News

February, 2012

A meeting will be held on February 8 at the West Penn Sportsman's Club.

If you have the Club's backing dummy or if you have information on where it might be, please contact Diane.

Please contact Diane if you are willing to chair the hunt test on May 19-20.

The 2012 dues are $40 for single and $50 for family. They are due now and should be sent to Lynn Wood, 189 Hamilton Road, Saltzburg, PA 15681. The training fee is $30.

2011

The club is sponsoring AKC pointing dog seminars for judges and handlers. The Hunt Test seminar will be held on February 4, and the Field Trial seminar will be held on February 5 at the Holiday Inn in Monroeville. The seminars begin at 8 am.

Congratulations to the gun raffle ticket winners. In case you missed them, the winning numbers are listed below.
364 –Monda,y Dec 5
467 – Tuesday, Dec 6
569 – Wednesday, Dec 7
384 – Thursday, Dec 8
536 – Friday, Dec 9

The club's Fun Event for members and their dogs was held on November 6 at the Slickville Sportsman's Club. You can view some photographs at Club Event. The winners are as follows:

GUN DOG
1. Knucklehead (R. Kaiser)
2. Gunner (L. Keller)
3. Winnie (R. Kaiser)
4. Ben (R. Reutzel)

HUNTING DOG
1. Cally (D. Fazio)
2. Sophie (L. Krenke)
3. Razz (JR Shick)
4. Forest (R. Kaiser)

DERBY
1. Sniper (C. Keller)
2. Rebel (K. Smith)

PUPPY
1. Chip (R. Reutzel)

VETERAN
1. Willow (K. McAllister)
2. Tess (R. Reutzel)
3. Rudy (D. Fazio)

The club is on the winter schedule now. There is no training but there is a meeting on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm at the West Penn Sportsman's Club in Murrysville, PA. You can shoot sporting clays before the meeting if you contact Diane Fazio.

I traveled to another county to hunt last Saturday. While hunting I met a local hunter and asked him if there were ticks in the area. He said he has not seen any on his dog. When I came home, I took over 20 ticks off my dog. If your dog is running in Pennsylvania, it is getting ticks. It is better to pick them off before they bite. After they are engorged, I use the Pro-Tick Remedy to take them off. It works great. I also spray Bactine on the bite area to remove the itch. That works for me too. There are spays you can use to keep the ticks off your clothes. Go to http://www.huntingpa.com and search for "ticks" in the forum. A tick bite is not bad, but the possibility of Lyme disease makes it worth preventing.

If you take your deer to Custom Deer Processing in New Alexandria, PA, you can enter a raffle to win prizes for Fall's Harvest Taxidermy. Custom Deer Process will be serving hot dogs and refreshments from 2 to 4 pm on the three season drawing dates of Nov. 20, 2011 - Archery; Jan. 8, 2012 - Rifle; and Jan. 22, 2012 - Muzzleloader.

Colin Keller is selling deer mount plaques, oak gun cabinets, and Adirondack chairs. If you are interested and would like prices or discuss a custom made project, please contact Colin at lilkeller313@gmail.com