3F Club 904 Swann Road Lewiston New York U.S.A.
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“Join the Three-F Family and become partners in Conservation.”
3F
Club 904 Swann
Road Lewiston New York U.S.A.
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NEWSLETTERS
Spring &
Summer 2009 Newsletter |
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See Jerry Farrell's Bird Banding Project ~ HERE |
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NRA CERTIFIED
PISTOL PERMIT CLASS $40.00 IN ADVANCE Phone for current dates |
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL Outdoor Shooting Range: We have some problems here that need to he resolved. Keys are not being returned, signup rules are not being followed, safety rules are not being followed, cleanup rules are not being followed, and the range and the equipment on the range are being misused and damaged. If these problems are not resolved then the Board will have to consider actions to he taken which would include shutting down the Outdoor range. You as members make the choice through your actions. Please see your 2008 Fall/Winter Club News HERE |
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Officers 2009 OFFICERS
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Directors
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| 3-F Club Summer Skeet League Results – Summer
2009 The Summer Skeet League at the 3-F Club is pure fun. Sure everyone is trying to shoot good scores, but the teams are made up by lottery draw. You don’t know who’s going to be on your team. As luck would have it, I ended up with Winter League team member Bruce Blakelock and we didn’t have a sponsor. We both ended up with the same idea to name it after our old friend Doug Stein who had passed away earlier this year. He would have liked our name, Doug’s Destroyers. Over the course of the 10 week league, we ended up tying for first place – something that has never happened before on any team Bruce and I have ever been on … or Doug. It came down to a doubles shoot off between R & R Door Service and I think that Doug may have helped on a couple of those birds. We won, earning our first ever title for any kind of shooting at the club. Doug would have been proud. Rich Falcone and Max Hillman ran the league again this year in fine fashion. This was Falcone’s report: In a shoot off for league champ and runner-up Doug’s Destroyers bested R & R Door. For the rest of the shoot-offs, Ventry’s Heating took out Johnson Hair System in Bracket I, with Gippsters Collision shooting by Den’s Gun Shop in Bracket II. To round out the team competition, Annes Boyz defeated Roses of Sharon. Each team had high scratch winners and high handicap winners. Individual standouts were League High scratch gun going to Jeff Ventry Sr. with a 248 out of a possible 250. League High handicap went to Ray Mahtook with a 232. Ladies high gun was awarded to Kimberly Alexander, a Lew-Port standout student, with the high youth award taken by Jeff Ventry Jr. of Sanborn. The final event for the day was a head to head, hotly contested, shoot-off for those who shot the .410. Gerry Gipp emerged as the winner with Rich Falcone second and Mark Webster third. The ten week league ended with everyone being involved in shoot-offs, consisting of a complete round of doubles, and a cookout that was enjoyed by everyone. |
| Friendly Freds Wins 3-F Winter Skeet
League - 2007/2008 Bill Hilts Jr. Friendly Freds was the top shooting team this year as the 3-F Club ended their 2007-08 Winter Skeet League in fine fashion. Members of the elite team included Nick Granto, Fred Vanoni, Jr., Dave and Scott Sobiegray, Dennis Coffey, Jr., Bill Black, Chris Vanoni and Justin Smith. While they took top honors as a team, they also had some impressive individual shooters on the team, as well. Bill Black of Wilson was the High Gun for the league with a scratch score of 494 birds out of a possible 500. Justin Smith of North Tonawanda led all youth shooters with scratch score of 478 birds out of a possible 500, not bad for the 16 year old. As a side note, congratulations are in order for 18-year-old Scott Sobiegray of Wheatfield, too. During the course of the league, he managed to win the Don Parker Memorial Shoot at the club by beating his father, Dave, in a shoot-off. Both shot 49 out of 50. High Handicap shooter for the Parker Shoot was Chuck Brolinski of Lewiston. Back to the Winter League: Other noteworthy accomplishments included Steve Besch of Lancaster tying Rick Siegman of Cambria for High Handicap in the league with a 469. Besch, who shot for the "Not Right" team, earned the win in a shoot-off. For the Youth Class, Ethan Borowicz of Niagara Falls was High Handicap. In the Divisional playoffs, R&R Garage Door won Division 1 and Fox Fence won Division 3. Dave Alexander of Lewiston shot a most excellent 25 of 25 in the playoff, a unique shoot involving doubles at all the stations. Division 2 was actually won by our team, Doug's Outboard. A special congratulation goes out to Karen Cinelli of Newfane who was High Handicap gun on our team. High Gun did NOT go out to either Doug Stein of Grand Island or Mike George of Niagara Falls - both of whom vowed to win that achievement at the beginning of the season. If you see either of those aging shooters, ask them who beat them. In the food department at the year-end banquet held at the 3-F Club, Jeff Baker led all eaters by consuming two whole prime ribs dinners as well as enough of everything else for two people, too! A good time was had by all. If you're looking for a fun activity to help fill in the winter months, you might want to consider joining this league. Whether it's a whole team of eight or one individual, the league officials are very accommodating. There were 14 teams in the league this past winter and there's plenty of room for more. Dave Sobiegray won this popular shoot for 2006/2007 |
NOTICE: Volunteers
needed for registered skeet shoot
at the club on the second full weekend in July
To read the details GO
HERE it is a PDF file
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HUNTER
SAFETY CLASSES NOTICES For more info call the club at 754-2293 |
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CLUBHOUSE HOURS: |
| We deserve a tip on the hat! Report By Bill Hilts Jr. The Fin-Feather-Fur Conservation Society (3-F Club) did it again when they walked away with the Genesee Country Traveling Skeet League title for the second straight year. Six different clubs are involved with the league, including Medina, Eden, East Aurora, Hamburg and Evans. One shoot is held at each club and the 3-F contingent managed to win five of them - giving them overall high team and the top five scorers in the league. In the trophy shoot for all the marbles, consisting of the top five average shooters from each club going head to head, the 3-F gang led the way with a score of 246 out of 250. Team members Nick Granto of Lewiston and Dave Sobiegray of Wheatfield each posted perfect 50 scores. They also teamed up to tie for the overall high gun in the league with scores of 296 out of a possible 300 targets. Other team members who shot in the championship were Bill Carpenter of Lewiston with a 48; Bill Black of Wilson with a 49; and Steve Zappy of Ransomville with a 47. Now you see what we're up against in that 3-F winter skeet league! Nice going, guys. |
FIN,
FEATHER & FUR CONSERVATION SOCIETY
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OUTDOORS
NEW RANGE
RULES;
when utilizing the Outdoor Range YOU MUST: 1-
SIGN-IN AT THE Clubhouse before shooting, listing, weapons/calibers
& Guests names. 2-
Obtain & fly warning flags 3-Park
& drive only in designated areas 4-You
must use the target frames/holders provided by the Club. Target sleds
are not to be moved. Bottles, Cans, or other items placed on the
backstop mound is prohibited 5-Shooting
position #1 must shoot on target #1, position #2 shoots on target#2 etc.
