AHAMO ARCHERY CLUB July 23, 2003 July 2003 Newsletter CLUB OFFICERS President: Bill Rhoades (932-0417) Vice President: Bill Lewis (498-9364) Secretary: Dave Wise (498-0186) Treasurer: Dave Holthouse (291-0211) Trustees: Ed Rebarich (345-7608) Steve Murphy (291-7554) Sergeant at Arms: Dick Sousa (592-8045) News Editor: Lee Pereksta (592-3856) 3D Coordinator: Mike Vandeman (332-4625) VP of Indoor: John Terfone (738-1692) Indoor range phone (734-7272)
Key Dates to Remember
August 1 Workparty 6:00PM Outdoor range August 2 Ahamo Outdoor 3D Registration 8AM to Noon August 3 Ahamo Outdoor 3D Registration 8AM to Noon August 4 7:00 Club meeting,indoor range
July Club Meeting
There were 11 members at the July meeting. We discussed upcoming work parties, next year’s Wahoo indoor shoot, rock for the outdoor range, and targets at the outdoor range.
New members:
There were no new members voted in at the club meeting.
3D News
The July shoot is over and there are two outdoor shoots left. We had 71 shooters at the July shoot and are hoping to better that at our next two shoots. Come on out to shoot and bring some friends with you. The August shoot will be on August 2nd and 3rd. Set up will start at 6PM Friday the 1st, and registration will be 8AM to Noon on Saturday and Sunday.
Please come out at 6PM on Friday to help set up.
2004 Wahoo Shoot:
A committee to start planning for the 2004 Wahoo shoot was formed at the club meeting. John Terfone, Dick Sousa, Mike Vandeman, Bill Rhoades, Bill Lewis, Greg Thomas, and Scott Scecht are on that committee so far. The committee made plans to meet the Tuesday following the July meeting and visit the site of the shoot to get an idea of what we would have to work with.
3D targets at the outdoor range
We found that the YMCA used some of our 3D targets without permission last month. The targets were pushed into the ground without the use of steaks, which filled the bases with mud. The targets were also left out and not put back. We’ll let it go for now, and hopefully it will not happen again.
Newsletter Items
If you are a club member and have an item for sale, send me the information to put in the newsletter. Also, if you have an interesting deer story or any archery tips you would like to share with club members please send them to me for the newsletter.
My Email address is: hunterlee@MSN.com
Hunting News / Canada
Here’s a story I found on the internet. I saw something similar in the World Herald and went searching to find it for the newsletter. If you’re planning on hunting in Canada this year for deer, moose, elk, or caribou, here’s something you need to know:
Hunters might face restrictions
Gannett News Service
June 26, 2003
BURLINGTON, Vt. (GNS) — Dennis Bosch plans to hunt deer in Canada when autumn arrives, but the only thing the Vermont hunter might be able to bring back from his trip are memories. Hunters heading north in search of deer, moose, elk and caribou are among the Americans feeling the fallout from a U.S. government ruling handed down in May.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture banned all Canadian shipments of meat or livestock temporarily to protect the nation’s food supply and cattle industry after a cow in Alberta was diagnosed with mad cow disease. The ban covers all ruminants, which includes the wild white-tailed deer Bosch plans to shoot on trips to Ontario and Saskatchewan.
“I spend a huge amount of time and money hunting in Canada, and now it appears I can go on my hunting trips but not bring anything back,” Bosch said. “Who’s going to go to Canada?”
Hunting advocates on both sides of the border are attempting to have the USDA modify the ban before hunting seasons start. Caribou season in parts of Canada begins in early August.
“I think there will be pressure brought by various hunting groups to suggest we look at this ban realistically,” said Jeff Crane, policy director for the U.S. Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation. “The blanket ban is on all ruminants, but the disease was found in a bovine. It seems to be a little irrational to ban all this stuff.”
Steve Payne of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources said different divisions of Canadian government are aware of the situation.
“We’re hopeful the issue can be resolved by fall,” Payne said. “We’re trying to work with as many people as we can to get the ban removed or lifted.
