PRESIDENT’S NEWS: Many of you have heard me say that "Volunteerism is at the tip of the spear here at Bass River". With that being said, it gives me great pleasure to announce that I have appointed member Cynthia Wigren to be the liaison between committees and members with the title of Volunteer Coordinator.

Cynthia's duties include: 1) Connect with committee heads to collect information on volunteer opportunities; 2) Connect with new members to collect info on availability, skills, and current hours served to assist in matching them with volunteer opportunities; 3) Draft a volunteer e-blast to be sent to all members with the monthly newsletter; and 4) Acknowledge volunteer service with follow up thank you notes, via email or card.”

Please join me in welcoming Cynthia aboard here at Bass River and keep an eye on the monthly newsletter and e-mail blasts for volunteer opportunities. As always, I will see you down the range! President Chris Whiting

DIRECTORS MEETING:September 18. The Directors meetings are held on the third Friday of each month. Sept. meeting will be at 6:30 (NEW TIME!) All members are encouraged to attend and share your views. The more you

participate, the better your club becomes.

MONTHLY MEMBER DINNER: The monthly dinners are on hold until we determine that it is safe to spend time in a group setting. REMEMBRANCE: This month we were saddened to learn of Julie Robillard’s father’s passing. We haven’t heard of any illnesses from our club members. Send any announcement of a death or illness to me. I will respond to the families appropriately. Steve Noyes

INDOOR RANGE: Open Shooting Night. The Indoor Range will be open the Wednesday following the monthly board meetings from 6-8PM. Open Range Night will be staffed by Club CRSOs and Instructors who will be available to give guidance and answer questions. The CRSO Committee

OUTDOOR R/P RANGE: The range is back to a daily schedule. REMEMBER. You must take Orientation to shoot at the Outdoor Range. Please make a reservation to take the courses. All shooters must show their current membership card before signing in to shoot.

IDPA: IDPA (International Defensive Pistol Association):Is a sport using concealed handguns to solve self defense scenarios on the range. We shoot

All Ranges are Open with Range Officer

Supervision. Closings due to inclement

weather or unforeseen circumstances are posted on the club

website.

SHOTGUN RANGESMembers $4;

Non-members $6Skeet:THURSDAY 10-1PM; 3PM-CLOSESATURDAY 10-12NOONSUNDAY 10-1PM

Five Stand:SATURDAY 9-1PMSUNDAY 10-1PM

Trap:WEDNESDAY 12-3PMSUNDAY 1-3PM

RIFLE/PISTOL RANGESMON-FRI 12-5PM*SAT/SUN 10-5PM*Note: ranges closed Sat @ 2PM before Sun matches

INDOOR RANGES:OPEN 24 HOURS DAILY Key fob access only

BASS RIVER ROD & GUN CLUB, INC. PO Box 29, Yarmouthport, MA 02675 ~ 508-375-9395 ~ www.bassriverrodandgun.com SEPT. 2020

Say hello to a few of our Wednesday Workers! Volunteer Coordinator

Cynthia Wigren and her husband, Ben, Wendy Farrell and Tim Phelan.

They did a great job on the entrance to the clubhouse, painting the rocks.

the third Sunday of the month weather permitting with setup the Saturday before @ 2:30pm. The August match had 25 shooters enjoying six stages, in the rain. Our next match is September 20th, come join in the fun, new shooters are always welcome. See you on the range. Steve Grindell

GOAL: A great thing has happened!! A California Federal Judge has ruled that the California ban on magazines holding more than ten rounds is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Down the road this could mean good things for the state. Now it will be seen just how far this will get us in terms of following California. THIS IS THE TIME TO JOIN GUN OWNERS ACTION LEAGUE. They need you more than ever. If you haven’t joined GOAL then do it now. If you are already a member send them a much needed donation. Do not

be the one to sit on the side lines. The attitude to take is “SAVE YOUR RIGHTS. GET INVOLVED”. WHEN YOUR RIGHTS ARE GONE, DON’T BE A “COULDA’ -WOULDA’- SHOULDA’ ” KIND OF FIREARMS OWNER. Steve Noyes

