Sportsman Coon Club

SCHA

SPORTSMAN COONHUNTERS ASSOCIATION

2024/2025 IN-HOUSE TRAP LEAGUE (50 BIRDS PER WEEK)

League will be 12 weeks long with a trophy shoot held on the 13th week. Only your 10 best scores will count towards your average for class placement. All skill levels are welcome. You do not have to be a club member to participate.

SHOOT DATES:

12/8/2024

12/15/2024 ***

12/22/2024

12/29/2024 ***

1/5/2025

1/12/2025 ***

1/19/2025

1/26/2025 ***

2/2/2025

2/9/2025 NO SHOOTING ON THIS DATE

2/16/2025

2/23/2025

3/2/2025

TROPHY SHOOT AND BANQUET 3/9/2025

SHOOTING ON SUNDAYS ONLY FROM 9AM TO 12NOON

*** INDICATES SHOOTING STARTS AT 9:30

Green targets will be in use with the shooter who breaks a green target during a league scoring shoot will win a free round of 25 trap. To be eligible for the green target prizes or the 25 straight prize the shooter must complete all 12 weeks of the league.

ANYONE SHOOTING A 25 STRAIGHT ON HOUSE 1 OR HOUSE 2 WILL RECEIVE A FREE ROUND OF 25 TRAP IF THEY COMPLETE ALL 12 WEEKS OF THE LEAGUE.





Awards will be given to the HIGH GUN AVERAGE and class winners at the trophy shoot. Classes will be as follows:

AA: 46.0 AVERAGE AND ABOVE

A: 44.0 AVERAGE BUT BELOW 46.0

B: 42.0 AVERAGE BUT BELOW 44.0

C: 40.0 AVERAGE BUT BELOW 42.0

D: BELOW 40.0 AVERAGE

JR/SUB JR (IF AT LEAST 2 PARTICIPATE)

LADY HIGH GUN (IF AT LEAST 2 PARTICIPATE)

The awards will be in the form of free rounds of 25 trap for high gun and each class winner.

Cost of the league: (50 targets)

$14.00 per week with a pizza/wing, macaroni & cheese, chili and dessert party after the trophy shoot.

Jr/Sub Jr under 18 years old will pay $10.00 per week.

Shoot ahead or back is allowed.

Practice rounds will be $5.00 per 25 with no practice rounds allowed prior to league scoring for that day. (green targets or 25 straight do not count for practice rounds)

Any questions please contact:

Mike Keller



716-951-0817

Gun raffle winners

October 2024 SCHA MEETING MINUTES


MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY GARY AT 8:01PM ATTENDEES: 37

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

MONTH MEETING MINUTES:
· Read and accepted

TREASURER’S REPORT:
· Read and accepted

SCOPE:
· . Candidate Joe Graff spoke at the meeting, Joe was a probation officer and now chief deputy, running unopposed
· Another anti-gun group in NYS. It is very important to get out to vote. Vote early because the republican party can use that data to decide where to concentrate the get out to vote effort
· Need to get active against this anti-gun legislation, it is unrelenting, A nics check price raise is coming.

FEDERATION REPORT:
· Next month Federation meeting is at the club, November 26

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

TRAP:
· Starting the winter league in mid-December, the schedule will be out by the next meeting
· Trap Practice Wednesday and Sunday mornings
· The club is displaying the league championship trophy
· Club trap team has Joined the Albion team for the travel winter league

ARCHERY:
· . The last shoot went well, 35 shooters. Thanks to all that helped get this shoot ready
· Looking at dates for next year
· Targets are holding up pretty good

RANGE:
· With the onset of poor weather please put the targets back when done shooting

TRAILS:
· Loggers are done, a bit of cleaning up to be done

KITCHEN
·

OLD BUSINESS:
· Driveway work has been done and leveled up.
· The road side of the bridge needs work, Gary will call guys who need work hours to do the work
· A Top coat will be applied to the driveway work next year
· Reminder to get your hours in. when you sign in the work hours book enter the number of hours worked. If you worked Archery or Trap events you will get credit for 4 hours
· 10-gun tickets, 2 weeks to go under and less than 200 tickets are still out. Get them in ASAP, sold or unsold.
· Saturday pat Is planning to do the floor, he needs help
· Ranges are open 10 to 3
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NEW BUSINESS:
· REMINDER; to text Chat Valyear at 716 474 2299 to schedule an event on the calendar
· new members Brad Morrison and Bill Zipfel
· Next month nominations for officers/board members. The club needs a secretary
· Pond area, money is available to do some desired work on the pond, put up a bathroom, clean up the picnic area. We will put some estimates together and bring it to the membership next month
· 150-yard range, needs to be cleaned up and the berm shored up
· 50/50 $28 to the winner and club.
·

CLUB CLEANING SCHEDULE REVIEW
· Did not review


NEXT MEMBER MEETING 2023
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:27

This Sunday is our last 3D shoot for this year! Perfect time to make sure your hunting setup is ready to go! Hope to see you Sunday!

