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Introduction to Handgun Class – September 16 – Photos of the Day

Introduction to Handguns

The free Introduction to Handgun Class presented by the Fitchville Conservation League is funded in part by a grant of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Sport Fish & Wildlife Restoration Foundation.

The Lead Instructor Wayne Kiser opened the class with a welcome to the 19 persons in the class, and the volunteer FCL instructors.  He introduced Huron County Wildlife Officer, Nathan Kaufman.   The four safety rules for handling Firearms were presented.  A brief description of the various types of handguns were presented, demonstrated and discussed .  The concept of the MASTER EYE was presented and each person was shown how to determine it.  The reasons for Ear and eye protection were explained.  The legal responsibility of owning and firing a firearm was discussed at length.  The class went to the pistol range and learned to load and fire a handgun.

A fun time was had by all.  Be sure to like FCL on Facebook

Instructors Tom Dunlap, Scott Christophel, & Lead Instructor Wayne Kiser

Wayne with a revolver

 

Tom explains how a semi-automatic handgun operates

 

Wayne with different types of revolvers

 

 

 

Paper Targets with Steel targets to the left

A target rail

 

The FCL Pistol Pavillion

 

 

 

 

Tom served as the Range Officer for the Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Youth Day at the Range – Saturday, September 9, 2017 Photos – photos by Officer Nathan Kaufman

Youth Day at the Range

Youth  Day at the Range on Saturday, September 9, 2017 started with a safety session.  Gary Bradt explained the four safety rules of firearms and archery.   After the safety session the participants divided into three groups:  Rifles on the Pistol Range, Shotguns in the Trap Area, and Archery at the Archery Area.  The FCL volunteer instructors manned the three sites. All the participants had an opportunity to practice their skills with an volunteer instructor at each of the area stations.. A total of 54 took advantage of the day; 28 were youth under the age of 18.  Below are photos taken by  Huron County Wildlife Officer Nathan Kaufman to record the class session.

Vice President Gary conducts the Safety Session

Shotgun Area

.22 Rifle Area at the pistol range shooting at steel targets.

Archery Area

Archery Area

Shotgun Area

 

.22 Rifles Area on the Pistol Range

Shotgun Area

 

Archery Area

 

Retrieving Arrows & taking pictures

Archery Area showing the four stations.

 

Hunter Education – August 26 & 27, 2017

Hunter Education

Hunter Education – August 26

Hunter Education Instructors:

Gary Bradt, Vaughn Thomas, Tom Seamans, Paul Bresson with Huron County Wildlife Officer, Nathan Kaufman

Hunter Education Class – August 26 & 27, 2017

Hunter Education Photos

Registration

Tom explains “This is a Shotgun”

Revolver

Revolver

Every firearm has what ammunition it uses stamped on the barrel

Gary adds a point!

Tom explains how firearms work

Vaughn at work

The Hunter Education Class

Vaughn explains how to Plan for a Hunt

 

.22 Rifles

Chuck Summers is the Range officer

Lead Instructor Paul Bresson

Glen & Gary explaining trap shooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vaughn & Bob instructing Archery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul explaining Conservation

Glen getting the food ready

Paul goes through the review questions

 

 

Test time!

 

A successful Hunter passes her test.

Another successful hunter passes her test

FCL July Introduction to Archery Class

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Introduction to Archery

On Saturday, July 15, 2017 the Fitchville Conservation League and its volunteer instructors offered an Introduction to Archery Class for the area communities. Over 35 students participated in the safety class and the live archery session. FCL Vice President Gary Bradt, the lead instructor for the event started with a short demonstration of proper archery form. The students were then divided into 5 groups and five stations were established each with its own instructor and the fun was on. This free class was funded by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the Fitchville Conservation League.

Check for our other free safety classes throughout the year on our calendar of events at:

http://fitchvilleconservationleague.com/calendar-2/
A Modern Crossbow.  Several types of Archer’s Bows were on display.
How the class is funded!
The safety rules for Archery are similar to the safety rules for firearms.
Vice President Gary Bradt is the lead instructor for today’s Introduction to Archery
Gary explains the difference between the various types of bows.
Arrows have to be handled carefully.
Proper form is important in Archery
Instructor Wayne Kiser holds the ammunition (arrow) for this boy’s next shot.
Bag targets as well as three dimension animal targets were used at the stations.
    
The line of Archers
Proper form is important!
Instructor Vaughn Thomas helps a student at the crossbow table.
Sometimes the arrows are kind of stubborn!!
A long view of the Archer’s line.
A good time was had by all!!
A safe time was had by all!!!