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July 2003 NEWSLETTER
SNAKE RIVER SPORTSMAN
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GUNDOG ASSOCIATION
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Upcoming events:
Saturday,
July 26, 2003
Family
Picnic – come one and all – members and guests are welcome!
Plan to arrive anytime after 4 p.m. (see the
enclosed map with this mailing) and
spend the end of a lazy summer day playing volleyball, horseshoes, croquet,
one-on-one basketball, hiking to beautiful vistas on Moscow Mtn, or simply
enjoying good food, good friends, and perhaps, a firework or two
(weather/terrain conditions permitting).
This family event will be held at the home of Paul McCawley and Nance
Ceccarelli, 1031 Showalter Road, Moscow, ID, (208-883-0752). Please RSVP (yes’s,
no’s, and numbers of attendees) so
we can better plan our food! There will be a BBQ going – burgers, HOT dawgs,
and who knows what else – looking forward to more of the wonderful sides,
salads, desserts, and overall good food this group puts together! Dinner will
be planned for close to 6:00 p.m. A
brief club meeting will follow dinner.
Aug 16 Sporting Clays, Outback Sporting
Clays (OSC), Palouse, WA, 9 a.m. start followed by a potluck lunch at Cam
and Marcia Hershaw’s house. The plan is
to shoot 100 targets each. The cost
is as follows: $20.00 for first time shooters to OSC; $30.00 for return shooters
to the OSC ($25.00 for
OSC membership holders. OSC Members
must bring their membership cards).
Sep 6 Fun Trial and Training Day, – Snow
Farms, Moscow ID Jack Flack, Ed Westbrook, Zac Sexton and Nance
Ceccarelli will chair this event. We
will set up and run dogs in two fields.
One field will have bobwhite quail and one field will have
pheasants. Entrants will have a choice
of field and brace selection. Total
number of braces will be limited in each field, so early reservations along
with payment of brace fees ($15.00) is recommended. As always, volunteer gifts of time, talent, tasks, and
trouble-shooting will be greatly appreciated!
SATURDAY JULY 26, 2003
Anytime after 4 p.m. is great! Dinner around 6 p.m.
Please
RSVP by July 23 to Nance or Paul:
208-883-0752 (you can leave a message) or email (njc@moscow.com).We’d like to know the
yes’s, no’s, and numbers of attendees so we can better plan our food!
We will have
a BBQ going – burgers, HOT dawgs, and who knows what else – some
beverages will be available along with the plates, utensils, etc. Looking forward to more of the wonderful
sides, salads, desserts, and overall good food this group puts together!
Members,
guests, member-wanna-bees, former members, children, guest children,
children-wanna-bees, and former children are all welcome! Please join us!
DID
YOU KNOW?
The
SRSGDA executive committee meets on the second Tuesday of every month. If you have an issue to discuss, please
contact one of the officers so we can include you on the agenda. If you simply want to join us for a lively
discussion, please let us know as we move our location from month to month. Next month? August 12 at The Alehouse on 6th street in Moscow, 6
p.m.
Interested SRSGDA members may wish
to know that the Lewiston Gun Club has only 18 months remaining on their lease
at the current location. The future
location of the LGC is in the planning stages and the future is quite uncertain. For additional information regarding the
Lewiston Gun Club please contact them at 208-746-4938. The gun club is currently open on Saturday
and Sunday afternoons. Best wishes to
the oldest gun club in the United States.
The results
are in. If you didn’t attend the June 26th First Annual Poker Shoot
you just might want to mark your calendar for next year. You won’t want to miss this great event
again. Many thanks to Jay Roach for a
job well done on putting this shoot together.
The SRSGDA club had 12 shooters in attendance including Jay Roach, Mark
George, John ‘Doc’ Kramer, Bart and Monica Dearborn, Dan and Pam Spickler, Ed
Westbrook, Steve Huntington, Larry (Jay Roach’s pinch shooter), and Jim and
Mary McKinney. Conner Huntington was
unable to shoot as a result of some unfortunate orange plugs in the end of his
shotgun. He did however draw his own
hand of poker cards.
The event
attracted first time shooters who received top-notch instruction and shooting
pointers from “Coach” Roach. Both
Monica Dearborn and Pam Spickler shot well, managed to bust some clay, and will
be out shooting their husbands in no time at all…er, that should read…they will
be shooting better than their husbands in no time at all.
Shooters
participated in five different shooting games including an Annie Oakley Shoot,
Covey Flush, Quail Walk, Six Shoot, and Partner Shoot. These events were overseen by one of
Lewiston’s toughest residents. As
shooting commenced, a resident rooster pheasant that chooses as his permanent home the Lewiston Gun Club watched the action and paraded in
front of the shooters while the clays were breaking overhead. He never flushed, flinched or broke a
sweat. Now that is one tough bird.
