray family and friends A memorial and remembrance gathering is planned for Saturday January 9th at the club. Here’s What’s New! We apologize for the sudden cancellation of the Thanksgiving turkey shoot. Our sup-plier at the last moment advised us that the price would be $.99 a pound which would have been prohibitive for both the club and the shooters. However, the Christmas meat shoot will be held as planned on December 20th with Salami and other meat prizes to be awarded. Lunch (salad, lasagna, & garlic bread) will be available and of course the raffle drawing will be held. December 5th will be the second of four PITA Multi-plex shoots, in which shooters from 22 clubs compete for four Lewis class payouts in three fifty target events. If you are not yet a PITA member, you can join at the shoot for a $10 fee. Prices are $20 per event plus a $2 CSTA fee. NEW SHOOTERS at our Sunday practice shoots are requested to join Charlie Marino at trap 6 for initial trap shooting tutoring which includes firearm safety, basic trap shooting tips, and safe trap machine loading instructions. Stinking Badges! Please have your club membership card visible or readily available when on the club grounds.

Club House (707) 938-9874

New Members will be accepted at the January 5th Board of Directors meeting. Prior to applying for club membership, future appli-cants must have shot four separate public days of either trap or sporting clays before a membership application will be offered. Thank you to those of you who have shown up and upheld you commitment to the club and it’s members by working and helping to keep the club a safe place for all to enjoy. See you at the range. Monte Springer / Work Schedule Coordinator Telephone (707)604-7278 [email protected] (Be sure to include V.O.M.T.C. in the subject line of all corresponding e-mails.) Lunches are being served again on Sundays for a nominal price of $6. Hours of serving are from Noon to 2.30pm MMMMmmm good!! We are looking for some “volunteers” to cook and help in the kitchen for our Very popular Sunday Lunches. If you would like to help, please call Pete at (707) 696-8634 or Lori at (707) 217-3267 Please Sign In!!! When using the practice trap (#2) on non-public days, Please remember to sign in on the sheet on the table and print your name and member number legibly so we know who’s who. If you have non-member guests, please have red tokens available, and white tokens for juniors 17 and under. Any time you use trap 2 and you’re the last person there, please put the equipment away before you leave!!! Welcome New Members & A Warm Welcome back to Michael Millerick Mike Burgess, Peter Malkassian, Cameron Stucky, Steven Fesler, Bill Silva, Richard Ostaggi, Cory Thurman, Lindsey Loveless, Jay Larson, Larry Hadley, David Lucas, and Thomas Frazer have recently joined our membership. Welcome aboard to all!

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6th Meatball Sandwich & Chips

13th Navy Bean Soup & French Bread

20th Meat Shoot…Lasagna, Salad & Garlic Bread

27th Chicken Noodle Soup & French bread

December Lunch Menu $6.00

Event Scheduled Trap— Wednesday and Sunday: Open to the Public 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fees: Members

$3.00, Non-Members $6.00, juniors (17 and under) $2.00 (Monday thru Saturday (Except Wednesday) Trap #2 is open for practice using tokens and voice calls. Tokens are available at the Office on Sundays and Wednesdays

Sporting Clays— Sundays Only: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fees: Members $5.00, Non-members $8.00, juniors (17 and under) $3.00

Pistol / Rifle Range— Open for members only: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays with exceptions for Law En-forcement organization use. Hours: Rifle 9am—12pm Pistol 12—3pm

Wednesday Shoots— Start around 10ish and continue to 2pm or so. Open to the public for trap shooters only.

Key Contacts: President − John Ginocchio (707) 931-0470 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Only – Please) Caretaker − Tom Koehn (707) 933-0306 Rifle/Pistol Range Master − Dave Lenci (707) 255-1992 Membership − Charlie Marino (707) 933-9536 (5 p.m. to 9pm − Please) Newsletter − Marv Schmidt (415) 381-8345, E-mail: [email protected] Sunday Work Coordinator − Monte Springer (707) 604-7278 [email protected] Accounting & Advertising − Janet Keiser (707) 996-433 Hunter Safety − Sam Grow, NRA Certified Instructor (707) 648-0410 Club House Phone -- (707) 938-9874 e-mail [email protected]

Club Hours: 9am to 5pm (9pm during special events). As always, weather permitting. Valley of the Moon Trap Club / P.O. Box 534 Vineburg, CA 95487-0534

