August 7 General Meeting August 28 BOD MeetingSeptember 11 General Meeting September 25 BOD MeetingOctober 2 General Meeting October 30 BOD MeetingNovember 6 General Meeting November 20 BOD MeetingDecember 4 General Meeting December 18 BOD Meeting

President Tony Chirles 914-393-6161 Vice President Emil Kublin 845-216-7036 Treasurer Dan Stein dstein@4securemail.com Recording Secretary Bil Kilgour 914-636-1928 Membership Secretary Steve Kaufman pcfgamembershipsecretary@gmail.comFinancial Secretary Steve Salman 845-306-7557

Frank Casella Nick Castellano Jeff Chiara Steve ClorofillaSteve Derario Rich Gleason Greg Gold Tom HallLisa Padavani Nick Pagliuca Tony Paollo Sam Schatz John Schippers Harvey Taplitsky

President’s MessageThe summer is quickly slipping by and soon we’ll be thinking of hunting and the holidays. But, before we get too far ahead there are plenty of happenings planned over the next few months. September brings an Archery Benefit Tournament to support our veterans, an NRA Defensive Pistol Course, a Preparedness Seminar, CPR training, a 100 Yard Pistol Shoot, a Black Powder Shoot, an NRA 3 Gun Event, and more!! Our calendar is full! So come out and join the fun!!!The Fall will bring some interesting changes. As many of you are aware, our election process has been changed in an attempt to streamline the procedure and hopefully eliminate the long waiting to hear the results. Nominees will be announced at our November Member meeting and nominations from the floor will be accepted at this meeting also. No nominations will be accepted after the November meeting. The election will be held at our Member meeting on the first Friday of December. Come out and vote for your favorite candidates!!There are several amendments to the Constitution that will be voted on over the next few months. First, there is an amendment that changes the time when a member becomes in arrears. The second deals with the timeframe within which a member in arrears can return to the club. Finally, there is a proposal to reduce from four to two the number of years required as a member in order to be eligible to run for office. These are significant changes that you, the members should be aware of and should consider carefully.This is your club. Come to the meetings, make your voice heard and VOTE!!!Enjoy the rest of the summer, shoot straight and be safe!Tony Chirles

Club Business Meetings

Club Officers

Club Directors

 

Putnam County Fish & Game AssociationP.O. Box 418

Carmel, New York 10512 SUMMER 2015

Committee ChairsAir Range Jeff Chiara tazman410@comcast.net 914-490-9927Archery John Schippers 845-225-6312Hunter Safety Steve DeRario swampfox21@gmail.com 914-548-7465Forestry Tom Hall crokilr@yahoo.comHealth Phyllis & Gary Hoffman 845-621-1169Hunting Frank Casella 845-225-5735Lockers Richard Gleason risteard89west@msn.comInsurance Steven Wines swines@icarisk.com 914-715-1670House/Social Events Marion Fuscaldo events@pcfga.orgLegislative Nick Castellano nicholas.s.castellano@gmail.com 845-475-8672New Member Richard Gleason risteard89west@msn.comNewsletter Greg Gold newsletter@pcfga.org NRA Training Sandy May training@pcfga.org 845-743-0839Chief Range Officer Nick Pagliuca pags523@optonline.netTrap Nick Pagliuca pags523@optonline.net Website Chris Primavera New Member Range Practical Nick Pagliuca pags523@optonline.net

Sunday, October 25Sunday, November 22Sunday, December 20 9am - 1pm (Cost: $45)Contact Gary Hoffman at 845-621-1169

CPR/AED Classes

Archery Events

Sat, 9/5 - Black Powder Shoot - 9am to noon.

Shooting Events

Archery Summer LeagueThursdays, beginning May 7 thru August 20. 4pm til duskArchery League Bar-b-que August 203D Archery Shoot Sunday, September 13 8am. Rain Date: Sunday, September 20

New MembersLen Boscia Michelle Boscia Joe Bulzacchelli Bruce Caldwell Craig Castione Carl Ellyn Carla Gessman Hank Gessman David Hirsch Jennifer Lang Charlie Larocchia Justin LarocchiaSharon Lucian Frank Martin Chesley Myers John O’ConnorMike Palmiero Jim Stave Mike Vaccaro George Worth

Course 1: Tuesday, September 15 7pm - 10:30pm, Thursday, September 17 7 - 10:30pm, Saturday, September 19 8am-2:30pm

Course 2: Tuesday, September 29 7pm - 10:30pm, Thursday, October 1 - 10:30pm, Saturday, October 3 8am-2:30pm

Course 3: Tuesday, October 13 7pm - 10:30pm, Thursday, October 15 - 10:30pm, Saturday, October 17 8am-2:30pm

Pre-registration with NYSDEC is REQUIRED!www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/hunting.html

Registration is limited to 50 students. Students MUST attend ALL sessions.For questions. Call Steve D. @ 914-548-7465. All courses are FREE.