The logging work is complete and the ranges are now open. Hunting is allowed

The club picnic on September 22 is open to all members and their families. Bring a dish to pass

Signs have been posted around the club reminding all that the ranges are closed until the logging is complete. Also no hunting on the property until the logging is complete.

Hello all, as reported in the monthly minutes Chad Valyear is going to maintain the club rental calendar. However Chad prefers that you text him at (716)474-2299 instead of contacting him by email, which by the way I had incorrect in the minutes.

Additionally the Club picnic info was not real clear. The Trap picnic and club championship is Sunday September 22, open to all to participate in both the shooting and the picnic. If attending please bring a dish to pass, all else will be provided.

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Early bird drawing winner
#712
Steve Z
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September 2024 SCHA MEETING MINUTES
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY GARY AT 8:01PM ATTENDEES: 47
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MONTH MEETING MINUTES:
· Read and accepted
TREASURER’S REPORT:
· Read and accepted
SCOPE:
· Quiet meeting, discussion of state moving forward to eliminate lead ammo .
FEDERATION REPORT:
· Quiet meeting, nothing to report
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
TRAP:
· Finished Genesee valley travel league, our club won league championship. Jeff Mullen was top shooter with the highest league average and the league Iron Man
ARCHERY:
· Archery September event, 28th set up, 29th shoot. May have to reroute a few targets after loggers are done, Sunday will tear down everything including targets up for the season
· October 21 start of archery
RANGE:
·
TRAILS:
·
KITCHEN
·
OLD BUSINESS:
· Volunteer hours discussion, many members do not have any hours, majority very few. If you get 0 volunteer hours it will cost $200 plus the $100 dues. List is posted on the bulletin board of things to be done. Pond area is in dire shape and can be cleaned and fixed up. Please, SIGN THE BOOK. If you do not sign the book the club has no record of the amount of time you worked. There is a sign in book both inside and outside the club house
· Loggers are here and planned a 2-week work schedule to complete the work, perhaps another week or 2
· RANGES ARE CLOSED PERIOD during the couple of weeks the loggers are on the property. Important, someone came out and shot during the week while the loggers were working. If you get caught you will be suspended, no hunting either while the loggers are on property.
· The floor stripping is half done, the other half will be done soon
· New associate member William Zipfel
NEW BUSINESS:
· Chad Valyear is the contact for the club rental schedule. Contact him by email at [email protected]
· 10-gun crunch time, 240 tickets are still outstanding. GET THOSE TICKETS TURNED IN ASAP.
· The Karl replacement decision will be put off a couple of weeks
· Last month we authorized $8800, Biden omics has pushed the price to $9903. Motion made to authorize the higher amount, seconded, and carried.
· Road work will proceed after logging, road will be raised and leveled, tiled etc. we need to authorize up to $25000 for the work, motion made and accepted and carried
· Next Sunday 22 family picnic and club championship shoot being held, open to all and your families. bring a dish to pass
· Scope meetings are second Tuesday of every month. 7;00
· For now, Gary is doing the calendar
· 50/50 $37 to the winner $36 to the club, donated back to the pond fund
· Early bird drawing, mike Moyles sold the winner to Steve z
CLUB CLEANING SCHEDULE REVIEW
· 9/15 – 9/21 Dave Dombrowski and TBD
· 9/22 – 9/28 Mike Mayeu and Dave Mayeu
· 9/29 – 10/5 Jim Gayton and Jason Hammond
· 10/6 – 10/12 Donna Taylor and Dick Helms
NEXT MEMBER MEETING October 9, 2024
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:23

Important message: the loggers have started their work. The ranges are closed.

August 2024 SCHA MEETING MINUTES
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY GARY AT 8:01PM ATTENDEES: 27
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MONTH MEETING MINUTES:
· Read and accepted
TREASURER’S REPORT:
· Read and accepted
SCOPE:
· Regular meeting last night, discussion on upcoming elections
· Proposition 1 discussion, Pat Galivan says it is bad legislation. Advise to vote no but get educated on it.

