YOUTH PHEASANT HUNT

Kuneytowns first annual youth pheasant hunt was a huge success. A big thanks to John Presnar for pulling it together,whispering pines and Pete Carol for donating the birds and Keith Tidball for allowing us to hold it at the Canoga Creek Conservancy. The kids had a great time, everyone got in some shooting and shot well. The dogs worked great and flushed all but two birds and the kids were succesful in taking some birds. Thanks to all the kids and parents for participating hope to see you next year.

Bounties of Autumn- a Time to be Thankful

Preparations have begun for the Thanksgiving feast to be enjoyed in only a few more weeks. Between now and then, much will be harvested. But, we at the Tidball ranch have much to be thankful for already.

We especially want to thank our friends at Kuneytown who have generously helped us through Moira's injury. Your generous gifts have been such an inspiration and blessing to us. Many thanks.

In the spirit of gratitude, I enjoyed a fall weekend excursion hunting squirrels with my daughters. The mast production this year is producing some fat squirrels!

We also got lucky and scored a delicious wild mushroom (shelf fungus actually) called a Chicken of the Woods.

EVENT REMINDER

We have two big events coming up the 20 Week Club Dinner 10/4 and the Turkey Shoot 10/25. Mark them on your calander. Start spreading the word about the turkey shoot we need to make this a big event for the club.

See You at the Club Eric

SHOOTING RANGE UPDATE

Saturday 9\25 we re-positioned the targets and added a dirt back stop,the range looks great.We also added rock back stops to every target to minimize shooting through,and added parking by the shooting shack.Great job thanks to all the members that participated and also a big thanks to Deloss and Seneca Pipe for the equipment and Seneca Stone for the materials and Joe being able to bring his loader over. Come on out and check it out. Also we have hay bales set up for bows and 3-d targets in the shed for those members getting ready for the archery season coming up.

Going South? NOPE, Going to Dinner!

These geese we got 25 Sep 09. All together in four days (22 - 25 Sep) we got 32 birds. We did pretty well for the last week of early goose season. Hope everyone did just as well. If not, there will be more waterfowl days ahead.

Pig Roast Aug 22-- Don't Miss It!!

festivities start at 12pm

food served from 2pm on

DEC Camp - Thank you from Jake Stuck

July 17, 2009


Kuneytown Sportsman’s Club
Hoster Road
Fayette, NY 13065

Dear Kuneytown Sportsman’s Club Officers and Members,

Thank you for sponsoring me to go to DEC camp this summer. I went to Camp Rushford that is located in western New York, a little south of Letchworth State Park, on the 4,500-acre Hanging Bog Wildlife Management Area.

This was an awesome experience. I learned a lot about how different environments work together. We walked on the Bog, and it was like walking on a huge waterbed. The camp counselor taught us about the different plants that make up the Bog. One flower on the Bog, the lilly, is protected and is $1,000 fine if you pick it. We learned how to make a fire. Even though I thought I already knew how to make one, the counselor taught us better and faster ways. We also learned how to make a shelter out of sticks.

The counselor was really good. He is a professional lumberjack, and has been on TV in competitions. He’s been in fire making competitions where he made a fire in 4 seconds.

Our whole cabin (5 kids and the counselor) did the Polar Swim at 7:00 in the morning every morning in the pond. It was cold!

There was a big owl around the cabins that I got to sit next to me on a log. He actually let me touch him before he flew away.

Thank you again for giving the opportunity to go to this camp. It was an experience I won’t soon forget. I would tell any kid who likes the outdoors to go.

Sincerely,

Jake Stuck

My cabin

The Bog where we walked. It's all water underneath (which is hard to see in the picture) and if you step in the wrong place you can fall down through it.

Protected lillies on the Bog

The Bog
The Bog

Support Cayuga Lake watershed protection efforts

“Sunset on Cayuga”

Saturday, September 26

5:00 to 9:00 pm

The Lakewatch Inn

1636 Lake Shore Drive, Ithaca NY

Sunset on Cayuga is an annual

fundraising dinner of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network.