(This angles the shooter /shots away from structures beyond the back
stop) 6-SEMI-AUTOS,
MILITARY STYLE WEAPONS OR ASSAULT
RIFLES are to be fired Single Shot- NO RAPID FIRE Read the
other regulations in the Sign-up Book for the FAILURE
TO ABIDE
BY THE AFOREMENTIONED
RULES MAYBE GROUNDS TO LOOSE YOUR CLUB MEMBERSHIP RIFLE HUNTING:
NY State Deer Hunters
in two southern tier counties will be allowed to hunt deer with
rifles this fall. Members sighting-in their rifles on our outdoor range
should use extreme caution to ensure all rounds impact the backstop.
There have been several instances of rounds going over the backstop and
striking nearby structures. Fortunately no one has been struck, injured
or KILLED. The Board of Directors has cooperated with local authorities
regarding these incidents. If
someone is hurt or worse, killed because of your careless shooting, you
will be prosecuted, your family will loose you to a jail term and all
the members may loose their Club - we don’t want to loose our facility
due to the carelessness of a few members.
ONLY FIRE WELL AIMED SHOTS & BE SURE YOU'RE SHOOTING LOW
INTO THE BERM! Shortly
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FOLLOWING IS ARCHIVED FROM AN OLD NEWSLETTER Conservation Committee (Report) by Jerry Farrell, Rich Moore Last fall our duck pond really came into its own. As you know, the pond is fenced in and has a large capacity feeder. The feeder along with our own stocked mallards, draw in plenty of birds. At times we had about 250 ducks using the area to feed and rest. Most of the birds were mallards but many blacks, woodys and blue wing teal were witnessed. I know a lot of members enjoyed watching all the birds, traffic in and out, morning and evening, as we did. Next year we hope it will be even better. Before the freeze up came, we installed a circulator pump (purchased by the club) that circulates the water from the bottom of the pond to the surface. This along with the duck and goose activity, helps keep the water open even during our severe cold spells. This was certainly a good move, as the condition of our geese and ducks on the pond is excellent. They look more content than our hand-fed bleeders in the pens at the Conservation Building. Incidentally, we did lose one goose this winter but it appears to have been from natural causes. We also lost one hen pintail in the breeder pen, but thanks to "Frank Gilbert'' more are on the way, so keep your eyes open for their arrival. We'll have an added species to the program in the near future thanks to a couple of very interested members. More information on this in the near future. The committee is poised and awaiting Mallards 1973. For a while it appeared it would start in January, as the mallards were observed breeding in the breeder pens as well as the duck pond. Our fortunate return to winter shut this down (still spring, we hope) . This year we will raise about 300 birds for stocking, and make a special effort towards our wood ducks and goose propagation. Any members desiring to see this operation from eggs to ducks, has only to contact a member of the committee. This program has been educational to us and certainly can be to you also. The waterfowl program by the 3-F Club is a real effort in conservation and we are rapidly gaining notoriety, so get on down and take a look at what is happening. If any members have, or know of, bands from our stockings. please get them into us with all available information on their recovery. JR. 3F CLUB (Report) By Sue Moore It seems the Jr. Club is
busting at Seams! New members and old renewals have risen to a point
that it's impossible to accommodate any new members. In the past week,
we've been forced to turn down prospective joiners because of this
overcrowding. Along with new members, new officers were elected early
in January. This includes range officer Tom Haslett, treasurer Paul
McMurtry. secretary Rod Butcher, vice president Bryan Bullis and
president Sue Moore. Some new activities have been planned, such as a
match with the LaSalle Jr. Club in March, and traveling to Jamestown
for the national shoot this April. The "hamburg shoot''
deservingly gained much popularity when we bought hamburgers for the
four top position shooters one week. Also Sunday shooters, be on your
guard, as we'll be up with our raffle tickets again soon. With these
and other funds saved, we'll buy new shooting mats and jackets. Postal
competition is in its last month. Although the official ratings aren't
in as of yet, we're proud to say that this year we've done better than
ever. In closing we would like to thank all the parents for their
cooperation in our efforts. |
~ ANNOUNCEMENTS
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
SEE ABOVE!
6th. Annual Spring Shoot
July Details in the Spring Newsletter
To read the details GO
HERE it is a PDF file
NOTICE: Volunteers
needed for registered skeet shoot
at the club on the second full weekend in July
To read the details GO
HERE it is a PDF file
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