Contacts
Mike Sprague - President
Ron Bruno - Vice President
Keith Boyd - Treasurer
Bill Stegeman - Secretary
Donated Game Meat Contacts
George Komro 884-5359
Ron Bruno 884-9369
Neil Fulwiler 663-9076
Keith Boyd 782-2512
General Meeting:Nov 10th, 2003 ,at Eagles Lodge - 7:30pm
Game Meat:The club is always on the lookout for donated wild game meat. Ron Bruno is our game meat person. He is also looking for fellows to help pick up, cut and wrap and take calls. Rick Isaacson is also a contact person but has injured his back and will be out of commission for 6 months or more. George Komro can assist you with your freezer needs 24 hours a day. Freezer is located at 1579 Tedford St.. Call George at 884-5359.
Meat Cutters:Ron Bruno is compiling a list of individuals he can call at a moments notice to handle donated game meat when he is unavailable. If you are interested in helping out contact Ron at 884-9369.
Freezer:Ron is looking for a large freezer to store donated meet in. If you have one or know of one that is available, contact Ron at 886-9369 or 679-9076.
Stemil Basin Clean Up:Matt Gutzwiler asked and got a resounding vote of approval to do another Stemilt Basin and up the hill clean up day for the first Saturday in June. Thanks to Matt and wife Cindy and all the volunteers last spring. We filled 3 large dumpsters and hauled out 4 or 5 abandoned autos.
Pete Lopushinsky Says Thanks:Pete wishes to thank all of the volunteers who helped get 20 tons of fertilizer to the Colockum Airport. Special thanks to Todd West and crew, Terry Smart and the Alcoa crew. Working in the cold, windy weather they were able to dump 500 lbs. in a hopper. It was neat to watch it be air lifted by the helicopter and spread on the reserve. 30 volunteers made it fun by doing whatever was necessary to make the job easy for all. Next time our wind break and food services (if we have any) will be moved to the other side of the airstrip - away from the prop dust and prevailing winds. By the way Neil, you may have to move over, there is a new cook in town. Chuck Largent cooked up two delicious pots - one of chili and the other sloppy Joes. Thanks Chuck for your excellent cooking. Pete also reports that as soon as corn harvest starts in the Basin he will fill feeders in the Tarpiscan and Lower Colockum. Contact Pete at 663-6260 or Bill Stegeman at 663-7529 if you want to help.
Department Report:: Beau Patterson is requesting any hunter who has a successful hunt (late hunt or archery) in the Chiwawa G.M.U. 245 to contact him. He wants to collect body parts to have them tested for chronic wasting disease (C.W.D.). This is precautionary testing that is being performed across the state. Contact Beau at 663-9764.
Bob Perleberg reports there will be white fishing on the Wenatchee and Entiat Rivers. The season runs from Dec. 1st to Mar. 31st, 2004.
There will be two more pheasant releases before Thanksgiving.
Steelhead fishing started Oct. 8th in the Columbia River (above Rocky Reach Dam), Methow and Okanogan rivers. The Similkaeen opens Nov. 15th. Bob has a blue handout concerning steelhead fishing and also a nice pamphlet entitled "Eastern Washington Pheasant Enhancement Program". This is a legislative funded program to enhance pheasants in Eastern Washington.
Tom McCall has tentatively set Nov. 12th at 9:00am at the Buzz Pott's mobile home on Chelan Butte to fill feeders. The use of your 4x4 pickup is welcomed. You will need to seal the bed, bring lunch, foul weather gear and 5 gal. pails. Refreshments will be provided. Contact Tom at 665-3391 or Bill at 663-7529
"Little Big Horn Show":Starting last year, our horn show was done in December only. The Horn Show will be our December program. We enjoy viewing your successful trophy or trophies, large or small - fur, feather or hair.
Special Thanks :Thank you to John Musser of the BLM who was our guest speaker in October. His short video and talk about BLM - its size and multiple land use functions was very good. John will contact us when the mapping of Douglas County is completed and printed. A fee will be charged for each map.
November Program:John Hunter, newly appointed WDFW Commissioner will be our guest speaker. While John may not have the answers to all of our questions do come with your positive questions or comments.
