February Newsletter

2020 January 30

by BCW

Next Meeting…Wednesday, February 12…Valley City Eagles Club…

Free burgers for paid members at 6 PM…Meeting at 7 PM

Welcome all renewals and new members!

Our benefits include our club newsletter, free burgers at most meetings, and a subscription to North Dakota Outdoors Magazine.

If you have not renewed your membership yet or you would like to sign up you can download a form to send in from our website , by talking to a club officer, or stopping at L&H Shoe Shop.

Membership Drive/Landowner Supper- We had a great turnout, lots of landowners and we renewed/signed up 150 memberships.

Gas & Grocery Raffle- The raffle was a success again this year, approximately $2,300 was brought in.

BCW Predator Hunt- The BCW Predator hunt will be on February 1^st, Poster attached to email

Sheyenne Valley Calling Contest- The hunt and raffle were held on Saturday January 25. There were 12 teams, with a total of 23 hunters. There were a total of 5 coyotes brought in. The first place team with a total of 4 coyotes was Eugene Sandness, Rob Sandness and Keith Hample. The second place team with 1 coyote was tatem Brandt, Jarod Miedma and Nathan Schmidt. Then 3rd through place team prices were drawn for.

Pheasant Tail Contest- First Place went to Josh Holm with a 25 1/8 inch tail feather. Second Place was Perry Kapaun 24 1/16 inches. Third Place was Marlowe Stavens, 23 3/16 inches.

Hunter’s Ed Class – Classes will be February 17, 18, 20, 24, 27 the classes will be from 6 to 9:30 pm. Signing up for the class needs to be done on the Game and Fish Website.

Hides for Habitat- The winner was Tom Cruff. 50/50 cash split from sale on hides.

Delta Waterfowl Banquet- The banquet will be 2/22. The money raised from this event goes to help the VCHS trap team.

Habitat Hunt Harvest- BCW is a sponsor of the event. The event is for women landowners on 3/5. There is a poster attached to the email and on our website.

Winter Show Booth- We are having a booth at the winter show again this year. The booth will be Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. We would really appreciate any members that are retired or not working on Thursday or Friday to take those shifts if possible. There will be a signup sheet at the February meeting, or you can call Josh 840-5269.

Big Spender Banquet– The banquet and raffle will be April 4^th. This year there are 10 Henry rifles on the ticket in place of the Redlin Prints.

New WPA- Bruce Ranum is working with Fish and Wildlife to sell them land by Adams Slough to turn into a WPA. BCW is committing $2,000 to help with tree removal and seeding of the land.

Riverfest – BCW will be donating $500 to the Riverfest event again this year.

Sheyenne Valley Calling Contest Raffle Winners-

The gun raffle winners were:

Remington 22-250 stainless-Bob Latt, (Litchville),

Remington 22-250-John Weinand (Hazen),

Remington 12 ga-Christian Owen (Amenia),

Savage 243-Jake Jordahl (Lamoure),

Savage 243-Russ Young{LaMoure),

Savage 308-Levi Anderson{Marion),

Savage 30-06-Sage Gusass (Litchville),

Savage 6.5 Creed-Jeff Vogel (LaMoure),

Marlin 30-30-Robyn Yohe{LaMoure),