NEXT MEETING…SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2010…VC VFW CLUB
FREE BURGERS SERVED TO PAID UP MEMBERS 6 PM TILL GONE
MEETING TO FOLLOW
WELCOME BACK EVERYONE! I HOPE YOUR SUMMER HAS GONE SLOWER THAN MINE!
WE WILL BE REQUESTING VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THE ANNUAL BANQUET / AUCTION AT THIS MEETING! WE NEED THE MOST HELP WITH DONATIONS! WE’LL HAVE A LIST TO CHOSE FROM AND COULD USE ABOUT 20 PEOPLE TO HELP WITH THE FOOTWORK TO SPREAD THE LOAD LIGHTER. CALL JILL AT 845-2087/2378 IF YOU CAN HELP US BUT WON’T BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
EXTRA DOE LICENSES…THERE ARE STILL A FEW AVAILABLE. APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE AT VENDORS OR CHECK OUT UP TO DATE LISTING ON THE G&F WEBSITE.
INDOOR ARCHERY RANGE IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN OCTOBER. CONTACT NEIL PEDERSON 840-0173.
NEW WEB PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP BY JOSH HOLM: barnescountywildlife.org
BCWF SPONSORED 9 YOUTH TO NDWF CAMP AND 7 TO FISH CAMP THIS SUMMER. THANK YOU KELLI BJORNSON FOR COORDINATING THIS.
SUMMER EVENTS REPORT:
TAKE A KID FISHING DAY WAS GREAT! WE HAD A FANTASTIC GROUP OF 32 KIDS. THANKS TO CHAIR, GOOSE KAPAUN AND ALL THE HELPERS AND SPONSORS.
SUMMER WALLEYE TOURNAMENT WAS ANOTHER GREAT EVENT. WITH THE COOLER WEATHER WE HAD AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL RELEASE RATE. SEE WINNERS ON BACK PAGE.
JUNE HUNTER-ED CLASS HAD 24 GRADUATES. THANK YOU SKIP PEDERSEN AND ALL THE OTHER VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS FOR KEEPING THIS PROGRAM GOING!
NOTE: GAYLONG HANSEN IS CURRENTLY AT BETHANY HOME IN FARGO AS HE HAS BEEN BATTLING A HEALTH ISSUE FOR ALMOST A YEAR. HE IS IN ROOM 257…PHONE# 701-478-3910. WE KNOW HE WOULD ENJOY AN ENCOURAGING NOTE OR A VISIT IF YOU ARE IN THE FARGO AREA. CONTACT T.J…490-0929 OR RHONDA…490-1983 FOR UPDATES AS HIS LOCATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
J.A.K.E.S. DAY HOSTED A FULL HOUSE OF 96 INTERESTED KIDS (ALL AGES). IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL BUGLESS EVENING. THANKS STACEY AND CREW!
SUMMER PICNIC/FISH FRY HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. THANK YOU COOKS RON MANSON AND KIM FOELL. CORN CAME FROM LLOYD ANDERSON’S, BRUCE SHANENKO’S AND HENRIK VOLDAL’S. THANKS TO ALL WHO BROUGHT DISHES TO SHARE.
TRAP SHOOT FUN NIGHT WENT WELL. WINNER OF THE ANNIE OAKLEY SHOOT WAS BEN BAASCH! CONGRATULATIONS BEN!
YOUTH PHEASANT HUNT HOSTED 20 YOUTH. THANK YOU JIM ZERFACE, SPONSORS AND DOG HANDLERS.
OBITUARY: THIS SUMMER WE LOST MEMBERS LENNY HOFFART AND ROGER PLECITY. BCWF HAS SENT SYMPATHIES TO THEIR FAMILIES.
North Dakota state officials are encouraged that the National Park Service has started recruiting volunteers to help reduce the elk population in Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s south unit.
The NPS announced details of the process July 19. Under the plan, volunteers will have an opportunity to harvest elk within the park using firearms. The plan includes having five teams, each consisting of one team leader and four volunteers, in the park each week for 12 weeks, beginning in November 2010. Therefore, a maximum of 240 volunteers may be needed.
