Let every nation know, whether it wishes us
well or ill, that we shall pay any price,
bear any burden, meet any hardship, support
any friend, oppose any foe to assure the
survival and the success of liberty.
~~ John F.
Kennedy
We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
stand ready in the night
to visit violence on those who would do us
harm.
~~ George
Orwell
It's Tommy this, an Tommy that,
an 'chuck 'im out, the brute!'
But it's 'Savior of 'is Country,'
When the guns begin to shoot.
~~ Rudyard
Kipling
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Kennel.
A very big thanks to our friends at
Kennedy's Garage.
Kennedy's Garage
271 3rd St, Troy, NY
(518) 272-3881
Special thanks to member Bob N. He
was kind enough to bring in his
equipment to dig the trench from the
Club House to the septic tank at no
charge. Please keep him in mind if
you need any of this type of
work!
Special Thanks to our friends who
helped out with the Annual Club
Party;
Keith
NAPA Distributers
Mark
Interstate Bateries
Hoosic Street
Beverages
George's Auto
Sales
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Troy, NY 12180
Office: (518) 286-1857
Cell: (518) 368-1284
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3991 Route 2
Tamarac Plaza
Cropseyville, NY 12052
Phone: (518) 279-0003
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DON'T FORGET: ON SUNDAY JULY
11.TH we're going to have our
Summer Solstice Shotgun Shoot
and Cookout! The rules will
be the same as before. First
and Second place Trophies
will be awarded in Adult
Male, Adult Female and Junior
Division (both male and
female) Entrance fee will be
$8.00 and Food will be $5.00
per individual or $10.00 for
the entire family. Like last
time bring a dish if you
like. The bottom lines are
these! Come out have some fun
and show some support for
your Club! Registration time
9:30 am! Shoot will start at
10am.Food will start being
serve around noon!
SHOTGUN SHOOT!
PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE! ON
SUNDAY JULY 11.TH we're going
to have our Summer Solstice
Shotgun Shoot and Cookout!
The rules will be the same as
before. First and Second
place Trophies will be
awarded in Adult Male, Adult
Female and Junior Division
(both male and female)
Entrance fee will be $8.00
and Food will be $5.00 per
individual or $10.00 for the
entire family. Like last time
bring a dish if you like. The
bottom line is this! Come out
and have some fun.
AUCTION ! we're still hoping
to have one at our Annual
Picnic on August 15th. We
will,of course, be using
minimum bids! we'd also like
to open up this auction to
any member,members family or
guest of members! If any of
these folks wish they can
bring any item new or used to
this auction for liquidation!
If they'd like to they can
put a minimum bid on the item
and upon being sold receive
that amount.If the item goes
for more then the minimum
that money would be donated
to the Club's Range
Improvement Fund! If anyone
is interested please bring
your item or items to the
picnic and see any of the
following qualified and
highly trained Auctioneers
for check in information:
Doug Doyle! George Rizk! Moe
Barbera and Ray Rockwell! If
you need any questions
answered before then please
contact us here! P.S.! We can
also arrange for pickup if
needed!
RAFFLE TICKETS!! We have
close to 3500 tickets out but
we have plenty left to sell!
If you need more call Doc
@469-8584 or email here! Keep
in mind the payout could be
as much as 1750 tax free
dollars! Not bad! it should
also be mentioned that there
will be about 20 runner up
prizes available too! We
remind all that winners,for
those, must be present!!
Ranges! The past few months
have been spent making some
improvements on our ranges!
The Month of Junes focus was
the rifle range! Added were
the polymer targets at 50 and
100 yards! Also added were
two new rifle rest benches
and shelving to rest your
gear on ! These were
constructed by our carpenter
in residence Chuck Aloia.I
have to tell you they are not
only functional but they're
darned pretty too. especially
since Chuck and Emily took
the time to paint not only
those but all the benches!
Future plans for that area
include a few rifle racks and
seal coating the
blacktop!
