PERRY TOWNSHIP GAME ASSOCIATION
FALL 2021 NEWS LETTER
OCTOBER 1, 2021
Vol. III, Issue 25, page 1 www.perrygunclub.com Join the NRA at our Association
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The election of officers for the 2021-2022 term at the June meeting resulted in Travis Foose becoming our new President. We welcome two new Trustees, namely Joshua Christ and Jerry Johnson. All other officers were elected for another term. We thank them all for making Perry such a successful Association. We encourage our members to volunteer for Association positions.
Shotgun Patterning
There is a patterning stand for shotguns located between trap-house #2 and #3. Please refrain from firing shotgun shot shells at the pistol ranges at the shorter 10, 15 and 25 yardages. Shot shell pellets at such short distances quickly deteriorate the target mats requiring replacements and more frequent maintenance. Limit shotgun use at the range for sighting in slug barrels. only at 50 yards and beyond.
2022 CALENDAR
Your copy of the 2022 club calendar is enclosed. Please keep it handy so that you don’t miss any club events. Current club officers and trustees are listed. Events and/or changes that develop during the year will be posted on our web site.
17th Annual Women On Target®
Perry, along with the NRA Women-On Target® program and NRA Foundation held two 17th annual non-competitive, instructional clinics
in recreational shooting and hunting sports this year on June 19th and September 11th. Twenty nine (29) and Thirty-one (31) ladies respectively
completed the clinic and enjoyed the day’s events in safe firearms handling, hands-on pistol, rifle, shotgun and archery shooting. Congratulations to the ladies who attended the clinics. Two clinics are tentatively planned again for our 18th annual events, one on Saturday, June 18, 2022 and the second on Saturday, September 10, 2022. The NRA Foundation provides support for the clinics.
2021 & 2022 Board Shoots
Perry will hold three more Board Shoots for meat trays this year, October 10th, November 14th and December 12th. Next year
one additional shoot will be held June, 2022, for a total of seven (7). Refer to your calendar for the dates. Sign-up begins at 8:30 a.m. and the shoots start at 9:00 a.m. Splatter boards and strip tickets for meat trays are also sold during those events. For every entry sign-up your name is also entered in a special drawing after the December shoot for a Cabela’s gift card.
Big Game Contests
The winner in the longest turkey beard contest out of three entries was Garren Spohn with an entry of 10-7/16 inches. The next bear
and deer contests end at 8:00 p.m. on 1/25/2022 and 2/22/2022 respectively. The next longest turkey beard contest ends at the June 28, 2022 regular meeting. Bring your harvests to the club for measurement. All winners now receive a $75 award.
While using club facilities we encourage you to take and post photo’s of the enjoyment of shooting and activities at our club. We also post special activities and events on
Facebook. This is an easy way for exposure to the Perry
Township Game Association. social media.
Redners Holiday Gift Card Raffle Ticket
Perry is again holding a holiday raffle for $50 Redners Market gift cards. One gift card will be awarded for every 20 tickets purchased. Enclosed are four tickets. Donation cost is $5.00 each, or $20 total for all four. Sell 10 of the tickets and receive a free ticket for yourself. The drawing will be held at the December Trap Shoot on Sunday, December 5th. Ticket holders do NOT have to be present to win. The gift cards will be mailed to the winners. Last year we gave away 65 of these gift cards
Raffles
Perry has the best members. Thank you for supporting our Association by purchasing and selling our raffle tickets. The gun/cash progressive raffle on 8/1/2021 was very successful; the best raffle we ever held. We added four (4) additional guns and eighteen (18) cash prizes due to the brisk sales. A total of 32 valuable prizes were awarded. Winning numbers are posted on the web site. Raffle tickets accompany our two annual newsletters and we hold two special cash/gun raffles in the spring and fall and four 250 club raffles during the year. Come to the club or contact a club officer to participate in all raffles.
