PF OctoberNovember 2007 Newsletter - Pheasants …

1 EDBYTH : YOUTHHUNTREGISTRATIONFORMROOSTERTALESOCT OBER/NOVEMBER2007 FRVC NEWSLETTERMy To Do List Get out pheasant hunting every chance I get, this season. Introduce someone new, to hunting. Old or young, male or female, matters not. Justgive someone the opportunity to experience what I enjoy so much. Volunteer to help out at the PF-FRVC Youth Hunt. Walk and maybe hunt several of the Glacial Habitat Restoration Areas in Winnebago andFond du Lac Counties with my dogs. Recruit at least one person into becoming a Pheasants Forever member. Attend the Fox River Valley Chapter of Pheasants Forever annual banquet. Extend my current PF Sponsor membership or better yet, become a Life Member andget the nice leather jacket.

2 Spend some golden days in the field with my kids, hiking, hunting, and talking. Volunteer and help out at a PF-FRVC habitat project. Extend my membership in the National Rifle Association. Even though I don t agreewith their positions 100% of the time, the NRA is the #1 organization defending myConstitutional Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Go on an out-of -state hunt. Pheasants , ducks, deer, or elk doesn t matter which. Educate people at every opportunity about the positive aspects of practicing a goodconservation ethic and how hunting plays an integral role in the process. Encourage a non-hunter to take a firearms safety class. It simply makes good sense andit s something everyone should know. Join Safari Club International.

3 SCI is to hunter rights, what the NRA is to my SecondAmendment rights. Read a good book. Maybe Robert Ruark sHorn of the Hunteror a re-read of AldoLeopold sA Sand County Almanac. Two good choices. Spend time in the field with family and old friends. Make a few new friends along a Perfect To Do ListBy, Jack DoemelWhen you read the title I ll bet your first thought was, Oh no, now this guy is going to find more stuff for me to do that I really don twant to deal with! That s what my boss and significant other are for. Well maybe you re half right, but the To Do List I m talkingabout is what I usually consider to be the good stuff. If it happens to further the conservation cause or stretch my boundariesa bitfurther, so much the , my list has no time requirements or prioritization needs, although it may make you feel better to get to them in a specificorderor complete each item by some other measure.

4 And while season dates or schedules may dictate when you would have to do some ofthem, nobody will be checking in to see which or how many have been accomplished. It s strictly between you and .. well, youunless you choose to share this set of goals with another. This one is meant to be completely self-serving. In the words of Toby Keith It s about me .Well, here goes. This is my suggestion of a great To Do list. Feel free to adopt it as your own, add to it, subtract from it or simplytoss it aside. Like I said, this is just my idea of things I want to get to in the coming months:CROWINGCOUNT-Start 45 minutes before sunrise. Drive 10 mile routes, stoppingevery miles to listen and record location of crowing roosters onplat book maps.

5 Finish 1 to hours after Ryf (920) 379- 8170 YOUTHHUNT-Members and their dogs pair one-on-one with youth who have passedthe gun safety course to have a group field day hunt for youths toexperience pheasant Kolaszewski (920) 426-0498 or recruit the avid pheasant hunters who are not members to join andparticipate. Committee would meet occasionally to discuss and acton ways to increase membership in our Seeley (920) 235-9712 or Mathusek (920) 235-5610 x 11 or PLOT-Clean up of a specific Winnebago County areas 4-5 times a Ryf (920) 379- 8170 FUNDRAISING-Assist in selling tickets to raffles, help out at the sponsor banquet,attend fall social etc. during the Mathusek (920) 235- 5610 x 11 or planning/work committee for our chapter to initiate landacquisition programs.

