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SPECIAL EVENTS, SEASONS, ETC.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft, is offering the Ohio Boating Education Course starting this month. A one-day course version will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Jan. 25 at Gander Mountain in Niles (330) 644-2265. The 13-week version will be held starting Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Hubbard High School (330) 534-2677. Then one-day courses cost $5 and the 13-week course is $35. Classes are limited to 20 participants and pre-registration is required. The courses cover trailing, boat handling, rules of the road, legal requirements, aids to navigation, weather, VHF radios, marlin spike seamanship (lines & amp; knots), piloting and personal water craft operation. Successful completion of the course usually entitles participants to a discount on boat insurance. For more information on boater safety courses (mandatory for those born after Jan. 1, 1982, who wish to operate a vessel of greater than 10 horsepower including personal watercraft) or for an updated list of courses in the state call (614) 265-6480 or check www.dnr.state.oh.us/odnr/watercraft.
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District will grant a limited number of permits for beaver trapping. Permits will be issued following a drawing Dec. 14 at the Tappan Lake Park activity center. For info call (877) 365-8500.
17th annual deer hunters rendezvous, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 8, Pine Lake.
HUNTER, TRAPPER EDUCATIONINFORMATION -- Hunter, trapper and bowhunting education, Ohio, call (800) WILDLIFE, in Pennsylvania, call (814) 432-3187.
CLUB & amp; ACTIVITY NEWS
BEAVER CREEK SPORTSMAN CLUB: Turkey shoots Fridays, 6:30 p.m.; club at 4480 Washingtonville Road, Washingtonville.
BROOKFIELD TRI-DISTRICT CONSERVATION CLUB: Turkey and Meat Shoots Tuesdays 7 p.m. Muzzleloading black powder turkey shoots third Sunday monthly at noon. Sharon-Hogue Road, east of SR 7.
COLUMBIANA COUNTY FEDERATION OF CONSERVATION CLUBS: Next meeting, Knox Township Sportsmans Club; Nov. 26, Leetonia Sportsmans Club; Dec. 17, Salem Hunting Club. Annual wild game dinner, Feb. 1, 2003, Salem Little Quakers Hall, South Lincoln Avenue.
COLUMBIANA COUNTY FISH & amp; GAME CLUB: Trap shoots Wed., Sat., and Sun.; Turkey shoots every Sunday noon. Information call Terry Zaplata at (330)-424-3659
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.
EASTERN OHIO CONSERVATION CLUB: Trap shoots Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Skeet shoots 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays. West Calla Road between routes 62 and 45.
EAST PALESTINE SPORTSMAN'S CLUB: Indoor .22 shoots will start mid-January 2003, Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. (330) 757-8397. North Pleasant Drive off state Route 14.
FISH & amp; GAME CLUB OF VIENNA: Winter indoor archery starts mid-January. Mondays and Wednesdays 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Doubles and singles trap Wednesdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. Indoor pistol range shoots Thursdays 4-10 p.m., open to public. Route 193. (330) 394-1388.
FRIENDS OF THE NRA, MAHONING COUNTY CHAPTER: Banquet, March 20, 2003. ITAM, 113 South Meridian Road, Youngstown. For tickets call Atty. Jim Denny (330) 545-4250, Ken Jones, (330) 889-2278 (evenings) or Pat Ross (330) 427-2091 (evenings) Tickets are $30 each, $225 for sponsor packages and $350 for deluxe sponsor package. Door prizes and a silent auction will be available.
FURFINFEATHER SPORTSMANS ASSOCIATION: Turkey shoots, Mondays, 7 p.m., through Nov. 25. Two miles off state Route 18 on Romaine Road.
GRAND VALLEY HUNTING RANCH: Snow bird shoot, Nov. 29; shooting courses closed, Dec. 2-8; Apreciation day, Dec. 15; Released bird hunts. (440) 685-4868. 10198 Penniman Road, Orwell, Ohio.
GREENVILLE SPORTSMAN CLUB: Skeet or trap, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. Open to the public. Registered skeet Sundays 10 a.m., $20 registration. 1039 Vernon Rd. (Rt 538) Greenville, Pa. (724) 588-9994.
GUSTAVUS VFW: Turkey shoots Sundays through Nov. 24, 1 p.m. Gardner Barclay Road, West of state Route 193 in Gustavus. For info, call B. Losh at (330) 876-9520.
HARTHEGIG CONSERVATION CLUB: Trap Sundays at 10 a.m. For info call (724) 475-2295 or (724) 475-4600.