“This is very close to the alternative we recommended to the NPS, and North Dakota citizens asked for,” said Terry Steinwand, North Dakota Game and Fish Department Director. “We offer our support to the Park Service as this alternative is put into place, and we encourage North Dakotans to take the lead and submit an application.”
The NPS is the agency responsible for managing TRNP and is developing and implementing actions intended to reduce elk numbers in the park. The Game and Fish Department role as a cooperating agency is to provide technical advice and assistance to the NPS as it implements the process, and to facilitate the transfer of elk meat to the volunteers.
“We have worked to give North Dakotans an opportunity to help reduce the park’s elk population and keep part of the meat,” said Gov. John Hoeven. “Now we look forward to helping the Park Service succeed with this plan.”
In coordination with the park elk removal plan, Game and Fish has its elk seasons in units E3 and E4 outside the park open during November and December. In addition, the Department also plans to recommend an amendment to the proclamation that would allow licensed E3 and E4 elk hunters who were not successful during the regular season, to take cow elk outside the park in January.
Individuals who received a North Dakota elk license in the past are eligible to apply. In addition, participating in this elk reduction management plan does not eliminate someone from future consideration for a North Dakota elk license.
For more information on the application process, access the TRNPS website at www.nps.gov/thro/upload/Application_Instructions.pdf. A question and answer summary of the elk reduction plan is available at www.nps.gov/thro/upload/Elk-Reduction-FAQ.pdf. A link to the NPS website is also available on the Game and Fish website at www.gf.nd.gov.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologists recently completed the 2010 pronghorn population survey, and census data revealed the statewide population is 37 percent lower than last year and down more than 50 percent from 2008 as a consequence of recent severe winter weather. Therefore, the Game and Fish Department will not recommend a pronghorn hunting season in 2010.
Bruce Stillings, big game biologist in Dickinson, said two severe winters with high adult mortality rates, followed by poor production, has dropped the statewide population estimate to 6,500 pronghorn. Since 2003, the statewide population has been at or above 10,000 animals, including two years with more than 15,000.
“We need to give these populations an opportunity to recover. Our numbers are declining with few yearlings observed due to poor production in 2009, which was the lowest documented on record, followed by last year’s tough winter,” Stillings. “Production was better this year, but still below long-term averages in all management regions.”
The aerial survey is flown in early July after young-of-the-year are born and visible. “We have to fly surveys to find out how many animals are on the ground,” Stillings said. “We actually count individual animals so there is no extrapolating.”
Survey results indicate the northern badlands population is doing the best, while pronghorn in the western Bowman management area are in the poorest condition. “Pronghorn in the northern badlands are at higher numbers due to experiencing only one severe winter over the last two years, while the remainder of the range had back-to-back severe winters,” Stillings said. “Pronghorn in the western Bowman management region have not only had back-to-back severe winters, but experienced an abnormally cold and wet spring in 2009, which resulted in an unprecedented low production in 2009.”
Northern Great Plains pronghorn are susceptible to dramatic population declines due to extreme winter conditions, Stillings said. The last two years have been a worst case scenario for pronghorn in North Dakota, similar to 1977-79 when three consecutive severe winters hit the region, resulting in closed seasons from 1978-1981.
“The last thing pronghorn need is another severe winter,” Stillings said. “A mild winter will increase adult survival and leave females in good condition for fawning.”
Biologists will continue to monitor pronghorn numbers in the future, and when the population returns to a level capable of withstanding a harvest the season will reopen. “The winter of 2010-11 will be pivotal in determining whether pronghorn begin to recover or if a series of closed seasons similar to the late 1970s are needed,” Stillings said.
The 2010 pronghorn season will be closed to both gun and archery hunters. Applicants who have accumulated preference points will maintain their current points. Individuals who have already purchased an archery license will be issued a refund.
SUMMER EVENTS 2010
JULY 22……J.A.K.E.S. DAY AT VC TRAP CLUB RANGE. WATCH FOR POSTERS!
AUG. 11……CLUB PICNIC / FISH FRY! 6:30 PM AT CHAUTAUQUA PARK PAVILION.
PLEASE BRING A SALAD OR DESSERT TO SHARE AND COME WITH A HEARTY APPETITE.
