March 14-16,
2008 5th National Side-by-Side Festival and Helice
Championships, Houston, Texas
May 10 - Sporting Clays, Simulated Pheasant Flurry and Game Field with Dinner following. Selwood Farm, Alpine, AL
September
25-28, 2008 12th Annual Vintage Cup (World Side-by-Side Championships and
Exhibition), Pintail Point, Queenstown, MD
December - Exact date TBA - Pheasant Continental. Selwood Farm, Alpine, AL.
Buckeye Chapter
(Ohio)
For more
information and reservations contact Hal M. Hare at 614-501-8535,
hal.hare@sbcglobal.net
March 14-15 - NSSA Vintage Skeet Zone Shoot, Black Wing Shooting Center, Delaware, OH
March 14-16,
2008 5th National Side-by-Side Festival and Helice
Championships, Houston, Texas
April 9-13 - NSSA World Vintage Skeet Championships, Reynolds Plantation, Lake Oconee, Georgia
May 31-June 1 - National Sweet Sixteen Celebration - Black Wing Shooting Center, Delaware, OH
July 20 (tentative) - Buckeye Side-by-Side State Trap Championships - Lancaster, Ohio
September
25-28, 2008 12th Annual Vintage Cup (World Side-by-Side Championships and
Exhibition), Pintail Point, Queenstown, MD
October 3-5 - Buckeye State Vintage Skeet Championships, Black Wing Shooting Center, Delaware, OH
Carolina Chapter (North & South Carolina)
For information and reservations contact Bill
Curry at 704-523-2293 or jwwcurry@yahoo.com
First Thursday of every month - Meeting at Sir Edmund Halley's Pub at 6:30pm. On occasion, this will be replaced with a 5-stand skeet shoot at CRP.
January 26-27 - Saturday - clays - Sunday - flighted mallards or quail, River Bend. Vintage attire.
February 8-10 - Fly Fishing Show. Carolina Vintagers will have a booth to let folks know what we are about and have seminars for gun measuring, etc.
February 22-24 - Clays and quail at Back Woods, Georgetown, SC. Vintage attire.
March 14-16, 2008, 5th National Side-by-Side Festival and Helice Championships, Houston, TX
April 25-27, Southern Side-by-Side, Deep River Sporting Clays, Sanford, NC
September
25-28, 2008 12th Annual Vintage Cup (World Side-by-Side Championships and
Exhibition) Pintail Point, Queenstown, MD
Chatsworth Chapter (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Chapter shoot dates pending.
Call Steve Donbeck
for info at 518-395-7210
March 14-16,
2008 5th National Side-by-Side Festival and Helice
Championships, Houston, Texas
September
25-28, 2008 12th Annual Vintage Cup (World Side-by-Side Championships and
Exhibition), Pintail Point, Queenstown, MD
October - Fall Foliage Pheasant Shoot and Big-Game Hunt
, Pheasant Ridge, Greenwich,
NY Shoot Host - Silvio Calabi of Shooting Sportsman Magazine. Friday - Stalking for wild boar or elk at Easton View Outfitters, Saturday - 1,000-clay warm-up flurry followed by Driven-style Continental Pheasant Shoot (300 bird release), Sunday - Walk-up Hunt for pheasants.
Call Virginia Mallon-518-692-9459
Chesapeake Chapter (Maryland)
For information and reservations call Ray Poudrier 413-339-5347
March 14-16,
2008 5th National Side-by-Side Festival and Helice
Championships, Houston, Texas
September
25-28, 2008 12th Annual Vintage Cup (World Side-by-Side Championships and
Exhibition) Pintail Point, Queenstown, MD
Down East Chapter (Maine)
In addition to the listed events, Down East Chapter members meet at least monthly to shoot sporting clays. For information and reservations contact Al Poudrier
207-587-4851 or e-mail poudrier@tds.net
March 14-16,
2008 5th National Side-by-Side Festival and Helice
Championships, Houston, Texas
May 18 (change of date due to weather and flooding)- 6th Annual Dirigo Cup, Maine Side-by-Side Sporting Clays Championship, Varney's Clay Sports, 502 Langdon Road, Richmond, ME. 10:00 am to 2:00pm, rain or shine. 100 target event, international rules apply, $40 Entrance fee, pre-registration encouraged. Open to the Public. For more information, call 207-587-4851 or 207-737-4993 or visit http://www.varneysclaysports.com.
June 1 - Sporting Clays - Scarborough Fish and Game Association, Scarborough, ME. Starts 10:00am, 100 targets, $35. Restaurant to be announced.
