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The Ohio Bicentennial One Shot Turkey Hunt, May 8, 9, 10. "One Shot" means the only gobbler participants can check in is the first bird they pull the trigger on. The first 150 people who submit a completed registration form with full registration fee will be admitted to the contest. The registration fee of $125.00 for adults, and $50.00 for hunters age 17 and under guarantees access to all three evening events, special event tee shirts, caps, and other items. Awards will be given out in categories including largest turkey; a JAKES group for hunters 17 and under, and a women's group winner. An unused spring turkey tag is necessary to participate.
HUNTER, TRAPPER EDUCATION Fish & amp; Game Club of Vienna, state Route 193, Vienna, 6-10 p.m. April 25, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., April 27. Pre-registration required, call G. Marsh, (330) 759-0640.Furfinfeather Sportsmens Association, 427 Romain/Heasley Road, south of West Middlesex, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. May 14 and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 17. Lunch provided May 17. Pre-registration required, call (724) 528-1733, class limited to 75.Lowellville Rod & amp; Gun Club, Quarry Road, Lowellville, May 24, 25, class limited to 55, pre-registration required by May 17, call B. Meier, (330) 536-6730.INFORMATION -- Hunter, trapper and bowhunting education, Ohio, call (800) WILDLIFE, in Pennsylvania, call (814) 432-3187.
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BEAVER CREEK SPORTSMAN CLUB: 3D archery shoots, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., $8 adults, $3 cubs, May 11, June 8 & amp; 29, July 13, Aug. 10, 31, Sept. 13-14. For information, (330) 482-9360 or (330) 427-6473. Turkey shoots Fridays, 6:30 p.m.; 4480 Washingtonville Road, Washingtonville.BROOKFIELD TRI-DISTRICT CONSERVATION CLUB: Muzzleloading black powder turkey shoots third Sunday monthly at noon. Sharon-Hogue Road, east of S.R. 7.BUSTED FLUSH: Winter league shooting Saturdays. $20 per round. Call (814) 827-4030 or e-mail dsdickson@csonline.net. Club at 1162 Shreve Road, Titusville, Pa.COLUMBIANA COUNTY FEDERATION OF CONSERVATION CLUBS: Next meeting, 8 p.m., April 22, Tri-State Coonhunters Club, Irish Ridge Road off Route 267 between East Liverpool and Glenmoor. Scholarship discussion planned. May meeting, May 27, Beaver Creek Sportsmans Club. Informaiton (330) 337-8444.
COLUMBIANA COUNTY FISH & amp; GAME CLUB: Trap shoots Wed., Sat., and Sun.; Turkey shoots Sundays noon. (330) 424-3659. COLUMBIANA COUNTY ARCHERS: 3D shoots: May 4, June 1, July 6, Aug. 2 & amp; 3, Sept. 20 & amp; 21. Registration to 1 p.m., 30 3D targets $8 adult, $6 youth. Info:(330) 424-9957, (330) 424-9318, (330) 227-3655 , (330) 453-4388CONSERVATION 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. DUCKS UNLIMITED, MAHONING VALLEY CHAPTER: Duck shoot (turkey shoot format) will be 1-7 p.m. May 10 at the New Middletown Farmer's & amp; Sportsmans Club on East Calla Road. $25 donation covers shooting and buffet dinner. Prizes, raffles, games also scheduled. For information or tickets call G. Deangelo, (330) 533-9766, B. George, (330) 549-0883 or A. Donoghue, (330) 726-0626.