Red Chute Gazette
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Red Chute Gazette
Publisher Doug Frey Red Chute Gazette Editor Debbie Frey Red Chute Gazette Volume 4, Issue 11 Skeeter Says November 2012 “I know your thinking about hunting season, but If you are having a Fall or Winter shoot, please send us your flyers. We will be happy to help you spread the word. Here are a few below.” Upcoming Skeet Shoots: INSIDE THIS ISSUE: A Word from The Publisher 2 Hat Shoot Events 3 6-7 Skeet Gumbo November 10, 2012 Rose City Flying Clays Tyler, TX Hunter’s Run Club Champ Skeeter’s Ponderings November Open November 10, 2012 Fort Hood Skeet & Trap Club Fort Hood, TX Quotable Quote Arkansas State Championship Dining on The Road 15-16 The Holiday Open December 1, 2012 Coast Rifle & Pistol Club Biloxi, MS The Pattern Board by “LP” 25-28 First State Bank Xmas Open December 7-8, 2012 Uvalde Gun Club Uvalde, TX Help Wanted One Day Fun Day (200 12ga.) December 7, 2012 Greater Houston Gun Club Houston, TX And Others - see the flyers inside and on our website www.redchutegazette.com Your shoot not listed? Send us a flyer! Red Chute Club Champ Funnies Recipe of the Month 8 9-13 14 19-21 30 32-34 36 Buy Sell or Trade 38-41 Vote For La Act 874 44-45 Club Contacts 47-51 Red Chute Gazette Deal 52 A Word From The Publisher November is the start of the new Skeet Year. It is time to reset. Many of you are cleaning your Skeet guns and putting them up for the winter. Some are sending them into your gunsmiths or dealers for annual maintenance or tune-ups. For many, the focus is on hunting season and football. Yet there are still a few Skeet shooting opportunities out there. The Holidays will be here shortly. The Christmas retail season starts right after Halloween. Thanksgiving Day will be here in a few weeks. In that vein, we have a special treat for you in our Recipe of The Month feature. Debbie has shared our family recipe for Chicken and Dressing. It’s a dandy if you like Southern style cornbread dressing. We also included a bonus recipe for a faux giblet gravy that really works well with the dressing presentation. Skeet schedules are being set for the new season. The Texas Shoot schedule is up on our website, as is the Mississippi schedule. The Louisiana schedule is almost done and will be up soon. We will add schedules fro Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Missouri and Tennessee, as we get them. We invite all clubs to send us the flyers for their Skeet shoots as soon as they can. For best results, send them months before the shoot. We will post them on our website and help you promote your shoots. Many shooters use our website to plan their shoot itinerary for the year. This is a free service to promote our sport. If your club is not taking advantage of it, you are missing out! Well Doug has hit a milestone. My 60th Birthday was October 31. That means I will be shooting as a Senior this season. It also means I get a big discount on Life Membership in the NSSA, which I have been looking forward to taking advantage of. I have already received a letter from Linda Mayes, NSSA Director, welcoming me to Life Member status and advising me that my new Life Member Name Badge has been requested from the engravers. I look forward to receiving that. This is a time to reflect on the blessings we have all received. I am thankful everyday for being born in a country where I have so many freedoms and opportunities. We are blessed with many friends in our life, in work, in play and in Church. We are also blessed with a loving family. Yes we also have trials, tribulations and great challenges. More it seems as we grow older. But even those are blessing as we grow through those struggles. This Thanksgiving Day [and everyday] we will thank our Creator for His love and blessings and we will ask Him to bless you too. The Frey family extends our Best Wishes to you for a Healthy and Happy Thanksgiving celebration. Doug Frey Until we meet again in these pages or on the Skeet field, I am wishin’ you 3 @ 8. Doug Frey RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 2 HAT SHOOT EVENT If you have pictures of a Hat Shoot Event, please send them to us. We love to share success stories! RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 3 NSSA Level I Certification Course Coast Rifle and Pistol Club Biloxi, MS November 10-11, 2012 If you have interest in becoming an NSSA Level 1 Certified Skeet Instructor here is your opportunity. Eligibility: Current NSSA Member and a Class C or better in one gun. Cost $300 plus a proportionate share of Ralph Aaron’s travel expenses. To register, make out a check payable to the order of the NSSA for $300 and mail it to: Ralph Aaron 362 County Road 446 Daleville, AL 36322 For more information E-Mail Ralph at: [email protected] RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 4 Coast Rifle and Pistol Club 16706 HWY 67 N Biloxi, MS 39532 Wishing You A Happy Thanksgiving! We Invite You To Shoot Skeet With Us. Dates 12/01/12 02/23/13 04/05/13 09/13/13 Shoot 12/02/12 The Holiday Open (MS200) 02/24/13 The Sweetheart Shoot (MS200) 04/07/13 The Redfish Open 09/15/13 2012 MS State Skeet Championships To pre-register contact: Randy Brownlee [email protected] www.gcrpc.com (228) 263-6151 This ad was free.Yours can be too. See the last page of this issue. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 5 Hunter’s Run Club Championship & Open Hunter’s Run Gun Club, in Port Allen, Louisiana, hosted their Club Championship and Open on September 14 - 16, 2012. Thirteen shooters competed. Darrell Loup had a very good weekend claiming Champion honors in every event except the 20 Gauge Event. In that one, Ray Brandes tied him. Ray won the shoot-off. Congratulations guys! Darrell Loup RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 6 Hunter’s Run Club Championship & Open Ray Brandes—20 Gauge Champ Happy Thanksgiving from Hunter’s Run Gun Club Port Allen, Louisiana RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 7 SKEETER’S PONDERINGS “Doug, being over the hill” is much better than being under it! " Skeeter’s Word of the Month: Decafalon (N.