There will be two live

bands (Back Talk and The Bottom

Feeders) playing both inside and

outside, full dinner, silent auction

and raffle! We will also be presenting

the annual Lake Friendly Farm

award, and the David Morehouse

Memorial award. In all, this event

promises to be a night of fun,

friends, good food and best of all,

watching the Sunset on Cayuga!

Cost: $45.00 per person, or $80.00

for a couple, and each ticket includes

two free drinks. We have special

BIG FISH DONOR rates for parties of

8 or more. Please call our office at

(315) 364 2992 for details; you can pay

online at http://www.cayugalake.org

A point for Budweiser

Despite the fact that there is no competition between Miller High Life and any Bud product, ya gotta hand it to the Anheuser people for this one...

Get your team together...it's almost time!

Odyssey

The Family has been on a vacation... we have almost completed our odyssey- circumnavigating all 5 of the Great Lakes. We have canoed, we have fished, we have star gazed, we have roasted marshmallows. We have had our Miller Time. See ya'll soon.

Hunter's GUN BLOWS UP

Clink on this link to watch a hunter's gun blow up while shooting at game. the barrel splits like a bannana!

http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=192557

May Madness

They are not the $5,000 dollar trout I was looking for but they will eat just fine. Biggest one was 24" and 4.5 lbs. I'm planning to grill these fish June 3, during the youth trap shoot. So, all can enjoy!

Just a little turkey! It had a 4" beard and weighed 15 lbs.

On Salad

SALLY SALAD EATER

Sunday afternoon it was time to eat those perch and there was no Sally Salad Eaters allowed. Hot oil fresh caught perch and HIGH LIFE.

ARE YOU A HIGH LIFE MAN

THE PERCH ARE IN

I heard the perch were biting so this weekend I grabbed some minnows and Gary and I hit the dock with the kids. We had a great time the kids were catching fish so fast Gary and I hardly got to fish between taking fish off and baiting hooks they kept us busy.We caught over 40 fish in about an hour and kept 32 nice perch we caught several lunkers really nice fish. If any of you K-Town members want to get into the perch grab some minnows and come on down to the dock.

Volunteers needed for Lawn work-- See Charlie

Memory For A Lifetime

Alex Karlsen, who is 13 years old, became a man on 26 April 2009. He and I (John Presnar) went turkey hunting during the youth weekend. On the first day we hunted very hard and came up empty handed. Well not completely empty, we did take in a few learning experiences: gun safety, how to use a call, and enjoy Mother Nature. Alex's persistence and dedication inspired him to awake at O' dark thirty again on Sunday. We were in the woods and heard our first gobble at 5:40 AM. Shortly after a nice tom flew down off of his roost at 5:50 AM and came right to us. He stopped about 60 yards out. He started to strut and gobble; giving us a wonderful display that made our hearts pound. Just then two more turkeys flew down and he went right for them, leaving us with despair. We decided to sit and wait a while for another opportunity. At 6:15 AM, I decided to give a nice soft yelp with my box call. Instantly after the last note, a turkey sounded off with a gobble that you felt the vibration run down through your body. I told Alex to get ready this tom is coming in. Just then we see two big toms coming right for us. They were in full strut spitting and hissing. After the one ran off the other he turned and came right into us. With nice soft purrs from my call put the big tom at ease. When he got thirty yards away and I told Alex to shoot. He shot and rolled the turkey. As we started to celebrate the turkey got up and started to walk off. I told Alex to shoot again and he did; hitting the bird with a lethal shot. Then the real celebration began with a few high fives and man to man hand shake. Alex got his first turkey!

The turkey stats were: 10" Beard, 1 1/2" Spurs, and weighed 27 pounds.

Diets & Wives

Time to get that boat going and go fishing!

Please email Keith so you can post your own highlights of your fishing exploits on this blog. We want members of Kuneytown to post!

FISH DINNERS

Starting Friday April 3rd Kuneytowns Famous fish dinners serving Haddock and Catfish.
FRIDAY APRIL 10th THE BULLHEADS ARE HERE COME ON OUT AND ENJOY A GREAT FISH DINER.