Berm extension! Or is it
Burm? Well anyway Approved at
our June meeting were the
funds to add a berm to the
existing rifle range! This
earthen wall will be about
200 feet long and
approximately 6 feet high! In
essence it will separate the
rifle range from the rest of
the Club grounds! It's hoped
this will lesson the chance
of a projectile going in an
unsafe direction and will
reduce noise level a bit. We
hope also to have this done
as soon as the ground becomes
solid enough to move heavy
equipment around on it! We
expect this project will take
two days to complete!
Unfortunately the rifle and
the shotgun ranges will have
to be closed as a result!
We'll try to give all members
a heads-up as the time grows
near!
Grounds! As discussed at our
June meeting we are having
problems with our grass
cutting machines! we sent the
smaller of the two to the
local repair shop! After
spending close to 200 dollars
it was returned to us! It ran
well ....for a short time!
Then developed a new problem!
Based on spending another few
hundred dollars for yet
another repair that may have
been temporary we decided to
shop around for a newer one!
As we shopped several members
stepped up and offered
donations to help out! As a
result $700 was pledged for
the purchase! As a result of
the generosity of Chuck and
Emily Aloia! Pat Rinaldi and
Charlie Steinberg we found a
brand new machine at a
spectacular Savings! This
machine ,actually located by
Chuck, is so damned nice
everyone's afraid to use it!
I have a feeling that won't
last long though! By the way
we're still taking pledges
for this effort! After all we
don't want you to feel left
out!
New Mailing Address! Our new
mailing address is: Taconic
Valley Rod and Gun Club 420
Dater Hill Road Troy New York
12180!
While on the subject of mail
it can also be dropped off at
the Club! Thanks to George
Hillje a mail slot has been
cut in the utility closet
door!
MORE DON'T FORGET: HUNTER
SAFETY COURSE!!! To be held
Saturday September 25th and
Sunday September 26th by our
fellow member and Certified
Instructor John Bobo! This
two day Class will be limited
to 30 attendees! Members and
family of members will get
first preference!
Preregistration is a must!
Contact Doc to make
arrangements! p.s. we'll need
members to help out with
this!
With a Little help from our
friends dept! Special Thanks
to Chuck and Emily Aloia!
Dave Boyko!Pat Rinaldi!
Charlie Steinberg and our
very good neighbor Ray
Patton!
In closing here's a bit of
info Casey Festa sent in!
Check it out! Thanks
Casey!
DEC's Division of Fish,
Wildlife and Marine Resources
has a new weekly e-mail
newsletter call FieldNotes.
If anyone would like to
subscribe or check out past
issues here's the link.
http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/63801.html
HUNTER SAFETY COURSE!!!
To be held Saturday September
25th and Sunday September
26th by our fellow member and
Cerrtified Instructor John
Bobo! This two day Class will
be limited to 30 attendees!
Members and family of members
will get first preference!
Preregistration is a must!
Contact Doc to make
arrangements! p.s. we'll need
members to help out with
this!
TREE COMMITTEE!
Trees have been planted along
entrance road thanks to the
efforts of Frank Castle and
George Hillje!
CHANGES IN CLUB OFFICERS
POSITIONS!
Sadly our long time Treasurer
Rocky Harris passed away in
early May! Needless to say he
will be missed! His excellent
work as our Treasurer will be
hard to duplicate! Still we
must try! elected by a
majority vote at our May
Meeting as Rocky's
replacement was Doc McGarry!
Filling the Board Position
vacated by him was Dan
Hartnett!
T-SHIRTS!
Yes we still have the orange
ones! Price is still $11.00
and sizes S to 2x are still
available!
POLYMER TARGETS/RIFLE
RANGE!
These reactive targets have
been ordered and
received.It's expected that
Committee Members Dan
Hartnett and Moe Barbera will
be installing them within the
next two weeks! we'd like to
remind people these targets
react best to slow moving
round nosed ammo(ie .22
rimfire) So don't waste your
time and money popping them
with pointed bullets! The
targets will not react!
