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WRPC and member news.

Respect the Wildlife

This is a reminder regarding wildlife on the range.

Bears have been observed at the range over the past few weeks and while they do appear friendly and cuddly-looking, they are still wild animals and unpredictable when stressed. Sightings of wild animals can also include fox, deer, caribou and bobcat.

The Range Rules state that all wildlife at the shooting range is protected. Primarily, this means that they are given the right of way when observed moving in and around the various shooting venues and people should not be shooting near them in an attempt to scare them away. Call a cease fire and wait for them to move away before you resume your shooting activity.

Fines can be levied for feeding wildlife as it is an offense under the Wildlife Act to leave attractants around for wildlife to then become a nuisance. This means that if you bring your lunch or snacks when using the range that any food that you do not eat will be either taken home with you or put into the covered dumpster in the main parking area.

Respect the animals. Do not entice them with people food.

 

Lever Action Shoot

Saturday May 14th from noon to 3 pm you will be challenged with  a variety of targets out to 200 yards. Novelty targets, steel and paper. You will require 40 rounds for the targets – a few spares for sighters or misfires.

Firearms Issue – Bill S-223

Canadians need to be aware of the recently submitted private member’s bill  S-223 that proposes changes to the Firearms Act that will have significant impact on all responsible firearms owners and  the gun clubs in which they hold membership.

The proposed changes will  amend the Firearms Act related to the transportation and storage of firearms that are not considered hunting firearms. The proposed changes will define firearms that may be kept in the home for hunting purposes and those that are classified as circumscribed and will need to be stored at a gun club or other approved facility and require an authorized transporter to move them.

Read for yourself. Here is the link to the proposed bill.

http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=8177232

Many of you have been following this issue closely. The national watch dogs are providing updates. Go to the WRPC Weblinks Tab  for those connections.  https://wrpc.ca/weblinks/

Clean up day – rescheduled

Please note date change!

It’s that time of year, again. Spring clean up day is Sunday May 8, 2016  starting at 9:00 am. There will be a cease-fire on the entire range during the clean up activity. The range should resume live fire status after 4:00 pm.

Any amount of time (even an hour or two) you can give to cleaning up YOUR gun range is appreciated. Dress for dirty work! Don’t forget to wear shoes suitable for working in the rough areas of the range. Bring your work gloves. Maybe some sunscreen, too! A rake or brush cutters, if you have them.

There are jobs for all skill levels from retrieving the paper and other debris that has been blow into bushes, picking up brass, removing rocks from the shooting lanes, cutting brush that has grown up to block your line of sight, replacing target boards, painting targets, fixing the outhouses and shooting benches, washing windows and just helping to get the place tidied up after the winter.

Hope to see you there!

2016 Gate Keys

Did you renew your membership for 2016?  Did you miss the AGM in January? Then you also missed the opportunity to hand in your 2015 gate key and collect your 2016 gate key and member card.

Locks on the gate were changed on January 31, 2016.

Wednesday February 24, 2016 at the clubhouse at 7 pm is  your opportunity to hand in your old key, or keys if you have them from previous years, and obtain your 2016 gate key.

Please do your part in keeping the operating costs of the club under control by returning your previous years key.