See you at the club bring your appetite

SEAFOOD PARTY

Saturday April 11th come on out and feast on some great seafood.Crab legs,Scallops,Clams Casino, shrimp and more. Dont miss out on this great spread .
$25 per person sign up at the club
NOW ALSO SERVING PRIME RIB GET YOUR LAND AND SEA FEAST AT THE CLUB THIS SATURDAY. PLEASE CONTACT JIM BY WEDNESDAY IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND THIS GREAT FEAST.

COYOTE UGLY

Coyote season is still open until the end of March.I caught this big male crossing a field the other day on the Tidball farm. Luckily I had the .223 in the truck. He was about 200 yds, but that was no problem for the 55 gr full metal jacket bullet- 1 in the boiler room. He didn't go far.

Waterfowl Hunter's Party at KUNEYTOWN!

Saturday April 18th, 1pm

Get your tickets now.

CAYUGA SNOWS

Found the snows on the lake today and was able to sneak into a blind at a top secrect location. Unbelievable there was thousands of geese swarming all over the place I never saw anything like it. I spent 2 hrs taking photos and just watching the incredible amount of birds.I finally decided to shoot the next flock that flew in and was able to take four snows what a great afternoon. I could have water pounded 100's of them but decided that was not what it was all about.Here are a few of the photos.

See You in the Blind Eric

LAST DAY RABBITS

Saturday was the last day of small game so David,Joe,Danielle and myself decided we better get out and chase those rascly rabbits around one more time. It was pretty cold and windy but the rabbits ran pretty well and Casey(beagle) did a great job. We ended up with 6 and had a great time.

see you at the club Eric

SQUIRREL DERBY RESULTS

K-TOWNS ANNUAL SQUIRREL DERBY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS

We had 28 hunters register and most were successful even though the hunting was tough. The squirrels are quite wary this time of year and can be a challenge.

Results were as follows 1st place Ken Poormon $100

2nd place- Joe Stuck $50

3rd place- Alan Aho $30

lunker- tie Joe Stuck\Jason Cece $25 each

A great time was had by all. Hope to see everyone there next year.

GUN SAFE RAFFLE

Congratulations to David Beadell for winning the gun safe raffle. Enjoy your new safe they are a great way to safely store your guns and ammo.

Kuneytown's Firewood Brigade

Squirrel Derby!

WATERFOWL HUNTERS PARTY

This will be a great time and you can win some really good gear hope to see everyone there.

See you in the duck blind Eric

A good day duck hunting

Kuneytown Member Tidball wins "Big Buck Challenge" With Unusual 11pt Buck

Keith Tidball won the "Kuneytown Big Buck Challenge" by taking an 11pt buck on the opening day of shotgun season. The buck scored , a score that adds total points to total width for a gross score. Three other bucks were entered, and each hunter received his entry fee back. Tidball said "I am lucky to have won... at least one other buck that was harvested was clearly a better buck, if scored according to Boone and Crockett. The scoring system for the Challenge this year kept things interesting." Tidball said he planned to use the winnings to purchase an award plaque that would be displayed at the club, listing each year's winner of the "Kuneytown Big Buck Challenge" on engraved plates.

Below, a picture of the winning buck, and a sample of the award plaque Tidball is using his winnings to purchase for the club.

Some Kuneytown Members' Deer 08

This nice 6 point was taken by Dave Spogen (Eric's cousin). Dave had a great day, as he also shot a large male coyote, pictured above, this day.

Below, Deloss Stuck with his wide 11 point buck and Keith Tidball with his non-typical 11 point with bizarre twists and tines.

WORK PARTY PROGRESS

The last two weekends have been very productive for the club. Thanks to all the memebers that showed up to help out we got alot of work done.Last weekend painting inside cielings and base board heaters cleaning windows,walls,mounts,etc.the place looks great sorry no photos also trimming on the range for the new turkey shoot targets. This weekend pointing the chimney to weather proof and preserve it very time consuming work but it came out great.Joe is on the look out for a wood stove and hopefully we will have the project done for the hunting season to come.Check out these pics.

A special thanks to Steve Sandroni and Seneca Stone for the materials and the help.

Thanks again to everyone that helped out see you at the club

Eric