2015 PCFGA Gun Hunter Safety Courses – Steve DeRario

NRA Training Courses for PCFGA – Sandy May

Hunting season is coming up soon and if you wish to hunt the club property you must take the hunting orienta-tion. There are NEW hunting rules for nw members:

1. Probationary members may hunt club property after taking the hunting orientation. However, no family members or children of probationary members may hunt the club;

2. Members who have served their probationary time and have been voted in as full members may hunt the property after taking the hunting orientation. They may bring ONE family member or ONE child with them. If the child is below the age of 16 there may be only ONE firearm for both the adult and the child.

3. All hunters must have a hunting license and permits to hunt specific game4. Children or grandchildren of members who wish to hunt the property must take the hunting orientation

and, in addition, must take a live fire orientation at the rifle or trap range. Contact Frank Casella to ar-range these orientations.

Have a safe and successful hunting season!

NRA Instructor Pistol Courses ($50) Day 1: NRA Basic Instructor Training Sunday, August 16 9am - 4pm (Prerequisite)

Day 2-4: NRA Instructor Pistol Monday-Wednesday, August 17 - 19 6pm-9pm;Day 5: NRA Instructor Pistol Shooting Course Saturday, August 29 9am-6pm

Emergency Preparedness Seminar (FREE)Thursday, September 10, 2015 6pm - 9pm

NRA Defensive Pistol ($45) Saturday September 26, 2015 8am - 7pm

NRA Chief Range Safety Officer ($50)Day 1: NRA Basic Instructor Training - Saturday October 10, 2015 9am - 4pm (Prerequisite)

Day 2: NRA Chief Range Safe Officer Course - Sunday October 11, 2015 9am - 6pmRegistration via email to: training@pcfga.org

Hunting Update - Frank Casella, Chair Hunting Committee

Club Documents Update – Sam Schatz“Members can now access approved minutes of Directors and Membership meetings on the Members Only website. Go to the club website, click on “CLUB DOCUMENTS” in the top right corner, enter “User name” and “Password”, and the list of minutes released and posted to date will appear. Click on any date to open those minutes.”

Safety Matters – Jerry MeenanNow that we are approaching the Labor Day holiday weekend many of us are starting to think about the Fall hunting seasons. As we start getting our hunting gear together, we plan on going to our range to sight in our rifles or shotguns. Fall weekends are especially busy times at our ranges. Range safety is an important part of how we conduct ourselves. To assist all of us in our efforts on our range, Putnam Fish & Game Association has a chief range safety officer (CRSO), range safety officers (RSO’s), and a Range Standard Operating Proce-dure (SOP).Our Range SOP can be found on our website at pcfga.org. One of the critical safety rules for use of our range is well defined in the SOP and that is: “Do not handle a firearm while others are downrange.” Yellow strobe lights are strategically placed along the firing line and turned on to alert shooters that someone is down range. In addition, signage is present to alert members when the range is “cold”.When a “cease fire” is called shooters are to stop firing and unload their firearms. If a supervising RSO is present, please follow the RSO’s instructions. During the “cease fire” do not handle your firearms! If you are not downrange to change targets, please stay behind the “Safe Line”.Long gun shooters are to remove cartridges from their firearm’s magazine. If the firearm has a detachable magazine, it must be removed from their gun. Next, the action and chamber are cleared. Lastly, the firearm is racked with the action opened or chamber flagged to demonstrate to all concerned that the gun has been made safe.Handgun shooters have two options either holster their firearm or place it unloaded on their shooting bench. When the firearm is placed on the bench the action must be open so that a visual inspection shows that the gun is safe. If the gun has a magazine, it must be removed. If the gun is a revolver with a swing-out cylin-der, please position the gun with the cylinder out (placing a dowel between the open cylinder and the frame is helpful). If the revolver has a fixed cylinder, please open the loading gate and be sure to remove all cartridge casings.When the range is declared “hot”, it should be loudly announced and the bell is sounded three times to alert everyone that live fire can resume. At this point guns can be uncased or cased on the shooting bench with the muzzle pointed downrange.I wish all of you a good hunting season! Always remember: safety matters in all we do.

The Putnam County Fish & Game Association picnic was held on Sunday, July 19, 2015. Members and Guests enjoyed a fun day filled with games & prizes, water balloons, scavenger hunt, raffles and pig roast camo face painting and obstacle bounceSpecial dedication of Life Membership honors to Larry Andrews Family & Emil KublinSpecial thanks to the volunteers!We couldn’t put on an event like this without your help!!