July 19-20 - Mount Washington Valley Sporting Clays Event - Green Mountain Kennels, Ossipee, NH. Small bore competitions on Saturday followed by dinner and libations. 100 target Main Event on Sunday. For more information or pre-registration, call Dave Bardzik at 603-539-2106.
August 10 - Sporting Clays at Varney Clay Sports, followed by a buffet on the grounds of a Wiscasset Edwardian mansion. Afternoon includes cocktails and an Edwardian Fashion Show. Public Invited. Clays, $40, Cocktails, buffet lunch and fashion show, $25.
September
25-28, 2008 12th Annual Vintage Cup (World Side-by-Side Championships and
Exhibition), Pintail Point, Queenstown, MD
Leatherstocking Chapter (Central New York)
For information and reservations contact Don Nickerson at 607-638-9258 or e-mail negrouse1@hotmail.com
February 2
Oneonta Sportsmans Club Trap, skeet, 5 stand,. Oneonta,
NY
March 1
Ilion Fish and Game Club Sporting clays, Ilion, NY
March 14-16,
2008 5th National Side-by-Side Festival and Helice
Championships, Houston, Texas
April 5 Binghamton Gun Club Sporting clays Binghamtom, NY
May 16-18- Hausmanns
Hidden Hollow American Side by Side Classic, Sporting clays. Friendsville,
PA
June 7 - Steak and Lobster Shoot, Jefferson Trap and Skeet Club, Jefferson, NY
July 19 - Oneonta Sportsmans Club, Oneonta, NY. 3rd Benefit for the Boy Scouts
August 9 - Len Wachel's Glorious 12th, Long Shadow Farm, Cambridge NY. Trap, skeet and 5-stand.
September
25-28, 2008 12th Annual Vintage Cup (World Side-by-Side Championships and
Exhibition), Pintail Point, Queenstown, MD
October 4 - Annual Pheasant Shoot, Rocky Ridge Farm, Otego, NY
Northeast Chapter (New England)
Some Chapter shoot dates pending.
For information
and reservations contact Ray Poudrier or
Tammy at 413/339-5347 or vintagersray@hotmail.com.
March 14-16,
2008 5th National Side-by-Side Festival and Helice
Championships, Houston, Texas
April 11 East Glastonbury
Fish and Game, Marlborough, CT. Sporting clays, trap, skeet, double and single shot rifle (they have an improved rifle range).
May 9 Addieville East Farm, Mapleville, RI. Sporting clays.
June 13
Western Mass Bird Dog Club, Granville, MA. Sporting clays.
July 18
Westford Gun Club, Westford, MA. Sporting clays.
August 22 Leicester Sportsman's Club,
Leicester, MA. Sporting clays. Chef Andy Lussier's Famous Clambake and Lobster.
September
25-28, 2008 12th Annual Vintage Cup (World Side-by-Side Championships and
Exhibition), Pintail Point, Queenstown, MD
October 24 East Glastonbury Fish and Game Club, Marlborough, CT. Live Pheasant Shoot, sporting clays, trap and skeet.
November
Western Mass Bird Dog Club, Granville, MA. Live Bird Shoot and sporting clays.
Rocky Mountain Chapter (Colorado)
For
information/reservations: contact the designated Master of the
Hunt. For general information about
the Rocky Mountain Vintagers, please contact Bruce Koranski
at bkoranski@qwest.net or tel. 303-722-7566
or go to http://www.rockymountainvintagers.org.
February 10 - 1:00 pm - Polar Bear Trap Shoot at Cherry Creek - This competitive early get-together will be an "old time" trap event with either side-by-side or break open top levers allowed! Normal Vintager low gun...BUT NOT below the elbow as in prior years! Trophies will be presented. Optional dinner at the Emerald Isle. Master of the Hunt: John Kelley, email: JOHNKRIFLE@aol.com
February
16 6:00pm Victorian Dinner at Adagio Bed and Breakfast. Fine cuisine and camaraderie with guest speaker TBD. $5 cork fee on every bottle we bring! Preregistration required with Helen of Adagio B and B at 303-370-6911 or email: adagio@adagiobb.com
March 14-16, 2008 - 5th National Side-by-Side Festival and Helice Championships - Houston, Texas
March 22 - 12:00 noon - Chili Cookoff Shoot at Colorado Clays. Trophy for best chili...round of sporting clays. Master of the Hunt: Bruce Koranski, 303-722-7566 or email: bkoranski@qwest.net
April
19 10:00am. Pawnee Flurry, Sporting Clays and Drilling/Double Rifle. This event is a huge success every year! Flurry in the morning, lunch, to be followed by drilling/double rifle or sporting clays in the afternoon!