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: 30-target 3D shoots, third Sunday monthly. (Exception, April 27, due to Easter). Registration 8 a.m. to noon. 15-target mini-shoots Wednesdays starting June 4, registration 6:30 p.m. to dusk. (330) 757-8397. Indoor archery shoots (practice) Wednesdays, 7 p.m. North Pleasant Drive off state Route 14.FISH & amp; GAME CLUB OF VIENNA: Men's NRA basic pistol course, April 23, 30 and May 7, 6 to 10 p.m. Firearm safety, parts and operation, shooting fundamentals, care and cleaning and more. Cost is $30 per student. Students must be 21 or older and provide own eye and ear protection. Call (330) 856-9078 for information or to register. Winter indoor archery 7 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Doubles and singles trap Wednesdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. Ladies firearms classes, May 13, call Shirley Williams (330) 534-2929. Chicken dinner, May 17. Route 193. (330) 394-1388.GIRARD LAKES BASS CLUB: Info: (330) 545-9712.GREENVILLE SPORTSMAN CLUB: Skeet or trap, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. Open to public. Registered skeet Sundays 10 a.m., $20 registration. 1039 Vernon Rd. (Rt 538) Greenville, Pa. (724) 588-9994.HARTHEGIG CONSERVATION CLUB: Trap Sundays at 10 a.m. For info call (724) 475-2295 or (724) 475-4600.HIDDEN VALLEY SPORTSMANS CLUB: 3-D archery shoots (20 targets) $5, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 10, May 31, June 14, June 28. Sporting clays and 5-stand clays, Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Indoor archery, 6-8 p.m., Sundays. 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. 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. Archery shoots, targets will be 3-D realistic animals in natural settings. Crossbows permitted. $8 per adult & amp; youth, $3 for cubs. Registration 8 a.m. noon. Breakfast served from 8 to 10 a.m. Lunch 10 till end of shoot. Info: (330) 872-1603, (330) 654-4599, (330) 654-9680. Shoot dates April 27, May 25, June 22, July 27, Aug. 24, Sept. 28 (all deer shoot). Info: (330) 872-0203 or 654-4599. Bedell Road.LAWRENCE COUNTY SPORTSMANS ASSOCIATION: Ironman shoot, May 4, $60 per peron, $30 for 17 and under. Optional silhouette shoot also planned. Breakfast shoot June 8, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 100 sporting clay targets and 25 trap and skeet targets 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) 652-1075LEETONIA SPORTSMENS CLUB: Turkey shoots, Sundays noon to 3 p.m., through April. 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: Trap practice Thursdays, 6 p.m., Trap practice also on Mondays, noon to 3 p.m. through April 21. Trap spring doubles, every other Mondays through April 21, 6 p.m. Wobble style trap available. Cold weather CMP shoots first Sunday monthly, noon; pistol shoots April 22. Club memberships still being taken. Quarry Road.MAHONING VALLEY TRAP LEAGUE: 2003 schedule: 4/28, Vienna; 5/5, Columbiana; 5/12, Lowellville; 5/19, Mahoning; 6/2, New MIddletown; 6/9, EOCC; 6/16, Vienna; 6/23, Columbiana; 6/30, Lowellville; 7/7, Mahoning; 7/14, New Middletown; 7/20, EOCC; 7/28, Vienna; 8/4, Columbiana; 8/18, Lowellville; 8/25, Mahoning; 9/8, New Middletown; 9/15, EOCC; 9/21, rain date; 9/29, shoot-off. 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 shoots, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nov. 9, Dec. 21. (724) 535-4985 or (330) 385-4507 or (724) 336-2981 for info. Club: Wampum, Pa.SALEM HUNTING CLUB: Trap shoots 6 p.m. Tuesdays. Black-powder outdoor shoots 11 a.m. fourth Sunday monthly. PPC shoot 6 p.m. Mondays. Ladies .22-rifle team 6 p.m. second and fourth Friday. Center-fire rifle match 6 p.m. fourth Wednesday monthly. A .22-rifle match 6 p.m. second Wednesday monthly. 