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VOLUME 832 AUGUST 2017 ISSUE 8

President’s Report

I hope everyone is enjoying the outdoors during this incredible summer

weather. Please no open fires anywhere on the property and smokers please stay

on paved, concrete, or graveled areas while smoking. We ask that you extinguish

and properly dispose of all tobacco products.

There has been some inconsistency with registration on the ranges. All persons

Members and Public are required to sign in prior to using the ranges. The infor-

mation is important in case of emergencies, identification, and shooter flow on

busy days. If your memory is like mine write your vehicle license number on the

back of your membership card or save it in your phone.

Heading into August we continue to have many special events: Sporting Clays,

Hunter Education, 600 Yard Shoot, Steel Pistol Challenge, and more. Watch the

calendar for range closures.

Enjoy your summer vacation; I hope to spend part of mine scouting.

Gary Higginbotham, President

The Sportsman

Published by the Tacoma Sportsmen’s Club

Happening this month Don’t forget to come out and support Club Café! — Tuesday evenings, Sunday mornings, and

meeting nights too. Open to the public. Tuesday night specials, everyone welcome! And extra

hours for some events too. Check the calendar.

No membership meeting this month. Vacation!

Steel Pistol Challenge—August 6th

Running Deer rifle shoot—August 10th, Bacon Rifle Shoot—August 17th

Sporting Clays—August2 0th

Member Ranges will be closed

Last Trap or Skeet class this month. Sign up soon.

Last one for the year! 600 yard competition shoot—9am-2pm August 27th

Public Rifle Range and the Archery walk-thru closed until 2pm.

Archery Wire Shoot August 26th & 27th—Time to get ready for hunting season!

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

AUGUST

1 Shotgun Sports

10-9pm

Club Café & Bar

open 5:00pm

SS mtg 5:30pm

Archery mtg 7pm

2 Shotgun Sports

10-2pm

3 4 Old Timers Mbrs

Skeet 9am

5

6 Shotgun Sports

10-4pm

Club Café open

8am-noon

Steel Pistol

Challenge 9-2pm

7

8 Shotgun Sports

10-9pm

Club Café & Bar

open 5:00pm

Wounded

Warriors 6pm

Rifle, Pistol mtgs

7pm

9 Shotgun Sports

10-2pm

10 Running Deer

shoot 6pm

11

Old Timers Mbrs

Skeet 9am

12

13 Shotgun Sports

10-4pm

Club Café open

8am-n

14

15 BULLETIN

DEADLINE

Shotgun Sports

10-9pm

Club Café & Bar

open 5:00pm

W&M, House mtg

7pm

16 Shotgun Sports

10-2pm

17

Bacon Shoot 6pm

18 Old Timers Mbrs

Skeet 9am

19

20 Shotgun Sports

10-4pm

Sporting Clays

Member Ranges

Closed

Club Café open

8am-noon

21

22 Shotgun Sports

10-9pm

Club Café & Bar

open 5:00pm

23 Shotgun Sports

10-2pm

24

25 Old Timers Mbrs

Skeet 9am

26 Archery Wire

Shoot

Hunter Ed Walk

Thru

Mbr Ranges

CLOSED

27 Shotgun Sports

10-4pm

Café open 8-12n

Archery Wire Shoot

600 Yd Sh 9-2pm

Pub Rifle Closed

until 2pm

28

29 Shotgun Sports

10-9pm

Club Café & Bar

open 5:00pm

B&F mtg 7pm

Mbsp mtgs 7pm

30 Shotgun Sports

10-2pm

31

BOD Mtg 7pm

Aug 2 Kelly Palmer

Aug 9 Gene Power

Aug 16 Fred Miller

Aug 23 Bob Braddock

Aug 30

Aug 1 Mike Fuqua

Aug 8 Roger Leonhard

Aug 15 Teresa & Glenn

Rodrick

Aug 22 Mark Bussey

Aug 29 Shelly Babcock

Sunday 10-am-4pm

Tuesday 10am-9pm

(7-9PM Chippers will be available)

Wednesday 10am-2pm

Shotgun Committee Meetings are

at 5:30pm the 1st Tuesday of every

month. Everyone is welcome!

1) Covers available if raining.

2) Shotgun can always use volunteers!

to help out.