Proposition 1 Fact Sheet

What is Proposition 1?
Proposition 1 is a constitutional amendment that the Democrats are trying to put back onto the statewide ballot November 5, 2024
This would amend Section 11 of Article 1 of the New your State Constitution to include ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, or s*x, including s*xual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, reproduction health and autonomy.

The Negative Intentional Consequences
Proposition 1 will have wide ranging consequences that could destroy the integrity of girls’ sports, erode parental rights, extend constitutional rights to illegal aliens, and more. If passed Proposition 1 could;
· Prohibit education institutions from barring males from participating in female sports.
· Allow males to use female locker rooms, restrooms, and related facilities.
· Grant minors the right to medical treatments and procedures, including gender transition drugs and/or surgeries without parental consent.
· Override existing statutes limiting medical intervention to children.
· Ban schools from disclosing to parents when their child is considering or actually transitioning their gender.
· Extend constitutional protections to illegal aliens.
· Open the door for a slew of radical bills that would destroy parental oversight and involvement in their children’s education and medical decisions.

New York law already allows abortion until the end of the ninth month. Kathy Hochul and the Democrats are attempting to define this constitutional amendment as being all about abortion but that is a lie and easily refuted by simply reading the text of the proposed amendment.

To protect your rights, stand up for parents, and save girls’ sprots, EVERY common-sense New Yorker MUST vote NO on Proposition 1 November 5th.
FEDERATION REPORT:
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COMMITTEE REPORTS:
TRAP:
· Opportunity to buy a half truck of targets at $8850.00. motion is and carried
ARCHERY:
· Volunteer at the next event, get your hours in,
· Had a good shoot a couple of weeks ago, new shooters [participated. Had a lot of good help
· There is the need for a lot of trail work
RANGE:
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TRAILS:
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KITCHEN
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OLD BUSINESS:
· 22 league is finished, fun time for all was had
· Rail road tie work day is cancelled, 150 ties were delivered for us
· discussion to open the ranges during hunting season, ranges are not closed but time restricted and open times will remain the same
· We are going to get a price on getting the driveway fixed first before the steps
NEW BUSINESS:
· Karl is leaving, the club is looking for volunteer to be Secretary, if one does not come forward by next meeting Gary will appoint one
· Karl is moving up to honorary
· Devin Mayeu is a new full member
· Donation from the Scafetta family for 200.00
· 10-gun tickets, every member is required to sell at least 4. Penalties are being considered.
· Equipment maintenance this week. Be aware that the rifle range is rough and you need to have mower deck raised when mowing that section, do not use the mower as a bush hog. Just be aware of the ground condition and mow accordingly
· Pat is deep cleaning the floor tomorrow at 8am, help would be appreciated.
· 50/50 $16 donated back to the pond fund
CLUB CLEANING SCHEDULE REVIEW
· August 18 – 24 Bob Dyson – Josh Macklin
· August 25 – 31 Brian and Chad Valyear
· September 1 – 7 Robert Botsford – Kelly Bowles
· September 8 – 14 Doug Covney - Ron Schramm
NEXT MEMBER MEETING September 10, 2024
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:23

Join our friends down the road for their Labor Day shoot!

The club floor will be deep cleaned and stripped tomorrow morning starting at 8am. Please consider helping out.

There are still 500 10-gun tickets that have not been picked up. Of the tickets picked up, the lions share have not yet been turned in. We are down to 30 days before the early bird drawing. EVERY MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO SELL AT LEAST 4 TICKETS. GET YOUR TICKTS SOLD AND TURNED IN.

Neighbors down the road are having a 3D shoot!

22 league party is 8/11/24 @ clubhouse 1pm, food and prizes

The 22 league picnic will be held on Sunday August 11 at 1:00 PM.

Hot dogs and hamburgers will be provided. We will have shooting games for prizes (all league participants will get one) as well as a grand prize for the league champ.

Our friends down the road are having a shoot in a couple of weeks! Come out and give them some support!

Time to dust off those bows and come out and get some practice in before the upcoming season!

C**n Clubs Ten Gun Raffle tickets are now available . Please contact Rick & Laura for tickets. call , text . All members are responsible to sell 4 tickets but can take more to sell if wanting.

Laura’s # (585) 409-7204
Rick # (716) 913-1821

July SCHA minutes

call to order : 8pm
members present: 31
Pledge of Allegiance

Previous min read and excepted

Treasurer’s report read and excepted
Scope: n/a
Federation: n/a
Committee Reports:

Trap: Hosting GVL 8 / 17,18 **LOT OF HELP NEEDED**

Archery: having a shoot at club on 8/4 , set up 8/3 at 8am. ***LOT OF HELP IS NEEDED ON BOTH DAYS !** on the 3rd only several hrs to set up. all day on the 4th( mostly to take down usually start to take down around 2pm.

