WHAT'S DOING?

SPECIAL EVENTS
The Medina Count Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will host a Wheelin' Sportsmen NWTF event June 16 at the Hill N' Dale Hunt Club in Montville Township in Medina County. The event offers an opportunity for those with disabilities to take part in various outdoor-related activities such as shooting, hunting and fishing. For more information contact Drew Hutzel at (330) 722-3758 or Jon Fairburn at (330) 652-6221.
HUNTER EDUCATION
May 16, 6-9:30 p.m. and May 19, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Furfinfeather Sportsmens Association. Students must attend both days, lunch provided second day. (Parents urged to attend). Pre-registration required. Call (724) 528-1733 Club grounds: Romain-Heasley Road, south of West Middlesex, Pa.
INFORMATION -- For information on hunter, trapper and bowhunting education courses, contact the Ohio Division of Wildlife at (800) WILDLIFE. For hunter education in Pennsylvania, call (814) 432-3187.
CLUB & amp; ACTIVITY NEWS
BEAVER CREEK SPORTSMAN CLUB: Archery shoot, today, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the second Sunday monthly thereafter. Turkey shoots Fridays, 6:30 p.m.; club at 4480 Washingtonville Road, Washingtonville.
BROOKFIELD TRI-DISTRICT CONSERVATION CLUB: Muzzle-loading black powder shoots are the fourth Sunday monthly at noon. Club: Sharon-Hogue Road, east of state Route 7.
COLUMBIANA COUNTY FEDERATION OF CONSERVATION CLUBS: May meeting, 22nd, Beaver Creek Sportsmans Club; June meeting, 26th, Lake Tomahawk; July meeting, 7/24, East Palestine Sportsmans Club. All meetings 8 p.m..
COLUMBIANA COUNTY ARCHERS: Keltch Road, Lisbon, registration 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Call (330) 424-4101.
COLUMBIANA COUNTY FISH & amp; GAME CLUB: Practice and pill shoots Sundays at noon. Protector shoots, 7 p.m. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Saturdays. Practice 6-7 p.m., 2-man, 100 -bird each second Saturday. Indoor pistol shoots Fridays, 7 p.m. (.22 rifles welcome) Turkey shoots Saturday noon to 5 p.m. Memberships $25 per year. Outdoor rifle range for members only. Call (330) 385-8820 or (330) 385-3272, evenings only, or during club events. Meetings second Thursday 7 p.m. Club: four miles south of Rogers off state Route 7, one-quarter-mile on Middle Beaver Road. (330) 424-0222.
COLUMBIANA COUNTY YOUTH HUNTER EDUCATION CHALLENGE INC.: Sporting clays shoots, second Sunday monthly, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Leetonia Sportsmans Club, E. High Street, Leetonia. Cost is $12 for 50 birds and $20 for 100 birds for adults, $10 for 50 birds and $18 for 100 birds for those 18 and under. For info (330) 533-2573 or (330) 227-3128.
CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC.: Open indoor archery, Mondays, Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Tuesday to Fridays, 6-9 p.m. Indoor shooting, Mondays through Fridays, 6-9 p.m. 2535 McCleary-Jacoby Road, Bazetta.
CONSUMERS/MAHONING VALLEY LAKES: Evans Lake open now through May 16; Pine Lake to open May 18-June 27. Call (800) 634-3088 for information.
EASTERN OHIO CONSERVATION CLUB: Trap shoots Wednesdays, 6 p.m., public invited. Skeet shoots 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays. West Calla Road between routes 62 and 45.
EAST PALESTINE SPORTSMAN'S CLUB: 3D archery shoot (30 McKenzie targets, trophies awarded) set third Sunday monthly through August. Pro, hunter, women, tradition and cub stakes. Registration 8 a.m.-noon and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $7 adults, $4 ages 12-16, cubs free. North Pleasant Drive off state Route 14 near the Pa. border.
FISH & amp; GAME CLUB OF VIENNA: Fairhaven Day, June 23. Registered trap shoots available. Chicken dinner May 19. Ladies firearms classes start May 15, (330) 534-2929. Indoor archery Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Doubles and singles trap Wednesdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. Indoor pistol range shoots Thursdays 5-9 p.m., open to public. Route 193 near airport. (330) 394-1388.