PISTOL LEAGUE: There is go-ing to be a Winter Pistol League! To get ready and keep our skills sharpened, team members are practicing on Monday and Thurs-day evenings @ 7PM. Bill Shum-way is our team statistician; keeping tabs on our progress. If anyone is thinking of joining in the fun; this is the year to come on down and give it a try. We're practicing social distancing and wearing face coverings. If you are interested in sharpening your skills, please contact me at hdrider056@gmail.com Stu Saposnik

EDUCATION: The education committee is getting back on

track. This September we offered a Bass River member only Range Safety Officer course. Ten potential candidates were offered the chance to help out the club and to keep all the ranges safe. Expect to see some new faces shadowing and then becoming full time RSO. Thank you all for stepping up. This class is filled. Steve Noyes

NO DUMPING! There is to be no dumping of any kind at the club. If you see someone dumping, do not confront them, but please try to get a license plate #. Contact John O’Connor. 385-8794.

ALL COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Please provide information about your committee promptly. If you have an item of interest to the membership, please submit it Deadline is Sunday after the Board of Directors Meeting. Cheryl Cerbone; Operations@Bassriverrodandgun.com

All members must carry their CURRENT Membership Cards while on the property. Do not allow anyone to enter unless you have viewed a current membership card. Please read and follow the range rules that are posted at the indoor and outdoor ranges. The Board of Directors may suspend or expel any member of the club who does not comply with the posted range safety rules.If you need further clarification of these rules, please contact Chris Whiting, Stu Saposnik or John Vanderhoef.

R/P RANGE HOURSRANGES ARE OPEN WITH RANGE OFFICER SUPERVISION

MON-FRI 1-4 PM SAT & SUN 10 AM-4 PM

SHOTGUN RANGE HOURSSHOTGUN RANGES ARE OPEN WITH RANGE OFFICER SUPERVISION

members $4; non-members $6

CLAYS: SAT. 9 AM-1 PM; SUN 10 AM-1 PM

TRAP:

BASS RIVER ROD & GUN CLUB SHOOTING RANGE ORIENTATION PROGRAM In order to use the Indoor Range and the Outdoor Rifle and Pistol Ranges, Members must complete the Safe Range Orientation Program. It is in two parts. The Program is staffed by NRA Certified Chief Range Safety Officers and NRA Range Safety Officers who have been providing extra help and refresher instruction to our members. In the end, keeping the Bass River firing ranges safe is the best way to insure the continuation of the Club into the future. You must make a reservation to take the courses. Email the Corresponding Secretary at operations@bassriverrodandgun.com to schedule.

SAFETY ORIENTATION – PART I: INDOOR RANGECourse is held at 6 PM sharp. You must arrive by 5:45 for check-in. Course will run approximately 2 hours. It is limited to 16 participants. Members may not shoot at the indoor range until they have completed this program. Members must bring their own firearm, approximately 50 rounds of ammunition, eye and hearing protection and their current membership card. 2020 Schedule: Sept. 23, Oct. 21, Nov. 25.

RANGE ORIENTATION - PART II: OUTDOOR RANGECourse runs one hour. All members who wish to use the outdoor range will have to complete Part II. You will not be allowed to shoot at the outdoor range until you have completed this course. All classes begin at 9AM; you need to arrive by 8:45AM for check-in. Members must bring eyes/ears/ favorite firearm, 15 rounds of ammunition and their current membership card. 2020 schedule: Sept. 26, Oct. 24, Nov. 28.

If you need assistance, we offer the NRA HOME FIREARMS SAFETY COURSE and each month the indoor range is open for training assistance in both safe gun handling and basic marksmanship. Please see the calendar and/or website for more information.

