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VOL. 3 - 2010

Newsletter Date Aug. 15th

Summer 2010

It has been a crazy busy summer thus far at AFGC. All of our range ex-pansions are under way! Everything should be wrapped up by the middle of September. Our growth at the club has been outstanding! We are growing leaps and bounds. Breaking every membership record the club has ever seen.

July 10th we hosted our annual AFGC open house. What an awesome suc-cess! We had over 200 guests visit us that day! The weather was on our side and everything went exactly as planned. Our main event, “FISHING” went without a hitch. Lorne and Ross did an outstanding job! If you missed it, we had huge fish this year! Largest fish that was caught was 6+ pounds! It was awesome to see the huge smiles on the faces of children as they caught their first fish. I can still hear Lorne yelling, FISH ON!!!! That was awesome.

Archery had a huge success! Shawn Lowney, Wayne Ouellette, and Jared Less did an awesome job educating both the young and old the art of arch-ery and bow hunting. Shawn said they never stopped all day! The gun range was an absolute 110% success! Thanks to Ron Edward, Ian Baird and Marco. You guys did an awesome job! As I walked through the range while guns were blazing, the expressions on all the faces said it all. Kids of all ages, shooting all types of firearms was a sight to see.

Thank you to everyone who helped in anyway way shape or form to make this event the success it was. Next year will be even better yet! Stay tuned for updates as the come.

I want to take this time to wish each and every member a safe and relax-ing summer. Remember to take a kid fishing and pass on the heritage we’ve all grown to love.

Cheers,

Mark Porter AFGC President

August picture of the ongoing range expansion

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TRAP REPORT

SUB - CLUB REPORTS

TRAP WON THE JULY 18TH INTERCLUB SHOOT

AT ABBOTSFORD!!!

Hans Wollenberg and Fred Fooks both shot 25 straight in the event!! Kudo’s to them

both!

Hans, shooting for Chilliwack, shot straight in shoot off, and Fred Fooks, shooting for

Ridgedale, missed 1 target. There were 23 shooters out.

Abbotsford Team: Abbotsford: 105

Rick Nelson—23 Mission: 104

Bob Moore—21

Bill Roseboom—21 Ridgedale: 102

Ted Kooymin—17

Jonathon Walker—23 Chilliwack: 92

Trap also donated 3 cases of targets to the AFGC July 2010 Open House.

Ron Edwards Trap Club Chair

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Well ....the Spring Bear season is over and we’ve now received our LEH results and can

start planning our fall hunts! For those of you who were lucky enough to get a draw or two

congratulations and for those who don’t have a draw don’t worry and BC has an abundance

of OTC tags and hunting opportunities. Now it is time to spend those summer months

practicing up with the gun and bow and getting back into mountain shapeJ

The QCI deer season is already open and sheep season opens August 1st for those who

love the mountains. The remainder of the Big Game species get going between Aug.15th

and Sept. 1st ......good luck with your hunting this fall and please send me your pic-

tures/stories of your Spring and Fall hunts this year so we can include them in the next

instalment of the newsletter. And don’t forget to give me a call when you get back from

your hunts and let me know what you managed to bag and also to get me to score your

animals.

Happy hunting. Ian Baird – Big Game AFGC

BIG GAME HUNTING

FISHING REPORT

The Fraser River opens to retain springs on July 16 (springs 77 cm and over must be released) Wide open the end of

Aug. Too early yet but we may have some sockeye fishing as this is the year of the Adams, and usually it is a large run.

The saltwater fishing has been good lately, I was over to Van. Island three weeks ago and we got all our springs to 24

lbs. plus four halibut.

I was not able to do much fishing due to my injured shoulder but had a good outing. I know of two other club member s

who are going ocean fishing, I hope to hear reports from them and pictures. The ferries have gone way up, truck and 17

foot boat plus 3 guys = $175.00 + depends on which day you go.

Our open house was a smashing success with about 75 children fishing in the

pond. Many of the children had to wait for a fishing rod in order to fish.

Loren and I were kept busy baiting hooks, untangling lines, and landing fish.

A lot of fish were caught, a 6 pounder was the largest.

Next years event will be larger , bigger pool, more fish and more help to man the

fishing area. WE will keep you updated on what we have planned.

The club bought all the prizes this year, but a special thanks to Kurt Krack for his

cut , wrapped and frozen Deer donation, and for all your help around the pond.

Wishing everyone a great summer fishing, and please play it safe on the water.

Ross Gordon Fishing chairman

August Update: Fraser River opened August 9th, the Adams is running true to form

and the numbers for sockeye are up!

Loren Sherbina was fishing on the Fraser, August 12th, and caught his first of the

season 26 pound Red Chinook!!

Most of the sockeye being caught are in the range of 5—7 pounds !

