Seneca Falls DU Chapter & Kuneytown YOUTH DAY

Ducks Unlimited 

2013 Wood Duck Youth Event

Sponsored by Seneca Falls Ducks Unlimited, 

Kuneytown Sportsmen's Club and Seneca Meadows Inc.

When- Sunday March 10th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Where- Kuneytown Sportsmen's Club 3735 Hoster Road Seneca Falls NY

What- We will be building a limited number of Wood Duck nesting boxes. Materials will be provided. We need youth from 2 to 16 years old, and adults, to help build the boxes. Lunch will be provided.

Saturday March 16th 10:00 AM

Seneca Meadows Wildlife Management Area, Black Brook Road

We will put up some of the new Wood Duck nesting boxes, tour the facility and visit the nesting boxes that were put up last year and review the results with Management area personnel. 

You must confirm before March 8th as space is limited. 

Contact: Mike Ernst @ 315-568-6710 or 585-703-4949

or Eric Reigel @ 315-549-7123

Youth Shooting program report

Our youth shooting program which is in its second year was very successful this past summer.  There were a total of 14 youths who came out and participated in either trap and/or .22 rimfire rifle shoots. There was also the opportunity for them to earn NRA Light Rifle Qualification Patches and the following is the results of their fine shooting.

Luke Allen earned  The " Distinguished Expert" patch, which is the highest award given.

Mason Thompson and Danielle Riegel earned their "Sharpshooter" patch.

Ryan Sandroni, Nick Shaffer, Brad Sandroni, Peter Roloson, Aric Stuck, and Victoria Tidball  all earned their "Marksman" patch.

Charlotte Tidball earned her "Pro-Marksman" patch.



For those who don't already know, youth shooting was held every Wednesday evening starting around 5:30 pm from the end of June to the end of August. Everyone is briefed on firearm safety and then the shooting begins and most of the time ends around sunset.

This years shoots usually ended with water jug shooting and it was a lot of fun. It's a nice change from punching holes in paper.

Just so you know, the NRA Qualification programs are no different for youth than adults and we did have two ladies shoot this year. So it's not limited to youths. It has been my pleasure to run this program and I am looking forward to doing it again next summer. I would also like to thank all the adults who showed up and helped out. Tom Grasek

Congratulations to Kuneytown Youth Hunters!