Reminder:

AS A MEMBER, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR GUESTS. THE REQUIREMENT IS FOR ALL GUESTS TO SIGN IN AND FILL OUT A WAIVER. IF YOU BRING A REGULAR GUEST AT THE OUTDOOR RIFLE/PISTOL AND SHOTGUN RANGES, YOU CAN RECEIVE A

CARD INDICATING THE GUEST HAS ALREADY SIGNED A WAIVER. IF YOU ARE SHOOTING AT THE INDOOR RANGE, THE GUEST

WILL NEED TO SIGN A WAIVER EACH TIME AND YOU WILL BE THE ONE WITNESSING THE WAIVER.

STEPS:

YOU SIGN IN. YOUR GUEST SIGNS IN.

YOUR GUEST SIGNS, INTIALS AND DATES THE WAIVER. THE SIGNATURE IS WITNESSED BY AN RSO OR THE MEMBER.

THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS.

WAIVERS FOR BOTH ADULTS AND MINORS* ARE AVAILABLE AT

EACH RANGE. THEY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE BRRGC WEBSITE.

*MINORS’ WAIVERS MUST BE WITNESSED BY PARENT OR

GUARDIAN.

THANK YOU.

HOW DO TRAP SHOOTING, SKEET SHOOTING,

SPORTING CLAYS AND FIVE STAND DIFFER? BY ORVIS HUNTING

Like driving a golf ball, shooting a shotgun is a skill you can improve with practice.

And clay pigeon shooting is the ideal way to get this practice. Through it, you can master your shooting skills.

There are three major forms of clay pigeon shooting. Each can be found at sporting and shooting clubs around the country. The best clubs offer all three as well as a

shooting sport called Five Stand.

TRAP SHOOTING

This is the original type of clay pigeon shooting. It began in the 18th century and for decades used live birds. Artificial targets—glass balls and then clay discs—were

introduced in the late 1800s. By the first World War, trap shooting had evolved into the two main ways it's practiced today.

American Trap: Practiced at most shooting facilities in the U.S. It uses a single launcher located in a low trap house to throw clay targets away from

shooters standing in a line of five stations. The trap house is in front of this line of shooters. As the game progresses each shooter stands at a station, fires at a series of targets (each presented at different angles), and moves right to the next station.

Olympic Trap: Like American Trap, but instead of using a single launcher, it

throws targets from a line of 15 machines, still positioned in front of shooters. Each machine throws a clay at a different, but set, angle.

Double Trap, Wobble trap, Down-the-Line, Bunker trap: Variations of American or Olympic Trap.

SKEET SHOOTING Is the second oldest type of clay pigeon shooting. It was created in the early 1920s

by a grouse hunter looking to sharpen his skills. In 1926, a shooting magazine introduced the sport to America and offered $100 to anyone who could come up

with a name for it. "Skeet", derived from the Norwegian for "shoot", won. There are two types of skeet: American and Olympic. Both use a pair launchers set

in two different height towers positioned across from each other. As shooters follow a course from one tower to the other, the launchers throw clay pigeons at a variety

of angles designed to simulate the shots upland hunters encounter in the field. Compared to trap, Skeet targets are thrown closer to the shooters and in a wider variety of scenarios.

SPORTING CLAYS The third major type of clay pigeon shooting and the youngest. Sporting clays was

developed in the U.K. and brought to America in 1980. Since then, it has exploded across the country to become one of the most popular shooting sports in the

country. Sporting clays is shot on a course made of 10-15 stations. These stations are laid

out one after another, like holes on a golf course. Some stations feature one, two, or more clay-pigeon launchers, all throwing targets at different heights and angles.

There are no official rules regarding how these launchers must be positioned, so no two sporting-clays courses are the same.

Compared to trap and skeet, sporting clays offers the widest variety of hunting-style shots. This makes it great way to sharpen your skills for the season or to keep

them sharp all year.