Just call or email the club:

253-537-6151, [email protected]

Thank you

TACOMA SPORTSMEN’S CLUB 16409 Canyon Rd E

Puyallup, WA 98375

Office Hours

Tuesday thru Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm

Range hours: 9am-6pm

(Last check-in: 5:15pm)

(253) 537-6151 Fax: (253) 539-3253

EMAIL: [email protected]

www.tacomassportsmensclub.com

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Gary Higginbotham

1st Vice President Larry Nelson

2nd Vice President Rick Yorkk

Warden Glenn Rodrick

Past President Richard Friel

TRUSTEES

Mark Bussey (2018) Mike Rasmussen

Mike Slevin (2019) Ed Coffey

Mark Arnold (2020) Jess Mathews

SHOTGUN

Bar Volunteers

Wednesday Shotgun

Volunteer Schedule

Come on out, enjoy some great

shooting and great food!

Hours are Tuesdays 5-7pm and EVERY

Sunday 8am-noon!

Always a special on Tuesdays too—

check them out on

Facebook every week.

Open to the Public.

the Higginbotham Family for the loss of his mother, June. June 1, 1931—July 9,2017

SIGHT-IN DAYS ARE HERE!

The time—9am-5pm

The dates are as follows:

Sept 8, 9,10, 11

Sept 15, 16,17,18

Sept 22, 23, 24, 25

Sept 28, 29, 30, Oct 1

Oct 6, 7,8, 9

Oct 13, 14, 15, 16

If you are going to sight-in your hunting

rifles and/or pistols go

DIRECTLY to the range to do so.

The office will be open for all others.

Each year TSC helps the Public and Members sight in their firearms for

hunting season. This event will begin September 8th and continue for 6 weeks

until October 16th. It will run every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Volunteers: If you can find the time to come down and volunteer some

time it would be appreciated as the Public range gets extremely busy. By

helping the hunter, you’d be surprised what you may learn as well. Volunteer

hours also go toward a discount on your dues.

We also encourage members to get out early and beat the rush.

Contact Curt to sign up, 253-468-7545.

Curt Southworth, Rifle Chairman

HANDGUN FAMILIARIZATION CLASSES 2017

The cost is $75.00 per person NO REFUNDS You must register no later than the Friday prior to the first class.

Aug 15, 16, 17 & 20 Sept 12, 13, 14 & 17

Class Times:

T, W & TH class meets from 6-9pm in the Hunter Education Building;

Sunday you will meet on the Pistol Range at 9am

To register come by the office to pick up a form or go to our website , click on classes and

print one out. www.tacomassportsmensclub.com. Send it along with your check to the

address above or stop on by.

Tacoma Sportsmen’s Club, 16409 Canyon Rd E, Puyallup, WA 98375 253-537-6151

www.tacomasportsmensclub.com

_______________________________________________________________________________________

Hello Members,

I would to thank John Tierney from Ducks Unlimited for July’s program. Not being there I

heard a lot of good information was presented.

Remember there is no membership meeting in August. I am still working on something

special for September so read the next bulletin for details. I hope you all are enjoying the

warm weather.

Richard Friel, past president

_______________________________________________________________________________________

Hello 600 Yard shooters

We had a good turn out last month. There were 31 shooters and congratulations to all the

first-place winners.

If you are new to the club or know someone who would like to try shooting 600 yards come

on out and give it a try on the July 23rd. We know you’ll enjoy it!

And the winners are:

50 cal .................Roger McClelland

AR ......................Dillon Tierney

Custom ...............Roger McClelland

Hunter..................Corey Bartlett

Varmint ..............Jim Roseth

Iron sight .............Kirk Moellenorf

Rick Rogers, 600 Yard Chairman

April: 17th, 19th, 20th, from 6:30 PM to 10 PM, and 22nd, from 8:15 AM to 4 PM. Mem-

bers ranges closed April 22nd.

May: 15th, 17th, 18th, from 6:30 PM to 10 PM, and 20th, from 8:15 AM to 4 PM. Members

ranges closed May 20th.

June: 19th, 21st, 22nd, from 6:30 PM to 10 PM, and 24th, from 8:15 AM to 4 PM.

Members ranges closed June 24th.

July: 17th, 19th, 20th, from 6:30 PM to 10 PM, and 22nd, from 8:15 AM to 4 PM.