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NRA — “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution. Since we are again submitting grant request forms to the NRA to fund needed improvements to our facilities we must remind you that we are

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5TH

PITA

MULTIPLEX

Rod Jamieson, Tim Hastings 2ND

PITA

MULTIPLEX

Steven Festler, Tom Frazer,

Rod Jamieson

6TH Steve Mack, Ladd Miyasaki, Phil Deshazo

3RD Joe Brambrink, Steve Bar-loggi, Lee Reisinger, Cam-eron Stuckey

13TH Joe Burroughs, Joe Brambrink,

Lou Morton

10TH Edward Zuk, Terry McClarnon, Les Clark,

Todd Steuteville

20TH X-MAS MEAT SHOOT

Christina Flandi, Iain Wilson, Tom Bates, Gil Bradshaw, Mike Bur-

gess, Errol Hinton, Rod Jamieson

17TH Bob Adra, Garret Andersen,

Judy Schroder, LA Taylor

27TH Rick Franco,

Louis Lesko,

Ed Reinfeld

24TH

31st

Ron Titus, Troy Taylor,

Otto Stelling

Cory Thurman, Wade Wood-ward, Lindsey Loveless

Worker’s Schedules

Rifle/Pistol Range GOOD NEWS: The range is open Tuesdays Thursdays, and Saturdays from 9AM to 3PM. Rifle shooters in the AM and Pistol shooters in the PM…Please note that the following dates for range use have been reserved by law enforcement agencies:

• The range is ONLY open to MEMBERS & THEIR CHILDREN 17 & UNDER!!! • The range will be open ONLY when an authorized Range Officer is present. Members MUST pay the fee and sign in with the range

safety officer. • Remember, you must have your club membership card available if you want to shoot. No exceptions!! • ALL SHOOTERS MUST wear eye and ear protection. • No one may be at the shooting bench or with firearms in hand while targets are being changed.

Components Sales :- The component room hours are from 12 noon to 1pm on Sundays and Wednesdays. Fiocchi 1oz. 12 ga. shells are available at $55 per flat in #8 and #7.5 shot. Remington Gun Club shells are now available at $55.00 a flat in 2 ¾ Dram #8 and 3 Dram # 7 ½ size shot, 1 1/8 oz loads. We are back in the shot business with # 8 & # 7 ½ shot at $25 a bag and limited supplies of powder and primers are occasionally available.

Volume 9 Issue 12

WORKERS CORNER Thanks once again to the workforce. It’s been a particularly good month at the club. The volunteers of late have been most attentive. On the other hand, I have had a fair amount of members who have not returned my calls and or e-mails. As a result I have decided to revert to scheduling as it has been done in the past. Basically the “few bad apples” scenario is being played out. I have developed a schedule for the remainder of the club year. If you have not ful-filled your obligation to the club during the first half of the year, you should expect to receive a copy of your personal schedule in the very near future via the USPS. If I can get some help from our trusty web-master, I will also post the full schedule on the web-site. Naturally it will be posted in the clubhouse as well as on a monthly basis in the newsletter. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing you all at the range. Monte Monte Springer / Work Schedule Coordinator Telephone (707)604-7278 [email protected] Be sure to include V.O.M.T.C. in the subject line of all corre-sponding e-mails. As an important reminder: Sunday workers should be present at 8:00 A.M. to prepare the trap range. In order to receive credit for working, workers must fill in and sign the work log located within the club house on their scheduled work date. Please write the total hours worked (“all day” is not a viable answer). SUNDAY WORKER DUTIES NOTE: There is a check list outlining the duties that the Sun-day workers are responsible for that is attached to the workers log sheet in the club house. If you are scheduled for Sunday duty please read that list.

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required to be a 100% NRA membership club to qualify for these grants. So if your NRA dues need renewing, let us know in the office and you can renew or join through the club at a savings of $10. If you have-n’t completed your club info sheet included in the dues renewal packet, please do so immediately and be sure your NRA number is cor-rect. Of course if you are not yet an NRA member or your membership has expired, no worries come by the club office and we will pro-vide you with the necessary forms and even send it in for you! Payment may be with cash, check, or credit card and you get a $10 dis-count for renewing through the club.

Upcoming Events December 5th: Multiplex shoot December 10th: Christmas Meat shoot & Raffle Drawing January 2nd & February 6th: Multiplex shoot

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