Membership Meetings

Meetings are held the 3rd Monday of the month. Please try to attend & offer your voice & ideas. This is your club! Meet your fellow enthusiasts.

Next meetings: 9/18, 10/16, 11/20, 12/18 @ 7:30pm

Membership

Membership applications can be printed from the BVCS web site https://bostonvalleycs.com. Dave Brooks, our membership chairman, may be reached at 649-8762 or email at daveb45cal[at]yahoo[dot]com.

What's Happening @ Your Club?

Open Pistol Shooting

Tuesday nights; doors open @ 7pm. Members’ range fee is $5 and nonmembers’ fee is $10 per night. All are welcome but we encourage frequent non-members to become members and support the club. Please be aware that non-members must fill out a one-time waiver. Forms are on hand at the range.

Ammunition Updates

The ammunition restrictions for Tuesday night have been changed as follows: Any open tip (hollow point) bullet loaded in straight pistol cases at standard velocities. Also, any cast lead bullet, any poly jacketed bullet, any 22 rimfire, any frangible bullet. 22 rimfire rifles are welcome.

Full metal (hardball) jacketed bullets are still prohibited as well as any magnum loads and all black powder firearms.

We hope to see you on Tuesday night.

Trap

The BVCS Fall Trap League Will be in the 6th week when this is read. There are 54 shooters for our fall league, which is more the expected considering the spring league is usually better attended. 54 contestants gives us 6 teams. After the trap awards party on October 22nd, the "official" trap venue will cease until restarted late March of 2024.

This league, the prices have remained the same at $5.00 per round of 25 targets. Spring of 2024 an increase to $6.00 per round will have to be given some thought due to an increase of $3.05 per case of targets to $13.80 per case. We've tried for consistency for all of this year.

Thank you to all of the trap volunteers that make the trap program successful. Thank you to the Board also for their present & continued support.

Trap person: Ernie

2023 Fall Pistol League

Dear Pistol Shooters -

I am planning on starting the fall league on September 28, 2023 with the first relay beginning at 6pm, a second starting at 7pm and a third relay starting at 8pm.

Tuesday will be opening shooting only with Thursday reserved for league shooting.

Each week two national matches per relay will be shot for score at the 25 yard line. You can shoot one gun (22 CAL.) or two guns (22 CAL. and C.F.) for a score each week.

Come out, have fun and shoot the league. It will be great to see you again.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 337-3555 or e-mail cwfjr45@gmail.com.

Cliff

Fall Schedule - 10 Weeks

Thursday - September 28
Thursday - October 5, 12, 19, 26
Thursday - November 2, 9, 16, 30
Thursday - December 7

No shooting - November 23

Thursday, December 14th Make-up

Message from David Rood

Greetings,

The other day Poncho sent me a text that he was looking for a wood chipper to clean up some of the brush that he, Collin Snyder, and a few other hopefully new members of the club were cleaning up down in the rifle range.

I was fortunate to get down and see them in action, which is not easy for me. Because I, like most of you, have a full-time job that does not allow me the time to get to the club as much as I would like.

They also painted the right side of the front of the building a few days earlier that took them after dark.

There is so much to do that sometimes it can feel overwhelming. I met the painter out at the building to get a cost on what it would be to paint the exterior of the building.

Afterwards I took some pictures of our club.

This club is maintained by a lot of unsung heroes that clean, mow and trim our facility. Not to mention the people it takes to run and organize trap, pistol, even meals for our meetings.

We tend to take things for granted, "somebody else will take care of it," "that is what I pay my dues to the club for."

If we had to pay the people that volunteer it would probably add at least $60,000 to the annual budget.

As I add the number of people that volunteer their time to run trap, pistol, and Young Guns to that number, I think I am very conservative on that amount.

This club has been built on members that if they see something they pick it up, or find a broom and sweep it up.

Members who ask, "How can I help?"

Come to the meetings on the third Monday of every month at 7:30 pm. I try to get us out in under an hour and then afterwards stick around for a $5.00 meal and talk and get to know us.

If you are an old member and see someone you don’t know, introduce yourself, welcome new members.

Come and make a difference. Have a thought? Talk to me, or anyone on the board, before or after the meeting. We have a great club, with good members.