Putnam County Fish & Game Association Picnic Recap – Get Your Camo On!!!!!

Flag DayJune 14, 2015

Photo Credit: Carolyn Josephs, Marion Fuscaldo,

Marilyn Miller & Joe Bulzacchelli

PCFGA PicnicJuly 19, 2015

Photo Credit: Carolyn Josephs, Marion Fuscaldo, Marilyn Miller & Joe Bulzacchelli

PCFGA PicnicJuly 19, 2015

Photo Credit: Carolyn Josephs, Marion Fuscaldo, Marilyn Miller & Joe Bulzacchelli

PCFGA Vin Bar ShootAugust 8, 2015

Photo Credit: Carolyn Josephs

Thursday, September 24 Putnam County Friends of NRA Dinner, Ceola Manor, Jefferson Valley, NYSunday, October 25 Pumpkin Carving Family Style

Thursday, December 17 Volunteer Recognition Holiday DinnerSaturday, December 19 Breakfast with Santa

Calendar of Events

Putnam County Fish and Game AssociationInvites you and your family to

A FREE Seminar on Emergency Preparedness(National Preparedness Month)

September 10, 20156:00pm to 9:00pm (doors open 5:30pm)

Join your fellow club members in attending a FREE SEMINAR on emergency preparedness.

Complimentary hand-outs from FEMA on preparedness and safety.Help prepare yourself and your family for an emergency or disaster which may occur.

Seminar for PCFGA Members and their families.

To register, please contactSteven Donahoo at pistolclass@donahoo-consulting.com

[Provide participant(s) name(s) and email(s)]or call for more information 914-471-5632 before September 9, 2015

Steven M Donahoo, BSInstructor

Retired Lt/Det – NYPD Counterterrorism

Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)

Certified Protection Professional (CPP)

Certified Homeland Protection Professional (CHPP)

Workplace Violence Prevention Specialist (VPS)

NYS Certified Law Enforcement Instructor

NRA Training Counselor

NRA RTBAV Regional Counselor

Jay I Kopstein, AAS, BS, MAInstructor

Retired Deputy Chief – NYPD OperationsDivision

Emergency / Disaster Preparedness Expert

Emergency Communications Expert• NYS Communications Unit Leader (ComL)

NYS Certified Law Enforcement Instructor• Specializing in Emergency Management

& Incident Command

U.S. Department of State, Certified GATA Instructor

NRA Certified Instructor

NRA Range Safety Officer

PFCGA is proud to present the NRA 3-GUN event designed to expose new and intermediate shooters to a variety of firearms

and ammunition, within NYS laws

This Is A Family-Oriented,Mildly Competitive, Recreational EventRSVP to events@PCFGA.ORG by Sept. 1.

Send check made payable to: PCFGA. Mail To: PCFGA, PO Box 418, Carmel NY 10541 along with registration form

COST: $25 PER PERSON*

*Includes Ammo & Lunch – Open to Ages 14 and UpPistol – Rifle – Archery – Air Gun

9am: Check In & Team Assignments3:30pm: Results & Awards

Mandatory Safety Program for All ParticipantsPCFGA Members and Guests Only

Only NYS Pistol Permit holders and individuals <21 Years of Age will be able to shoot .22 pistols

What to Bring: Eye/Ear Protection and/or Will Be ProvidedWhat Not to Bring: Your Firearms

All Equipment/Ammo will be Provided for the EventPutnam County Fish & Game Assoc - 290 Drewville Road, Carmel, NY

Saturday, September 27, 20159:00am – 4:00pm

Mailing Address

PCFGA NRA 3-GUN EXPERIENCE –– REGISTRATION FORM

First Name

Last Name

Phone

Email

NYS Pistol PermitWhere Applicable

Indicate Only If <21 Years & DOB

Attending WithFor Team Assignments

Emergency Contact InfoName & Phone

REMINDER:9am Check In & Team Assignments

Mandatory Safety Program for All Participants

Complete and return with $25 check to: PCFGA, PO Box 418, Carmel, NY 10512

Hosted By

Putnam Co. Fish & Game Assoc. Inc.

Sponsered ByWestchester Co. Bowhunters Assoc. Inc. to Benefit

“Operation Support Our Troops America”

30 Target Course: Fee $15 Breakfast & Lunch Available Registration: 8am - 12 noon

290 Drewville RoadCarmel NY. 10512

www.pcfga.org 845-628-7669

Sunday, September 13, 2015Rain Date: September 20