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Olympic rifle shootingat Fish and Game Club
VIENNA -- Boys and girls ages 12 to 17 are invited to participate in a 10-week course on safe gun handling and position rifle shooting.
The classes, to be conducted at the Fish and Game Club across from the airport, are sponsored by the Cougars Junior Rifle Team, BSA Venture Crew 4840.
Instruction will be provided by NRA-certified coaches and instructors and will be given in both air rifle and .22-caliber target rifle.
Classes are at 6 p.m. Mondays through Nov. 14.
All equipment will be provided, and the cost is $10 the first week and $5 per week thereafter. Each junior needs to have an adult sponsor at the first meeting.
Call coach Russ Evans at (330) 534-5344 or e-mail him at rvevans1@juno.com, or call coach Rodney Hawkins at (330) 759-2504.
Doc's Open House
BAZETTA -- Doc's Open House and Fall Outdoor Days will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 24 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 25 at Doc's Deer Farm and Scents, 2118 state Route 46.
The event will feature the latest in archery and deer hunting equipment. An archery range will be available for those who want to sight in their bows.
Feather Merit's will have its "Live Birds of Prey." There will be flight shows and demonstrations all weekend.
Archery and gun hunting seminars and others on the use of scent and sound techniques will be held.
Keith "Doc" Ainsley will be on hand to answer hunting questions. Ainsley has hosted "Big Game Adventures with Doc's Team Extreme" on the Men's Channel.
Doc's Deer Scent and Fish & amp; Field Report is sponsoring the open house.
Membership banquet setfor Ducks Unlimited
YOUNGSTOWN -- The annual membership banquet for the Mahoning Valley Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will be Sept. 23 at Assumption Social Center, 356 South Belle Vista.
Doors open at 6 p.m. Cocktails will be served at 6, followed by dinner at 7 and an auction at 8:30.
Ticket prices are $60 (individual), $95 (couple), $40 (Greenwing), $300 (sponsor) and $340 (sponsor couple).
Pre-banquet raffle tickets for a Benelli Nova 12-gauge pump-action shotgun are available (one for $5, three for $10).
For reservations, call Dave Brown at (330) 533-2455 or Greg D'Angelo at 533-9766 or Walt Ibele at 533-6638 or Dan Donoghue at 726-0626.
November gun show
LOWELLVILLE -- A gun show is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 12-13 at Lowellville Rod & amp; Gun Club, Quarry Road.
Items for buying, selling or trading will include all types of guns, hunting and fishing equipment and collectibles.
For tables or information, call Bill at (330) 506-9194.
Annual fall fish sale
CORTLAND -- The Trumbull Soil and Water Conservation District is conducting its annual fall fish sale.
White amurs (grass carp), which are used for pond vegetation control, are available for $11 each.
Pickup will be Sept. 29 at the Mosquito Lake parking area off West Main Street.
To request an order form, call (330) 637-2056, Ext. 3. Orders will be taken till Sept. 23.
OHIO
Osprey migrationbeing monitored
COLUMBUS -- A research project to monitor the migration of adult osprey nesting in central Ohio also allows wildlife enthusiasts to follow the birds' movements via the Internet, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.
This summer, biologists with the Division of Wildlife attached satellite transmitters to two adult osprey that successfully reared three chicks at a nest on Alum Creek Lake in Delaware County. The transmitters enable the biologists to track the birds' movements along their migration route and those movements will be posted on the division's Web site at ohiodnr.com/wildlife/Resources/osprey/migration.htm.
State wildlife biologists report that the female of the pair recently began her fall migration and has traveled to Cuba in one week's time. The male has yet to begin his journey south.
"We hope this project will enable us to better understand the ospreys' migration patterns and final destinations," said Dave Sherman, wildlife biologist with the division. "We also hope to help members of the public gain insight into the wonders of migration as they follow the osprey south."