AUG. 24…..TRAP SHOOT FUN NIGHT. (PROCEEDS FOR OUR HUNTER ED PROGRAM)
COME ON UP AND SHOOT FOR PRIZES AND THE ANNIE OAKLEY EVENT OR JUST PRACTICE.
AUG. 28…..YOUTH PHEASANT HUNT AT THE JIM ZERFACE FARM.
| Walleye Standings | |||||
| Place | Members | Sat. | Sun. | Total | Prize |
| 1 | LANCE HORNER / KURT HODNEY | 6.50 | 11.05 | 17.55 | $ 1,200.00 |
| 2 | ETHEN PRESTON / TRAVIS STEIDL | 12.20 | 3.15 | 15.35 | $ 900.00 |
| 3 | BRENT KLEIN / DAN WENDEL | 11.75 | 2.75 | 14.50 | $ 700.00 |
| 4 | DANA NOOT / NICK NOOT | 7.50 | 5.60 | 13.10 | $ 500.00 |
| 5 | DARREL BJORNSON / DEAN BJORNSON | 9.25 | 3.65 | 12.90 | $ 400.00 |
| 6 | LARRY WAASDORP / DARVIN KEYS | 5.05 | 7.40 | 12.45 | $ 350.00 |
| 7 | NICK RUNCK / DARWIN SUHR | 10.50 | 1.70 | 12.20 | $ 325.00 |
| 8 | BRUCE PULKRABEK / ERIC OLSON | 3.55 | 8.25 | 11.80 | $ 300.00 |
| 9 | WENDY GULLICKSON / ROBB LEE | 4.30 | 6.25 | 10.55 | $ 275.00 |
| 10 | BRUCE NIELSEN / NICK NIELSEN | 8.45 | 1.95 | 10.40 | $ 250.00 |
| 11 | MATT ANDERSON / RALPH ANDERSON | 0.00 | 10.30 | 10.30 | $ 150.00 |
| 12 | KEN CHRISTIANSON / KYLE CHRISTIANSON | 4.80 | 5.15 | 9.95 | $ 150.00 |
| 13 | MIKE UNDEM / JAYNE UNDEM | 8.75 | 0.00 | 8.75 | $ 150.00 |
| 13 | KEVIN LOIBL / RUSTY LOIBL | 3.90 | 4.85 | 8.75 | $ 150.00 |
| 15 | RON WENDEL / DAVID KUNZE | 5.35 | 3.10 | 8.45 | $ 150.00 |
| 16 | JOHN SADEK / ANDREW SADEK | 5.65 | 2.45 | 8.10 | $ 150.00 |
| 17 | RON KELLEY / STEVE KELLEY | 3.75 | 4.30 | 8.05 | $ 150.00 |
| 18 | SCOTT HAGLE / BRENT ELLEFSON | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | $ 150.00 |
| 19 | LUCAS SOINE / KIM NEHLICH | 5.90 | 1.90 | 7.80 | $ 150.00 |
| 20 | SCOTT NELSON / CURT HORNER | 7.10 | 0.00 | 7.10 | $ 150.00 |
| Place | Saturday Biggest Walleye | Weight | Prize | ||
| 1 | BRUCE NIELSEN / NICK NIELSEN | 8.45 | $ 200.00 | ||
| 2 | ETHEN PRESTON / TRAVIS STEIDL | 6.80 | $ 100.00 | ||
| Place | Sunday Biggest Walleye | Weight | Prize | ||
| 1 | LANCE HORNER / KURT HODNEY | 7.20 | $ 200.00 | ||
| 2 | BRUCE PULKRABEK / ERIC OLSON | 4.00 | $ 100.00 | ||
| Place | Saturday Biggest Northern | Weight | Prize | ||
| 1 | LANCE HORNER / KURT HODNEY | 8.90 | $ 100.00 | ||
| 2 | TODD WURZER / PRESTON BEAR | 5.65 | $ 50.00 | ||
| Place | Sunday Biggest Northern | Weight | Prize | ||
| 1 | LANCE HORNER / KURT HODNEY | 11.50 | $ 100.00 | ||
| 2 | BILL DOLL / JONATHAN EGGERS | 6.40 | $ 50.00 |
NEXT MEETING…JUNE 9TH, 2010…KELLY’S CROSSING…LAKE ASHTABULA
FREE BURGERS SERVED TO PAID UP MEMBERS 6:00 PM TILL GONE…MEETING AT 7:30
MAY MEETING HIGHLIGHTS:
LYNN SCHLUETER GAVE A PRESENTATION ON AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES. PREVENTION IS THE KEY AS IT IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM ONCE INFESTATION OCCURS. NDGFD WILL BE CRACKING DOWN THIS SUMMER. NO WATER IN LIVE WELLS, BILGES AND BAITWELLS AND REMOVE ALL VEGETATION FROM WATERCRAFT AND TRAILERS WHEN LEAVING A BODY OF WATER.