NEED A PLACE TO CAMP
OUT...for free?
Other then your back yard
there really wasn't such a
place! Up until about a week
ago that is.That's when John
and Nick Wagar along with
Eric Christianson decided to
do something abut it! They
spent days hacking out
campsites in the woods near
our pump house! The end
result is there's now about
five places to set up tents!
Thanks to them these spots
will be available to all
members and their
families(when accompanied by
the member of course) on a
first come first served
basis!
ANNUAL PICNIC!
Will take place Sunday August
15th! For all those who don't
know it this is a free event
for all members and their
family!
Hotdogs,burgers,salads and
soft drinks are supplied! As
always if you'd like to bring
a dish feel free to do
so!
50/50 Raffle!
Tickets have arrived! Each
member will receive 20
tickets! If you'd like more
that can be arranged too!
Drawing will be held on
August 15th at Picnic! Last
years winner took home about
a $1000.00! Who knows maybe
this year it will be you!
AUCTION!
we're hoping we'll be having
one at our Picnic! Right now
we're searching for items! If
you have something or a lot
of somethings this could be
the perfect time to get rid
of them and put some money in
your pocket too! If that's
the case let us know! We can
arrange for your items to be
picked up and stored to the
Auction Date!
WEBPAGE!
( www.tvrgc.com )Many of you
have contacted us and told of
problems logging on! Our
webmaster ,Mark Maloney, is
aware of this and currently
working out a solution to
that problem! as soon as he
does it will be emailed to
you.So please hang in
there!
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR
FRIENDS DEPARTMENT!
Special thanks to the
following for helping us in
the Month of May! Without
members like this I'm not
sure where we'd be!
John Wagar!
Nick Wagar!
Eric Christianson!
Dan Hartnett!
John Bobo!
Paul Frangie!
John Livolsi!
Doug Duell!
Doug Doyle!
That's all for this month!
Hope to see you soon!
April 11th Shotgun Shoot and
Spring Fling party! It
appeared to be a good day for
many. Including participants
and bystanders about 50
people showed up The winners
were:
Adult Division: 1st: Hady H.
2nd: Fred T.
Junior Division 1st: Vincent
W. 2nd: Cole M.
Ladies Division 1st: Vickie
B. 2nd: Juliette B.
The shoot and party went very
well thanks to the efforts of
a lot of members who stepped
up to help out. In all about
$500.00 hit the Clubs
treasury as a result. So
we're going to do it
again!
Archery Range! Thanks to
efforts on the part of Chuck
A. and Bob S. that range has
taken on a new orderly look.
Stop by and check it out. I
think you'll like it!
Shotgun Range! A 5th clay
thrower has been added. This
ones a high powered model
that will prove to be more
challenging then he others.
This also means one more type
of shot you can practice for
bird season. It also means
our competitions will move 20
percent quicker. Check it out
and let us know what you
think!
Amnesty Program! Over the
years we've had a few members
drop out because they
couldn't come current with
their dues fee. It's been
suggested we offer these past
members the opportunity to
get back in by just paying
current dues. This will be
discussed at our May meeting.
If you have feelings one way
or the other that meeting
will be the place to air
them!
Uninvited Shooters! Recently
three shooters were found on
our range. When asked if they
were members they replied no.
They were told they could use
the facility by a quote long
time member. As it turned out
the long time member they
mentioned was dropped from
our lineup several years ago
for for non payment of dues.
This is being mentioned to
remind all members that they
need not be shy when it comes
to approaching another
shooter at the club and
questioning him or her on
their membership. We need to
do this to cover our butts.
Non guests are not insured.