FIVE STAND

If you were to put trap, skeet, and sporting clays in a blender, Five Stand would pour out. It features a line of five "stands" for shooters and a number of launchers

arranged in front of the shooters, to their sides and even behind them. Shooters are presented five targets at each station, 25 targets in all.

Five Stand is more exciting than trap and throws a wider variety of patterns than skeet. It's faster and cheaper than sporting clays. For hunters, it's a great game,

giving you the chance to work on shots simulating everything from fleeing rabbits and flushing to quail to ducks dropping into a set of decoys.

6 Things To Do Before Deer Season Starts by Jacob Zent

It's that time of year: The first trees are just starting to turn and your thoughts are turning with them...to deer season. Here are six things you can do to maximize your safety and success for the months ahead. Even if your kids are too young to hunt, now is a great time to take them along with you. Not only will you get a chance to bond with them as you share woods lore, you'll also have an extra set of sharp young eyes to help you look for the clues deer leave behind.

1. Pattern Bucks

Primarily, pre-season scouting means looking for resident bucks, velvet perhaps still fresh on their antlers, to pattern them and learn their habits. Some whitetail experts like

Larry Weishuhn (wildlife biologist and author of Hunting Mature Bucks), say that though deer are habitual animals, those habits will change at the beginning of the rut. This is true enough: During the summer and prior to the rut, bucks of similar age will oftentimes group together in areas with less dense vegetation than they normally prefer while growing their antlers. When the rut begins, they will leave the summertime areas to find new territory away from other bucks and closer to the does. However, if you have observed a buck herd over the summer, you can use patterns of behavior you observed during early bow and gun seasons, before the bucks disperse for the rut, to bag a good buck. Most states offer a month or more of open season during this early-fall period.

2. Find Deer Paradise There are a few things about deer that every hunter should know. To start, whitetails prefer to bed down and move in dense vegetation. It makes them feel protected from predators. Forests, especially dense evergreen forests, such as cedars or other conifers, are ideal places for deer to bed down, provided there’s a food source nearby. If you can find a natural funnel, a kind of thin strip of trees and brush connecting two larger bodies of forest, this is an ideal place for you to set up shop. During the rut, bucks of all sizes will be going back and forth through these thin connecting areas as they look for does. Secondly, deer need to eat, and the sparse vegetation in a mature forest is rarely enough for them. What they prefer are food plots or crop fields, and they love the tender green forage growing throughout the summer. Soybeans are especially favored by deer, and they offer hunters an advantage, too. They never grow so high as to obscure your vision if you decide to use a binocular from a distance. If you can put the two together, such as a dense brushy areas bordered by a field of crops of some sort, then you have a good chance of finding a large population of deer living there.

3. Scout for Deer Does do not usually leave their territories at the beginning of the rut like bucks, so you may wish to scout out the area during the summer to see if you can find any deer. A trick my dad taught me is that if you believe you know where a bedding area is, where deer return during daylight hours to lie down and rest, simply walk into it and see if any deer run out. During the summer you don’t need to worry about spooking them, as you weren’t going to be able to shoot them anyway. There’s no need to worry about permanently scaring deer away from that bedding area either. Just because one person walked in on them once or twice won’t make them abandon a really secure sanctuary. They’ll be back.

Even if you aren’t seeing any deer but still suspect some might be around, you’re still in luck. Deer leave behind telltale signs of their presence that anyone can find if they look hard enough. One of these signs is the deer trail. Deer are like us in that they are creatures of habit and will usually use the same route to get from one place to another as they did any other time they needed to get from that specific Point A to that specific Point B. Many times these routes were taught to the fawns by their mother. Because of this, deer know and use these routes, and use them so much that they will stamp down the vegetation to leave a physical trail. The obvious advantage of this is that it makes deer move predictably, even during the rut, in densely vegetated areas. With this knowledge, hunters can position themselves right along the deer trails to ambush the deer as they walk by. Intersections of two or more trails are hotbeds of activity, and if you can find one you should definitely exploit it.