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 8 Red Chute Club Championship & Open The 2012 Skeet Year has come to a close at Red Chute Shotgun Sports Club on Barksdale AFB. While the club is still open for practice, the final registered Skeet shoot of the year was the Club Championship and Open held, Saturday, September 22, 2012. We had 13 shooters competing and enjoying the first day of Fall. As has been our custom in recent years, the Club Championship is a 200 target 12 Gauge (or what ever you want to throw at them) Marathon. The high score wins the Open Championship and the high score by a club member wins the Club Championship. Sometimes both titles go to the same contestant. That was the case this year when Carl D. “Doug” Walker shot a 99 in the morning and a 96 in the afternoon to take both Championship titles outright. Doug Walker Cohen Holomon and Crissy Hogan Hot on Doug’s heels were Crissy Hogan who posted a 98 and a 96 and Cohen Holomon who posted twin 97s. This was Crissy’s first time to shoot registered Skeet in Louisiana and her first registered competition since the World in 2011. You see, she has been busy having just given birth to her son, Corbin about two months ago. Pretty good shooting for a person who hasn’t even practiced in a while! Crissy and Cohen shot-off for the Open Runner-Up honors. That shoot-off went four stations ending with Cohen taking the honors. There were no other shoot-offs on this beautiful cloudless day. The Autumnal Equinox had brought us really pleasant shooting conditions. Hardly warm enough to break a sweat and very little wind. It was a great day for shooting Skeet! RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 9 Red Chute Club Championship & Open The coveted Gertrude Hurlbutt Award was given to the traveling squad from the T. O. “Toby” Bancroft, Sr. Memorial Gun Club for their support in attending most of our shoots this year. Pictured on the left are Raymond Haik, M.D., Doug Walker, Bill Schodlatz and Troy Scallion. Thank you for supporting our Skeet program gentlemen! We were advised that the Award would have a place of honor on their home club’s wall. Recipients of the 2012 Gertrude Hurlbutt Award RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 10 Red Chute Club Championship & Open Pictured below from left to right are Paul Vejvoda, Orville Winover, Jr., Wayne Tanner, Dennis Burnham and Paul Williamson. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 11 Red Chute Club Championship & Open Crissy Hogan, Doug Frey, Aubrey Foster, Kadden Crawford and Cohen Holomon We want to give special thanks to our referees Paul Williamson, Ted Ward and Kip Kiplinger for a great job this year. Thanks to our Chef, Lloyd Webb, who made a delicious pot of chili for this shoot and did a great job at other shoots this year. Thanks to Debbie Frey for handling registration and cooking dessert for us for every shoot. See the recipe of the month for one of the desserts we had for this shoot. Thanks to James Gates for keeping the club ship shape. Thanks to Cassie Crawford for her photographic contributions. Thank you to all those who shot with us this year! We hope you had fun and will shoot with us next year! Until then, I am wishing you 3@8. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Doug Frey Page 12 RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 13 QUOTABLE QUOTE “There are three types of people: 1. Those who make it happen, 2. Those who watch it happen, and 3. Those who wonder what happened.” Jeff Goldberg Executive Vice President EMC Corp. (1948 - 2008) RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 14 Arkansas State Championship & Open The Arkansas State Championship and Open was held September 21-23, 2012 at Blue Rock Sportsmans Club in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Clay Baldwin [pictured below] took the HOA and HAA honors. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 15 Arkansas State Championship & Open Thanks to Don Barksdale for his photographic contribution. Page 16 RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Club Hours Noon to Dusk on Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday 9 AM to Dusk on Saturday Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana Reclaimed Shot - 25 Lb. Sack $25 New Shot - 25 Lb. Sack $42.50 (#8 & #9) AA & STS Shells - $8 / Box (12 ga & 20ga) AA Shells - $9.50 / Box (.410 Bore & 28ga) STS Shells - $10.25 / Box (.410 Bore & 28ga) Rio & Estate Ammo From $6.50 / box 12 Gauge Steel Shot Shells - $13 & Up while they last You must visit the club to get these prices. Come shoot with us and save big $ on supplies. Call Paul Williamson at (318) 453-0991 to order Reloading Supplies. [email protected] RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 17 Starkville Gun Club 2125 Sixteen Section Road Starkville, MS Wishing You A Happy Thanksgiving! We Invite You To Shoot Skeet With Us. Dates Shoot 03/15/13 03/17/13 The Bois d' arc Open 05/11/13 05/11/13 The Day Before Mother’s Day (MS200) To pre-register contact: Clark Hartness [email protected] www.starkvillegunclub.org (662) 324-5353 This ad was free.Yours can be too. See the last page of this issue. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 18 Dining on The Road Esperanza’s Bakery and Café, Fort Worth On a recent Saturday evening, Debbie and I attended a wedding in Rowlett, Texas. It was an excellent opportunity for us to take our Grandson Simon to the Fort Worth Zoo on Sunday. It also gave me an opportunity to find a restaurant to visit and report on for this issue. My family loves Tex-Mex food, so a quick Internet search turned up Esperanza’s Bakery and Café on Park Place Avenue just a few miles from the Zoo. It was a perfect place for lunch after spending the morning at the Zoo working up an appetite. When possible, I like to share a little history about the places we visit. So here is the story on Esperanza’s. Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Garcia started a Mexican Restaurant in 1935. Mr. Garcia died in 1953 and his wife Jessie and youngest daughter Hope continued the business. By the 1970’s Joe T. Garcia’s had become one of the most popular restaurants in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. As Hope’s children grew, the business was expanded with the addition of a small bakery and café named after one of her children, Esperanza. The culinary traditions of Joe T. Garcia’s live on in Esperanza’s Bakery and Café which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner at two locations in Fort Worth which are open every day. When we arrived at the restaurant, it was a very pleasant October day about 2 PM. There were tables set outside and I took the opportunity to visit with a family that was dining there. I asked them if they ate there often and what was good. The young man in the group told me that he ate there frequently and everything was good. He particularly enjoyed eating breakfast at Esperanza’s and recommended the Migas. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 19 Dining on The Road Esperanza’s Bakery and Café, Fort Worth We elected to get a table inside. Getting to the restaurant after the lunch rush, we had no trouble getting a table. The menu is substantial with soups, salads, various meat dishes, combination plates with enchiladas, tamales, tostadas, chili rellenos, tacos and yes, chips and salsa. There were some fish dishes and some more exotic meat presentations (tongue, baby goat and cheek meat). We started with chips and salsa which were very good. Our waitress kept us supplied with salsa. My selection was Combination Plate Tres [pictured ion the left] which included two Monterrey enchiladas, one cheese enchilada, one pork tamale, and rice for $8.95. Monterrey enchiladas are filled with your choice of beef or chicken fajita meat and onions, topped with ranchero sauce and cheddar cheese. Mine were stuffed with chicken and onions and were quite tasty. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 20 Dining on The Road Esperanza’s Bakery and Café, Fort Worth My Son-In-Law Patrick enjoyed Three Monterey enchiladas (some filled with beef and some chicken fajita meat and onions) topped with ranchero sauce and cheddar cheese. This dish [pictured on the left] included refried beans and rice for $8.25. Debbie and Daughter Kathleen enjoyed the Red Enchiladas [pictured on the below]. This dish has three enchiladas with red sauce and cheddar cheese on top. For the inside it's your choice of cheese, chicken or beef for $6.75. They chose cheese. This dish also comes with refried beans and rice. If you are in the Fort Worth area and you have a hankering for Tex-Mex, Esperanza’s is certainly an option to consider. If we are back this way, we would certainly eat at Esperanza’s again. Doug Frey Esperanza’s Restaurant & Bakery 1601 Park Place Ave Fort Worth, Texas (817) 923-1961 Hours: Monday-Thursday Friday-Saturday Sunday 2122 North Main Street Fort Worth, Texas (817) 626-5770 Hours: 6:30 AM - 9:00 PM Monday-Thursday 6:30 AM - 10:00 PM Friday-Saturday 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM Sunday RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM Page 21 Do Cottonland Skeet & Trap Club, LLC 235 John Rivers Lane, Winnsboro, LA (Physical Address - Not Mail) (318) 366-2194 [email protected] Happy Thanksgiving From Glynn and Mendy Kiper 2013 Schedule Coming Soon! RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 22 Happy Thanksgiving From Lafayette Skeet Academy, Inc. Kaplan, LA 2013 Schedule Coming Soon! RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 23 Notice to All Gun Clubs Please send your Skeet shoot flyers when they are ready. We will post them on our website so our readers can plan their shoot itineraries. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 24 The Pattern Board By: Paul “L.P.” Giambrone, III Most of us are entering our off-season or at least slowing down a bit on our shooting around this time each year. Some of us are getting new equipment and are looking forward to see how the equipment works for next season! Even those of you who are still shooting throughout the winter, this is a great time to take a trip to the pattern board and see how everything is looking. HOWEVER, PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION! My friend, Tom Hebert, said it best “more problems are generally created at the pattern board than solved”. The reason being is that shooters want to get way too technical about what they see. I have heard stories where the shooter will count each BB hole and see if the pattern is “perfect”. I have news for you; shotgun patterns are generally far from perfect, remember it is a spread going out there! We are NOT shooting rifles and pistols where 1-2” means a world of difference… Do not get bogged down in the very minor details of shooting high or low, left or right at this point. We are looking for a few things at the pattern board, and it is not perfection. What do I look for in a pattern? First off, you do not want to fire just 1 shell in the paper and start looking (I suggest 2-3 shots per gauge per barrel). Also, you want to be sure to shoot bottom/top barrel only before checking the other. Sometimes you will see the barrels shooting in different locations so we want to isolate each one. Your Foundation for Perfect Skeet with Paul Giambrone, III is available for purchase! The DVD shows you how to build a solid foundation for your skeet game and also helps shooters troubleshoot some common problems they may face. You can order the DVD now for only $59.95 plus shipping! Please email [email protected] to order your DVD today! RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 BANG BANG BANG! Let’s go take a look at the paper. The first thing I want to be sure of is that I am not shooting left or right of center, but am pretty much in the center. Meaning, whatever target I am shooting at on the pattern board, I want roughly 50% of the pattern on the left of the target and 50% on the right side of the target. Now, if you look at your pattern and it is shooting 1-2” left of center, you can slightly adjust the comb and push it in the opposite direction (to the right) maybe 1/16” to get those 1-2” back to center. In my opinion, unless you are not down the center of the barrel (beads are in line with each other), I would not worry about 1-2” left or right of center. Page 25 The Pattern Board (Continued) While on this subject, I do like to see a fairly dense pattern in the center to make sure that when I hit the target that I am able to pull some smoke with it (this feeds my confidence). For shooters who are more interested in just getting broken targets and not smoking them, I would suggest a more open, evenly distributed pattern to cover the maximum amount of area. Some potential problems that you may see at this stage of the pattern board is that the gun is shooting way left or way right (more than 1-2”). First things first, make sure the gun is fitting you properly. There are several instructors that know how to set the gun up for you as well as great gun fitters across the nation. Todd Nelson of Country Gentlemen is one of the best in the business and he does travel around. If he is in your area or if you travel to him, it is well worth the money. At my clinics, this is one of the first things we cover is your form, gun mount, and your gun fit. I cannot stress having good form, a good gun mount, and an excellent gun fit enough. It is a very essential part of being able to shoot to the best of your ability. Back to the pattern, let’s assume the gun is fitting you properly and the gun is still shooting left or right of center. It could be a bad choke. Test the other barrel and make sure that it is centered. If it is centered, we are now looking at the possibility of a bad choke. Simple solution; change chokes and see if it straightens up. If it does, contact your choke manufacturer and save your pattern paper to prove the choke is not cut properly. First things first, make sure the gun is fitting you properly. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 If it is not the choke, check your loads. You may need to try a different load as some loads with certain chokes will not cooperate together. Keep this in mind that any time you change ammo or a choke, to always go back to the pattern board and test the combination and make sure everything gets along. Page 26 The Pattern Board (Continued) Ok, so we have determined that the first thing we are looking for is a pattern that is centered left and right. The diameter of the pattern is the next thing that I look at. I want to be sure that I am not spreading my pattern too thin where a target can get through. I want to make sure that the pattern is dense enough to where a target cannot get through. On the contrary, I do not want a pattern that is so tight to where I am really handicapping myself. My patterning is done at 20 yards with a target about 6” below the center of a 30”X30” sheet of paper. On a side note, I shoot the same ammo and the same chokes for singles and doubles to minimize confusion and worrying if I have the correct chokes in. All of my gauges produce a 24” pattern at this range. The 20 gauge has a fairly evenly distributed pattern. The outside couple of inches will spread a little thin, but it will still break a target. With the 28 gauge, the outside 2-3” is thin, but the inside 18” is pretty solid. With the .410, the inside 14” is very Available soon for $59.95 plus shipping. solid, with the outside 5” around being thin, but will To pre-order E-Mail [email protected] still break a target. Keep in mind, this is what works for more information. for me! I have found a gun, choke and ammo combo that produces what I like to see and what gives me the most confidence! You should do the same and find a gun, choke and ammo combination that gives you the same confidence and then stick with it! So by now, you should know to have your pattern centered left and right with a choke and ammo combination that give you a pattern diameter that you are happy with and have confidence in. Last part of the pattern to examine is the distribution above and below the target, a very hot topic. A good starting place to have your pattern would be 60% of the pattern above the target and 40% at or below the target. Keep in mind, this is a good STARTING PLACE. What you really need to do is do some shooting to see if the gun is shooting where you are looking! This is where the majority of problems are created because shooters think they “need” a 50/50 pattern or a 60/40 pattern when that is not where their eyes are looking! Would you rather have a great pattern on paper or a shotgun shooting where you are actually looking? Personally, I want a gun to shoot where I am looking even if its higher or lower than the “standard”. Therefore, shoot some straight away targets like Low 7 and some incomers on stations 1, 2, 6, & 7 and you should be right in the middle of these targets. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 27 The Pattern Board (Continued) If you are consistently breaking bottoms, I would advise raising the comb 1/16”-1/8” to help out. This will not make a significant difference on paper, but will help the gun shoot where your brain is looking. Congratulations to Jake Ratcliffe for his continued success! Jake finished 3rd in the 20 gauge at the 2012 World Championships! It was his first 100 ever in the 20 gauge and was 1 of only 3 shooters to finish the first box of shoot-offs at the World this year. Great job little brother!!!! Now if you are shooting over the targets, that doesn’t necessarily mean you need to lower the comb. In my travels, a lot of the time, a shooter has their eyes and head too low on the comb causing them to shoot too close to the flight line. Most times, they will shoot over the top of the target because they are too low on the comb. Each shooter has their own case, so there is no one size fits all solution, but this article should give you some tools to help you when going to the pattern board and getting your shotgun to shoot where you are looking. If you have any questions or comments, please email me directly at [email protected] and visit www.breakmoretargets.com for more information! Please check the website for upcoming tournaments and clinics in your area and keep in mind that GSC is now in the DFW area! GSC will be available to teach in the Dallas/Fort Worth area all year-round! Please call for lesson availability today! Before worrying about what the pattern board says, be sure that your form, Tip of the month: gun mount, and gun fit are properly assessed. Once everything checks out, then start testing which gun, choke and ammo combo produces the best results for your pattern left to right and for diameter. Remember, there is no perfect pattern for percentage above and below. It is a case by case situation because everyone’s eyes are different. We want the gun shooting where we are looking, even if it means you have to shoot an 80/20 distribution! If you are in the middle of targets, what difference does it make? LP RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 28 Hunter’s Run Gun Club 1365 Northwest Drive Port Allen, Louisiana 70767 Club Phone: (225) 387-3507 Open Wednesday - Sunday 9:30 AM to 6 PM Hunter’s Run Gun Club Wishing you Happy Thanksgiving Schedule Coming Soon! This ad was FREE! Yours can be too. See the last page of this issue. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 29 Funnies These are oldies but goodies. Well kind of. Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, "How old was your husband?" "98," she replied. "Two years older than me." "So you're 96," the undertaker commented. She responded, "Hardly worth going home, isn’t it?" Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: "And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked. She simply replied, "No peer pressure." The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs. I've sure gotten old! I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementia. Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, I still have my driver's license! I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape , so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over. An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had two final requests. First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart. "Wal-Mart?" the preacher exclaimed. "Why Wal-Mart?" "Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week" It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffeemaker. These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, "For fast relief." Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop laughing. --- THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 30 Whitetail Ridge Outdoors 444 Birmingham Ridge Road Blue Springs, MS 38828 Wishing You A Happy Thanksgiving! We Invite You To Shoot Skeet With Us. Dates Shoot 04/13/13 04/14/13 The Happy Jack 05/24/13 05/26/13 The Magnolia Open 08/23/13 08/25/13 The Hillbilly Open To pre-register contact: Jim Costin [email protected] www.whitetailridgeoutdoors.com (662) 869-2925 Club No. (662) 891-1982 This ad was free.Yours can be too. See the last page of this issue. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 31 Recipe of The Month Mrs. Coker’s Stuffing This Corn Bread Dressing Recipe was obtained by Debbie’s Mother [Nanna] from a friend she visited with at the beauty parlor sometimes in the 1960s. The original recipe was published in McCall’s magazine. The recipe was credited to Mrs. Guy Coker of Lockhart, Texas, so it naturally has a Southern style using cornbread and has been revised to fit the Clingan family tastes. It is a favorite in our family, which was always prepared at Thanksgiving and Christmas by Nanna Clingan. Several years ago, Debbie took over the dressing cooking task for family events in an effort to preserve the tradition. It is recommended that you start the day before as there is much work, but worth it all. We do not usually use this dressing as an actual stuffing inside a bird. Because this is actually a Chicken and Dressing Recipe it can be served with or without side meats like turkey and ham, as desired. Ingredients: 4 large bone-in skinless chicken breasts 1/2 cup margarine (1 stick) 10-12 slices of wheat bread 3 beaten eggs 1 pan cornbread (recipe below) 1- 1 ½ teaspoons salt 2 cups finely chopped celery freshly ground pepper to taste 1 cup finely chopped onion Pinch of sage (and no more!) 1 can of Chicken Broth (to supplement if needed) 1. Put chicken in large Dutch oven and cover with water. Add 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon of pepper and bring to a boil. Turn heat down and cover. Simmer until meat begins to leave the bones (approximately 45 minutes). When chicken is done, remove the chicken from the broth and let it cool. When the chicken is cooled, remove meat from the bones and break into bite sized pieces and put aside. Keep the broth! 2. While chicken is cooling, use your electric knife and cut the bread into croutons. Place on a cookie sheet and toast in a slow oven until it is a delicate brown and dry like croutons. You will need to check on these very often and stir them around so they get toasted on all sides. After you have done this step, it is time for the cornbread. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 32 Recipe of The Month Mrs. Coker’s Stuffing Cornbread Ingredients: 2 cups yellow cornmeal 1 teaspoon salt 2 whole eggs 1 teaspoon baking soda ¼ cup oil 2 cups buttermilk 3. To make the cornbread, mix up everything in the order given. Put 2 tablespoons of oil into an 8” square pan [we use a number 8 cast iron skillet] and heat in the oven until it is smoking hot. Remove pan from oven and pour batter into it. Bake at 450 degrees for 30 minutes. Turn it out into a very large bowl and let it cool. Assembly for Baking: 4. Melt 1/2 cup of margarine [one stick] in a large frying pan. Add chopped celery and onions and cook until the onions are a pale straw color. Now add the chicken pieces and stir – remove from stove. 5. In that large bowl, break up the cornbread into pieces no bigger than your thumb. Now add the croutons. 6. In a separate bowl, beat 3 eggs and pour over the corn bread and croutons in the large bowl. 7. Add the salt, pepper and sage to the large bowl and mix. Now add the chicken, onion, celery mixture and stir it up. Add a little of the left over broth to the whole mixture, just enough to kind of hold the dressing together. A little broth should be standing in the bowl, if it is all absorbed, add a little more. 8. Spray a large baking dish with Pam and pour dressing in and cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Uncover the dish and fluff the dressing [to help dry out the stuffing mixture] and continue baking for 15 minutes more uncovered. Check the dressing to see if it is not too moist, but don’t dry it out completely. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 33 Recipe of The Month Nanna’s Healthy Dressing Gravy Good Cornbread Dressing must be served with gravy and cranberry sauce or cranberry jelly. Ocean Spray can help you with the Cranberry items, but here is a good gravy recipe modified to be more heart healthy than real giblet gravy. We think you will find it an easy and delicious addition. 1 cup finely chopped onion 1 cup finely chopped celery 2 cans chicken broth 2 cans cream of chicken soup 3 boiled eggs (You may need only two eggs, to chop for faux giblet gravy.) Put the onion, celery and chicken broth into a sauce pan and cook until the onions and celery are soft. Then add the 2 cans of cream of chicken soup. Chop two or three peeled boiled eggs into giblet sized pieces and add to the gravy. Happy Thanksgiving from Doug, Debbie and Skeeter! Skeeter you Should eat more chicken! RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 34 1622 Capitol Gun Club Road Jackson, MS 39209 Wishing You A Happy Thanksgiving! We Invite You To Shoot Skeet With Us. Dates 04/19/13 06/01/13 06/21/13 07/06/13 08/03/13 Shoot 04/24/13 The Catfish Open 06/01/13 Capital Gun Club Target Day 06/23/13 The 59th Rebel Open 07/06/13 Capital Gun Club Target Day 08/03/13 Capital Gun Club Target Day Pre-register at: http://www.msskeet.org/registration/index.php?from_url=mssa Contact: Jerry L.Tharp (601) 857-4185 Club: (601) 362-0653 This ad was FREE! Yours can be too. See the last page of this issue. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 35 Help Wanted We have immediate openings for the following positions: ♦Chef – Chef needed to prepare plan and prepare food for special events with 5 to 150 participants. Must be able to work on a tight budget with less than optimal facilities and equipment. ♦Sous Chef – Needed to assist the Chef in preparation and serving food at special events for 5 to 150 participants. Good dishwashing skills a plus. ♦Marketing Manager – Needed to promote participation in special events (skeet shoots) and to solicit corporate sponsorship (prizes). Must be a skilled communicator with the ability to maximize results through social networking, Internet and other means with virtually no budget for expenses. ♦Skeet Czar (aka Skeet Chairman, Manager or MIC (Man in Charge) – Needed to oversee the management functions of a registered skeet program. Those functions are Planning, Organizing, Staffing and Controlling. Qualified candidates may be male or female. In the event of the later, she would be the Czarina, Manager or FIC (Female in Charge). ♦Registrar- Responsible for registering contestants and collecting the