If an accident were to take
place liability could fall
not only on the Club but also
its individual members. So
don't be afraid to ask and
don't be afraid to tell a
trespasser to leave!
with a little help from our
friends dept! Thanks to the
following for making an
effort to help improve our
Club this past month via a
donation of time, money or
materials; Chuck A., Matt B.,
John L,. Al C. Sr., &
Scot B,. Speaking for all
members we appreciate what
you've done!
Wood! Lots of wood! Next door
neighbor Ray P. as donated a
HUGE oak. It's been downed
and cut up into 18" pieces.
Most of them now are near our
woodpile. Approximately two
cords are still on Rays
property. Help is needed
getting them from Rays to the
Club. Then of course
splitting them up! We realize
that everyone is going to
want to help with this.
Unfortunately space
constraints will limit us to
only ten splitters. So avoid
being left out and sign up
quickly.
Dues! As of this writing only
64% of our members have sent
in their 2010 dues. This
means we still can't figure
out our 2010 budget. So
please send in your dues
ASAP! Also keep in mind our
Insurance Liability Update
must be sent in by 3/31/10.
This list will contain the
names of all members
currently on the paid list
and cover them insurance
wise. If your name isn't on
that list our insurance
carrier will prohibit you
from using the
ranges!>
Lost and Found Department!
Found! Small video recorder!
If you can identify it must
yours! Contact us here!
Once again we'd like to
remind you about NRA
Membership! The Taconic Rod
and Gun Club is an Official
Recruitment Station for the
NRA and for the next few
months we can sign you,any
member of your family,
neighbor or anyone else you
know up for a one year
membership for as little as
$10.00! Keep in mind Our Club
receives a donation of $5.00
to $10.00 from the NRA for
each sign up or renewal! Also
keep in mind The NRA is the
only National organization
fighting to keep your gun
ownership rights in place! So
don't delay! Contact George @
421-9635 or Doc @469-8584
ASAP!
~~ Doc
→ President Pat and Vice
President Moe recently were
presented with quite a
challenge! Picking the winner
of the Traveling T-shirt
Contest! After days of
deliberation and pouring over
hundreds of photo's they
narrowed it down to two
finalist!
→ One of USMC Corporal
Jake S. wearing his Taconic
and holding his M-16 40 miles
west of Baghdad! The other of
Karen W. wearing hers at
Daytona while watching her
favorite NASCAR Race!
→ Pat, being a USA
veteran and survivor of the
infamous 1966 Atrocity at
Stuttgart (he was forced to
drink warm beer for several
days after the Non Com
Officers Club coolers failed)
was wisely fearful of
offending the USMC, chose
Jake. Moe, being a
restaurateur and chef chose
Karen (he along with all of
us love Karen's baked beans)!
So after threatening each
other for hours they finally
made a Solomon like decision
and chose both finalist as
winners! In conclusion
congratulations to Jake and
Karen and to all Happy
Holidays!
→ Finally,
paradoxically, safety first:
On the ranges, hand-held and
shoulder-mounted weapons only
(no cannons!), and paper
targets only. Always
observe/obey the posted
rules.
~~ Ray
NEW RANGE SAFETY SIGN! It's
gotten to the point that
Insurance companies influence
our life in many ways! The
Club isn't immune from that
either! During a recent phone
conversation with our
insurance supplier we were
informed of the necessity to
have a sign placed on our
range spelling out rules and
regulations! We had no choice
but to comply! So if during
your next shooting outing you
notice this sign please don't
be insulted! We know most
members are quite safe and
proficient in the handling of
firearms! It's just if we're
not signed our premium would
increase!
→ One of our members,
John W., has created an
interesting spot at
www.MySpace.com/TVRGC show
club related photo's.
Currently he has some
wonderful ones of our March
Shotgun Surprise Shoot and
The Joe Cuz Match. check them
out. I think you'll enjoy
them!
→ Speaking of thanks we
should give a huge one to
Frank C. He donated a
gorgeous 18 horse riding
tractor to the Club. So if
the Club grounds look better
then ever make sure you thank
Frank for his generosity!