Members ranges closed July 22nd.

August: 21st, 23rd, 24th, from 6:30 PM to 10 PM, and 26th, from 8:15 AM to 4 PM.

Members ranges closed August 26th.

September: Class dates TBA. If scheduled this will be an Online Evaluation Only.

To enroll go to wdfw.wa.gov then hunting, click on hunter education, click on tradi-

tional class, go to the month desired classes will be listed. Be sure and read the

“Special Instructions” section.

For more information please e-mail [email protected] .

Sincerely,

Gary Higginbotham ___________________________________________________________________________________

Hunter Education TSC 2017 CLASS DATES

2017 Hunter Education On-Line Evaluation Class Dates at TSC

We will be holding 4 on-line evaluation classes for the On-Line Hunter Education pro-

gram.

Class 1 Aug 19 8 AM - 12 Noon

Class 2 Aug 19 1 PM - 5 PM

Class 3 Sept 9 8 AM - 12 Noon

Class 4 Sept 9 1 PM - 5 PM

Registration will open for the Aug 19th classes on or about Jul 10th, registration for the

Sept 9th classes will open on or about Aug 1st.

To enroll in one of the classes go to wdfw.wa.gov then hunting, click on hunter edu-

cation > On-line Evaluation classes > go to the month/class. Be sure to read the

"Special Instructions" section.

For more information please email me [email protected] allow a day or two for

a response.

Pat Blackwell, instructor

In compliance with I-594, sales or

trades of firearms on TSC property

is prohibited. Thank you

for your cooperation

Thank you, TSC BOD

NOTICES

FOXES and FIREARMS

Women’s Introduction to Handguns

Trained and certified instructors. You will have the opportunity to fire a variety of different cali-

bers under staff direction. Handguns and ammo are provided but you are welcome to bring

your own.

Dates: Jun 11 Aug 13 Sept 10 Oct 15 Nov 12 Dec 10

Cost: $149.99 per person Hours: 9am-2pm in the Hunter Education building at

the Tacoma Sportsmen’s Club

Register at: www.foxesandfirearms.com

Contact information: 253-255-8284

As a reminder, removal of lead

from any of our ranges is strictly

prohibited.

Thank you, TSC BOD

Hi Members! Want to save on your dues?

We need some folks to help check in

and out for our rentals.

Call or email the office for

more information. (Its really easy!)

253-537-6151, [email protected].

Thank you

Do you reload your own

bullets?

Want to save some

money?

The Tacoma Sportsmen’s Club

is now listed with the Missouri

Bullet Company. You get a 5%

discount since we are now

listed with them.

The code is tacoma-gc.

CLASSES & EVENTS

Coming to the end of some of these

great classes and events. Be sure to

come out or sign up soon!

600 Yard Shoot

Handgun Familiarization

Beginning Trap & Skeet

Hunter Education

Foxes & Firearms

Sporting Clays

Steel Pistol Matches Check them all out -

www.tacomassportsmenclub.com

Want to reach more people with

an ad in our Bulletin?

Great rates by the month or get a

discount for the year.

Different sizes available from a business

card to full page.

Call, email or drop by the office with

any questions.

253-537-6151, [email protected]

AUGUST RENEWALS

BAKER, DAVID

BEHNKE, ERIC

BRISKI, WALTER

CARR, RYAN

CHAI, CHEE

COLEMAN III, AARON

CORBIN, ANTHONY

CRAWFORD, TOM

CRUM, DOUG

CURTIS, MIKE

EMERY, DAVID

EMERY, AARON

FAIRCHOK, ANDY

FRAMPTON JR., T.J.

FREUDENSTEIN, KURT

FRISONE, TONY

GARBER, TIM

GEIGER, FRANK M.

GIGUERE, DICK

GRASSER, JOHN

GUFFEY, JOHN

HASKINS, EDWIN

KIME, MATT

LEE, JAMES

MARTIN, ANTHONY

MEDLEY, PATRICK

MITCHELL, MART

MONTOUR, CRAIG

OWENS, TERESA

RICE, ISAAC

STUTES, ISSAC

SWEEM, RANDY

VENDETTI, TOM

WALKER, BILL

WHITE, ANTHONY

Please pay by the end

of the month to avoid

a late charge!