GIRARD LAKE: Season passes for 2001 (available at boathouse) with boat launching $65 for those 13 and older. Shore fishing passes are $45. For more details, call (330) 539-4065 or (330) 545-9712. The Lower Girard Lake's season is open to May 31. Upper Girard Lake open June 1 to Sept. 3. Upcoming events: open bass tournament Aug. 4 and Sept 8; children's fishing derby, June 2.
GRAND VALLEY HUNTING RANCH: For information, call (440) 685-4868. 10198 Penniman Road, Orwell, Ohio.
HARTHEGIG CONSERVATION CLUB: Trap Sundays at 10 a.m. For information call (724) 475-2295 or (724) 475-4600.
HIDDEN VALLEY SPORTSMANS CLUB: Turkey and ham shoots, Thursdays, 7 p.m. Indoor archery, Sundays, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Sporting clays Sundays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Gilkey Road off Mitchell Road between Pa. routes 318 and 18. West Middlesex. Call (724) 528-2700 or (724) 962-9782.
HUBBARD CONSERVATION CLUB: Turkey shoots Thursdays 7 p.m. and Saturdays (long gun) at 2 p.m. Steaks, hams, bacon, cash and more available for winners. Meetings second Wednesday monthly, 7 p. m. Club is at 1760 Wick-Campbell Road, Hubbard. Info: (330) 534-8701.
KINSMAN CONSERVATION CLUB: Turkey shoots, Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
LAKE MILTON FISH & amp; GAME: Trap shoots Fridays, protector class, 6 p.m. registration, 6:30 p.m. shooting. Call (330) 872-0203 or 654-4599. Bedell Road.
LAWRENCE COUNTY SPORTSMANS ASSOCIATION: Skeet or trap, Wednesdays 5 p.m.; Sporting clays, Thursdays 5 p.m., Sundays 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; and 5-Stand sporting clays, Wednesdays 5 p.m., Sundays 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Harbor Road west of New Castle. Call (724) 652-1075
LEETONIA SPORTSMENS CLUB: YEHC sponsored sporting clay shoots, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., second Sunday each month. Monday, turkey shoots, 7 p.m. Trap shoots, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. For information call, (330) 337-7552.
LOWELLVILLE ROD AND GUN CLUB: Fish fry, May 18. Accepting memberships. Registered trap, Sunday, noon, single and handicap, May 27, July 1, July 29. Practice trap shoots, every Thursday, with trap shot at 1 p.m. Monday. Pistol shoots Tuesdays 7 p.m. CMP shoots, 6/10, 7/8, 8/12 and 9/9. Club is on Quarry Road.
MAHONING COUNTY FEDERATION OF SPORTSMENS CLUBS: Meeting of May 15 rescheduled for May 22, 8 p.m., Lowellville Rod & amp; Gun Club.
MAHONING SPORTSMENS ASSOCIATION: Trap practice Sundays 6 p.m. For information, call (330) 549-0225.
MAHONING VALLEY TRAP LEAGUE: League shoots: Lowellville Rod & amp; Gun Club, 5/14; Mahoning Sportsmans Club, 5/21; New Middletown Farmers and Sportsmans Club,6/4; Eastern Ohio Conservation Club, 6/11; Columbiana, 6/18; Vienna, 6/25; Lowellville, 6/2; Mahoning, 7/9; New Middletown, 7/16; E.O.C.C., 7/23; Columbiana, 7/30; Vienna, 8/6; Lowellville, 8/20; Mahoning, 8/27; New Middletown, 9/10; E.O.C.C., 9/17; Rain date (or shoot-off if not used for rain date), 9/24; Shoot-off, Lowellville Rod 7 Gun Club, 10/1.
NEW MIDDLETOWN FARMERS AND SPORTSMENS CLUB: Trap shooting Fridays, ATA registered targets start at 6 p.m.; Oakley, protectors and practice also welcome. Club is at 3341 E. Calla Road.