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: 2003 schedule: April 27, Pymatuning Creek; May 17, Little Beaver Creek; June 8 and July 13, Mahoning River, July 27, Pymatuining Lake (picnic); Aug. 15, Carson's Landing (moonlight run), Sept. 14, Presque Isle; Oct. 19, Tuscarawas River (color run), Nov. 9, Cuyahoga River (frostbite run), Dec. 7 Mahoning River (chilly run); Jan. 17, Christmas party and election of officers. Call (330) 792-3110 or email rbakalik@aol.com. Memberships are $10 and can be mailed to Trumbull Canoe Trails Inc., P.O. Box 1682, Warren, Ohio, 44482.TRUMBULL COUNTY CONSERVATION LEAGUE, MOSQUITO BOWMEN: August 2, 3 benefit tournament for a hunt of a lifetime for a youth from the Kinsman area who will receive the benefits and a chance to go on a hunt. Indoor shooting Sundays. McCleary Jacoby Rd. between Rt. 305 and Rt. 46. TRUMBULL COUNTY FEDERATION OF SPORTSMEN CLUBS: 50-gun raffle May 3, Yankee Lake Ballroom, 11 a.m. start. Cut-off date for ticket purchase is April 30. Tickets, $20, include lunch. Call (330) 534-3601 for details.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: 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 & amp; PISTOL CLUB: High Power rifle seminar, 8 a.m., April 26, $30 adults, $10 18 and under. Pre-registration required. John C. Garand Match, April 27. For info on either event, call (330) 534-5697 or (330) 626-1720, log on to www.yrpc.com or email 556guy@nowonline.com. Trap shoots, Tuesdays, 6 p.m. 8920 Shaffer Road, Jackson Township, off S. Lipkey Road.
COLUMBIANA COUNTY FISH & amp; GAME CLUB: Trap shoots Wed., Sat., and Sun.; Turkey shoots Sundays noon. (330) 424-3659. COLUMBIANA COUNTY ARCHERS: 3D shoots: May 4, June 1, July 6, Aug. 2 & amp; 3, Sept. 20 & amp; 21. Registration to 1 p.m., 30 3D targets $8 adult, $6 youth. Info:(330) 424-9957, (330) 424-9318, (330) 227-3655 , (330) 453-4388CONSERVATION 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. DUCKS UNLIMITED, MAHONING VALLEY CHAPTER: Duck shoot (turkey shoot format) will be 1-7 p.m. May 10 at the New Middletown Farmer's & amp; Sportsmans Club on East Calla Road. $25 donation covers shooting and buffet dinner. Prizes, raffles, games also scheduled. For information or tickets call G. Deangelo, (330) 533-9766, B. George, (330) 549-0883 or A. Donoghue, (330) 726-0626.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: 30-target 3D shoots, third Sunday monthly. (Exception, April 27, due to Easter). Registration 8 a.m. to noon. 15-target mini-shoots Wednesdays starting June 4, registration 6:30 p.m. to dusk. (330) 757-8397. Indoor archery shoots (practice) Wednesdays, 7 p.m. North Pleasant Drive off state Route 14.FISH & amp; GAME CLUB OF VIENNA: Men's NRA basic pistol course, April 23, 30 and May 7, 6 to 10 p.m. Firearm safety, parts and operation, shooting fundamentals, care and cleaning and more. Cost is $30 per student. Students must be 21 or older and provide own eye and ear protection. Call (330) 856-9078 for information or to register. Winter indoor archery 7 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Doubles and singles trap Wednesdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. Ladies firearms classes, May 13, call Shirley Williams (330) 534-2929. Chicken dinner, May 17. Route 193. (330) 394-1388.GIRARD LAKES BASS CLUB: Info: (330) 545-9712.GREENVILLE SPORTSMAN CLUB: Skeet or trap, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. Open to public. Registered skeet Sundays 10 a.m., $20 registration. 1039 Vernon Rd. (Rt 538) Greenville, Pa. (724) 588-9994.HARTHEGIG CONSERVATION CLUB: Trap Sundays at 10 a.m. For info call (724) 475-2295 or (724) 475-4600.HIDDEN VALLEY SPORTSMANS CLUB: 3-D archery shoots (20 targets) $5, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 10, May 31, June 14, June 28. Sporting clays and 5-stand clays, Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Indoor archery, 6-8 p.m., Sundays. 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. 