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Leominster Sportsman’s Association Club Directors President Art Oleary [email protected] 978-537-2642 First Vice President Mark Burnett Second Vice President David Kistler [email protected] 978-537-9286 Treasurer James Padavano [email protected] 978-537-8222 Secretary Roger LaFleur [email protected] 978-868-0975 Www.lsa-ma.org or www.leominstersportsmen.org Please join us on Facebook April 2016 Volume 4 Issue 2016 Inside this issue: Rifle Range 1 Entertainment 1 Gun Shop 2 Door Prize 2 Club Elections 3 Membership 4 Winter Rifle Match 4 NO LOW TARGETS We have said this years, its part of the range brief- ings and still people do this. This is not allowed. This person actually set up his “low target” right next to the target stand that says no low targets. Please follow LSA Rifle Range Rules Please use the LSA approved target stands.
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Leominster Sportsman’s Association
Club Directors
President Art Oleary
978-537-2642
First Vice President
Mark Burnett
Second Vice President
David Kistler
978-537-9286
Treasurer
James Padavano
978-537-8222
Secretary
Roger LaFleur
978-868-0975
Www.lsa-ma.org or www.leominstersportsmen.org
Please join us on Facebook April 2016 Volume 4 Issue 2016
Inside this issue:
Rifle Range 1
Entertainment 1
Gun Shop 2
Door Prize 2
Club Elections 3
Membership 4
Winter Rifle Match 4
NO LOW TARGETS
We have said this years, its part of the range brief-
ings and still people do this.
This is not allowed.
This person actually set up his “low target” right
next to the target stand that says no low targets.
Please follow LSA Rifle Range Rules
Please use the LSA approved target stands.
Clubhouse Gun Shop
Rifle Range Officers
Dave Kistler
Carol Benoit
Don Benoit
Gary Bergeron
Lenny Butlier
Tom Clark
Paul DiBenedetto
Roger LaFleur
Matt Lichenstein
Art O’Leary
Jacques Perrault
Stephen Reis
Ralph Romano
Mike Wyrzykowski
Eric Zaharee
Fishing & Camp Chair-man
Larry Thomas
Archery Chairman
Ron Darmanin
Black Powder Chairman
Gary Bergeron
Pistol Chairman
Tom Doiron
Rifle Chairman
Dave Kistler
Trap and Skeet
George Brown
Firearms Training
Dave Kistler
Legislative
Jim Gettens
Page 2 Leominster
The Gun Shop will be closed on March 12th due to the clubhouse has been
rented for a wedding.
Starting now our Gun Shop will be open on Thursday nights 6pm to 8pm.
If you shoot .22LR we have .22 caliber Match Pistol Competition ammo for
sale with no sales restrictions. Buy as much as you want. $60.00 per brick.
New Rifles:
Remington Model 770 Bolt action with factory scope in 30-06, just $335.00
Windham Weaponry M4 .223 Rifle, Sight Ready 16” 790.00
New Shotguns:
Remington Model 870 pump shotgun, 12 gauge 3” is just $430.00
New Pistols and Revolvers:
Remington Model 1911 R-1 .45ACP, blued for $665.00
Ruger SR22 Pistols. .22 long rifle, 20 shot. Silver $370.00, Black $350.00
SigSaur Model P938 9mm Pistol for only $707.00
Used Guns for Sale
British SMLE No 1 Mk III for $300.00
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New Members
1. Nicholas Antunes
2. Stehpen DeCarolis
3. Arnold McKenney
4. Cory Coltran
5. Jameson Coltran
6. Daniel Coltran
7. Patrick Burke
8. Mason Burke
9. Sophia Burke
10. Patrick Riggs
11. John Chavier
12. William Bradley
13. Fredrick Peters
14. Jairo Ruiz Laguna
15. Brian Sargent
16. Ken Lacourse
Congratulations to our newest Eagle Scout!
Club Member Nick Sargent from Troop 477, which we sponsor, earned Scouting's highest rank of Ea-
gle Scout! He's a Mighty Woodsman too, having backpacked close to 90 miles though the Wilderness
at the Philmont Scout ranch in New Mexico. For his Eagle Project, he built garden beds & compost
bins for the Growing Places Community Garden. Congratulations Nick!
17. George Hauren
18. Rick Marinelli
19. Chris Pandiscio
20. Kevin Gallagher
21. Alexander Santiesteban
22. Robert Slack
23. Gregory Reynolds
24. John Harris
25. Jason Osterfield
26. Liam Osterfield
27. Derek Osterfield
28.