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Saturday, July 10th AFGClub Open

What a smashing success!! The day was sunny and hot and at least 200

people showed up to enjoy the opportunities of trying different activities; from pistols, rifles, trap shooting to fishing for trout! The Grand Prize of:

‘One Deer—cut, wrapped and frozen’ was donated by Kurt Krack, Thank You Kurt for the generous donation. There were other donations provided

by Dart and Tackle, Reaction Fly and Tackle, Hub Sports and Fred Helmer’s. Thanks to everyone for supporting this educational and enjoyable day.

Go Fish BC provided the pond and trout that went into it; Thanks again, to Dusty

Waite and Lucy (his dog) for coming and setting up the pond and getting the fish

safely into the water. Volunteer’s—Ross Gordon and Loren Sherbina worked closely

with Dusty to help ensure that everything was ready to go.

This wonderful day would not have been so wonderful had it not been for all

the tremendous hard work of the volunteers……………..

THANK YOU—AFGC COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!

Dean Wass; Ian Baird; Silke Landrath; Ron Edwards; Bill Werner; Trevor

Brown; Marco Tahyanainen; Larry Pordan; Tim Brown; Bob Wikenhauser;

Jim Patton; Shawn Lowney; Wayne Ouellette; Mark and Sue Porter along with the fabulous Porter girls: Michaella, Megan and Maddie; plus AFGC’s

own brilliant manager’s Dave and Linda Dunn.

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Operation Managers Report Well the summer has been very busy at AFGC—if you have been out to the range

you will notice a number of changes that have happened already- with archery

moving to the parking lot grass area and the grassy area on the range being dug

up and cement has been poured for the new shooting sheds and for the footings

that the walls will stand on. Check the webpage daily for up to date information

regarding range closures.

We are finding that a lot of our members and guests are not cleaning up the range

after they shoot- ALL CASINGS (BRASS or STEEL) must be picked up and put in

the appropriate containers or taken home with you and all garbage placed in the

garbage bins. This is becoming an epidemic situation and will not be tolerated.

We all should show pride in our range by cleaning up after ourselves.

Have a safe relaxing summer and get involved with one of our subclubs come fall.

Dave and Linda Dunn

Don’t be ‘bearly’

conscious of what’s around you, stay alert to

enjoy your surrounds where-ever you may

travel this summer!!

NOTE OF INTEREST:

Between 7—11 million

sockeye expected to re-turn to the Fraser River

this year. 1.6 million are projected for the early

run with summer run

and late run projections being out in the next

week or so.

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Chilliwack Dart & Tackle

Sponsors

2010 Executive Directors

President: Mark Porter 604-504-4484

Vice President: Rob Engh 604-309-0203

Secretary: Steve Cotten xxx-xxx-xxxx

Treasurer: Bob Lefebvre 604-847-0416

Membership: Linda Dunn 604-852-4101

Past President: Nathan Anderson 604-870-3284

Operation Manager Linda & Dave Dunn 604-853-6864

Newsletter Elaine Ridout-Sherbina 604-793-8464

Public Relations Marco Tahvanainen 604-415-9884

Richard Simpson 604-

One Year Directors: Loren Sherbina Ross Gordon John Richardson Ian Miller

Wayne Meyers Ron Edward

Two Year Directors: Derek Bailey Ian Baird Russell Sorsdahl Ed McKim

Marco Tahvanainen Marlo Bullock Paul Roxborough

4161 Lakemount Rd.

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ABBOTSFORD FISH AND GAME

CLUB

Outdoor Range

Chairman :Nathan Anderson 604-870-3284

1. Will Dueck 604-854-5344

2. Ron Edward 604-792-3440

3. Rob Engh 604-309-0203

4. Greg Izzard 604-639-7406

5. Dave Dunn 604-853-6864

6. Wayne Meyers 604-859-2086

Indoor Range

Both Bob and Rob Co - Chairman

1. Bob Lefebvre 604-847-0416

2. Rob Engh 604-309-0203

3. Dave Dunn 604-853-6864

4. Greg Izzard 604-639-7406

President: Mark Porter

Phone: 604—851—4101

E-Mail: abbotsfordfishandgameclub.org

2010 Membership form on next page. You can fill this one out and send it into the club with pay-ment. Please remember that if you don't renew your membership within 60 days of expiry you will have to pay the $25 initiation fee again!! So don’t wait to renew!! Thank You…...

Committees Upcoming Events Membership Report

Regular $95.00

Family Spouse and 4 children $105.00

Senior (65yrs) $65.00

Junior $40.00

Associate $60.00

Initiation Fee for new members $25.00

Members MUST pay dues within 60 days of

expiry date OR pay the $25 initiation fee. again!

Members with guests - $10.00 fee per guest

Membership Fees

August 2010

Linda Dunn—Membership Chair.

Members as of April 1st.

Life - 15

Family - 191

Regular - 195

Associate - 9

Junior - 1

Total - 419

Lots of calls from members wanting to renew

their memberships. We should have the new

forms and stickers by the next meeting.

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