→ Rifle Rack- our
donated rifle rack was
raffled off netting about
$125.00! The winner of the
rack, Edward H., redonated
that rack back to the Club.
Rumor has it that fine piece
will be raffled once again
and the proceeds, again,
added to The Range
Improvement Fund.
→ If you have any ideas
for a competitive shoot
please contact us.
We have trouble thinking and
need your help!
Unfortunately there're no
shoots scheduled. If you have
an idea for one and don't
feel you have the time or
know how to make it happen
let us know! We have a crew
of members that can help you
put it together. They can
handle everything from
advertising to range officers
and would enjoy making your
shoot idea a reality!
→ Do you like shooting
but hate the noise? Or maybe
you don't like to reload? If
you said yes to either one of
those members John W., Bill
T. and Don B. have the answer
to your problem. It's called
Airguns! They've even built a
75 yard range at the Club for
you to enjoy them with. This
range has been under
construction for the last few
month's and is really shaping
up. When done it'll feature a
covered firing point and
knockdown targets. For more
info on the range and any
interest in airguns contact
us here. I'll pass it on to
them. It also should be
mentioned the Club has six
air-rifles that can be used
by any member. This just
might be a good way to
introduce the wife, kids or
grandkids to the shooting
sport too!
So don't sit and think about
it. Just do it!
The Taconic Valley Rod and Gun
Club was incorporated in
1927!
It was in existence for many years
before that though. In fact Teddy
Roosevelt was a regular competitor on
our grounds when he was New York City
Police Commissioner from 1895 to
1897. In short this makes our club
some where around 111 years old!
Quite an accomplishment and something
we as members should all take pride
in and celebrate.
Doc Mc G.
Get action. Seize the moment.
Man was never intended to become an
oyster. ~~Theodore Roosevelt - The
Bullmoose
July 4, 1776
"I am well aware of the toil and
blood and treasure it will cost us to
maintain this declaration, and
support and defend these states. Yet
through all the gloom I see the rays
of ravishing light and glory. I can
see that the end is worth all the
means. This is our day of
deliverance."
~~ John Adams
In Congress, July 4, 1776
THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE
THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
When in the Course of human events,
it becomes necessary for one people
to dissolve the political bands which
have connected them with another, and
to assume among the Powers of the
earth, the separate and equal station
to which the Laws of Nature and of
Nature's God entitle them, a decent
respect to the opinions of mankind
requires that they should declare the
causes which impel them to the
separation.
We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of
Happiness.
That to secure these rights,
Governments are instituted among Men,
deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed.
That whenever any Form of Government
becomes destructive of these ends, it
is the Right of the People to alter
or to abolish it, and to institute
new Government, laying its foundation
on such principles and organizing its
powers in such form, as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their
Safety and Happiness. Prudence,
indeed, will dictate that Governments
long established should not be
changed for light and transient
causes; and accordingly all
experience hath shown, that mankind
are more disposed to suffer, while
evils are sufferable, than to right
themselves by abolishing the forms to
which they are accustomed. But when a
long train of abuses and usurpations,
pursuing invariably the same Object,
evinces a design to reduce them under
absolute Despotism, it is their
right, it is their duty, to throw off
such Government, and to provide new
Guards for their future security.
Such has been the patient sufferance
of these Colonies; and such is now
the necessity which constrains them
to alter their former Systems of
Government.
The history of the present King of
Great Britain is a history of
repeated injuries and usurpations,
all having in direct object the
establishment of an absolute Tyranny
over these States. To prove this, let
Facts be submitted to a candid
world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws,
the most wholesome and necessary for
the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to
pass Laws of immediate and pressing
importance, unless suspended in their
operation till his Assent should be
obtained; and when so suspended, he
has utterly neglected to attend to
them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for
the accommodation of large districts
of people, unless those people would
relinquish the right of
Representation in the Legislature, a
right inestimable to them and
formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative
bodies at places unusual,
uncomfortable, and distant from the
depository of their public Records,
for the sole purpose of fatiguing
them into compliance with his
measures.