1300 PHEASANT CHICKS HAVE BEEN DISPERSED TO AREA RAISERS.
FAUST PARK WILL BE GETTING ANOTHER FACELIFT AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING INTO
THE POSSIBILITY OF A BOAT RAMP IN CITY PARK.
THERE WILL BE A JUNE HUNTER ED CLASS! (SEE DATES AT BOTTOM)
INDOOR ARCHERY RANGE IS SHUT DOWN FOR THE SUMMER. IF YOU NEED TO TUNE YOUR BOW OR WOULD LIKE USE OF THIS FACILITY CONTACT NEIL PEDERSON 840-0173.
NDGFD ADVISORY MEETING DISCUSSION INCLUDED REDUCTION OF DEER LICENSES AND THE PARK ELK HUNT PROPOSAL.
WE ALSO HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ON THE DEVILS LAKE WATER ISSUE.
VC TRAP CLUB IS OPEN EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT AT 6:00 PM.
NDWF SPORTSMAN/LANDOWNER DRAWING WINNERS WERE:
LANDOWNER: KEVIN KLEIN, STUTSMAN COUNTY
SPORTSMAN: AARON PEARSE, JAMESTOWN…..EACH RECEIVED A 17HMR RIFLE!
Summer Youth Camps:
BCWF will sponsor interested youths in the following camps.
We will pay 75% of camp costs and they do not have to be a club member!
Contact Kelli at kellibjornson@meritcare.com or call 646-6842.
NDWF Conservation camp…Aug. 8-14…Ages 12-15…..Near Garrison $300
Lure’em for Life Fish Camp…Aug 1-6……Ages 8-14……Devils Lake $275
SUMMER EVENTS 2010
JUNE 5……….TAKE A KID FISHING DAY AT MEL RIEMAN’S (LAKE ASHTABULA)
JUNE 12-13…..SUMMER WALLEYE TOURNAMENT
JUNE 15,17,21,22 & 24…HUNTER ED CLASS. CLASSES HELD 6:00-9:30 EACH NIGHT AT VCSU
RHOADES SCIENCE CENTER. CONTACT SKIP PEDERSEN 845-3211.
JULY 22……J.A.K.E.S. DAY AT VC TRAP CLUB RANGE. WATCH FOR POSTERS!
AUG. 11……CLUB PICNIC / FISH FRY! 6:30 PM AT CHAUTAUQUA PARK PAVILION. PLEASE BRING A
SALAD OR DESSERT TO SHARE AND COME WITH A HEARTY APPETITE.
AUG. 24…..TRAP SHOOT FUN NIGHT. (PROCEEDS FOR OUR HUNTER ED PROGRAM)
COME ON UP AND SHOOT FOR PRIZES AND THE ANNIE OAKLEY EVENT OR JUST PRACTICE.
AUG. 28…..YOUTH PHEASANT HUNT AT THE JIM ZERFACE FARM.
? BULLHEAD DERBY ?
WE NEED A CHAIRPERSON TO HOLD THIS EVENT!
IF INTERESTED CALL JILL 845-2378 / 2087
(USUALLY HELD IN AUGUST)
SUMMER YOUTH CAMPS: BCWF WILL SPONSOR INTERESTED YOUTH TO THE FOLLOWING CAMPS.
WE WILL PAY 75% OF CAMP COST AND THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE BCWF MEMBERS! CONTACT KELLI AT kellibjornson@meritcare.com OR CALL 646-6842.