Proporty: n/a
Kitchen: n/a

Old business: Taxes turned in and excepted.spoke with the RR for the RR ties( work day scheduled to get RR ties).22 league almost completed.HR 218 at club 7/17th.

New business: 10 gun tickets are out and all members must sell 4 ea.,New steps on entrance to get done, scope membership paid, Floor maintenance to be done, Discussion on ranges to stay open during hunting season.

Cleaning schedule: 7/13-19 Nick Mest, 7/20-26 Tom Balestra,Gary Berger, 7/27-8/3 Shawn Bigsby,Jeff Abatello.
Motion to Adjourn: 8:24pm

***** WITH THE EVENTS OUR CLUB IS HAVING MEMBERS HAVE PLENTY TO GET YOUR MANDATORY WORK HRS IN , ALSO ALL MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SELL AT LEAST 4 TEN GUN RAFFLE TICKETS AND HAVE THEM INTO CLUB BY OCTOBER 9TH.*******

SCOPE GENESEE COUNTY MEETING MINUTES
Held at Sportsman C**n Club, 8770 Hopkins Rd, Batavia, NY
Tuesday, June 10, 2024
The meeting opened at 7:00PM with the pledge of allegiance and prayer led by James Tuttle for guidance and promoting good decisions on behalf of our country.
Correspondence: None to report.
Minutes: Dave K. noted that the minutes under “Shows” should read Oatka Rod & Gun Club and not “Fest” on 6/9. Kathy stated that under “Good & Welfare” she had looked up legislation(2224A/S50) and (S8719) to obtain updates, but those bill numbers did not correspond with any type of gun legislation as we discussed. She will eliminate those bills numbers from the minutes.
Motion: To accept the minutes with corrections: 1st Bob Dash 2nd Dave Kaufman; motion passed.
Treasurer’s Report: Copies of the end of May finances were available at the meeting. There was one $25 reimbursement deposited for a new membership. We paid Batavia Legal Printing $373.14 for the raffle ticket printing.
Motion: To accept the Treasurer’s report: 1st Bruce LeRoy; 2nd Bob Dash; motion passed.
Committee Reports:
Coins: No report.
Signs: No report.
Shows: Bob Dash and Charlie Balcom
Firing Pin: (6/8 & 6/9) We received $100 (one new member and donations). Candy bars were sold out ($62 income). We sold 25 books of raffle tickets for the framed Constitution. The petitions were filled with signatures for our proposed upcoming lawsuit to rescind the most recent NICS ammo checks.
Oatka Fish & Game: (6/9) We brought in $172 in regalia, plus 2 memberships and gun raffle sales. The glass etched steins sold well.
Lock box: Bob bought a second lock box. There is $96 for petty cash change with it.
Motion: To reimburse Bob Dash $64.79: 1st Charlie Balcolm 2nd Linda Rindell; motion passed.
Bergen Parade: (6/8) Genesee County chapter participated in this event.
Thank You Cards: We are sending four cards out to the Firing Pin, the Bergen Business Association, Oatka Rod & Gun Club and to Bob Bialkowski (Memorial Day Parade) for inviting us to their events. Members present were asked to sign the cards, and Dave K. will mail them.
Petitions: Chairman Jim reported that parent SCOPE received an email from Secretary Sue saying that President John Elwood (retired Lieutenant Army Colonel) had sent in all of the petitions collected by them from other counties into Albany without informing us. The outgoing president wanted them sent in before the elections, which was not the intent of our chapter’s goals. Therefore, the remaining Genesee County petitions are in our possession, so we’ll move forward with our plans and continue to collect signatures over the summer for the next legislative session. Jim asked that members take petitions to their individual clubs for signatures.
Parent SCOPE Gun Raffle: We are not participating in or selling tickets for them, but focusing on our own raffle at this time.
Raffle Tickets: A Framed Constitution (with a one ounce silver coin valued at $40) donated by Tim Grooms will be raffled by our chapter; $1/ticket or 6 tickets/$5. Drawing is November 12.
Canandaigua Steam Show: Corky reported that the Board of Directors declined to have us participate.
NYS SCOPE Website: Kathy reported that she had contacted Secretary Sue Maressa about updating our Genesee County chapter’s information. Kathy looks at the website before every monthly meeting, but we are supposed to submit our own report if we want it posted. Glen has been submitting items and photos on his youth team activities. Kathy will plan to send in an update for the next quarter.
Attica Rodeo: (8/1, 2, 3 & 4) Bob contacted the person in charge, and they are happy to give us booth space and will waive the $250 fee.
