Chelsea Rod & Gun Club

Author: Phil

Archery Report – April 2nd, 2017

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We had a good turnout, 44 shooters for a great spring day shoot. We are going to be adding new targets and adjusting the course for the next shoot which is May 7th. We also will be adding another shoot this year. We will be hosting a IAA Sponsored shoot at Chelsea in July [22-23]. This is a family oriented 3-D shoot with 30 targets set up for every range of a 3-D shooters abilities. We will follow up with more information later. So come on out and help Chelsea Rod & Gun 3-D become back to being the best 3-D course in the area[!]
 
Results of the April Shoot:
Mens Open  (4)
1) Tom Dembinski         248
2) Todd Sherrard           247
3) Jason Hackbarth       207
 
Mens Freestyle  (15)
1) Scott Purks                273
2) Bronson Clayton Sr   270
3) Donnie Minock          260
 
Womens Open  (5)
1) Makiah Heuber       261
2) Taylor Weston        203
3) Margaret Minock    178
 
Jr Freestyle   (7)
1) Noah Purks          272
2) John Huizar          265
3) David Clore          225
 
Cub Freestyle  (3)
1) Gabe  ????         143
 
Mens Recurve    (9)
1) Mike Woods         214
2) Dick Fuch             205
3) Rick Wittstock      190 
 
Crossbow   (1)
Tim Eisman              0
 
–  By Len Ellsworth

Archery Report September 25th, 2016

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By Len Ellsworth

We had a decent turnout for the last shoot of the year. 33 shooters, 4 ladies, 2 Jrs, and 3 cubs. It’s real nice to see the kids out here shooting. They are so excited and were real disappointed that this was the last shoot. Everyone liked the course set-up the last two shoots. It cuts out the time from 2 1/2 hrs to about 2hrs. It made it easier for the kids to make it around plus a couple of the older gentlemen we had. We have one grandmother who has brought her grandson to the last few shoots who doesn’t shoot just walks with her Jr. Class grandson so he can shoot. I would like to sincerely thank the members who have given their time and support throughout my time as the Archery Chairman. You have made it a lot of fun and without you we couldn’t have made it the success that it is. We might not have the numbers of yesteryears but those participants who are here really appreciate what we have done. The numbers are not there but we still are having better numbers than the other Clubs in the area. Thanks again.

The winners for the classes for this shoot are;

MENS FREESTYLE
1) BRONSON CLAYTON263
2) JAMIE POWERS251
3) ROB HENDRICKS249
WOMENS FREESTYLE
1) LANA CLAYTON148
JR FREESTYLE
1) JOHNATHAN HUIZAR261
2) ADRAINA CLAYTON165
CUB FREESTYLE
1) BRONSON CLAYTON JR.150
2) SPENCER SHANKLAND41
MENS OPEN
1) ROB McINTYRE288
2) JACK HONYOUST276
3) REED CARLSON246

As you can see the Clayton Family all shot very well this shoot. Good to see a member bring his family out and enjoy the course.

Archery Report September 11th, 2016

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By Len Ellsworth

We had 37 contestants at the shoot on Sunday, 9/11/16. Everyone whom I talked to loved the course. We changed it again this month from last. We were able to use all of the platforms at this shoot and because just about everyone uses a tree stand now, they got some good practice. We had 4 women freestyle shooters, 4 Jr. contestants, and 4 Cub contestants which was great to see. We let the Cub shooters shoot for free, 10 and under. We also had a novelty shoot his month with a shot at a 3 1/2” circle on a White Goat target at 98 yards. We had 10 participants in that contest. The winner of that contest was Max McFeters, who was 2 ¼” from the center of the circle. The next shoot will be on Sept. 25th and will be the last one of the year. Everyone who bow hunts should come on out and make sure they are ready for the 1st of October. You can bring your rangefinders if you are so inclined. You do not have to shoot from the stakes your “class” is supposed to shoot from unless you are using a crossbow. You don’t even have to keep score if you don’t want to, just come on out and shoot the best course in the area. I would like to thank Ron Mast, Nathan Sova, Bruce Sullins, and of course Mike Boyer for making this shoot run as smooth as it did. Mike will not be able to attend the next shoot so Gary Moore has volunteered to take over his duties in the kitchen.

Results of the shoot;

Men’s Freestyle
1)     Ken Mallory287
2)     Jeff Adams275
3)     Jordan Lusk267
Jr. Freestyle
1)     Johnathan Huzbar235
2)     Adrianna Clayton217
3)     Bronson Clayton Jr190
Men’s Open
1)     Vince Ford257
2)     Kent Marshall144
Women’s Freestyle
1) Lana Clayton241
2) Michelle Burt165
3) Denise Glassburen148
Cub Freestyle
1) Violet Sargus110
2) Brody Burt63

August 2016 3D Archery Report

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The August shoot went real well. We had 45 participants. Mike was back from vacation so the kitchen ran like a clock. We had moved all of the targets for this shoot and it seemed everyone who shot it really liked the course. Some of them even got moved 2 times and 1 was moved 3 times.

