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Saginaw Field & Stream
Club Newsletter
Issue 02
February
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Tom Heritier, Editor
February is worth $600
February 20, 2015 Membership Meeting Program
if you are in your seat.
James Beyer
Annual Club Business Meeting,
Board Elections ect.
Was not in his seat
and did not collect
$600.00
Membership Meeting
February 19, 2015, 7 PM
Dinner Served at 6 PM
Menu
Beef Stew, Potato, Green
Beans, mixed veggies biscuits and pudding
A Ruger SR40C 40 cal
February Raffle
Don Squires
Won the LCP
Identification Statement
Saginaw Field and Stream Club Newsletter is
published monthly by the Saginaw Field and
Stream Club.
P O Box 2092, Saginaw, Mi 48605- 2092
NOTICE
The club mailing address
is now,
Volume 2015
The Archery Range
We have had a lot of activity in our newly remodeled archery range
and have had nothing but great compliments on the changes. I need
to give a big shout out and a thank you to everyone that helped with
this work. We hosted our SVAA FITA shoot the 1st weekend in January, but the weather didn’t help too much with turnout, but we still
managed to get about 100 shooters for the weekend. We just hosted
out 1st indoor 3D shoot this past weekend and turnout could have
been better, but everyone that shot it had a great time. Our next 3D
is scheduled for the 21st and 22nd of February. Indoor leagues have
started and are going good, remember if you want to come out and
shoot for fun on any league night you are more than welcome to join
in. Our J.O.A.D. program has really taken off; we have close to 40
kids this year. This is awesome considering when we started just 2
years ago, we had 11 kids! Remember to look for the outdoor 3D
shoot sign-up sheet in the archery building for this years shoots.
Rob Komyathy
1296 N Gleaner Rd
Saginaw, MI 48609 9495
Club Shooting Hours
Guest’s
Are as follows, 0800 AM until sunset, use you hunting guide to determine sunset. If there is an organized event under lights, that may go to
10 PM. The lights on ranges are for organized events only.
Anyone who is not immediate family is considered a guest and is required to pay the $5.00 guest fee. Mail Boxes are located on each
range. Immediate family is defined as, spouse, and minor children.
Club Administrative News
Expenses, $6,830.63
Income,
Building Donations
Financial Report
$22,057.28
Checking, $16,780.11
Savings,
$118,099.00
To Date
James L. De Clerck, Treasurer
$94,675.75
Membership Report February 2015
Mike Meyer
1631
General
Members
New General Members
Todd Borchard
Ryan P Coe
Daryl L Hartung
Brett Schoenmeyer
George Thompson
Stephen White
New Associate Members
Foin Doyle
Jonathan Shillington
Members Rejoining
Bill Cymbal II
John Rombach
Building Managers
Mike Meyer 989-274-4078
Greg King 989-694-4868
For rentals or questions
Please call
CCW Range
Paper Targets, Bowling pins
and hanging clay targets are
the only targets allowed on
the CCW range. Targets are
not to be hung from the pin
table covers!
91
Associate
Members
1722
Total
Membership
Todd Borders
Matthew Doyle
Devin Heyn
Steven Spellerberg
Tim A Way
Andrew Brady
Wayne D Glumm
Todd W Leonard
William Stein
Bill White
Kyle Malone
Jennifer Stein
Diane Porath
Danny McCloskey
William McNeil
Banquet DonorsThese Donors
Supported us big time, RETURN
THE FAVOR!
Dick Williams Guns
Shaper’s The Salon
Saint Charles Coin Shop
Gander Mountain
YMCA of Saginaw
Jim Redmond’s Auto Repair
Draper Toyota
Wohlfeil’s Hardware
Cooper’s Frame & Art
H & B Equipment
Country Club Dry Cleaners
Staples
Hi-Tech Optical Inc.
Wells Fargo Advisors
Euchre
Has returned to SFSC. If you have
time Thursdays from 1PM to 4 PM
in the club house. Doors open at
12 Noon.
Civilian Marksmanship Program
Saginaw Field and Stream Club is affiliated with the Civilian Marksmanship Program. Refer to Our Number
56200
All Memberships expire on
December 31st of the year.