4. Look for Rubs Rubs are also a good sign of buck activity. Rubs are where bucks have rubbed their antlers on trees, particularly on cedars and pines, creating a bald spot on the tree where the bark should be. Bucks make rubs for two reasons: One, to remove velvet from their antlers when it is no longer needed; and two, to mark their territory. If you see a line of rubs, this is most likely a buck marking his territory, a very good indicator that you should hunt this area come fall. Do keep in mind that the rubs you will be seeing in the summer will be nearly a year old.

5. Select a Stand or Blind Location A small break in the forest line is another key because it can expose the deer as they pass through on their way between bedding and feeding sites. However your stand will also be exposed in a break, so you may want to consider not setting up right in the break, but rather somewhere you can be concealed. At my friends’ hunting camp in Alabama, the setup was an elevated deer blind on the top of a hill overlooking a break in the trees. That gave us the advantage of not spooking the deer, though it did mean I would have to take a long shot. And that’s just what happened. I got a nice buck just as it was crossing through the break. These strategies definitely work.

Depending on how the densely vegetated the areas around the trails are, and if you can find a natural funnel, you may want to use a tree stand or elevated blind rather than sitting on the ground. Not only will this give you a better view of everything around you, but it will also help to keep the deer from picking up on your presence. If you are thinking about setting up a new tree stand, this is the time to decide where. If you scout out where you want to put it now and put it up soon, not only will it save you the time and trouble later when you could have been using it, it will give the deer time to get used to it and see it as a normal part of the landscape. If you want a better shot at bagging the buck of your dreams this coming season, the time to start preparing is now, by scouting out the area you would like to hunt in.

6. Safety-Check Your Stand If you plan to hunt an existing tree stand, summertime is the perfect time to perform a safety check on the stand. Check all strapping material, buckles, seats and stitching for wear and tear. Oil hinges; tighten bolts and screws. Repaint where necessary. Check all rope assemblies for cuts, unraveling or any weak areas. Wash away dirt, mud or oils that may create dangerous slippery areas. Add padding to rails where needed. Take steps to reduce any potential noisy squeaks or clicks. Order and replace any missing or damaged parts. Purchase safety accessory items that you do not have.

September 2020

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

AUG 30 31 SEPT 1 2 3 4 5 SKEET 10-1PM FIVE STAND 10-1PM TRAP 1-3PM

PISTOL TEAM PRACTICE 7-9PM

PD TRAINNG OUTDOOR RIFLE/PISTOL RANGES CLOSED FIVE STAND 3:30-CLOSE

WED. WORKERS 8AM-NOON TRAP 12-3PM FINANCE/ LTP 6PM

SKEET 10-1PM; 3PM-CLOSE PISTOL TEAM PRACTICE 7-9PM

SKEET 10-1PM FIVE-STAND 9-1PM

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 SKEET 10-1PM FIVE STAND 10-1PM TRAP 1-3PM USPSA 9-2PM

PISTOL TEAM PRACTICE 7-9PM

PD TRAINNG OUTDOOR RIFLE/PISTOL RANGES CLOSED FIVE STAND 3:30-CLOSE

WED. WORKERS 8AM-NOON TRAP 12-3PM STEEL 4-7PM

SKEET 10-1PM; 3PM-CLOSE PISTOL TEAM PRACTICE 7-9PM

RSO CLASS INDOOR CLOSED 9-5PM OUTDOOR R/P CLOSED 10-1PM SKEET 10-1PM FIVE-STAND 9-1PM

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 SKEET 10-1PM FIVE STAND 10-1PM TRAP 1-3PM

PISTOL TEAM PRACTICE 7-9PM

PD TRAINNG OUTDOOR RIFLE/PISTOL RANGES CLOSED FIVE STAND 3:30-CLOSE

WED. WORKERS 8AM-NOON INDOOR CLOSED FOR CLEANING TRAP 12-3PM

SKEET 10-1PM; 3PM-CLOSE PISTOL TEAM PRACTICE 7-9PM

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 6:30PM NEW TIME!