Masters
of Hunt: Jan Manning and Ellis Brown, email: jmanning@frii.net
May 3-4 - 1:00pm Sporting clays and trap in Sydney,
Nebraska. We return to Sydney, Nebraska, for two days of shooting...clays on Saturday followed by a
banquet with speaker. Sunday is a wobble trap tournament with trophies! Of course, while in Sydney, a visit to Cabelas is a must.
Master of the Hunt: Tom
Bryant - email: tbryant@cabelas.com
May
16-18 9:00am Colorado Gun Collectors Shoot. Once again we have a display table and sale table for what is considered the third finest collector's show in the U.S. and the only show in Colorado really worth going to for SxS. Master of Hunt: Bruce Koranski - email: bkoranski@qwest.net
June
7 - 1:00pm - Whittington Shooting Shooting Center outside Raton Pass! Skeet, trap, sporting clays, steak dinner and onsite cabins to stay in! Master of the Hunt:
Joe Wood - tel. 806-352-3032 or email: flintsteel@suddenlink.net
July
12 (unconfirmed due to being closed for the Winter) 1:00pm Piney Valley beyond Vail. Don't miss shooting Colorado's most scenic course.
Optional dinner. Master of
the Hunt: Jeff Seim - email: jhseim@msn.com
August
2 1:00pm- Cast and Blast in Steamboat Springs at 3/4 Circle Sporting Clays..
Last year was so great, we go back! A real road trip to the mountains for fly fishing, shooting, scotch tasting, banquet and speaker. Flurry and tower shoot along with 12 gauge competition for trophies!
Master
of the Hunt: Michael Urynowicz - email: murynowi@uwyo.edu
August
17 1:00 pm "Get Ready for Doves" Shoot at Quail Run. It's two weeks before dove season opens...tuneup time. Catered dinner on site following the shoot! Master of
Hunt: Michael Sabbath - email: Myaorta@aol.com
September
25-28, 2008 12th Annual Vintage Cup (World Side-by-Side Championships and
Exhibition), Pintail Point, Queenstown, MD. All day, every day. If you have never been to the "big shoot"...then this is the year to go! You receive free daily admission as a Vintager member. Master of Hunt: Ray Poudrier - email: vintagersray@hotmail.com
Virginia Chapter
For
information and reservations contact Jent Mitchell at 703-855-1110 or e-mail jentpmitchell@msn.com
For more information and directions, go to http://www.thevirginiavintagers.com.
These 2008 dates to be confirmed at Board of Directors' Meeting
February 9 - 6:30 pm - Annual Board of Directors' Meeting - BOB O's Restaurant following gun show at The Dulles Expo Center
March 14-16,
2008 5th National Side-by-Side Festival and Helice
Championships, Houston, Texas
March 15-16 - Baltimore Gun Show
March 17 - L.C. Smith Collectors Side-by-Side Shotgun Shoot, Carlisle, PA
March 30 - Ducks Unlimited Shotgun Shoot - Shrader's in Maryland. Virginia Vintagers should try to put together a squad to participate in this DU Shoot
April 12 - Virginia Vintager Side-by-Side Event - The Homestead, Hot Springs, VA. We are hoping several members of the Carolina Vintagers will join us for this shoot. Master of the Hunt - Bill Sanford.
April 25-27 - Southern Side-by-Side - Deep River Sporting Clays, Sanford, NC. Virginia Vintagers attending this shoot will stay at The Quality Inn as a group.
May/June - TBD - Charity Hill Hunting & Shooting Preserve, Ruther Glen, VA. Master of the Hunt - Jent P. Mitchell.
May 16-18 - American Side-by-Side Classic - Hausmann's Hidden Hollow Sporting Clays, Friendsville, PA (Susquehanna County)
June 7 - Old Forge Sporting Clays, Providence Forge, VA, 25 miles east of Richmond. Master of the Hunt - Carl P. Brandt. http://www.oldforgesportingclays.com
August 23 - Summit Springs Shooting Sports, Ferrum, VA. Master of the Hunt - Jent P. Mitchell.
September
25-28, 2008 12th Annual Vintage Cup (World Side-by-Side Championships and
Exhibition), Pintail Point, Queenstown, MD