6 These programs are funded and executed usingfederal and state grants, Pheasants Forever national and local funds,easements and land trust Doemel (920) 231-1096 or planning committee to work on improving habitat and Fowler (920) 688-5123 or up to participate and get youth Kolaszewski (920) 426-0498 or planning meetings before next year s Mathusek (920) 235- 5610 x 11 or Heidl (920) 231- 0860 VOLUNTEEROPPROTUNITIES-Sign up to participate in various activities throughout the on the e-mail or call list to be contacted about upcoming Seeley (920) 235-9712 or is designed to teach the public about humanity s ties to thenatural world and to provide leadership in the effort to conserve andprotect the earth s natural Zawacki (920) 582-4746 Newsletter -Contribute articles, photos, or ideas to the Seeley (920)

7 235-9712 or EDITORLEOKOLASZEWSKI, MANAGINGEDITORJERRYMATHUSEK, PUBLISHERCOMMITTEESTRUCTURECOMMITTEEDIRE CTOR/CHAIRMANBANQUETALHEIDL/JERRYMATHUSE KBURNCREWJOHNKELLERMANFINANCEJOHNMANIONF UNDRAISINGJERRYMATHUSEKHABITATPAULFOWLER LANDACQUISITIONJACKDOEMELMEMBERSHIPRYANS EELEYNEWSLETTERKRISSYSEELEYPREDATORCONTR OLPAULFOWLERPUBLICRELATIONSMARKLEWISWEB- SITEMARKLEWISVOLUNTEERCOORDINATORRYANSEE LEYYOUTHPROGRAMSLEOKOLASZEWSKILIFEMEMBER SPAULFOWLERJERRYMATHUSEKBILLMILLERTOMPUP ETERTOMRUSCHPHEASANTSFOREVERFOXVALLEYCHA PTERPAGE2 ROOSTERTALESPAGE3 FRVC NEWSLETTER9712 or x 11 or times a or call list to be contacted about upcoming s Sport Shop2968 Jackson StreetOshkosh, WI 54901(920) 233-5533 Over 3000 Rifles and Shotguns in StockLargest Archery Selection in the StateBows by Hoyt, PSE, Darton, AR,Custom ArrowsVitale s Fall Social Prize WinnersGrand Prize;Weatherby Orion Shotgun- Jeff Wiechman2nd Prize; Big Family Charters Fishing Trip- Wayne Williams3rd Prize; Bennelli/Stoeger Condor Mick Noone4th Prize; Rustling Meadows Hunt- Mark Berganini5th Prize; Fin n Feather Showboat Dinner Cruise- Bill TollardSnapshotsfrom the2007 Vitale sFall SocialPAGE4 ROOSTERTALESYOUTHHUNTSLATEDFORDECEMBER8 THBy, Leo KolaszewskiThe Fox River Valley Chapter has set Saturday, December 8 for our 9thannual Youth Hunt.

8 Last year we moved from September toDecember and found it to be a much better event primarily due to warm weather related problems in early September. Last year wesponsored 65 kids, ages 11 18 for this memorable event. Part of the Pheasants Forever mission is education and this event goes along way toward meeting that goal by not only showing folks what proper wildlife habitat is, but also by introducing young people tothe magic of upland hunting over great all day event starts out indoors in a great hunting lodge at the RW Ranch in Pickett. During the first hour or so, kids will interactwith wildlife biologists and conservation wardens. They will also participate in a gun safety refresher with Oshkosh Hunter Safetyinstructors.

9 After that, we ll head out to the trap range for some practice shooting with some excellent shooting is feeling a bit more confident with their shooting abilities, the chapter puts on a tasty hot lunch for participants,parentsfriends, and volunteers. After that, it s off to the field for what we hope will be a hunt to remember. We ll have stocked over150rooster Pheasants to supplement the areas strong natural production. Chapter volunteers will have plenty of well trained huntingdogsavailable to give everyone a good chance at some chapter provides all ammunition and even gives each youth participant a blaze orange PF hat. Parents or adult family friends withhunting experience are welcome to act as mentors or the chapter will provide experienced mentors.

10 Since this is an authorized youthhunt, DNR regulations require an adult mentor for each participant. No hunting license is required for a youth hunt, but allparticipants MUST have completed a DNR approved hunter safety course. While we provide hats to the youth participants, all othersin the field must wear some blaze orange for safety. No one will be allowed in the field without orange. We ask for a $10 donation tohelp us plan for the correct number of participants. Only youth participants will carry you know a kid who would enjoy a day centered around the outdoors, get him/her signed up. If you know of a kid who wouldenjoy this but can t get them out hunting for whatever reason, we are particularly willing to help.