NEXT MEETING…WEDNESDAY, MAY 12TH, 2010…VC VFW CLUB
FREE MOOSE BURGERS (Shawn Vachal) FOR PAID UP MEMBERS 6 PM TILL GONE
MEETING TO FOLLOW
RIVER ROAD CLEANUP, TREE REEF AND MOON LAKE DOCK AND PIER HAVE BEEN COMPLETED / INSTALLED! THANK YOU TO THE VOLUNTEERS. DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE PIER AT CHAUTAUQUA PARK.
FAUST PARK WILL ALSO BE GETTING A CLEANUP. VOLUNTEER AT THE MAY MEETING.
HUNTER ED CLASS WILL BE HELD IN JUNE. WATCH FOR POSTERS.
OUR DISTRICT G&F ADVISORY MEETING WAS HELD IN JAMESTOWN LAST MONTH. WE’LL GET A REPORT AT THE MAY MEETING AS WE KNOW THE PARK ELK HUNT IS A BIG ISSUE.
RICHARD MONSON WAS AWARDED THE NDWF 2010 WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONIST OF THE YEAR AT THE POSTPONED CONVENTION HELD IN MARCH. RICHARD WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND SO NDWF PRESIDENT DON BAASCH PRESENTED IT TO HIM AT THE BCWF MARCH MEETING.
BCWF MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO THREE RECIPIENTS AT THE APRIL MEETING. EACH RECEIVING $250 FOR VCSU: LANNING HANSEN, Forman; ADAM LARSON, Valley City AND KYLE MCLEAN, Valley City (formerly from Yakima, WA).
JR. NATURLIST’S MAY MEETING IS THE 10TH. SCHEDULED SESSION IS CANOEING AT 6:00 PM AT THE HATCHERY. PLEASE DRESS ACCORDINGLY. kyle.mclean@vcsu.edu or cell 509-969-2192.
PHEASANT CHICKS WILL ARRIVE MAY 21 OR 22 AT VC DAKOTA PLAINS PARKING LOT. RAISERS WILL BE CONTACTED ON DATE AND TIME, IF YOU DON’T GET THE INFO CALL PERRY AT 490-1797.
OUR FISHERIES PROJECT FELL THROUGH, BUT WE ARE CHECKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF A BOAT RAMP AT CITY PARK.
SPORT FISHING CONGRESS CONVENTION WAS ATTENDED BY DON BAASCH. CONCERNS INCLUDE AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES AND CORMORANT DEPREDATION. THE UP SIDE:A GOOD SMELT AND GAME FISH SPAWN!
INDOOR ARCHERY RANGE IS OPEN MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS! CHECK IT OUT; FIRST NIGHT IS FREE! SHOOTING IS IN THE AUDI BASEMENT. CONTACT NEIL PEDERSON 840-0173.
SUMMER YOUTH CAMPS: BCWF WILL SPONSOR INTERESTED YOUTH AGES 8-15 TO THE FOLLOWING OUTDOOR OREINTED CAMPS. WE WILL PAY 75% OF CAMP COST! PARENTS CONTACT CHAIRPERSON kellibjornson@meritcare.com OR CALL 646-6842. THESE CAMPS ARE LIMITED AND FILL FAST!
NDWF CONSERVATION CAMP……AUG. 8-14…AGES 12-15…NEAR GARRISON…….$300
LURE ‘EM FOR LIFE FISH CAMP…AUG. 1-6……AGES 8-14….DEVILS LAKE………….$225
TAKE A KID FISHING DAY IS ON GO THIS YEAR! JUNE 5TH… FLYERS WILL BE OUT TO AREA SCHOOLS SOON. COMMITTEE REQUEST AT THE MAY MEETING. JILL CHRISTENSEN 845-2378 / 2087. LIMITED TO 50 KIDS.
SUMMER WALLEYE TOURNAMENT…JUNE 12-13…STILL A FEW OPENINGS! CALL PERRY 490-1797.
VC TRAP CLUB IS OPEN TUESDAY NIGHTS. SHOOT A FEW ROUNDS THIS SUMMER TO KEEP YOUR SKILLS UP TO PAR. BCWF WILL HOST A FUN NIGHT LATER IN THE SUMMER!
OBITUARY: WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT LONGTIME MEMBER RAMONA ERICKSON PASSED AWAY EARLY LAST MONTH. BCWF HAS SENT SYMPATHIES TO HER FAMILY.
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