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2016 spring trout stocking stats:
55% of the fish average over 14 inches
72% of the fish average over 12 inches
215,700 rainbows will average over 14 inches
39,350 rainbows will average over 12 inches
10,000 rainbows will average between 9 and 12 inches
530 brown trout will be over 18 inches
48,500 brown trout will average over 12 inches
80,600 brown trout average between 9 and 12 inches
940 brook trout will average over 15 inches
41,900 brook trout will average over 12 inches
46740 brook trout between 9 and 12 inches
2,900 tiger trout that will average over 14 inches
Spring 2016
Close to 500,000 brook, brown, rainbow, and tiger trout will be stocked this spring from Mass Wildlife's
five hatcheries located in Sandwich, Palmer, Belchertown, Sunderland, and Montague. The close to
500,000 fish being stocked this spring, coupled with the more than 66,000 12+ inch trout stocked last
fall, should provide some excellent fishing in the coming months. Stocking is scheduled to begin in the
southeastern area of the state during the first full week of March with other regions of the state ex-
pected to follow soon after.
Link to the Stocking Schedules below for the latest stocking information (these pages are updated each
Friday by noon) or view Trout Stocked Waters for a list of Massachusetts waters that are usually
stocked in the spring and fall. Contact your local MassWildlife District Office for more information.
The use of any lead fishing sinkers and lead jigs weighing less than 1 ounce is now prohibited in all
Massachusetts inland waters (freshwater). Examples of prohibited tackle weighing less than 1 ounce
include but are not limited to: split shot, bottom-bumping jigs, bullet weights, lead sinkers, or jigs which
Volume 4 Issue 2016 Page 5
Black Bears Are Active and Searching for Food: Take Precautions Black bears are now active and seeking food. If you live in northern Middlesex County, Worcester County, western MA, or other areas where bears have been spotted, it's time to take down your bird feeders. Bears will often ignore natural foods such as skunk cabbage in favor of an easy meal at a back yard bird feeder. To avoid this problem, MassWildlife asks prop-erty owners to be proactive by removing bird feeders and other potential food sources including garbage or open compost. Individuals should also properly secure bee hives, chickens, and livestock.
There are at least 4,500 Black Bears in Massachusetts and their range is expanding eastward. Take action by educating yourself and your neighbors about proactive measures to avoid conflicts with bears. Visit Mass.gov/Bears for more detailed information and do your part to keep bears wild
Spring Turkey Season Opens 4/25: Hunting Reminders and Safety Tips The spring turkey hunting season opens in Massachusetts on April 25, 2016. MassWildlife offers the following information for turkey hunters regarding regulations, harvest reporting, and safety. Find complete wild turkey regulations athttp://www.eregulations.com/massachusetts/huntingandfishing/wild-turkey/.
Turkey Permits. In order to legally hunt wild turkeys, a current hunting or sporting license and wild turkey hunting permit is required. Licenses and turkey permits are available via the MassFishHunt system, at license vendors or atMassWildlife offices.
Bearded Birds Only in Spring. The annual bag limit is two turkeys per year either by: (a) two bearded birds in spring
season (one per day) with NO fall turkey hunting allowed, or (b) one bearded bird in spring season and one bird of either
sex in fall season. No hunter may take two birds in the fall season.
Harvest Reporting. Immediately following harvest, hunters must fill out and affix the tag from their turkey permit to the turkey. The turkey must be reported either online via the MassFishHunt system or at a traditional check station within 48 hours of harvest and before the bird is processed for food or taxidermy. The MassFishHunt system generates a confirma-tion number which must be written on the harvest tag attached to the turkey; the confirmation number serves as the official seal. The tag (or metal seal from a checkstation) must remain on the bird until it is processed for food or for taxidermy.
Young Adult Turkey Hunters. Young Adult Turkey Hunt Permits will NOT be mailed to youth hunters. All youths partici-pating in the hunt must obtain the Youth Turkey Hunt permit and certificate through the MassFishHunt system. To obtain
your permit/certificate, all past participants must fill out and return the past participant form . Those who harvest a tur-key on the Young Adult Turkey Hunt date (April 23, 2016) must report their harvest either online on MassFishHunt or at a traditional check station within 48 hours.
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Congratulations to these fine Marksmen in our Patriot's Day Match! First we did the Rattle Battle Team Rifle match with Slow, Rapid & "Mad Minute" stages. The Champions were the A-Team
from Agawam -Adrian, Tom, Michael & William - with 250 points;
our own Winter Riflemen -Joe, Pete, Denny, & Keith came in second with 209 points; and our Seniors - Duke, Stephan Jim & Art came in third with 181 points. Next came Pistol Plates - com-peting head to head, double elimination. Whoever drops all 6 plates quickest or knocks down the most in 10 shots wins. Adrian Rutkowski is the Champ this year, Michael Graveline came in 2nd, and Keith Host came in 3rd. Thanks to all the fine competitors, we were able to send a nice
check to GOAL to keep fighting for our Second Amendment Freedoms in Boston!!
