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The Club says "Hello and Welcome" from our
Trap Shoot
Who We Are:
The Sportsmen's Club of Northern Westchester
is a non-profit organization
established to foster sportsmanship, conservation and community involvement and
is dedicated to giving hunters and anglers the opportunity for camaraderie while
pursuing their sports responsibly. To that end, the Club is involved in hunting
and fishing safety and education programs for all, and as part of these efforts,
is proud to sponsor children annually for participation in the New York
Department of Environmental Conservation Summer Environmental Education Camps.
The club meets the third Tuesday of every month, at 7:30 PM in the Katonah Memorial House
next to the Fire House in Katonah.
Next Meeting: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Free Event, ALL ARE WELCOME. ...bring a friend!
IN-HOUSE BASS FISHING CLINIC - BY MEMBERS
Club
Background
Founded November 14, 1944, and
incorporated in 1945, the Sportsmen’s Club of Northern Westchester has always
been deeply involved in numerous conservation efforts, including pheasant and
fish stockings, bird feeding, wood duck house building and placement, stream
improvement, reservoir clean-ups, and hunter safety courses -- to name a few.
While our members are committed
to civic involvement in matters that support conservation, it’s not all work.
The club conducts an annual trap shoot, sporting clay shoot, bass tournament,
bow shoot, club picnic, game dinner, Christmas party, saltwater fishing trips,
and ice fishing outings and derby.
For many years the club ran a Pan
Fish Derby for area youth, and presently is involved with the Towns of Bedford
and Lewisboro in assisting their Parks and Recreation personnel with running the
annual youth fishing derbies.
Since many of the members are
fishermen, there are boats on most of the major reservoirs in the
Westchester/Putnam area available for their use. Boats are also maintained on
the Rondout and Ashokan reservoirs in the Catskills.
For those who like to get away,
the club has a cabin located in the Catskills next to the Sundown Wild Forest,
which provides over 28,000 acres of woods and streams for hiking, fishing,
snowmobiling, off-roading, bird watching, camping, small and big game hunting.
The cabin is available to members year round for a nightly fee of $10.00.
FISHING
Club Secretary John Peters lands a couple of fine Pike on a recent trip to
Canada.
(left)
Board Member Pete Doherty is always hooking fine trout in local reservoirs
Club Member Jason
Hinckley knows where the larger trout are in the area. "Semper Fi"
Below: Fishing at Cape Cod has been
pretty good for a number of members:
Left - Board Member Jim Gmelin and Club Member
Frank Stramowski,
Right - Board Member Bill Gentry
Father’s Day Fishing Derby 2009
Congratulations
to our Tournament winners Ed Mckay for the top largemouth 3lbs 6oz. and Don Kane
for the top small mouth at 2 3/4 lbs. Other contenders were Paul Masi with a 19
inch largemouth that was just under Ed's fish. Randy Kennedy also caught some
nice fish. Weigh-in was at Bob’s Sport and Tackle 105 Somerstown Rd in Katonah.
John, owner of Bob's Sport and Tackle, was kind enough to take a picture of this
very humble crew.
left to right: Don K, Randy K, John P, Ed McK, Carlo M,
Steve, Pat V, Pete D, Paul M, Glenn M
Bedford and Lewisboro Kid's Fishing Derbies
2009
The rain didn't dampen the desire for the towns' kids to come out
and catch some of the freshly stocked fish in the Bedford and Lewisboro town
parks. The Club was happy to assist in making the day a lot of fun for the many
families that come out.
Left: Club
members Pete D and Pat V share in the happiness of this young guy having landed
a nice one.
Below: Foul weather gear
kept many dry while baiting and casting to land new fish.
Below: Board Member Carlo M
helps this little guy get that messy worm on the hook.
HUNTING
Hunt 2009
Below:
Former SCONW member and very generous supporter of the club,
Mike Cassidy with his daughter on African safari. Mike worked for Outdoor Life
when he was in New York and graciously gave wonderful items to the club for
raffling in support of sending kids to Camp DeBruce. Left is Mike with his
daughter and the Impala she shot at 100 yards with a 270. The other picture is
of Mike with a waterbuck which he shot with a Sako 426 Remington at 225 yards
Below photo of Paul Masi and
his first deer: Club Member Glenn Masi writes of his son Paul's first Deer: "It
was a great hunt and we had a great time. I had a better time with this hunt and
him shooting this deer than any deer I ever have or ever could shoot. Sorry to
bore you with my gloating, but it was a great moment in both of our lives.".
CONGRATULATIONS TO ED McKAY AND WIFE
AS JUST AFTER THESE HUNTS THEY GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR FIRST CHILD, HOPE ALEXIS.
BEST WISHES TO ALL THE McKAYS!
Below: Club Member Ed
McKay and Buck
"I can't believe I even got this thing...I was about to climb down for the
morning, bow and gear already on the ground via the drop cord. I caught movement
out of the corner of my eye and see a racked buck coming up the trail. Oh my!!!
I pull my stuff back up, cord all wrapped around the arrows and bow, clear that,
check, buck still coming. Look down, drop cord is firmly planted in my release
and the release is closed on the cord...clear that. Go to take arrow out of
quiver only to find leaves firmly planted on the ends from the let down...clear
those. Then see drop away rest is still in the "up" position and the arrow has
to be backed into the string, what else else can go wrong???...buck still coming
checking wind for estrous scent. Buck makes scrape...Nock of arrow to bow
string, (of course...) dirt planted in the nock so need to clear that to get the
arrow on the string....Done. now time to draw, buck checking another scrape
right in front of me where 3 others already stopped...draw bow. (At this point
I'm waiting for anything from an ill timed squeak to a total unwinding of the
bow!). Luck on my side the deer is there, steps twice w/ a forward step exposing
the boiler room fully. Shot goes away, complete pass thru, and deer is recovered
40 yards away. BTW all this happened in about 120 seconds. Great day of watching
turned to a kill in that time. Also, this was the 26th deer sighted for the
morning, and the largest of the 6 bucks I had walk by."
Below: Club Member Ed
McKay, Buck and Doe: I shot the doe at 8 yards and she ran 10 stopped,
looked around, walked another 10 and tipped over. 3 others in the group stayed
around for 15 minutes and then finally walked off after the lead doe walked
around my tree and winded me.
The buck came in from behind 20 minutes later, walked right under my stand and
then walked out to 35 yards straight away. He then turned to my left and started
feeding on some acorns just moseying around. He finally caught a wiff of the doe
and walked over to check her out. He sniffed her over, licked her face and butt
and when he finally finished and presented a shot I whacked him at about 25
yards. He ran 20 yards, stopped and dropped. Both deer were killed in 45 minutes
of each and dropped w/in 35 yards of one another.
Youth
Pheasant Hunt 2009
Board Member
Ed McKay and Bird Dog Hudson start out the morning leading Club Youth Members
Mike Kane and Tom Newman out to the Pheasants
Staying up with Hudson and Ed's
first-class guidance...
resulted in...
Bagging the daily limit of two pheasants per
Youth Hunter
Much Thanks To Ed McKay and Hudson !
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