We have calendars and gun raffle tickets available for you to purchase or sell. Please stop by the meeting, nights we are open, or call me or a member to get some.

Sincerely,

Dave Rood
President
Boston Valley Conservation Society
Home: 716-941-5703
Mobile: 716-583-3612 Text is best, I will answer if I can.
Email: Dgrood62@yahoo.com

Young Guns

For information on Young Guns contact Howard Hoelscher at 649-3432.

Website

We try to keep the website as current as possible. Please check it out as it has the newsletter, additional postings and other information. https://bostonvalleycs.com

Newsletter

The next Newsletter will be out in early January; deadline for information will be December 30th, 2023. Please email information you would like to have published, or to add/edit/remove your email address, to Ryan Rosiek at ryan.rosiek@gmail.com. A copy of the current newsletter will be posted at the club.

Elected Officials

Hon. Charles Schumer, U.S. Senate, 846-4111

Hon. Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senate, 854-9725

Hon. Chris Jacobs, U.S. Congress, 634-2324

Hon. Kathy Hochul, Governor, 518-474-8390

Hon. Letitia James, Attorney General, 853-8400

Hon. Thomas DiNapoli, Comptroller, 518-474-4044

Hon. Patrick Gallivan, NY Senate, 656-8544

Hon. Timothy Kennedy, NY Senate, 826-2683

Hon. David DiPietro, NY Assembly, 585-786-0190

Hon. Patrick Burke, NY Assembly, 608-6099

Hon. Mark Poloncarz, County Executive, 858-8500

Membership Meetings

Meetings are held the 3rd Monday of the month. Please try to attend & offer your voice & ideas. This is your club! Meet your fellow enthusiasts.

Next meetings: 7/17, 8/21, 9/18, 10/16 @ 7:30pm

Membership

Membership applications can be printed from the BVCS web site https://bostonvalleycs.com. Dave Brooks, our membership chairman, may be reached at 649-8762 or email at daveb45cal[at]yahoo[dot]com.

Dave Brooks will be collecting dues for 2023/2024 at the July meeting. We hope to have a good turn out so we can save money on postage for the club. Dave will be there at 6:30PM prior to the meeting.

What's Happening @ Your Club?

Open Pistol Shooting

Updated fees

Tuesday nights; doors open @ 7pm. Members’ range fee is $5 and nonmembers’ fee is $10 per night. All are welcome but we encourage frequent non-members to become members and support the club. Please be aware that non-members must fill out a one-time waiver. Forms are on hand at the range.

Trap

Doubles League was started on June 29th & target delivery has been handled by the time this newsletter is seen by all. Hoping the turn out for both is greater than anticipated.

Doubles will run for 6 weeks & one Thursday of open or practice shooting will take place before the Fall Trap League commences on August 13th returning to Sunday & Thursday shooting times.

With the delivery of new targets at a greater price, a decision will have to be made to raise prices immediately or continue as is until the 2024 shooting season.

THANK YOU TO THE VOLUNTEERS that make possible the success of the BVCS Trap Leagues & to the Board for continued support.

Trap person: Ernie

Message from David Rood

Greetings,

I have this problem with shooting trap. I point the gun in the wrong direction and miss the targets. I am left eye dominant and shoot right-handed.

When I keep both eyes open my left eye can see the sight on the end of the barrel better which makes me shoot to the left. This is more of a problem on targets that go left to right because I am not leading them properly. You would think with the few years that I have been shooting I would be able to figure it out, but as some of you know I am a United Methodist and change is something that we are not used to! There’s an old joke, “How many United Methodist does it take to change a light bulb?” The answer is “CHANGE?!”

Anyhow, I looked on line for the meaning of “taking advantage of” I saw two answers.

1. make unfair demands on (someone) who cannot or will not resist; exploit or make unfair use of for one's own benefit. "people tend to take advantage of a placid nature". Similar: Exploit, abuse, impose on, prey on, play on, misuse, ill-treat, bleed, suck dry, .....

2. make good use of the opportunities offered by (something). "take full advantage of the facilities available". Similar: make use of, utilize, put to use, use, use to good advantage...