Winter Rifle Matches -
The Winter Rifle matches are over for now -here are the March results: Steve Wojciak came in 1st place in the Expert Class, with a 182- 2X average! Keith Host came in 1st in the Sharpshooter Class with a 169-1X average! Al Hatch came in 1st in the Marksman Class, with a 145 average! There is no better way to improve your rifleman skills during the off-season than some friendly competition in offhand matches, shooting unsupported, standing up at 100 yards. Shooters start off with the personal goal of getting all 20 shots on the paper, then all in the rings, then all in the black, then all in the X-ring! Congratulations to all the fine Riflemen that competed this sea-
son! We'll start up again next December.
Rifle Range Cleanup May 14 & 15, 2016 9:00am til 3:00pm
Its that time again if you use the range or just have a passing interest in making the club look great to
those who visit or use our facilities as quests, we hope you'll join us to help make the range look great
for another season. Well be doing general cleanup, painting, building frames & bases, cleaning up
brush and a whole variety of things. Come on up , bring racks, screw guns, shovels, hammers or any-
thing and everything that you think might help. Lets make this another successful clean up and spiff up
weekend at the rifle range. Rifle Range Committee
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LSA NEWSLETTER ARTICLE/REPORT ON 9 APRIL 2016 CLEAR-CUTS SEEDING WORK-PARTY PROJECT
On April 9, 2016, by 8:00 a.m., thirty (30) hard-working and dedicated volunteers showed up at Camp Bartlett for the Clear-Cuts Wildlife Habitat Improvement Seeding Project. The day started with freezing temperatures and frost in the soil surface, but bright sun amid scattered cumulus clouds soon thawed out the soil and made working conditions, with light breezes and tem-peratures in the mid-40s, ideal. By 11:30 a.m. the volunteers had seeded all four (4) new clear-cuts, totaling twenty (21) acres, using ten (10) 50 lb. bags of annual rye-grass seed and seven (7) 50 lb. bags of oat seed. Along the way they made brush piles for rabbit and ruffed grouse cover. Three or four volunteers next seeded the log-landing area and the lower cut—between the tow-er road and the seep drainage easterly of the big clear-cut--using another bag of oat seed. We are most grateful to all the volun-teers, named below, whose efforts will improve habitat, cover, and/or forage for the following species: rabbit, deer, pheasant, ruffed grouse, woodcock, broad-winged hawk, American kestrel, blue-winged warbler, prairie warbler, eastern towhee, eastern bluebird.
VOLUNTEERS
(In Order of Sign-In): Bernie Rivera, Paul Bagley, Darlene Bagley, Michael Martin, Mike Wagner, Chris Tooley, Louie Bellabarbra, Paul Langley, Jim Padovano, Jerry Nelson, Rick Strader, Mike Romano, Ralph Romano.
Cub Scout Pack 16
Jimmy Ayers, Lynn Ayers, Michael Conlan, Thomas Conlan, Ryan Pantaleon.
Boy Scout Troop 11
Joe Conlan, Patrick Conlan, Liam Gianakis.
Boy Scout Troop 477
Anderson Dallaire, Doug Mallinson, Ethan Mallinson, Derek Morand, Bill Smith, Devon Smith, Ethan Smith, Teri Smith, Noah Trickett.
On April 11, 2016, I used up another 50 lb. bag planting oat seed in patches throughout the “old” twenty-acre clear-cut that Rex Baker had bush-hogged in fall 2015.
Jim Gettens
Chair, Committee on Conservation
LSA
Leominster Sportsman’s Association
P.O. Box 484
Leominster, Ma 01453-0484
Wednesday, April 27th Meeting
Our next club meeting will be held at Camp Bartlett on Wednesday April 27, 2016 President Arthur
O’Leary will call the meeting to order at 7:30pm. Attendance prize for this meeting will be $150.00.
Wachusett Mountain Men Woods walk!
Black Powder shoot with the Wachusett Mountain Men April 23&24th Wicked Cool! if you liked the
"Revenant" & "Jeremiah Johnson" movies, you'll definitely want to go to this! What's it like? Check this
Door Prize
The door prize was 100,00 and two names were pulled, Kevin Moran and Carol Benoit, they were
not present so the next prize will be $150.00
Marion Larsen will be at the April meeting to speak will us about everything Mass Wildlife.
She will have fishing handouts for the kids too.
Be sure to come and hear her speak.