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. Archery shoots, targets will be 3-D realistic animals in natural settings. Crossbows permitted. $8 per adult & amp; youth, $3 for cubs. Registration 8 a.m. noon. Breakfast served from 8 to 10 a.m. Lunch 10 till end of shoot. Info: (330) 872-1603, (330) 654-4599, (330) 654-9680. Shoot dates April 27, May 25, June 22, July 27, Aug. 24, Sept. 28 (all deer shoot). Info: (330) 872-0203 or 654-4599. Bedell Road.LAWRENCE COUNTY SPORTSMANS ASSOCIATION: Ironman shoot, May 4, $60 per peron, $30 for 17 and under. Optional silhouette shoot also planned. Breakfast shoot June 8, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 100 sporting clay targets and 25 trap and skeet targets 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) 652-1075LEETONIA SPORTSMENS CLUB: Turkey shoots, Sundays noon to 3 p.m., through April. 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: Trap practice Thursdays, 6 p.m., Trap practice also on Mondays, noon to 3 p.m. through April 21. Trap spring doubles, every other Mondays through April 21, 6 p.m. Wobble style trap available. Cold weather CMP shoots first Sunday monthly, noon; pistol shoots April 22. Club memberships still being taken. Quarry Road.MAHONING VALLEY TRAP LEAGUE: 2003 schedule: 4/28, Vienna; 5/5, Columbiana; 5/12, Lowellville; 5/19, Mahoning; 6/2, New MIddletown; 6/9, EOCC; 6/16, Vienna; 6/23, Columbiana; 6/30, Lowellville; 7/7, Mahoning; 7/14, New Middletown; 7/20, EOCC; 7/28, Vienna; 8/4, Columbiana; 8/18, Lowellville; 8/25, Mahoning; 9/8, New Middletown; 9/15, EOCC; 9/21, rain date; 9/29, shoot-off. 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 shoots, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nov. 9, Dec. 21. (724) 535-4985 or (330) 385-4507 or (724) 336-2981 for info. Club: Wampum, Pa.SALEM HUNTING CLUB: Trap shoots 6 p.m. Tuesdays. Black-powder outdoor shoots 11 a.m. fourth Sunday monthly. PPC shoot 6 p.m. Mondays. Ladies .22-rifle team 6 p.m. second and fourth Friday. Center-fire rifle match 6 p.m. fourth Wednesday monthly. A .22-rifle match 6 p.m. second Wednesday monthly. 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: 2003 schedule: April 27, Pymatuning Creek; May 17, Little Beaver Creek; June 8 and July 13, Mahoning River, July 27, Pymatuining Lake (picnic); Aug. 15, Carson's Landing (moonlight run), Sept. 14, Presque Isle; Oct. 19, Tuscarawas River (color run), Nov. 9, Cuyahoga River (frostbite run), Dec. 7 Mahoning River (chilly run); Jan. 17, Christmas party and election of officers. Call (330) 792-3110 or email rbakalik@aol.com. Memberships are $10 and can be mailed to Trumbull Canoe Trails Inc., P.O. Box 1682, Warren, Ohio, 44482.TRUMBULL COUNTY CONSERVATION LEAGUE, MOSQUITO BOWMEN: August 2, 3 benefit tournament for a hunt of a lifetime for a youth from the Kinsman area who will receive the benefits and a chance to go on a hunt. Indoor shooting Sundays. McCleary Jacoby Rd. between Rt. 305 and Rt. 46. TRUMBULL COUNTY FEDERATION OF SPORTSMEN CLUBS: 50-gun raffle May 3, Yankee Lake Ballroom, 11 a.m. start. Cut-off date for ticket purchase is April 30. Tickets, $20, include lunch. Call (330) 534-3601 for details.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: 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 & amp; PISTOL CLUB: High Power rifle seminar, 8 a.m., April 26, $30 adults, $10 18 and under. Pre-registration required. John C. Garand Match, April 27. For info on either event, call (330) 534-5697 or (330) 626-1720, log on to www.yrpc.com or email 556guy@nowonline.com. Trap shoots, Tuesdays, 6 p.m. 8920 Shaffer Road, Jackson Township, off S. Lipkey Road.