We have a lot of people that take advantage of us. It is our perspective that helps us to look at it in a way that is good or is bad. When the guys that come to shoot trap on Thursday nights, who are not members of the club, take advantage of our low prices, our volunteers that load the trap house, our good fellowship and comradery. They say to me, “I really like this club because there doesn’t seem to be the politics and petty arguments that happen in other clubs., there is a calmness and feeling of belonging and welcomeness to this club”

Now we could look at these shooters as imposing, or sucking us dry. Or we could look at them as potential members, people who want to be a part of us, because of who we are. Before I joined, I would drive by the club and see guys out shooting trap. I thought to myself, “I would like to do that again.” Ernie and the guys made me feel welcomed and helped me to learn how to shoot trap, (to the extent that they could). I took advantage of those guys, and still do! I believe the club is taking advantage of me, and am thankful that I am available and have limited abilities to offer! I would be happy to go through 100 people to get one more member like you all. The lawn gets mowed, garbage picked up, food prepared, floors cleaned, and events scheduled, because we take advantage of YOU. That is not a bad thing. It is by our actions we examples to others.

So, let’s not miss the target. We are here to promote safe shooting and provide opportunities for others (as well as ourselves) to learn about environmental issues and conservation through hunting and land management. To give people a place to have a good time and show the world that owning a gun is not a bad thing. Let’s hope more people can take advantage of us so that we accomplish our mission.

Sincerely,
Dave Rood

Young Guns

For information on Young Guns contact Howard Hoelscher at 649-3432.

Website

We try to keep the website as current as possible. Please check it out as it has the newsletter, additional postings and other information. https://bostonvalleycs.com

Newsletter

The next Newsletter will be out in early October; deadline for information will be September 30th, 2023. Please email information you would like to have published, or to add/edit/remove your email address, to Ryan Rosiek at ryan.rosiek[at]gmail[dot]com. A copy of the current newsletter will be posted at the club.

Elected Officials

Hon. Charles Schumer, U.S. Senate, 846-4111

Hon. Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senate, 854-9725

Hon. Chris Jacobs, U.S. Congress, 634-2324

Hon. Kathy Hochul, Governor, 518-474-8390

Hon. Letitia James, Attorney General, 853-8400

Hon. Thomas DiNapoli, Comptroller, 518-474-4044

Hon. Patrick Gallivan, NY Senate, 656-8544

Hon. Timothy Kennedy, NY Senate, 826-2683

Hon. David DiPietro, NY Assembly, 585-786-0190

Hon. Patrick Burke, NY Assembly, 608-6099

Hon. Mark Poloncarz, County Executive, 858-8500

Membership Meetings

Meetings are held the 3rd Monday of the month. Please try to attend & offer your voice & ideas. This is your club! Meet your fellow enthusiasts.

Next meetings: 4/17, 5/15, 6/19, 7/17 @ 7:30pm

Membership

Membership applications can be printed from the BVCS web site https://bostonvalleycs.com. Dave Brooks, our membership chairman, may be reached at 649-8762 or email at daveb45cal[at]yahoo[dot]com.

What's Happening @ Your Club?

Open Pistol Shooting

Updated fees

Tuesday nights; doors open @ 7pm. Members’ range fee is $5 and nonmembers’ fee is $10 per night. All are welcome but we encourage frequent non-members to become members and support the club. Please be aware that non-members must fill out a one-time waiver. Forms are on hand at the range.

Trap

The BVCS Trap program has started for the year. Spring league commenced Sunday March 26th. The outlook is favorable for possibly 6 trap teams this league, an increase of 1 team. Standard signup times are: Sundays; 9am- 12 noon & Thursdays; 6pm - 8 pm. Teams, individuals & practice shooters are all welcome. Hope to see some members come out to try their luck at the shooting venue.

Boston placed 3rd in the Hamburg Winter Trap League after a 3-way tie for 2nd place & a shoot off loss. 3rd out of 8 teams was an achievement as we finished in last place a year ago.

I always mention the great volunteers BVCS has for our trap program. Without these faithful individuals we could not sustain the shooting program BVCS provides. THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS! And any & ALL help given to us by anyone is well appreciated & thank you to the Board for their support.