appropriate fees and dues. Candidate should be familiar with NSSA Classification systems and shoot management software (if lucky). Candidate needs to be able to do simple math (addition, subtraction and averaging). ♦Scheduler – Responsible for squadding shooters. Qualified candidates must be a master at coordinating, placating, and diplomacy. A PhD in Psychology would be helpful. ♦Referee – Must be knowledgeable of the rules of the game of American Skeet, a fast thinker and have the ability to take command of the skeet field to which he or she is assigned. Candidates should have good eyesight and be physically able to stand in the hot sun for hours. Experience dealing with difficult people a plus. ♦Scorekeeper – The scorekeeper manages the scoreboard, evaluating the results, determining the winners in accordance to NSSA rules and posting those results for all to see. ♦Mentor/Coach/Recruiter – Encourages, teaches and recruits new shooters to the sport. ♦Helper – The person selected for this position must be able to help or fill in for any of the individuals listed above on a moments noticed. There are many opening for this position. Pay – None of these positions pay monetary wages. If you are feeling charitable and think you would like to experience the gratification of helping others enjoy the sport of skeet, please contact one of the Club Representatives at one of the Clubs listed in the back of this publication today. They would love to hear from you. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 36 Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana Thank you for supporting the sport of Skeet. Thank you for supporting our youth shooting activities. Thank you for supporting Red Chute Shotgun Sports Club. We hope you will shoot with us during the new Skeet year. Happy Thanksgiving! RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 37 $ Buy, Sell or Trade $ If you have something shooting related that you want to buy, sell or trade, advertise it here in the Red Chute Gazette Personal Want Ads. Send us an E-mail with the details and your contact information. Digital pictures (jpeg) help, but are not required. For Sale: K-80 stock and fore end, as new. 1 1/2 X 1 1/2, 1/4 cast off, never cut or modified. Removed from a Gold Uplander. VERY NICE wood. $1,500. Contact: Bill Schodlatz (318) 251-9429 [email protected] Wanted For Sale Once fired hulls. E-Mail [email protected] for prices and availability Field Reporters for the Red Chute Gazette. Applicants must have a digital camera or a friend who will loan them one. Must also have a desire to promote their gun club and be willing to work for free. To volunteer send an E-Mail to: [email protected] These Want Ads are Free! Got something to sell? RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 38 $ Buy, Sell or Trade $ For Sale Perazzi Mirage case hardened. 28 inch barrels. Full set of fitted Kolar tubes. Comes with a 12 gauge barrel and carrier barrel and a second replacement stock identical to the one on it currently. The stocks and forearm are black walnut. I'm asking $7,500 for the package. Contact Harry S. (Trey) Hawthorne, III at [email protected] or (318) 614-5374. Page 39 RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 $ Buy, Sell or Trade $ We are always looking for articles of interest to Skeet shooters. If you have something that would be of interest to our readers, we invite you to share your information, writings, photos, and experiences with us. Please send your contributions [email protected] . to Please fell free to call me at (318) 635-6218 to talk about how we can help you promote the sport we love and your Club’s efforts to do so. Doug Frey - Publisher Wanted LC Smith .410 action. Condition of wood and barrels is not important.. Looking for a parts gun. These Want Ads are provided to our readers as a free service. Do you have something you want to sell or that you are looking for? Bill Schodlatz (318) 251-9429 Try a free ad here. [email protected] RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 40 $ Buy, Sell or Trade $ FOR SALE Kolar 12 gauge O/U with interchangeable Kolar tubes for 20 gauge, 28 gauge and .410 bore. The 30" barrels and all tubes have screw in chokes. Includes a carrier barrel for the tubes matching the weight between the 12 gauge gun and the sub gauges eliminating the need for a barrel weight. This gun has fine figured wood, an adjustable comb and 15" LOP in the rear trigger position. LOP is approximately 15 1/2" if the trigger is moved forward. This gun was custom built for a Skeet shooter who used it for 2 seasons. It is still very tight and in 98%+ condition. It comes in a Kolar/Americase. $11,000. Call Ken Comeaux (504) 328-1370. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 41 Don’t miss the target! If your marketing strategy includes targeting consumers of high end competition shooting products you should be advertising in the Red Chute Gazette. Promote your products and services and support the sport of American Skeet at the same time. Contact: Douglas F. Frey, Publisher Red Chute Gazette Phone: (318) 625-6218 E-Mail: [email protected] RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 42 From Your Friends at The T. O. “Toby” Bancroft, Sr. Memorial Gun Club West Monroe, Louisiana We Invite You To Shoot Skeet With Us In 2013 Schedule Coming Soon! This ad was free.Yours can be too. See the last page of this issue. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 43 To all Louisiana Citizens Several uninformed "authorities" have recently released false information about the upcoming Act 874 that will be on the Louisiana ballot in November. Under our current Louisiana constitution, the legislature is not supposed to pass any laws abridging our right to keep and bear arms unless the law involves concealed carry. Note that they can pass any restriction on concealed carry that strikes their fancy, even an outright ban. That in itself should cause you to support Act 874. The legislature, however, on any number of occasions has refused to believe that constitutional limits apply to its power. Laws that restrict our gun rights do get passed. Enter the Louisiana judicial system, the branch of government that is supposed to protect us poor citizens from the legislature when it oversteps its constitutional authority. Unfortunately, the Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that a law that infringes on your right to keep and bear arms is constitutional if it passes the "rational basis" test. Under the rational basis test, the court asks itself whether the legislature had a rational basis for passing the law in question. If the court can discern any rational basis for the law, it will declare the law to be constitutional. This is the current