Dear Members,
Happy New Year!
Below is our January 2024 Newsletter from our Board of Directors.
Table of Contents
January Range Progress Video
Another thank you to club member Dmitriy for providing the ariel drone video to us showing January’s progress.
Online Renewals Are Now Available
Below are the steps to renew online. Renew online prior to February 18, 2024 to waive the online convenience fee as a result of saving the club mailing expenses for paper renewal.
Visit https://saukvillegunclub.com/product/renew-annual-membership-2024-2025/
- Select your membership type.
- Note: You may elect to change between working & non-working if you are not an associate member.
- Enter your Saukville Membership Number
- Click Add to Cart
- Click View Cart, validate your selection, and click Proceed to Check Out.
- Please consider donating to help fund our New Range Construction or to support our Disabled Veteran Rifle Shoot event.
- Click Returning Customer to log in if you’ve renewed online with us before.
- Enter all remaining required information and click Place Order.
If you need your membership number you can find it on your membership card, in the renewal email you received from us, or by filling out this form.
If you would like to renew now, but don’t wish to renew online, please mail a check with your member number in the memo field to:
Saukville Gun Club
P.O. Box 13
Saukville, WI 53080
If you have any questions or concerns, please email membership@saukvillgunclub.com
Indoor Pistol
Remember, even though the weather might be too cold and snowy for outdoor shooting, we’ve got you covered with our indoor shooting hours. Join us on Tuesdays from 9:00 am to 11:00 am and 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm, as well as Thursdays from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. We’ll keep the heat on for you!
Also, there’s still time to sign up for our leagues! Don’t miss out on the chance to become part of the fun!
Bay A & Bay B are Open!
We are happy to announce that the two forty yard bays, Bay A & Bay B, are now open and have benches for your use.
Bay A & B are 40 yards deep. You can shoot pistol, rifle or shotgun in the bay. Please pick up your shells, especially if shooting shotgun.
To access the range, you can use the entrance by our archery range or from the parking lot near our pistol house. The road to the range by our pistol house will be closed when we have bullseye pistol, trap, skeet or 5-stand going on as that road is downrange from those shooting activities, so the entrance by the archery range would be the only open road.
Be aware, until the construction is complete and we have a opportunity to complete final grading, seeding and simlar, the area will be muddy. Please plan accordingly when planning footwear, clothing, etc. to come to the range.
We have placed some target stands in both Bay A and Bay B for your use. See the section below about pistol bays which describe the stands that are available. It is recommended you bring 18″ wide (or wider) cardboard or similar backing to staple to target stand sticks to hang your target. Please don’t shoot the sticks as these are needed for all members to use.
Progress Photos
Rifle Range Update
Our rifle range is now over 50% complete, however with the snow and cold, progress will be delayed until weather permits continued progress. About half of the range and berms are built and topsoil is covering half. The other half still needs to be dug out and that dirt will be used to finish building the berms and backstop.
Our new rifle range will be close to 150 yards deep and a very comparable width to our old range. We intend to have target distances at 50 yards, 100 yards and 150 (or max depth).
We will continue to have benches, a roof and target backer boards at the aforementioned distances.
While rapid fire is permitted in the two new 40 yard bays A & B, we won’t be able to support rapid fire in the rifle range, once complete, for safety reasons. At ~150 yards, the muzzle elevation change required to point above the berm is very minimal relatively and we need to make sure we don’t have shots leaving the range. Rifle shooting in the pistol bays is permitted so those seeking practice may use these bays up to the 40 yard distance.
New Range Access Map
Here is a diagram outlining the new range locations, high-level plans and where the access roads are to the ranges.
Donations to support the New Range Costs
This move will be costing our club approximately $100,000 to build a new access road, remove trees, build new berms and add other amenities like benches and roof to the new range.
We are asking any members that would be willing to donate to the club to help offset these costs to please do so. We are able to take donations online or from mailing a check.
Donations online can be made by clicking here:
https://saukvillegunclub.com/shop/product/range-construction-donation/
Please note: Donating by mailing a check, especially for any large donations, is preferred due to avoiding processing fees from online payment processors.
Please make out and mail any donation checks to:
Saukville Gun Club
P.O. Box 13
Saukville, WI 53080
Please note the purpose of the check in the memo field or with a note that it is to help with range construction costs.
We sincerely apprecate a donation of any size to assist with large outflow of cash we will have to cover these expenses.
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Season Opening Dates
Mark your calendars! We will be opening on March 24, 2024. Please see our calendar as we start to fill it out events for the 2024 season.
Here are some key dates:
- March 12, 2024 – Hunter Safety Spring Class Begins
- March 23, 2024 – Steel Challenge Match
- March 24, 2024 – First Trap / Skeet Practice Date
- March 27, 2024 – Wednesday Individual Trap League Starts
- March 31, 2024 – Membership renewals are due.
- April 2nd & 4th, 2024 – Tuesday & Thursday Trap Leagues Begin.
- April 6, 2024 – IDPA Match
- June 8, 2024 – Memorial Trap Shoot
- June 22, 2024 – Rabbits Unlimited Lewis Shoot
Thank you for reading,
Saukville Gun Club