He has dissolved Representative
Houses repeatedly, for opposing with
manly firmness his invasions on the
rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after
such dissolutions, to cause others to
be elected; whereby the Legislative
powers, incapable of Annihilation,
have returned to the People at large
for their exercise; the State
remaining in the mean time exposed to
all the dangers of invasion from
without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the
population of these States; for that
purpose obstructing the Laws of
Naturalization of Foreigners;
refusing to pass others to encourage
their migrations hither, and raising
the conditions of new Appropriations
of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration
of Justice, by refusing his Assent to
Laws for establishing Judiciary
powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his
Will alone, for the tenure of their
offices, and the amount and payment
of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New
Offices, and sent hither swarms of
Officers to harass our People, and
eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of
peace, Standing Armies without the
Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the
Military independent of and superior
to the Civil power. He has combined
with others to subject us to a
jurisdiction foreign to our
constitution, and unacknowledged by
by our laws; giving his Assent to
their Acts of pretended Legislation
For quartering large bodies of armed
troops among us For protecting them,
by a mock Trial, from Punishment for
any Murders which they should commit
on the Inhabitants of these
States.
For cutting off our Trade with all
parts of the world
For imposing Taxes on us without our
Consent
For depriving us in many cases, of
the benefits of Trial by Jury
For transporting us beyond Seas to be
tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of
English Laws in a neighbouring
Province, establishing therein an
Arbitrary government, and enlarging
its Boundaries so as to render it at
once an example and fit instrument
for introducing the same absolute
rule into these Colonies
For taking away our Charters,
abolishing our most valuable Laws,
and altering fundamentally the Forms
of our Governments
For suspending our own Legislatures,
and declaring themselves invested
with power to legislate for us in all
cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by
declaring us out of his Protection
and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged
our Coasts, burnt our towns, and
destroyed the Lives of our
people.
He is at this time transporting large
armies of foreign mercenaries to
complete the works of death,
desolation and tyranny, already begun
with circumstances of Cruelty &
perfidy scarcely paralleled in the
most barbarous ages, and totally
unworthy the Head of a civilized
nation.
He has constrained our fellow
Citizens taken Captive on the high
Seas to bear Arms against their
Country, to become the executioners
of their friends and Brethren, or to
fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections
amongst us, and has endeavoured to
bring on the inhabitants of our
frontiers, the merciless Indian
Savages, whose known rule of warfare,
is an undistinguished destruction of
all aages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions
We have Petitioned for Redress in the
most humble terms: Our repeated
Petitions have been answered only by
repeated injury. A Prince, whose
character is thus marked by every act
which may define a Tyrant, is unfit
to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attention
to our British brethren. We have
warned them from time to time of
attempts by their legislature to
extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction
over us. We have reminded them of the
circumstances of our emigration and
settlement here. We have appealed to
their native justice and magnanimity,
and we have conjured them by the ties
of our common kindred to disavow
these usurpations, which would
inevitably interrupt our connections
and correspondence. They too have
been deaf to the voice of justice and
of consanguinity. We must, therefore,
acquiesce in the necessity, which
denounces our Separation, and hold
them, as we hold the rest of mankind,
Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of
the United States of America, in
General Congress, Assembled,
appealing to the Supreme Judge of the
world for the rectitude of our
intentions, do, in the Name, and by
Authority of the good People of these
Colonies, solemnly publish and
declare, That these United Colonies
are, and of Right ought to be Free
and Independent States; that they are
Absolved from all Allegiance to the
British Crown, and that all political
connection between them and the State
of Great Britain, is and ought to be
totally dissolved; and that as Free
and Independent States, they have
full Power to levy War, conclude
Peace, contract Alliances, establish
Commerce, and to do all other Acts
and Things which Independent States
may of right do. And for the support
of this Declaration, with a firm
reliance on the Protection of Divine
Providence, we mutually pledge to
each other our Lives, our Fortunes
and our sacred Honor.
