Category: Archery

We only had 13 shooters for the shoot in June. The first shoot in April we had 4′ of snow. The shoot in may it rained, and the June shoot the threat of rain was all day. July will be better. At least we had 3 Club members participate. Best all year! Remember to hand out flyers and post wherever you think some shooters might read about us.

OPEN MENS                                                        RECURVE

1) Todd Sherrard            241                                1)  Evan Kowalski  41
2) Kent Marshall             198

MENS FREESTYLE                                            ATLATL

1) Ron Doster                  259                                1) Dan Hovater  38

2) Kim Sherrad                237

3) Rob Hendricks            219

There is a young man who is working on becoming an Eagle Scout. His name is Bobby Denny. he would like to help out on the bow course and as of right now he is drawing up plans for replacing the bridge. He has to submit plans on what he plans on doing and how. He will have to acquire all funding and labor. After he submits them to me I will take them to the Chelsea R&G board to approve. We also have discussed him building some sort of a “running deer” target along with another practice range possibly behind the Youth building so we would be able to start the course from the opposite end at times.

I met him over at the Clubhouse today to measure and take pictures of the bridge and I tried to show him the course. I hate to say this but since the last shoot the course has fell into disrepair. Trees are down and a lot of limbs have to be picked up and or trimmed. I know a couple of you are going to be on vacation the first two weeks of July but the rest of us are going to have to step it up. We will not be using the field for the rest of the year, except possibly the last shoot of September, so the five targets located there will have to be relocated. There is a large tree down between targets #22 and #23 that will have to be removed. Breck and Greg, Target #20 will end up in the same place as it is right now but it won’t be going down the trail, it will be down the hill. I can be there just about anytime if someone wants to get with me to have a work bee. Chainsaw, pole saw, pruners, post hole digger, shovel, and drill will be needed. I will have to check the Club calendar to see what is going on as far as activities that would jeopardize our working the course.

Some members from Jackson County Outdoor Club attended our shoot in June and I for one am planning on attending their upcoming shoot this Sunday, June 26th so if anyone would like to attend, let me know.

Have a great 4th and be safe, Len Ellsworth

• By Len Ellsworth

We had a good turnout for the May shoot. It was raining a bit while it started, but we still had 24 participants. I would like to thank everyone who helped and a special thanks to the probationary member – you know who you are – that celebrated his last night of freedom on Saturday and still made it out to help Mike in the kitchen. For this shoot we had 3 gift certificates from Schupbach’s in Jackson to give away for the contestants who turned their scores in. The winners were Brandon Fredrick, Mike Woods, and Mikayla Becker. They can pick up their certificates at the next shoot which is June 4th.

There is some confusion between some of our members about the course set-up. We do not do it on Saturdays anymore unless we absolutely have to. It is hard enough for some of our members to get the one day off a month to come to the shoots to help and to make it two days, not going to happen. We are trying to change the course up a little each month to keep it fresh for the participants. We would like to see a little more participation from our members at the shoots. We only had one member shoot at this shoot and that member was me. We are setting up the course for the hunters in our Club. The shots are 20-32 yards. For the hunter class. For those of you who like the more challenging distances we have targets from 20-55 yards, and for the recurve/longbow shooters they are 10- 25 yards. Come on out and see what we have done with the course.

The Winners for each class are:

We had 23 shooters turn out for the first shoot of the year for 2016, despite it being colder than usual with a couple inches of fresh snow. Everyone like the course, and as an added bonus for us the Flintknappers held their annual show at the Club at the same time.

The top finishers in the shoot for April were:

Freestyle Mens:

Freestyle Junior:

Freestyle Cub:

Recurve:

Our next shoot will be held on May 1st. We start at 8:00 am and the last group is out at 2:00 pm. Come on out and shoot, support the Chelsea Rod and Gun Club, and get some bragging rights among your friends, and of course have fun! We have 5 new targets out there: Raccoon, Fox & Badger, and the course is set up for all different styles and experience. We will also be having a drawing next month for all shooters who turn in their scores, for gift certificates from Schupbach’s Sporting Goods in Jackson.

Open
1st) Joey Brian 267
2nd) Larry Brian 258
3rd) Dale Becker 249
Freestyle
1st) Kevin Albight 276
2nd) Carl Connin 268
3rd) Rob Hendricks 257
Recurve
1st) Ron Cyphers 235
2nd) Robert Speiss 207
3rd) Rob Rayer 205

We had a good turnout for the June Shoot. We had 32 shooters. Some were new to the Club shoots, others were regulars. it seems that we are not getting the word out that the shoots are happening again. Several shooters just found out that we are having shoots again. Breck Stringer is going to make up a couple more new rules boards and print a few more flyers for us and hopefully we will get some more advertisements out there. We are going to try and advertise in some of the local papers along with some of the monthly, Outdoor News, Woods and Water, etc. We did not have anyone from the Club participate in the shoot for June. Usually we take turns going out and shooting but we really didn’t have enough help during the shoot to be able to do this. I would like to thank those who helped during the shoot along with everyone who set up the course. Of course Mike Boyer and his right hand man Larry Collins for running the kitchen and making great food available for the participants is a great plus. I think that the shoots will start having more participants as the word spreads. The course will be different again for the July Shoot as we are trying to make it different each month. Everyone complimented that the course was great, some even said that Chelsea has the best course around. Come on out and enjoy this, if you have to come alone than we will find someone for you to shoot with. I had an email asking about the course from a local family from Chelsea asking about the course. He thought that the course would be to hard for his son. I assured him that it is not. We try and make this course set up for everyone from 5 to 80 years old. Competitive for those who want and just fun for those of us who are just honing their skills. Hope to see you at the next shoot on JULY 19th.

– Len Ellsworth

We had our best turn out of the year last Sunday with 34 shooters. Everyone who has shot the course this year really likes it. Chelsea has the best sight for the 3-D course in the area. Not too many places where you have up and down hills along with some wetlands. We try to change the course for every shoot but it is hard to do with just two helpers from the Club participating. We only had two shooters participate from the Club again this shoot. I know if we could have just got some of the members to come out they would see that it has changed and I think they would really enjoy the course. I brought some hamburger, hot dogs, kielbasa, soft drinks, and chips along with my grill from home and Breck Stringer, a member, cooked them up. I think that goes along way towards making the shoots better.
– Len Ellsworth

Results from 9/28

Freestyle Mens

Recurve Mens

Recurve Cub

– Len Ellsworth