SKEET 10-1PM FIVE-STAND 9-1PM

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 SKEET 10-1PM FIVE STAND 10-1PM TRAP 1-3PM IDPA 9-2PM

PISTOL TEAM PRACTICE 7-9PM

PD TRAINNG OUTDOOR RIFLE/PISTOL RANGES CLOSED FIVE STAND 3:30-CLOSE

WED. WORKERS 8AM-NOON TRAP 12-3PM STEEL 4-7PM Indoor Range Orientation/ Open Shoot” 6-8PM

SKEET 10-1PM; 3PM-CLOSE PISTOL TEAM PRACTICE 7-9PM

SKEET 10-1PM FIVE-STAND 9-1PM Outdoor Range Orientation 9AM

27 28 29 30 OCT 1 2 3 SKEET 10-1PM FIVE STAND 10-1PM TRAP 1-3PM

PISTOL TEAM PRACTICE 7-9PM

PD TRAINNG OUTDOOR RIFLE/PISTOL RANGES CLOSED FIVE STAND 3:30-CLOSE

WED. WORKERS 8AM-NOON TRAP 12-3PM FINANCE/ LTP 6PM

SKEET 10-1PM; 3PM-CLOSE PISTOL TEAM PRACTICE 7-9PM

SKEET 10-1PM FIVE-STAND 9-1PM

OUTDOOR RIFLE/PISTOL RANGE CLOSED 2:00pm SATURDAYS BEFORE IDPA, IPSC MATCHES CLOSED 3PM WEDNESDAYS BEFORE STEEL MATCHES

(All Area Codes 508 unless otherwise noted)

President Chris Whiting 744-7241 Secretary Dan Paige 398-2448

1st Vice President Kevin York 648-9558 Corresponding Sec'y Cheryl Cerbone 394-5250

2nd Vice President Doug Nelson 423-2768 Treasurer Mary Jo Everson 385-9241

Frank Bicchieri 735-5172 Steve Grindell 737-1696 Mike Cerbone 394-5250

Bill Butcher 781-910-4680 Steve Guerrini 292-6548 Mark Galkowski 771-8528

Steve Gomes 432-1846 Dick Hurley 398-3885 Steve Marcus 942-6888

Greg Miller 280-1949 Tim Kent 237-2137 Gary Robillard 394-0254

John O'Connor 385-8794 Chris McCoy 328-7521 Larry Lyford 272-4505

Stu Saposnik 973-713-5415 Ron Napolitan 737-4362 Ed Teague 362-2349

John Vanderhoef 862-9224 Steve Noyes 774-722-0330 Bill Shumway 802-379-0440

Bob White 367-2092 Deb O’Connor 737-9304 Jeff O’Neil 860-989-0517

Adam Smith Deb O'Connor 737-9304

Mark Galkowski 771-8528 Bill Shumway

802-379-0440

375-9395 Press #3

Stu Saposnik 973-713-5415

Frank Bicchieri 735-5172

Doug Nelson 423-2768

Mike Cerbone Mark Galkowski 394-5250

Kevin York 648-9558

Ed Teague 362-2349

Chris Whiting 744-7241

Kevin York 648-9558

Thursdays/ outdoor range

Bob Tolley 362-5950

Steve Noyes 774-722-0330

Stu Saposnik 973-713-5415

Tim Kent John Vanderhoef

Ed Teague 362-2349

Bob White 367-2092

Steve Noyes 774-722-0330

Steve Grindell 737-1696

Cheryl Cerbone 394-5250

Steve Noyes 774-722-0330

John O’Connor 385-8794

362-3292 Chris Whiting 744-7241

Chris Whiting 744-7241

Bob Tolley Michael Fitzhugh

John O'Connor 385-8794