Federation: Glen reported that the next meeting with be at the Alabama Hunt Club on the last Tuesday, June 25. Tim will take petitions to the meeting picnic. Glen thanked us for supporting the youth team this year for the NYS Shoot (near Cicero, NY); 24 attended. He sent photos to the NYS SCOPE. One female student won 1st place for the “JV Averages”. Another young man tied for 1st place, except that reverse scoring put him in 4th place. There were over 2000 students shooting at the event, which started with 67 teams, now at 155 teams. Glenn has tickets for the Conservation which is raffling sporting goods (fishing fear, Bass Pro gift cards; no guns).
Candy Bars: Jim will order more candy bars.
Alexander GunShow: (6/15) Father’s Day weekend
Genesee County Fair: (8/20-25)
Alexander Steam Show: (9/5-8)
Labor Day Parade: (9/2) Oakfield (not confirmed)
Pembroke Car Show: (TBD) (9/15?)
Old Business:
SCOPE Annual Banquet: (9/28) Pompei Rod & Gun Club, 2035 Swift Rd., Fabius, NY (south of Syracuse, off Rte 81), is hosting the meeting, which will include archery, pistol, target and trap shooting prior to the meeting. There will be a chicken BBQ. The Chairman, John Elwood, is a retired colonel and was just voted in as our new President.
New Business:
Legislation:
Back Hunting Tags: (A10565/S8644) The old heavy cardboard tags will be eliminated, and they’ll issue a plain paper receipt instead. Hunters have been working to eliminate them for many years. You can take a photo and keep a record there. You can also print out your own license on the computer (one for each jacket) and carry it.
NRA-ILA Bill Summary: The legislative session has ended, and the NRA sent out an email to members with a list of which bills passed and those that did not.
Open Carry Gun Law: (S9137/A10052) NYS bans open carry shotgun and rifle in a manner that cannot be seen by others. It was passed in the Senate, but did not pass the Assembly. Therefore, it died in committee, but can be reintroduced next session.
Posted Property Trespass: The penalty was increased and is a Class A misdemeanor with a year in jail.
Memorial Day Parade: Bob asked whether we should charge for the green t-shirts that the members wore in the parade. It was voted at last month’s meeting that there would be no charge; however, if someone wanted to pay for the shirt, they could.
Godfrey’s Pond Annual Festival: (9/21-22) Glen will set up a booth for us.
Chapter T-shirts: We discussed which colors to purchase, probably blue in M/L/XL/XXL. Glen will check for set up and pricing at LP Graphics.
Donation Jars/Clipboards: Bob asked for empty large donation jars and clipboards for our booths if members had any.
Primary Election: (Tuesday, June 25) 6AM-9PM; early voting 6/15-23.
National GOA: Blake reported that NYS Gun Owners of America is involved in a lawsuit (Higby vs James) asking for gun permit reciprocity with other states, which follows the Bruen case. There are 4 different cases with injunctions, which mean that the law can’t be enforced while being litigated.
GOA vs Hocul: Paloma Capana is litigating this case. Only two of the 5 cases being filed have been decided upon since last March 2023. www.GOANYS.com
Good & Welfare:
NYS passed a law that requires that a “warning” sign be included with the sale of each gun. The shop must have a sign posted in the window along with the su***de prevention hotline number.
Hunter Biden was found guilty on all charges, including falsifying forms on gun purchase.
Don P. referred members to the Erie County Federation of Sportsmen website (Carl Lees) which lists of all proposed bills. He asked that the youth group leaders check the hunting schedule so as not to conflict with open hunting seasons to increase youth participation.
Motion to adjourn (8:00PM): 1st Bruce 2nd Tim Grooms; motion passed.
Respectively submitted,

Kathryn Seweryniak, Secretary
SCOPE Genesee County

Call to Action – Gun Owners of America – New York

22 league make up

Anyone wishing to make up any shooting for the league , last chance will be Wednesday 4 to 6

**22 shooting**

*******change ****** change from Saturday to Sunday because of weather. same hrs ( 1pm to 4pm).

22 shooting league make -up

Anyone wishing to shoot to make up for Wednesday’s cancellation due to lightning. Gary said he will be at the club Tomorrow (Saturday) 1pm to 4pm for shooting.

C**n Clubs Ten Gun Raffle tickets are now available . Please contact Rick & Laura for tickets. call , text , or meet at club on Wednesday evenings during 22 league.

Laura’s # (585) 409-7204
Rick # (716) 913-1821