“High Hand”
winner was John ‘Doc’ Kramer who won a one-year membership to the Lewiston Gun
Club – demonstrating his skill at drawing good cards. (So, how was his
shooting?) Jay Roach, with similar skills in card selection, picked the “Second
Place Hand” and won two braces at the next fun trial of his choosing within the
next year. Mark George was the third
place winner and won a brace at the next fun trial of his choosing within the
next year. Ian McKinney won a high card
standoff for the last of the GREEN SRSGDA hats.
Everyone
joined in on the fun as designated eaters at the lunch following the
shoot. The SRSDGA provided the burgers,
toppings and some salads and everything else came potluck. Thank you for all the great side dishes and
desserts.
During
the weekend of June 13th through the 15th Jon Hann of
Perfection Gun Dog Training Kennels presented a seminar on the training
techniques that he has developed over many years of experience and through
training thousands of dogs. The
training was held at Dry Hollow Ranch outside Pomeroy, WA. Owner and operator Vicki Maushak, who runs
the bird hunting reserve, was an excellent host and the meals she provided were
great as well.
All who attended benefited from
one-on-one and hands-on training with their dogs. The seminar was tailored to meet the needs of the
participants. Jon Hann and his
assistants did a great job meeting the training needs of all who attended. I felt that his techniques were right on the
money.
Prior to my attending the seminar,
Dick Chapman had told me that “Jon’s tape is the best training technique he has
seen so far… and I own a lot of tapes.”
If you ask any of the others who attended if this is true, you will
probably get the same answer from everyone.
Yes, Dick owns a lot of tapes.
Oh yeah, and Jon Hann’s techniques
are very good. There is nothing magical
about the Perfection Gun Dog technique.
It is based on the simple concepts of timing and good reinforcement. The sequence of the training builds on
itself and is a very humane training method that works.
So, what about those videos that
Dick mentioned? Can you get everything
you might need from the Perfection Gun Dog Training Kennel videos? Jon Hann holds nothing back in his seminars
and videos. It is all right there for
you to see and learn.
In person, it helps to have pointed
out (for some of us) a few of the subtler points of the training method. And just like the simple concepts, the
seminar provides opportunities to participate in a “teachable moment”, and reinforces the information in the videos.
The SRSGDA will be purchasing the
video series from Perfection Gun Dog Training Kennel once it is available on
DVD. The series will be part of the
video library owned by the SRSGDA and will be available for members to check
out.
During the weekend, many SRSGDA
members were found receiving an education from their dogs.
Dick Chapman may have learned the
most valuable lesson of all. Do not
make fun of another trainer for falling asleep and letting his dog chew up his
newly purchased check cord - or he might just sit next to you later in the day
and let his dog return the favor and chew up your new check cord.
If you missed the training, I am
sure that the members who attended would recommend attending the Perfection Gun
Dog Training when it is offered next year.
The seminar was a great learning experience for all who attended as well
as a good time of fellowship for those of us afflicted with the disease of
owning, training and hunting bird dogs.
Club
Treasurer Mary McKinney reports that our bank account(s) are in really good
shape. The club has paid all of its
bills, and we have a balance in the checking account just slightly more than
$4400.00.
EP’s
Litter of ENGLISH POINTER pups…this is a repeat of
the same great breeding that produced:
Jerry Thiessen’s TANNER, John Kramer’s TIPPIE, and Dick Chapman’s
WACKO. As of this writing, Emmy has
whelped 3 males/2 females with more expected momentarily... Reserve EARLY! Call Dick Chapman 208-743-5548.
GWP’s
Ted Downs has a super litter of wirehairs on the
ground – and there are only four left!!!
Dick and Marlene Chapman own the sire.
These precious bundles have had inquiries coming from SRSGDA members in
Alaska. Please contact Ted @
208-746-2913.
Shooting Caddy available for hire.
Willing to go on any multi-day hunting excursions to carry
and shoot your spare gun. Trips to
Montana, Dakotas or Arizona preferred.
Any area with flat ground is also preferred. Willing to walk miles upon miles hunting birds. Pricing for this service is very
reasonable. Interested parties may
contact Bart Dearborn at 509-334-3774.
Tri-Tonics Pro 200 - 2 Dog electronic collar $350.00
It is (2) years old
and operates perfectly. Reason for sale?
Upgrading to the Tri-tonics Pro 500.
Contact Robert Uhrich
509-751-1485 or redneckarchitect@hotmail.com.
Enclosed in this month’s newsletter is our most current club
roster. Please check your name,
address, telephone and email for accuracy.
Please notify club secretary Nance Ceccarelli (208-883-0752 or njc@moscow.com) to make any changes,
corrections, or if you notice someone missing who should be listed! THANKS!