Activities at Saginaw Field and Stream Club, February 2015
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
February 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Winter Traveling
Trap League
9AM
Archery League
10AM
Archery League
10 AM
Trap & Skeet
3PM
Archery league
7PM
Archery League
7pm
Thomas Twp
Archery
2-10PM
JOAD Archery
6-10PM
Youth Archery 812PM
10
Archery League
10 AM
Trap & Skeet
3PM
Archery league 7
Pistol Range
Committee 7 PM
11
12
13
Archery League
7pm
Thomas Twp
Archery
2-10PM
JOAD Archery
6-10PM
17
18
20
21
Archery League
10 AM
Trap & Skeet
3PM
Archery league
7PM
Archery League
7pm
19
Thomas Twp
Archery
2-10PM
JOAD Archery
6-10PM
Indoor 3-D Archery 8AM-4
Archery league
7 PM
8
9
Archery League
10AM
Archery league
7 PM
15
16
Boy Scout Camp Archery League
Out
10AM
Archery league
7 PM
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Trap & Skeet
10AM
14
Youth Archery 812PM
Trap & Skeet
10AM
Boy Scout Camp
Out
Trap & Skeet
10AM
DINNER 6 pm
Membership
Meeting 7PM
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Indoor 3-D Archery 8AM-4
Archery League
10AM
Archery league
7 PM
Board of Directors Meeting
7PM
Archery League
10 AM
Trap & Skeet
3PM
Archery league
7PM
Archery League
7pm
Thomas Twp
Archery
2-10PM
JOAD Archery
6-10PM
Youth Archery 812PM
Trap & Skeet
10AM
All Outdoors
Banquet 5PM
@ Horizons
March 1
2
Thomas Twp
Police
Pistol Range
10-2PM
Archery League
10AM
Archery league
7 PM
3
4
5
6
7
Archery League
10 AM
Trap & Skeet
3PM
Archery league
7PM
Archery League
7pm
Thomas Twp
Archery
2-10PM
JOAD Archery
6-10PM
Youth Archery 812PM
Archery
Call Rob @ 989-971-8540
Pistol
David 989-928-9821
www.saginawfieldandstream.com
Trap & Skeet
10AM
The web site calendar is updated
almost daily. The web site takes
precedence over this.
Please check the web site.
A Word from the President
Mike Meyer
Over the years, I have always had a problem with
“cabin fever” during the winter months. When I
was a youngster, I spent most of my free time
tromping thru Veitengruber woods and fishing in
the Dead Creek southwest of Frankenmuth.
Now, it seems that If I don’t get out of the house
every day, I go stir crazy. About 30 years ago, I
thought it would be a good idea to take up a winter sport, like skiing or something so I would have
an excuse to enjoy winter. At the time, one of my
buddies had gotten a new pair of skis, and wanted to sell his old ones. I think they were Rossignol Freestyles. Anyway, the local ski hill
(bump?) was advertising free lessons for beginners. So, I bought my buddy’s Rossi’s and headed out for lessons.
After a couple of years of this, I had eventually
gotten good enough to make it down the bunny
hill, and back up the rope tow almost every time
without any problems. Then another buddy and I
went up to Boyne and I had the experience of trying to get off a chair lift. Of course, when I finally
jumped off, I was totally out of control and
crashed into a group of skiers standing around in
the wrong place. Eventually my skis got stolen
and I had to find a new hobby, or go stir crazy
again.
About this time I was getting involved with skeet
shooting at our club and we would shoot night or
day, rain or shine, snow or freezing cold. I think I
was in my early 50’s and tolerated the cold a lot
better than I do now. That kept me busy during
the winter months (and the rest of the year) for
quite awhile. Then I kind of lost some interest in
skeet and never developed the same passion for
trap.
been so cold, I couldn’t go out to play for anything. Then my ex-boss called up and asked if I
wanted to come back to work on a contract basis.
I was so fed up with cold weather, I said yes. So
I worked (3 days a week) through that entire year
and quit the following April.
That brings us up to current times. I’ve become
more involved in the club and it fills up a lot more
of my time. But, I still get cabin fever. I can’t go
out pistol shooting, because my brass will get lost
in the snow. I can’t develop rifle loads for my
guns, because the cold weather produces inconsistent ballistic results. I’ve got several loads
loaded up and I can’t load any more until I see
how those shoot. I’ve got more than enough pistol cartridges loaded up and don’t have room to
store any more of them. I’ve actually been thinking of buying archery equipment again so I can
shoot at our indoor range. Our traveling winter
trap league started up again, so I get out to shoot
and visit with some of the guys from a couple of
other clubs. But, mostly, I just wait for winter to
go away.
Pistol Training Committee
The Pistol Training Committee has no programs or training
scheduled due to an apparent lack of interest.
CPL Classes and CPL Renewal Classes will resume in the
Spring. A Spring Training Schedule is currently being developed.
Please watch the newsletter for that schedule.