OHIO VALLEY BASS ANGLERS: Ohio Valley Bass Anglers are accepting new members for the 2001 fishing season. Those interested call (330) 337-0530 or (330) 482-0427.
ORWELL GUN CLUB: Turkey shoots Fridays, 7 p.m. Call (330) 683-4738.
PHEASANT VIEW FARM INC.: Sporting clays Sundays. 11625 Beloit-Snodes Road, Beloit, Ohio, 44609. All shooting by reservation (330) 584-6828.
POSSUM HOLLOW SPORTSMANS CLUB: Archery May 13, 6/10, 7/8, 8/12, 9/9, 8 a.m.-noon, $7 adults, $5 children 13-16, 12 and under free. (724) 535-4985 or (724) 336-2981. Club in Wampum, Pa.
SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL EAST OHIO-NORTH WEST PENN CHAPTER: Awards banquet June 2, Sharon Country Club. Call (330) 726-8155 or (330) 799-9367.
SALEM HUNTING CLUB: Monday trap shoots, 10 a.m. registration. PPC shoots, 6 p.m. Mondays. Pistol league runs second and fourth Thursdays, 6 p.m.; Blackpowder shoot, fourth Sunday, 6 p.m.; Trap shoots 6 p.m. Tuesdays; first and third Wednesdays, 6 p.m., .22 rifle shoots; second and fourth Wednesdays, 6 p.m., centerfire rifle shoots; all-you-can-eat breakfast, first Saturday of each month, 6-11 a.m. with trap shoot to follow at 11 a.m. Club: state Route 62, one mile west of Salem.
TRUMBULL COUNTY ROD AND GUN CLUB: 3D shoot, 30 McKenzie targets, May 13, 6/10, 7/8, 8/12, 9/9, registration: 8 a.m.-1 p.m., $6 adults, $4 youth 12 and under. The club is at Phillips-Price Road off state Route 88. Call (330) 372-7630, or (330) 638-6691 or (330) 637-9001, for information.
WESTERN RESERVE WALLEYE ASSOCIATION: Results, May 6 tournament - 1. Punky Ball, Ken Smith, 5 walleye, 9.94 pounds, $1.340; 2. Joe & amp; Darren Dossi, 5, 9.70, $695; 3. Larry Boyle, Bob Hudy, 5, 9.5, $560; 4. Tony Naples, Bob Seman, 5, 9.12, $275; 5. Mike Maholic, Brandon Sluga, 5, 8.91, $200; 6. Frank McFeaters, Chip Yockey, 5, 8.98, $140; 7. Chris Durkin, Sean Fabry, 5, 8.59, $100; 8. Andy & amp; John Jackson, 5, 8.57, $50; 9. John Hornbeck, Glenn Wajda, 5, 8.40, $35; 10. Jim Breedlove, Justin Hornbeck, 5, 8.35, $25. Next tournament, May 20 at Berlin Reservoir, June 10, Lake Milton, with the championship June 23, 24 at Mosquito. For information call (330) 530-3909.
WESTERN RESERVE FISH AND GAME CLUB: Junior Civilian Marksmanship Program rifle shooting, Mondays at 7 p.m. Indoor pistol shooting Wednesdays at 7 p.m., $3 for nonmembers. Indoor archery, 7 p.m. Fridays. Club is at 1058 W. Third St., Niles
WEST POINT ROD AND GUN CLUB: Call (330) 382-1028 or (330) 385-7486. Meat shoot, Sundays at noon. 3D archery shoots, third Sunday monthly. Food and novelty shoots. 30 McKenzie targets. Registration 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Call (330) 532-9627.
YELLOW CREEK LONG RIFLES: Shoots second Sunday, noon. Trial walks, black powder, patched roundball and open sights only. In-lines allowed with restrictions. For information, call (330) 549-3438, (330) 738-6002, (330) 332-8376. 1153 Opal Road, Salineville.
USend your club and event news to: Outdoors, The Vindicator, Box 780, Youngstown, Ohio, 44501-0780. Include your name and a daytime phone number. Or fax your news to (330) 747-6712. Email: braun@vindy.com.