JOHN HANCOCK.
New Hampshire - Josiah Bartlett, Wm.
Whipple, Matthew Thorton.
Massachusetts-Bay - Saml. Adams, John
Adams, Robt. Treat Paine, Elbridge
Gerry.
Rhode Island - Step. Hopkins, William
Ellery.
Connecticut - Roger Sherman, Sam'el
Huntington, Wm. Williams, Oliver
Wolcott.
Georgia - Button Gwinnett, Lyman
Hall, Geo. Walton.
Maryland - Samuel Chase, Wm. Paca,
Thos. Stone, Charles Carroll of
Carrolton
Virginia - George Whthe, Richard
Henry Lee, Th. Jefferson, Benja.
Harrison, Ths. Nelson, Jr., Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton.
New York - Wm. Floyd, Phil.
Livingston, Frans. Lewis, Lewis
Morris.
Pennsylvania - Robt. Morris, Benjamin
Rush, Benja. Franklin, John Morton,
Geo. Taylor, James Wilson, Geo.
Ross.
Delaware - Caesar Rodney, Geo. Read,
Tho. M'Kean.
North Carolina - Wm. Hooper, Joseph
Hewes, John Penn.
South Carolina - Edward Rutledge,
Thos. Heyward, Junr., Thomas Lynch,
Junr., Arthur Middleton.
New Jersey - Richd. Stockton, Jno.
Witherspoon, Fras. Hopkinson, John
Hart, Abra. Clark.
Some pictures here courtesy of Mike
R. Thanks Mike
Originally
incorporated in 1927, the Taconic
Valley Rod and Gun Club is located
off Dater Hill Road in the hamlet
of Eagle Mills, Town of Brunswick,
Rensselaer County New York. The
club property boasts rifle ranges
of 50, 100 and 200 yards with
covered firing line, 50 foot pistol
range with covered firing line,
informal trap and archery ranges,
and Clubhouse and picnic area.
Small by comparison to many other
fish and game clubs, this allows
for a more close knit group able to
respond to the needs of our
membership and facilities.Few organized shoots are
scheduled by the Club. Rather,
groups of members will meet for
various activities on the Club
grounds centered on the shooting
sports. Shooting the bull in the
Clubhouse is popular on Sunday
afternoons!
Meetings are held the second Sunday
of each month at 2:00 pm in the Tom
Parker Memorial Clubhouse. Work
parties are held occasionally,
usually announced at the meetings,
in the quarterly newsletter, or on
this website. A cookout is held on
the club grounds during August, and
a holiday party is held.
Total membership ranges between 70
and 100 members. In order to join,
prospective members should complete
a membership application and submit
with $10 application fee during a
regular club meeting, or on any
Sunday afternoon when at least 4
Board members are present. Annual
dues are required, 75$.
Club dues have remained low for
several years now, due in large
part to the efforts of your
officers and board members who
never spend a dollar if we don't
have to. Please pay your dues
promptly.
TVRGC.com
Originally
incorporated in 1927, the Taconic
Valley Rod and Gun Club is located
off Dater Hill Road in the hamlet
of Eagle Mills, Town of Brunswick,
Rensselaer County New York. The
club property boasts rifle ranges
of 50, 100 and 200 yards with
covered firing line, 50 foot pistol
range with covered firing line,
informal trap and archery ranges,
and Clubhouse and picnic area.
Small by comparison to many other
fish and game clubs, this allows
for a more close knit group able to
respond to the needs of our
membership and facilities.
Few organized shoots are
scheduled by the Club. Rather,
groups of members will meet for
various activities on the Club
grounds centered on the shooting
sports. Shooting the bull in the
Clubhouse is popular on Sunday
afternoons!