We had 31 participants in the Freestyle (Hunter) class, 24 men, 2 women, 2 Jr. and 3 Cubs. There were 11 shooters in the Open, all men and 3 recurve shooters, and 1 crossbow. We have changed the classifications for each group. The freestyle or Hunter group is for all shooters who have any sight that isn’t classified a Target Sight in Lancaster’s Archery catalog. In other words if you are shooting for instance an HHA moveable sight you are able to shoot in the Hunter Class if you choose to do so. Crossbow is allowed if it shoots under 325fps and you have to shoot from the blue stakes. What happens to the targets is if the arrow penetrates through the other side than when it comes out it knocks chunks out of the opposite side. We are thinking about a major change in the course for the last two shoots if it is possible. If we do make this change, we will need some help from some of our members who would like to help. What we have done is divide the targets into groups. 1-10, 11-20, and 21-30. It is hard getting everyone out on the same night so there are 2 people in each group to set up the targets.

The top finishers in the groups are:

Freestyle Men

1)Brian Darrow292
2)Mike Day272
3)Travis Janick264

Open Men

1)Bob Tucker280
2)Brandon Fredrick267
3)Todd Sherrod227

Freestyle Cub

1)Trevor Lantis164
2)Jack Kargel135
3)Spencer Shankland25

Freestyle Jr

1)John Hurzar258
2)Cameron Darrow246

Mens Recurve

1)Mike Woods185
2)Dan Hovater111

Freestyle Women

1)Ashley Drake243

Crossbow

1)Jerry Steine272

I would like to thank everyone who helped put this shoot on. Ron Mast, Nathan Sova, Don Minock, Greg Povenski, Bruce Sullins, Dan Hovater, and our now departed Brother Breck Stringer.

3D Archery Shoot Results / Report – May 1st, 2016

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  • By Len Ellsworth

We had a good turnout for the May shoot. It was raining a bit while it started, but we still had 24 participants. I would like to thank everyone who helped and a special thanks to the probationary member – you know who you are – that celebrated his last night of freedom on Saturday and still made it out to help Mike in the kitchen. For this shoot we had 3 gift certificates from Schupbach’s in Jackson to give away for the contestants who turned their scores in. The winners were Brandon Fredrick, Mike Woods, and Mikayla Becker. They can pick up their certificates at the next shoot which is June 4th.

There is some confusion between some of our members about the course set-up. We do not do it on Saturdays anymore unless we absolutely have to. It is hard enough for some of our members to get the one day off a month to come to the shoots to help and to make it two days, not going to happen. We are trying to change the course up a little each month to keep it fresh for the participants. We would like to see a little more participation from our members at the shoots. We only had one member shoot at this shoot and that member was me. We are setting up the course for the hunters in our Club. The shots are 20-32 yards. For the hunter class. For those of you who like the more challenging distances we have targets from 20-55 yards, and for the recurve/longbow shooters they are 10- 25 yards. Come on out and see what we have done with the course.

The Winners for each class are:

Men’s Open Class
1) Dale Becker254
2) Brandon Fredrick245
3) Kent Marshall161

 

Men’s Freestyle Class
1) Carl Connin258
2) Doug Holmes228

 

Men’s Recurve Class
1) Mike Woods177

 

Women’s Recurve Class
1) Mikayla Becker45

 

Women’s Freestyle Class
1) Ashley Drake213

3D Archery Report – April 3rd, 2016

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We had 23 shooters turn out for the first shoot of the year for 2016, despite it being colder than usual with a couple inches of fresh snow. Everyone like the course, and as an added bonus for us the Flintknappers held their annual show at the Club at the same time.

The top finishers in the shoot for April were:

Freestyle Mens:

1)Mike Day252
2)Shawn Ladd232
3)Shawn Howard191

 

Freestyle Junior:

1)Ryan Valik250
2)Luke Ladd238
3)Tyler Valik235

 

Freestyle Cub:

1)William Howard216

 

Recurve:

1)Brady Murphy119

 

Our next shoot will be held on May 1st. We start at 8:00 am and the last group is out at 2:00 pm. Come on out and shoot, support the Chelsea Rod and Gun Club, and get some bragging rights among your friends, and of course have fun! We have 5 new targets out there: Raccoon, Fox & Badger, and the course is set up for all different styles and experience. We will also be having a drawing next month for all shooters who turn in their scores, for gift certificates from Schupbach’s Sporting Goods in Jackson.

St. Patrick’s Day Scholarship Dinner – March 12th

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We invite you to please come out and join us for our annual Chelsea Rod and Gun Club St. Patrick’s Day Scholarship Dinner! Enjoy a traditional meal of Corned Beef & Cabbage, Potatoes, Carrots, and lots of other dishes. This event annually raises funds so that we can provide at least three $500.00 scholarships to High school Seniors at Chelsea schools (applications are available to Chelsea HS Seniors through the Chelsea Education Foundation). The last few years we have been able to exceed that amount. Last year we were able to give out four $750.00 scholarships! Our goal this year is to do at least as much or more with your support. The dinner starts at 5:00 pm on Saturday at our clubhouse.