HIDDEN VALLEY SPORTSMANS CLUB: Sporting clays, Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gilkey Road off Mitchell Road between Pa. routes 318 and 18. West Middlesex.(724) 528-2700.
HUBBARD CONSERVATION CLUB: Turkey shoots Thursdays 7 p.m. and Saturdays (long gun, 48") at 2 p.m. Rabbit hunts, Dec. 7, 21, Jan. 18, Feb. 8 and 22. $20 for a two-hunter team, check-in at 4 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: Turkey Shoot, Sundays through today, beginning at 1 p.m. Info call 330-824-2615. Trap shoots Fridays, protector class, 6 p.m. registration, 6:30 p.m. shooting. (330) 872-0203 or 654-4599. Bedell Road.
LAWRENCE COUNTY SPORTSMANS ASSOCIATION: Breakfast shoot, Dec. 15, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., breakfast, 100 sporting clays and 25 trap or skeet -- $30 per person Skeet, trap, or wobble trap, Wednesdays 5 p.m.; Sporting clays, Wednesday 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. Trap doubles, 9-noon Saturdays. Harbor Road west of New Castle. (724) 652-1075
LEETONIA SPORTSMENS CLUB: Trap shoots, Tuesdays, 7 p.m. (330) 427-0903 or (330) 332-9421. YETC sponsored sporting clays shoots, fourth Sunday monthly. (330) 533-2573.
LOWELLVILLE ROD AND GUN CLUB: Indoor .22 rifle shoots (any style weapon) Thursdays 6 p.m. beginning Jan. 9. Christmas party Dec. 15. Olympic wobble trap available anytime. Practice trap shoots, Thursdays. Doubles league Wednesdays; cold weather CMP shoots run first Sunday monthly; pistol shoots run every other Tuesday; club is on Quarry Road.
MAHONING COUNTY COON HUNTERS CLUB: Turkey shoots, Sundays until Thanksgiving, 1 p.m. start. Grounds off U.S. Route 224, 3-1/2 miles west of Canfield between state routes 45 and 46.
NEW MIDDLETOWN FARMERS AND SPORTSMENS CLUB: Friday Trap Shoots, 5:30 p.m., practices, Oakleys & amp; protectors. Turkey Shoots, Every Wednesday, 7 p.m., through April 30. 3341 E. Calla Road.
ORWELL GUN CLUB: Turkey shoots Fridays, 7 p.m. Call (330) 683-4738.
POSSUM HOLLOW SPORTSMENS CLUB: Muzzleloader and pistol shoots, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 22. Call (724) 535-4985 for information. Club: Wampum, Pa.
SALEM HUNTING CLUB: Trap shoots Monday morning and turkey shoots Sundays through March. All-you-can-eat breakfast, $4, first Saturday monthly, 6-11 a.m. Club: state Route 62, mile west of Salem.
TRI-DISTRICT CONSERVATION CLUB: Turkey and meat shoots 7 p.m. Tuesdays.
TRUMBULL CANOE TRAILS: Dec. 1, Mahoning River. Call (330) 792-3110 or email rbakalik@aol.com.
TRUMBULL COUNTY CONSERVATION LEAGUE, MOSQUITO BOWMEN: Club shoots and the indoor range will be closed until hunting season is over. Indoor shooting will begin Jan. 6, 2003. McCleary Jacoby Rd. between Rt. 305 and Rt. 46.
WESTERN RESERVE FISH AND GAME CLUB: Junior CMP rifle shoots, Mondays 6-9 p.m. Indoor handgun, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, $2 members, $4 nonmembers. Indoor archery, 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays. Club: 1058 W. 3rd St., Niles. (330) 544-3993.
WEST POINT ROD AND GUN CLUB: (330) 382-1028 or (330) 385-7486. Meat shoot, Sundays noon. 3D archery shoots, third Sunday monthly. Food, novelty shoots. 30 McKenzie targets. Registration 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (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. (330) 549-3438, 738-6002, 332-8376. 1153 Opal Road, Salineville.
YOUNGSTOWN RIFLE AND PISTOL CLUB: Pearl Harbor Day Match, Dec. 7. All proceeds go to Youngstown Area veterans organization. Any U.S. service rifle that saw action in World War II is allowed. The John C. Garand match course "A" will be shot. Limited number of M1 Garand and M1 carbiones available for use -- call ahead if needed. Ammo to be provided. Registration starts at 9 a.m. with match at 10 a.m. Lunch provided. For more info, call (330) 534-5697 or (330) 626-1720 or the organization Web Site www.yrpc.com. Range at 8920 Shaffer Road off South Lipkey Road. Call 538-2649 for information.
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.