Hunter Safety Education
Unfortunately, we were not able to hold our program again this year due to the Covid-19 restrictions imposed by Governor Tom Wolf. This course is normally held annually during the first week in August. If it can be held next year, the 2022 schedule will be posted on the Pa. Game Commission web site sometime during March, 2022. Students need to register on their web site for our program.
SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT
There have been incidents at the ranges where shooters were not following the primary safety rules, namely:
(1) Always have the muzzle pointed down range in a safe direction and not towards anyone. (2) Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot. (3) Keep the action open until ready to shoot.
You will receive a warning if a violation is reported and your membership will be revoked if a second violation occurs.
TRAPSHOOTING NEWS
. Perry finished sixth in the 2021 Berks Amateur Trap league. Four of Perry’s shooters won in the league shoot-off on August 29th. The 2021/2022 Berks Inter valley League started October 3rd at Perry. The new venue established last year is in effect again for this year’s shoots. In memory of David Sheipe his unfired Remington 870 TC 12 gauge shotgun will be awarded by drawing at the end of the season. Perry won the Monday evening league over
Lenhartsville this year. We hold 50 target public shoots the first Sunday of each month. We will host the Berks Inter
Valley league at our November 7, 2021 monthly trap shoot and we will have a regular trap shoot on December 5th.. However, the normal 2022 monthly trap shoots are again cancelled for the months of January through March. The typical poor turn-out during those months produces very little revenue and it is also costly to keep the trap fields free of snow and ice those months. We will be starting up again with our typical Monday evening handicap shoots every Monday during April, the 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th. The Monday evening league will start May 2, 2022 at Lenhartsville; and Perry will host the shoot-off next year.
NEW STEEL TARGET RIFLE RANGE
By the time this newsletter hits the street we are hopeful that the new range is
complete and in-service. The targets are set at 90 yards +/-. Some of the precautions that we ask all users to follow:
THE STEEL TARGETS ON THIS RANGE ARE
RATED FOR RIFLE AND SHOTGUN SLUG LEAD OR CONVENTIONAL LEAD CORE COPPER JACKETED BULLETS ONLY.
AMMUNITION THAT EXCEEDS 3,000 FPS AND MAGNUM CALIBERS ARE PROHIBITED.
ARMOR PIERCING, STEEL JACKETED, TRACER, FULL COPPER, SPENT NUCLEAR, OR EXPLOSIVE OR ANY OTHER NON LEAD AMMUNITION ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO USE SEMI-AUTO RIFLES; BUT NO UNCONTROLLED RAPID FIRE IS ALLOWED.
NRA Membership Recruiting Program
We are a registered recruiter for the NRA and we receive a recruiter fee if you join or renew your current NRA mem bership through our club. We offer discounted rates; for example $10 off an annual membership. Log on to our web site or stop by the club for further details.
250 CLUB
We hold four 250 club raffle drawings and blowouts each year. Attendance at the blowouts has diminished since 2020 when we had to cancel the April and June blowouts due to the COVID-19 restrictions. We resumed the blowouts on August 4, 2020 with a poor turnout. Blowouts ever since have been below expectations. One blowout remains on November 3rd this year. We welcome everyone to again attend. Lots of OPEN raffle tickets are available. We encourage our members to check out these events and participate.
Membership Dues and Changes
We now have all members under a one year membership based on payment month. Grace periods and/or late fees no longer apply. Unpaid members will be dropped as soon as their card expires and a $10 re-join fee will apply. We will notify you by mail when your renewal is again due. However, because the post office is not totally dependable it is important that each member know your expiration date and renew during that month or before. New members who now join will receive a new card good for one year based on the actual payment month. We strongly encourage everyone to pay on-line via the tab labelled “Make A Payment”. Complete and submit the membership renewal form to update and confirm all of your information and then click on the $20 PayPal renewal button to pay with credit card. Please notify us when you change your mailing and/or e-mail addresses.