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Thank you and hope to see you there!

Sept 27th 2015 3D Archery Shoot Report / Results

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We had 39 participants in the final Archery Shoot for 2015. Everyone liked the course and really seemed to like the new small targets that we purchased including a fox, badger, wolverine, bobcat, and a raccoon. We had a Archery get together on Oct. 11th ad we cleaned out the barn, built some racks to stack targets, and picked up all of the targets from the course. We sorted out the targets from the good, need repair, and cannot be used. The cannot be used will be brought to a membership meeting in the future to be ‘auctioned” off to our members. They are McKenzie targets and most of it consists of heads and non repairable body parts. More on these at a later date. We, the Archery Committee, would like to put this out now so everyone has time to think about it over the winter. We would like to get more participants from our members who are interested in Archery. We have a good core of members who are all willing to help whenever they can but it would be great to get some new ideas to setting up and maintaining the course. As most of you know we have the best course and grounds in the area and we are trying to make it different and challenging each month when we have a shoot. The next shoot will not be until April of 2016 so we have a lot of time to think about it. I know that there are a lot of Archers in the Club who are out there in the woods bow hunting right now so let’s hear from you so you can help us make the 2016 3-D course better than ever. Good luck hunting and be safe.

Results from the Sept. 27th shoot:

Freestyle Men’s  
1)   Jacob Zenz            272
2)  Nathan Sova         251
3)  Jim Wright            250

Freestyle Women’s
1)   Pam Prain          190

Men’s Open 
1)   Kent Marshall     229

Men’s Recurve/longbow
1)   Lance DeVooght      223
2)  Jim Clagg                   208
3)  Ben Hammond         165

  • Len Ellsworth

September 6th 2015 3D Archery Shoot Report / Results

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We had a pretty good turnout considering that the shoot was over the [Labor] Day weekend. There were 21 shooters that came out to test their skills on our course. Everyone liked shooting the new targets we purchased from Scuhbachs in Jackson in time for this shoot. The next shoot will be on Sept.27th, just in time to get your practice in before opening day of the bow season.
The class winners were:

Men’s  Freestyle:
1) Jamie Powers       241
2) Tom Dembinski    228
3) Nick Aldrich          223

Women’s Freestyle:
1) Megan Dembinski   194

Jr. Freestyle:
1)  Griffin Murphy     206
2)  Parker Murphy    200
3)  April Dembinski  138

Men’s Open:
1) Barry Stapleton   257
2) Craig Ludwik       256
3) Larry Brian          245

– Len Ellsworth

August 2015 3D Archery Report / Results

Archery, Special Events

Here is a short note letting you know about the August Archery Shoot

We had 18 participant s this month. We had 12 shooters in the Hunter Class which seems to be the bigger class for us. We have changed the class as far as sights go. If you hunt with a single pin, HHA, Tru-glo, etc than you can shoot in the Hunter class. In the Hunter class the distances will be from 12 yrds. – 32 yrds with most being somewhere in between. Shooting the 3-D course is a great way to learn how to judge distances. Come on out, judge the distance, shoot the target, and than check it with a rangefinder if you choose. Or you can bring your rangefinder and check distances before you shoot if you wish. If you decide to do that, than please don’t turn your score in for the daily competition but turn it in for the prizes we give out from some of our Sponsors. We are changing the course each shoot and trying to make it fun and challenging at the same time. We had three probationary members show up to help which was great to see. Ron Gaw, Mark Belcher and Corey Faupel came and sure made it easier to run the shoot.

We will be having a Hunting swap meet at the next shoot, Sept. 6th. Anyone wanting to sell/swap something hunting related bring it to the shoot (along with your bow) and have it priced along with your name and phone number on it and we will try and sell it for you. We will not negotiate prices. That is why if you aren’t there they can call you if interested. I don’t think pistols should be there so if you have one either take a picture of it and/or have a description of it and we will have a board we will post it on. That also is for bigger items such as a boat, tent, reloading items, anything that is either to big or to much trouble to bring in the building.

Results from the shoot are;

FREESTYLE (HUNTER)
1) Dave Eddings 269
2) Mike Day 243
3) Rob Hendricks 248

OPEN (PRO)
1) Joey Brian 275
2) Larry Brian 248
3) Barry Stapelton 228

CROSSBOW
1) Tim Eisman 121
(It should be noted that Tim only shot the first 15 targets)

We had three gift certificates donated by Scubachs that we gave out in a drawing from everyone who turned their scores in after the shoot. The winners were;

1) Rob Hendricks
2) Larry Brian
3) Barry Stapleton

They will be able to pick up their certificates at the next shoot.

We had three members shoot in August. Tim Eisman, Art Guzowski, and Breck Stringer. Thanks for the support. Lets see some more of the members out for the shoots.

– Len Ellsworth