Roger's Outdoor Notes

OUTDOOR NEWS:  The Manitowoc Gun Club held their monthly meeting on March 7^th and their next meeting is April 4^th at their Clubhouse starting at 7pm.  Some items you will need to mark your calendar about is Hunter Safety that will be held on April 1^st and 8^th. Students will be trap shooting both Saturdays and any volunteers that are able to help the club will be greatly appreciated.  Here is something that the public really needs to know about and that is the Youth Shooting SCTP shoot will be on May 19^th, 20^th and 21^st.  Scott Skattebo went to Minn. Pheasant Fest and he came back with a 12ga SKB Over/Under to raffle off as a fund raiser for the endowment fund. $1,000 was added to the pot for signing up for the gun. If $4,000 is raised and sent in for the gun, it will be matched in the endowment 2:1. Raffle tickets have been printed, and are available for purchase at 1 for $10, and 3 for $20. Pheasants Forever donated $2,500 for the naming rights for the youth shoot in May. $1,500 will be added as prize money for trap, and $1,000 will be added as prize money for sporting clays. $15,000 endowment funds were also awarded by the Wis. SCTP for the shoot, and will be added to the Skeet event. Donations are always greatly appreciated, Tax Deductible and matched 2:1. This goes to a great cause. If you would like to know more about the club, come on out there and see what they all have to offer you. Clubhouse is open on Thursdays and during the weekends at times. You can’t find a nicer bunch of guys and gals to spend a day shooting with. Stop out soon. Thanks.

GANDER MOUNTAIN has filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Gander Mountain is the nation’s largest outdoor retail network with stores in 26 states. As “America’s Firearm Supercenter” they are the market leader in the shooting sports category with an extensive offering of firearms, ammunition and accessories. The company is looking to sell the stores and they are hopeful the sale will take place before the end of May, 2017. The company expects to continue to operate as normal, employees will be paid, and their benefits will remain in place, retirement accounts are intact and protected.