Our thanks go out to all range helpers and Range Safety Officers
Meanwhile, I had been retired from Delphi Steer- and Coaches who help support the program this past year.
ing for about three years and the cabin fever got
worse. One year, January and February had
January, 2015
NATURAL RESOURCES REPORT
The January meeting was unusually busy. It started
with a Finance Committee review of the spending
related to the license increase. Originally it was
anticipated that the revenue would be about $18
million for a full year. The first year revenue was
expected to be about $11.8 million (because it was
a part year); it came in at $7.8 million. The reduction was due to a drop in license sales of about 7%.
This reduction is within the expected resistance
percent anticipated because of the license increase.
I suspect, however, there were other factors involved with the decrease in license sales such as;
poor weather and heavy snows for the firearm deer
season opener. The spending lined up with the
plan presented when the increase was requested.
In other words, they spent it on what they said they
were going to spend it on. The forecast for 2015 is
$13 million which is based on a continuation of the
2014 revenue levels. The DNR has to be conservative in their spending planning because they cannot
over spend.
The Michigan Travel Commission and the NRC Marketing Committee had a joint meeting to discuss
common goals and marketing efforts. The Travel
Commission handles the Pure Michigan advertising.
If both of these efforts are successful, we should see
an increase in tourism from other states.
The Wildlife and Fisheries Committee presented an
analysis of water withdrawal impacts. As you might
imagine, lower water levels will cause a stream to
heat up. This is a particular problem with cold water species like trout. The DEQ presented their
rules on water withdrawal and how they work with
the DNR when granting permits. Pulling back a
permit when conditions change has never been
done and the DEQ is not sure how that could be
done. We just recovered from low water levels and
had that not happened we could have had situations
where granted water withdrawals could create unfavorable conditions.
As you are aware the Eastern Gray Wolf is back on
the endangered list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to file an appeal but it is not expected to be successful, least wise that’s been their
track record. There is a Wisconsin representative
who is preparing federal legislation to remove the
wolf from the endangered list and Michigan, Minnesota and Wyoming will be signing on to it. No hunt
in 2015.
The Graymont issue has been temporarily resolved
with the DNR denying the sale of the acreage in the
U.P. I say temporarily because I expect Graymont
to try again. There is proposed mineral rights exchange which is slated to happen. This exchange
has some problems which may cause it to denied as
well. The proposal cuts off the royalty fee after 2037
which would deny the state revenues for the sale of
its assets which is unconstitutional. If this is corrected the exchange may well proceed.
There were eighteen people signed up for the five
minute testimonies and another ten for the three minute. Normally I would have stayed and listened
but it was our club meeting night and I had to leave
early. I was totally disappointed of course.
Jim De Clerck
The Trap & Skeet Field
Mike Meyer
Our Traveling winter trap league is doing well. We’ve got seven or eight shooters from each of the three
clubs. Our next shoot will be February 1 at our place.
Saginaw Field & Stream Club held an eight target lead at the end of the first shoot. After our second shoot,
the race has tightened right up. Shiawassee has taken the lead, followed by Brant, one target down. Saginaw is in third place, two targets down
Trap and Skeet shooting has been kind of thin so far this month. Hopefully that will change soon, if the
weather starts to cooperate.
The following shooters broke 25 straight December 23rd through January 17th:
Trap
Skeet
25 Straight
25 Straight
These local businesses have gone out
of their way to support Saginaw Field
and Stream Club
Saginaw Auto Polishing
Print Express
Hammer Restoration
Dean Flora, D.C., M.S.
Monk's Tree Service, Inc.
Erskine's Feed & Supply
Apple Mountain
Bay Archery
Gary Warner & Sons Electric
Homecraft Companies
Hoffman's Power Equipment
Inc.
Lone Star Western Store
G.E. Masonry
Fasan Jager Upland Preserve
LLC
Bare's Sport Shop
NAPA Auto Parts of Shields
Totten Tire Center
PR Signature Stabilizers
A&A Painting, Shields
Sign Image, Shields
Tony’s Little Bambino’s Merrill
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Officers
President……… Mike Meyer
Vice President… Rob Komyathy
Membership Sec ..Joey Lee
Treasurer……… James L. De Clerck
Recording Sec..... .Greg King
989-274-4078
989-971-8540
989-996-0397
989-781-8871
989-695-4868
Club Grounds 989-642-8312
Committee Chairs
Rifle Range………..Rick Wendzik
Archery…………… Rob Komyathy
3-D Archery……… Rob Komyathy
Cowboy Action……Marty Bell
Trap & Skeet………Mike Meyer
Pistol Range………David Anderson
Black Powder……..Greg Menard
CPL Training……...Don Squires
Meeting Programs Charles Hoover
Volunteer Coordinator R. Komyathy
989-928-7658
989-971-8540
989-971-8540
989-585-3292
989-274-4078
989-928-9821
989-781-9332
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