Trap person: Ernie

Young Guns

For information on Young Guns contact Howard Hoelscher at 649-3432.

Website

We try to keep the website as current as possible. Please check it out as it has the newsletter, additional postings and other information. https://bostonvalleycs.com

Newsletter

The next Newsletter will be out in early January; deadline for information will be June 30th, 2023. Please email information you would like to have published, or to add/edit/remove your email address, to Ryan Rosiek at ryan.rosiek[at]gmail[dot]com. A copy of the current newsletter will be posted at the club.

Elected Officials

Hon. Charles Schumer, U.S. Senate, 846-4111

Hon. Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senate, 854-9725

Hon. Chris Jacobs, U.S. Congress, 634-2324

Hon. Kathy Hochul, Governor, 518-474-8390

Hon. Letitia James, Attorney General, 853-8400

Hon. Thomas DiNapoli, Comptroller, 518-474-4044

Hon. Patrick Gallivan, NY Senate, 656-8544

Hon. Timothy Kennedy, NY Senate, 826-2683

Hon. David DiPietro, NY Assembly, 585-786-0190

Hon. Patrick Burke, NY Assembly, 608-6099

Hon. Mark Poloncarz, County Executive, 858-8500

Membership Meetings

Meetings are held the 3rd Monday of the month. Please try to attend & offer your voice & ideas. This is your club! Meet your fellow enthusiasts.

Next meetings: 1/16, 2/20, 3/20, 4/17 @ 7:30pm

Membership

Membership applications can be printed from the BVCS web site https://bostonvalleycs.com. Dave Brooks, our membership chairman, may be reached at 649-8762 or email at daveb45cal[at]yahoo[dot]com.

What's Happening @ Your Club?

Open Pistol Shooting

Tuesday nights; doors open @ 7pm. Members’ range fee is $4 and nonmembers’ fee is $8 per night. All are welcome but we encourage frequent non-members to become members and support the club. Please be aware that non-members must fill out a one-time waiver. Forms are on hand at the range.

Trap

The trap program at BVCS is in hiatus until late March when the Spring League will commence.  BVCS has a team of shooters competing at Hamburg Rod & Gun. No results available as of yet.

Hoping all had a safe Christmas considering the blizzard & will have a safe & HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Trap person: Ernie

2023 Winter Pistol League

Dear Pistol Shooters,

We are planning on starting the winter league February 2nd, 2023. The first relay begins at 6pm, a second at 7pm and a third relay starting at 8pm.

Tuesday will be open shooting only with Thursday reserved for league shooting.

Each week two national matches per relay will be shot for score at the 25 yard line. You can shoot one gun (22 CAL.) or two guns (22 CAL. and C.F.) for a score each week. Come out, have fun and shoot the league. It will be great to see you again.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (716) 337-3555 or E-mail cwfjr45[at]gmail[dot]com.

Cliff

Winter Schedule - 10 WEEKS

• Thursday - February, 2, 9, 16, 23
• Thursday - March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
• Thursday - April 6

Thursday - April 20th Make-up

Young Guns

For information on Young Guns contact Howard Hoelscher at 649-3432.

Website

We try to keep the website as current as possible. Please check it out as it has the newsletter, additional postings and other information. https://bostonvalleycs.com

Newsletter

The next Newsletter will be out in early January; deadline for information will be March 31st, 2023. Please email information you would like to have published, or to add/edit/remove your email address, to Ryan Rosiek at ryan.rosiek[at]gmail[dot]com. A copy of the current newsletter will be posted at the club.

Elected Officials

Hon. Charles Schumer, U.S. Senate, 846-4111

Hon. Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senate, 854-9725

Hon. Chris Jacobs, U.S. Congress, 634-2324

Hon. Kathy Hochul, Governor, 518-474-8390

Hon. Letitia James, Attorney General, 853-8400

Hon. Thomas DiNapoli, Comptroller, 518-474-4044

Hon. Patrick Gallivan, NY Senate, 656-8544

Hon. Timothy Kennedy, NY Senate, 826-2683

Hon. David DiPietro, NY Assembly, 585-786-0190

Hon. Patrick Burke, NY Assembly, 608-6099

Hon. Mark Poloncarz, County Executive, 858-8500