state of Louisiana law under the existing Article I, Section 11 of its constitution. The 1974 Constitution currently reads: §11. Right to Keep and Bear Arms “Section 11. The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged, but this provision shall not prevent the passage of laws to prohibit the carrying of weapons concealed on the person.” Act 874, should it pass in November, provides NO carte blanche authority for the legislature to restrict concealed carry. If the new amendment is passed, the Constitution will read: §11. Right to Keep and Bear Arms “Section 11. The right of each citizen to keep and bear arms is fundamental and shall not be infringed. Any restriction on this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny.” It states, in very clear language, the standard of review that must be applied by a Louisiana court. "Strict scrutiny" review requires that the court either find a compelling state interest for the law or declare it unconstitutional. Finding a compelling state interest is a much higher threshold than merely needing a rational basis. Further, under strict scrutiny, the restriction must be tailored narrowly to only restrict the targeted behavior, while protecting the rights of those not targeted. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 44 To put it another way, under rational basis, the presumption is that a restriction is valid unless there is no way to support it. In stark contrast, under strict scrutiny, the presumption is that a restriction is invalid unless there is no way to avoid it. This is a HUGE difference. Act 874 is very good for gun owners. Several key Louisianans have done us a great disservice by making disparaging statements about this potential improvement to our constitution. In some cases, the statements are made from ignorance. To believe otherwise would be to believe they are being made by anti-gun activists attempting to trick gun owners into voting against a significant pro-gun amendment. The Ballot on Nov 6th will read: “Do you support an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana to provide that the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right and any restriction of that right requires the highest standard of review by a court? (Amends Article I, Section 11)” Hopefully we have enlightened our members and ask everyone to support Act 874 on November 6, 2012. Please VOTE YES on November 6 and urge others to do the same! Daniel E. Zelenka, II President, Louisiana Shooting Association Attorney-at-Law For more information contact the Louisiana Shooting Association at the link below: www.louisianashooting.com RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 45 Page 46 Tuesdays Noon to Dusk [email protected] RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 46 Club Contacts To pre-register for a shoot or find out more information about a club contact: Arkansas Club Arkansas Skeet Shooting Association North Little Rock, AR Contact Phone E-Mail Web Site [email protected] www.arkskeet.com Hal Matthews, Pres. (501) 771-1997 Bella Vista Skeet Club Springdale, AR Jerry A. Leding (479) 751-1686 Blue Rock Sportsman Club, Inc. North Little Rock, AR David Robustelli, Pres Mike Solomon, Sec (870) 942-4848 (501) 228-1514 Dirty Creek Skeet & Gun Club Coal Hill, AR Rick Weaver (479) 754-2512 Duncan Farms Shotgun Sports & Game Birds Bismarck, AR John Duncan (501) 865-3459 Malloy Sportsman Club El Dorado, AR Chris Crawford (870) 881-6178 Mountain Valley Sportsman’s Association Hot Springs, AR Robert Sailer, Sec/Tr Ed Olds (501) 922-5651 (501) 915-0112 Pajaro Gun Club Fort Smith, AR Wendall Holmes President (479) 646-4331 Twin Lakes Gun Club Mountain Home, AR Dennis Sternberg President (870) 431-5016 [email protected] West Poinsett Gun Club Weiner, AR Wayne Black Chairman (870) 910-6969 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.bluerockgunclub.com [email protected] www.Duncanfarms.net [email protected] [email protected] www.mvsaonline.com [email protected] Louisiana Club Contact Phone E-Mail Louisiana Skeet Shooting Association Gordon Benoit President Walter Williams, III Sec./Treas. (337) 962-5334 [email protected] (318) 322-3419 [email protected] Bayou Boeuf Gun Club LeCompte, LA Wade Jones (318) 776-5474 [email protected] Hunters Run Gun Club Port Allen, LA Dave O’Quinn (225) 278-9921 [email protected] Lafayette Skeet Academy Kaplan, LA Gordon Benoit (337) 962-5334 [email protected] RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Web Site www.members.cox.net/laskeet Page 47 To pre-register for a shoot or find out more information about a club contact: Louisiana, cont. Club Contact Phone E-Mail Red Chute Shotgun Sports Club Barksdale AFB Doug Frey H (318) 635-6218 W(318) 635-8006 [email protected] The Toby Bancroft Memorial Gun Club West Monroe, LA Charles Richardson Trey Hawthorne (318) 396-1337 (318) 614-5374 [email protected] South Louisiana Gun Club Bridge City, LA Fred Graff President Web Site [email protected] (504) 467-1559 [email protected] Mississippi Club Contact Phone E-Mail Web Site www.msskeet.org Mississippi Skeet Shooting Association Starkville, MS Clark Hartness (662) 324-5353 (662) 341-2462 [email protected] Capitol Gun Club Jackson, MS Jerry L. Tharp, Manager (601) 362-0653 (601) 924-2005 [email protected] Coast Rifle & Pistol Club Biloxi, MS Randy Brownlee Skeet Chairman (228) 263-6151 [email protected] Greenwood Gun Club Greenwood, MS Randy Clark Sec/Treasurer W (662) 453-1111 H (662) 453-6727 Lake GEP Skeet Club Laurel, MS W. M. Deavours (601) 426-3729 North Delta Gun Club Clarksdale, MS Tim Rankin (662) 624-2512 Troy-Natchez Trace Gun Club Pontotoc, MS Michael Goines Manager (662) 488-9344 [email protected] Whitetail Ridge Outdoors Blue Springs, MS Richard Holloway President (662) 869-2925 [email protected] www.whiteridgeoutdoors.com E-Mail Web Site www.gcrpc.com [email protected] [email protected] Oklahoma Club Oklahoma State Skeet Assn. Edmund, OK Contact Gary Matthews President Lindsay Plesko Secretary/Treasurer RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Phone (918) 742-3902 [email protected] www.oklahomaskeet.com [email protected] Page 48 To pre-register for a shoot or find out more information about a club contact: Oklahoma, cont. Club Phone E-Mail (405) 755-3359 Cb(580) 332-5286 H (580) 436-7699 [email protected] [email protected] Bartlesville Sportsmen’s Club Bartlesville, OK Jim Bevers Wade Drennan Chairman L M Winkler, Chairman Joe Simon, Sec. Oil Capital Rod & Gun Club Broken Arrow, OK Michael Brewer Sec/Treasurer (918) 266-3866 (918) 486-1113 [email protected] Oklahoma City Gun Club Arcadia, OK Craig Wasson (405) 840-9398 [email protected] www.okcgunclub.org Sand Springs Sportsman Club Sand Springs, OK Harold Hockett President (918) 214-4881 [email protected] sssportsmanclub.com Tulsa Gun Club Tulsa, OK Ax Synar, V.P. Joel Blankenship, Tr Matt Riggin, Pres (918)396-9700 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.tulsagunclub.com 69 Clays Miami, OK Jean Lasiter Manager (918) 540-0733 [email protected] Comanche Skeet & Trap Fort Sill, OK Bob Wolf Manager (580) 248-3427 Club Contact Phone E-Mail Web Site Texas Skeet Shooters Assoc. Rockwall, TX Woody Anderson President (214) 808-3721 [email protected] www.mytssa.com Aerial Targeting Systems Uvalde, TX Tomm Hupp Manager (830) 591-7860 [email protected] American Shooting Centers Houston, TX Ed Arrighi President (281) 556-8199 [email protected] Arlington Sportsman Club Mansfield, TX Ernest Blocker Manager (817) 295-0657 [email protected] Bandera Gun Club Bandera, TX J. M. Clements Manager (830) 796-4610 [email protected] Bexar Community Shooting Range Marion, TX Jennifer Winkelmann Manager (830) 914-2182 [email protected] Callahan Co. Shooting Assoc. Clyde, TX Kevin Meier Chairman (325) 672-9521 Capitol City Trap & Skeet Austin, TX Henry Wurzburg Skeet Chairman (512) 423-3479 Ada Skeet & Trap Club Ada, OK Contact (918) 333-2583 [email protected] [email protected] Web Site bartlesvillesportsmensclub.org Texas RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 [email protected] www.amshootcenters .com www.capitolclays.com Page 49 To pre-register for a shoot or find out more information about a club contact: Texas, cont. Club Contact Phone E-Mail Web Site Cen-TX Skeet Club Randolph AFB, TX Matt Hansen Skeet Manager (210) 652-2064 [email protected] www.centxskeet.com Comal County Shooting Sports Spring Branch, TX John Van Ausdall (210)573-5361 [email protected] www.comalskeet.com Corpus Christi Gun Club Corpus Christi, TX Bud Colwell Skeet Chairman (361)696-3335 [email protected] Dallas Gun Club Dallas, TX Woody Anderson Skeet Chairman (972) 462-0043 [email protected] Ellis County Sportsman Club Waxahachie, TX Charlie Beard Skeet Chairman (469) 371-9882 [email protected] El Paso Skeet & Trap Club El Paso, TX John Braddock Skeet Chairman Walter Van Wart Skeet Chairman (915) 629-7386 [email protected] (979) 242-3389 [email protected] Henry Wurzburg Skeet Director (512) 423-3479 [email protected] Tracy Ragle Skeet Chairman (817) 244-9878 clubmanager@fortwortht rapandskeet.com Bob Manskey Skeet Chairman (940) 328-1400 Grand Prairie Gun Club Grand Prairie, Texas Robert Nicholas (214) 325-9653 Greater Houston Gun Club Missouri City, Texas Kevin Doughtery Manager Hot Wells Skeet Range Cypress, TX Gun Emporium Conroe, TX Madison County Gun & Archery Madisonville, TX Maud Gun Club Texarkana, TX Mission Skeet & Trap Club Mission, TX Fayette County Gun Club West Point, TX Fort Hood Skeet & Trap Club Belton, TX Fort Worth Trap & Skeet Club Ft. Worth, TX Graham Skeet Club Graham, TX www.dallasgunclub.com www.fthoodskeet.com www.fortworthtrapands keet.com [email protected] www.gpgc.net (281) 4376025 manager@ greaterhoustongunclub www.greaterhoustongun club.com Dallas Lamar Secretary (281) 373-0232 [email protected] Mike Scambray Skeet Chairman (936) 760-2323 [email protected] Dave Radenz President (936) 348-6423 [email protected] Tony Wakin, Skeet Chairman (903) 793-2198 [email protected] Richard Kotzur Skeet Director (956) 6056164 RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 wwwgunemporium.net [email protected] Page 50 To pre-register for a shoot or find out more information about a club contact: Texas, cont. Club Contact Phone E-Mail Web Site rosecityflyingclays.com Randolph AFB Skeet & Trap Randolph AFB, TX See Cen-TX Skeet Club Rose City Flying Clays Tyler, TX Chris Dorsey Owner (903) 597-3345 chris@rosecityflyingclays San Antonio Gun Club San Antonio, TX P. D. Parker Manager (210) 828-9860 [email protected] Sheppard AFB Skeet Wichita Falls, TX Rick Davis James Schmehl (940) 224-8165 Terrell Rifle and Pistol Club Terrell, TX David Bell President (903) 454-6334 [email protected] Waco Trap & Skeet Club Waco, TX Greg Surber Manager (254) 753-2651 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] wacoskeet.com Be sure to send changes to your organization’s contacts to [email protected]. RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 51 THE RED CHUTE GAZETTE DEAL Mission Statement The goal of the Red Chute Gazette is to promote the game of American Skeet. Our target market includes Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Our goal is accomplished through publication and distribution an Internet only magazine containing items of interest to those individuals participating in, promoting and supporting registered skeet shoots. Subject matter includes calendars of upcoming events, shoot flyers, shoot reports and pictures. Also included are articles and stories about bird hunting, travel and food. The Deal The Red Chute Gazette will publish flyers advertising registered skeet shoots for your gun club at no cost to your club. Simply send us your flyer in Microsoft Word or PDF format via E-Mail. That’s FREE! The Catch If we agree to publish your shoot flyers, you agree to provide us with a shoot report, write-up or article suitable for printing in the Red Chute Gazette. Include pictures (jpeg or gif files) if possible. It doesn’t have to be lengthy and it doesn’t have be worthy of a Pulitzer. Just tell or show our readers about the fun you had. What about Sporting Clays and Trap or other events? The mission of the Red Chute Gazette is to promote interest and participation in registered Skeet. Sporting Clays and Trap are not subjects we focus on. We recognize that many gun clubs offer events other than Skeet. We are happy to provide commercial advertising space for clubs that wish to promote other shooting related events. We are happy to offer a special package deal to clubs that support our magazine. If your club buys an ad in the Red Chute Gazette for a full year (1/4 page or larger), we will not only include your ad in 12 issues, we will include any shoot flyers (please limit flyers to two pages) for sporting clays, trap or other events your club promotes in those issues at no additional charge. 2012 Advertisement Rates for Gun Clubs Promoting Shotgun Sports Annual Rate Single Issue Rate Quarter Page $125.00 $37.50 1/3 Page $166.50 $50.00 Half Page $250.00 $75.00 Full Page $500.00 $150.00 These rates have been substantially discounted for gun clubs. Other commercial advertisers should request a rate quote. To take advantage of this service contact Doug Frey by phone at (318) 635-6218 or via E-Mail at [email protected]. .. © 2012 All Rights Reserved Douglas F. Frey, Publisher, Red Chute Gazette, 6600 Gahagan Circle, Shreveport, LA 71119-3402 RED CHUTE GAZETTE VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 Page 52