Volume 1, Issue 2
Inside this Issue
1. The Chapter’s Biggest and Best Auction Banquet
2. Expert Address Hot Gun Control Topic
3. Alberta Hunter Education Instructor’s Association
4. Innovations in Hunting for the Disabled
5. Calling all Young Aspiring Pheasant Hunters
Editors Doris Haysom
Gerry Kaumeyer
Distribution Concierge On Call
Production Stop & Go Printing
Pheasants Forever,
Calgary Chapter
P. O. Box 1731, Station M
Calgary AB T2P 2L7
Canada
Phone (403) 802-3777
Fax (403) 228-7996
www.pheasantsforevercalgary.com
Announcements
§ The State of Montana has set its 2001 hunting season and regulations. The season is from Oct. 6 to Dec. 15. Important note: The first two days, Saturday, Oct. 6 and Sunday, Oct. 7 are for Montana residents only.
§ Silver Creek Club Sporting Clayshoot
August 25
Fantastic Prizes and an opportunity to swap lies with fellow hunters.
The Chapter’s Biggest and Best Auction/Banquet Planned for May 3
The 8th annual Pheasants Forever (Calgary Chapter) fund-raising dinner and auction takes place on Thursday, May 3 at the Glenmore Inn. Among the prizes up for auction and/or raffle are:
§ a wild turkey hunt in Georgia,
§ ski vacations in Whitefish and Fernie,
§ pheasant hunting in Montana and North Dakota,
§ golf trips and accessories and an array of valuable merchandise items
§ Fine art pieces include a John Stone original acrylic-on-board of Hungarian partridges and a Howard Coneybeare silkscreen.
The dollar amount for this year’s merchandise is considerably more than in other years according to dinner chairman Bob Haysom. Of special interest to gun collectors will be raffles for two shotguns - a high grade 12 gauge Browning Citori over-under and a 20 gauge Browning Citori over-under. Last years dinner raised over $69,000 most of which stayed in the Calgary area for local habitat projects. About 450 persons are expected to attend.
Volunteers are needed the day of the event to help set up and ticket-sellers are needed that night. Call Bob Haysom, 217-4340 or Gerry Kaumeyer, 243-6467 if you will help.
Tickets can be reserved by calling the PF office, 802-3777. Tables of 8 or 10 may also be reserved.
Tickets are $90 per person and this year wine is included at each table.
Ringneck tickets are available for anyone under 18 years of age at a cost of $55.00
Expert Addresses Hot Gun Control Topic
Submitted by Bill Burwash
Dr. Gary Mauser of the Fraser Institute in Vancouver was the keynote speaker at a March luncheon at the Palliser Hotel. Dr. Mauser’s topic, “Misfire: Firearm Registration in Canada” attracted an enthusiastic group of gun owners, hunters, and media.
Dr. Mauser’s well-documented presentation revealed some alarming facts. Gun registration costs are now over $600 million, considerably over the initial estimate of $85 million. Violent crimes in countries such as England, that have imposed severe restriction of firearm ownership, have increased rather than decreased.
Dr. Mauser concluded that firearm registration will not reduce criminal violence. Authorities should look at alternative measures to produce more cost effective solutions to controlling violence.
AHEIA: The Best-Kept Secret in Calgary
Want to know how to tell a blue grouse from a spruce grouse, maximize your chances for a successful cougar encounter, or certify as an Alberta Conservation and Hunter Education Instructor? Then you need to know about the Alberta Hunter Education Instructor’s Association.
The AHEIA, incorporated in 1984, is viewed as one of the finest programs of its type in North America. Dedicated to the highest standard of sportsman behavior and excellence in hunter education, the Association offers a variety of classes to Albertans of all ages. Upcoming programs this spring include:
§ Fishing
§ The Canadian Firearms Safety Course
§ Cougar Seminar
§ Outdoor Women’s Seminar
§ The Hunting and Fishing Education Instructor Course.
The Youth Seminar and Project Wild are very popular for young people wanting to learn more about wilderness activities. Participants are introduced to archery, shooting, map and compass techniques, survival skills, and wildlife-fish identification. Young, aspiring hunters can attend the Canadian Firearms Safety Course and qualify for their hunting license.
For more information or to register, call 252-8474
Innovations in Hunting for the Disabled
Both youth and adult graduates of AHEIA programs gain experience in animal identification, wilderness survival, firearm safety, first aid, hunting ethics, archery, hiking and much more. New this year is a hunting program for disabled people—the first of its kind in Canada. If you or someone you know is interested in this program—either as a participant or an instructor—then contact the Association.
The Alberta Hunter Education Instructors Association facility is located at:
911 Sylvester Crescent SW
(just behind the Lutheran Church of the Cross on Elbow Drive)
Phone 252-8474
or visit www.aheia.com
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www.pheasantsforevercalgary.com
New office address
Suite 304,
255 – 17th Avenue SW
Calgary AB T2S 2T8