3 IMPORTANT NOTICES FOR JUNIOR MEMBERS

RESPECTING A PHEASANT HUNT

(It is very important that your read all 3)

(1) CORE TRAINING FOR JUNIOR MEMBERS

AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS

CORE training is a requirement for obtaining a BC Resident Hunter Number and subsequently a BC Hunting License, both of which are needed to participate in the pheasant hunt. A course will be held on April 17 and 18, 2010. This course will be available to our junior members and to other interested parties who wish to take this type of training. Sign up with your friends and encourage them to join the Club. Home study is a requirement prior to taking this course so make sure that you register early and pick up your manuals at least one week in advance..

Contact Alec at 250-376-3596 or Ted at 250-573-4091 for further details.

(2) A TRAP SHOOT

If you are a Junior member of the Kamloops and District Fish and Game Association under either a Junior Membership or under a Family Membership this may be for you. The definition of a junior member is aged 10 to 18 inclusive on the day of the event.

KDFGA is planning a trap shoot at the Kamloops Trap and Skeet Club on Sunday June 13^th, 2010. The following items will be supplied by the Club for your use: shotguns (unless you prefer to use your own), shells, and clays. Instructions will be provided by the Trap and Skeet Club members and all range rules will have to be complied with. Because firearms and live ammunition are being used you will require parental permission to partake in this fun event. So, have a parent accompany you to the trap club or have written permission from your parent(s) with you. Although this is aimed primarily at junior members, everyone is welcome. Attendance at this shoot is a prerequisite for juniors to partake in the pheasant hunt. The names of the registered, paid up juniors will be used for a random draw to decide who attends the pheasant hunt.

Costs for paid up junior members will be covered by the KDFGA. Fees for juniors who are non-members are $3. for 25 clays and $8. for a box of 25 shells. The fee for adults, including club members, will be $7. for 25 clays and $8. for a box of 25 shells. Fees will be collected at the registration table. The shoot will commence at 10 AM so plan on being there a bit early to get prepared.

If any clarification is required please contact Terry at 250-372-2600 or Doug at 250-374-4898.

(3) THE PHEASANT HUNT

The Kamloops and District Fish and Game Association is planning on holding a pheasant hunt for juniors on September 11^th, 2010 at Quilchena. This hunt will be held in conjunction with a hunt being organized by Ducks Unlimited. Because firearms and live ammunition are going to be used under actual field conditions, the following conditions will have to be complied with:

To qualify for this event, you must:

1) have a paid up membership, either junior or family, in the KDFGA;

2) have successfully completed the CORE Program;

3) have a valid BC Hunter Number;

4) produce a valid BC Hunting Licence for the 2010/11 season at the time of the hunt;

5) have participated in the trap shoot on June 13th, 2010;

6) be between the age of 12 and 18 on September 11^th, 2010 (you may have been a junior at the time of the trap shoot but if you turn 19 prior to the pheasant hunt, you are no longer a junior);

7) produce written parental permission to participate in this hunt.

Attendance at the trap shoot will be mandatory so that we know that hunt participants have had practice shooting at moving targets before venturing out into the field. There will be a random draw conducted some time after the trap shoot using the names of eligible juniors off of the registration book to determine who the hunt participants will be. If you have met and complied with all of the above conditions, your name will be placed in a hat and there will be a draw for two male and two female participants. The draw system is being used to level the playing field between between 12 and 18 year old’s, eliminating shooting experience as a determining factor.

It should be noted that there is more than one organization involved in planning this event so it will take time and coordination to get everything finalized. Some of the details are sketchy and unconfirmed at this time however, the following general outline is being provided for your information. DU is currently organizing a team sporting clay and pheasant hunt. Our juniors will be invited to attend these events as observers. The main portions of the DU events will have been completed by approximately 3 PM. The juniors will then be taken into the field by professional dog handlers and will be allowed to participate in an actual pheasant hunt. The dog handlers will be providing the on field supervision and their instructions will have to be followed explicitly for safety reasons. Efforts are also being made to get permission for our juniors to get some extra practice at the sporting clay event just prior to taking to the field.

Until all details are known, we are unable to specify a location for meeting on the 11^th, a departure time, whether or not a bag lunch is required or if lunch will be available on site, time of return, etc. Upon completion of their hunt, the junior participants and the Club chaperones will be attending the DU banquet which will commence at approximately 7 PM.

The KDFGA will ensure that shotguns are available to those who do not have their own and will pay for the shells, fees for the professionally trained dogs and their handlers, the pheasants, the banquet meals, transportation and other costs directly related to this hunt. Parents and other adults are welcome to come as observers. There will be banquet tickets available for parents / observers at a cost of approximately $25. per person.

After completion of this event, the juniors who participated in the hunt will be invited to attend a regular KDFGA meeting and will be asked to share their experiences with the membership. This feed back will help determine if the Club should try to organize similar events in the future.

Again, as plans are firmed up, updates will be made available in the Club Newsletter and posted on our Web Site.

If further information is required, contact Terry at 250-372-2600 or Doug at 250-374-4898.