The USDA has not indicated when the ban might be lifted or revised. Mad cow disease is a fatal brain infection believed to be spread through feed. The disease, known scientifically as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, has not been found in the United States.
Deer and elk are susceptible to their own version of BSE called chronic wasting disease, which is found in wild deer and elk in the United States. Although the two diseases are related, scientific evidence has not linked mad cow to chronic wasting. A similar disease in sheep, scrapie, has not been implicated in outbreaks of mad cow or chronic wasting.
“They are all in the same family of spongiform diseases,” said Jeff Hoffman, of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, “but they tend to be species specific.”
Americans are vital contributors to Canada’s hunting guide and outfitting business, taking advantage of a strong U.S. dollar in a country rich with natural resources. The cost for big-game hunts in Canada range widely, but many hunters spend at least $2,500 for weeklong deer hunts. Caribou hunts in Quebec typically cost about $3,000 for lodging and a guide.
“It would be impossible to know how much money could be lost if Americans stopped hunting here,” said Claire Poirer, who runs a fish and game outfitting business in western Quebec, “I couldn’t even get my thoughts around it.”
Another Hunting Story:
Here’s one more of my stories. There’s definitely a lack of stuff to write about during the summer months. I’ll propose a one page newsletter next year, probably with just 3D news for the summer months. If anyone has any stories or news, please send them to me.
This one is a story of a successful muzzleloader hunt, but could have been an archery hunt as well. It was in 1992 and was a special muzzleloader season at Giffords. I was a week long season and I was hunting the last day of it. A few days earlier I had been hunting in the rain and was disappointed to find that my ram rod had swelled up and I could not get it out of my gun to clean it. I had to buy a new one and was hunting with it rubber banded to the gun until the old rod dried enough to get it out.
I didn’t have much luck the rest of the week and decided to hike back in to one of my deepest stands that I had hunted with by bow and hope for the best. I was about a half mile from where I could park, and maybe 100 yards from the Fontenelle Forest line. I was in my stand well before sun-up and hoping that if something came by, it would be after it was light enough to shoot.
Just as I could barely see I heard something coming towards me. I was very disappointed to see a very large buck walk past. It wasn’t legal hunting time yet, so I could only watch it go by.
About 20 minutes later I could see pretty good, and was looking straight ahead as a large set of antlers came into sight. I sighted down my muzzleloader and waited as it came closer and directly towards me. About 40 yards out it turned broadside and I squeezed the trigger and watched through a cloud of smoke hoping I had made a good shot. I found myself looking at a large mound of brown and white hair and antlers on the ground in front of me as I quickly reloaded my gun just in case it got up again. It didn’t, and about 15 minutes later I got down and walked up a very nice 4x4. Then the work started.
First I field dressed it, and then groaned as I hoisted it off the ground with my deer hoist. I carried my stand, gun and pack back to my Isuzu and kept hoping I would run into someone that could help me haul it out. As luck would have it I didn’t see a soul, and headed back to start dragging. This was a heavy one... I lowered it, folded and tied it’s front legs behind the antlers, put one end of my safety belt over it’s head and antlers, and the other over my shoulder. This was a 5 step and rest deer, and an inch by inch pull up a 10 foot rise from the old river bottom that ran around the edge of where I was hunting.
It took about two hours hour to wrestle it close enough to where I was parked that I could drive in to load it. Getting it into the back of an Isuzu Trooper was another trick. I ended up lifting it with my hoist, backing up to it, and pulling as much of it as I could into the back of the Isuzu and tied it to keep it from sliding out. Then I backed up a little more, lowered the hoist a little and pushed it the rest of the way in.
Anyone that has hunted successfully for a number of years should be able to relate to this story. The hunt is not only getting yourself into position for a successful shot, it is also being prepared and mentally ready for all of the work that happens after that shot. I have had deer that were easier than this one to get to my vehicle, and some that were more difficult. There were also some that I had a long drag, following an extremely long tracking job. No matter how tired you get, you need to do what it takes to find your deer and get it out of the woods.
For Sale:
Double Bull T5 Blind: 6x6x6, retails for about $450, will sell for $300.
Scott Specht... 443-5068
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