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December 27, 2007
Commentary
Thirty years of outdoor writing and
there’s still water under the bridge
By JIM MATTHEWS
Outdoor News Service
To the best of my recollection, I’ve been doing this
column since the latter 1970s, thirty-something years. I know there are
some of you who’ve been reading nearly the whole time because when we
bump into each other somewhere, you remind me of a column from years
ago.
I know you’ve been reading a long time because you talk to me like we
are old friends (or old enemies). How you can recognize me from the
little photos that have run with the column for decades, I don’t have a
clue, but you don’t have to tell me I look older than in those photos. I
am older, but so are you.
The laugh lines from 24 years of marriage and coaching two boys into
manhood show. You can’t Photoshop them out.
You usually mention a column about my family or dogs, the personal ones.
I think they hit close to home for you and resonate. Talking about the
importance of family and marriage, and hunting and fishing, is
increasingly the antithesis of everything that is politically correct.
But we know that the fundamental breakdown in American society today
relates to the breakdown of the traditional family, about the inability
of anyone to take responsibility, and the distance we’ve moved away from
the land. It’s not complex at all, but there are whole agencies whose
sole purpose is to cloud issues. We desperately hope our children don’t
make up the last generation that understands personal responsibility and
the thrill of catching wild trout from a beaver pond on a fly rod. The
two go hand-in-hand because there comes a point when you have to decide
if you’re going to eat the trout or let it go. It’s like so many choices
in life: simple but wrought with consequences on so many fronts.
Frankly, I don’t know how I’ve gotten away with writing about it so
long.
When this column first began, Southern California newspapers often had
two or three pages devoted to traditional outdoor sports -- fishing and
hunting. Some of the smaller daily newspapers are lucky to have that
much space for an entire sports section today, thanks to newsprint and
ink costs and corporate ownership that would rather squeeze more blood
from the publishing turnip than actually serve, inform, and entertain
readers. We are among the last generation of newspaper readers anyway.
The demographics of those who read print versions are gray.
When I was a kid, Sunday morning meant an early trip to church, and then
crepe-thin pancakes made by my dad, stacked up five or six deep, and
slathered with peanut butter and syrup. It meant all of us sprawled all
over the living room reading different sections of the Sunday newspaper,
passing them around, and a day together. Our house transformed from the
bustling train station that it seemed every other day of the week into a
lounging, luxury resort of reading, discussion, ideas, and games. The
television was only allowed on for three things on Sunday, Dodgers’
baseball, that wonderful old American Sportsman show with Curt Gowdy,
and The World of Disney. Sunday was what I imaged every day of a cruise
would be like. The newspaper was the centerpiece.
My boys are both readers, but not newspaper readers. As with most people
their age, they are Internet junkies. The multi-media Internet is
replacing television, radio, and newspaper -- which is a good thing
because all three have become so commercialized and politicized as to
have almost lost their soul. I’m proud that my boys can see through the
scripting in traditional media, but I hope they don’t lose the ability
to write complete, well-punctuated, sentences with complete,
correctly-spelled words instead of abbreviations and smiley faces. I
want them to develop and craft their words to clearly convey ideas,
information, and opinion. I send them back corrections to their e-mails
and text messages. Writing should never be too rushed. The Internet has
too much rushed writing. Writing that isn’t proofed by the writer, and
even fewer editors.
The good thing about the Internet is that on any given day, there is
more news and commentary on the outdoors than there ever was in any
single newspaper Friday outdoor section. You can read every outdoor
section from every newspaper in the country. You can read blogs or sites
on everything from bass fishing to carp, from whitetail deer to quail
conservation. I thumb through at least two printed newspapers every
morning, but I spend as much time reading e-subscriptions, browsing
outdoor news sites, and scrolling through e-mails. (Please, only send
the very, very best jokes!) You can even read this column on the
Internet now at my web site (www.outdoornewsservice.com) and on several
newspapers’ sites.
Some things have changed a lot over the past 30 years. There are more
political threats to hunting and fishing than ever before, and there is
a growing contingent of politicians who believe guns are intrinsically
evil and want to do away with them, but most of the outdoor things I
like have not changed much.
Depending on the weather, more than anything else, I still get to miss
my share of doves and upland birds every year. Public land hunting in
California still ranks up there as some of the best in the nation when
we have wet winters. Unless we put wind turbines on all our public
lands, I don’t imagine this hunting will get much worse, either. Here’s
the asterisk to that comment: The former superintendent of the Mojave
Preserve, Mary Martin, probably did more in one year to reduce quail
populations in our deserts by removing cattle water than all of the
development in the desert has over the past 30 years. And her move was
more damaging to those of us who hunt and watch wildlife because it was
all on public land, where we all have access. We have to remain vigilant
for these kinds of threats.
Deer populations are at the bottom of the barrel throughout Southern
California because biologists still believe deer are at carrying
capacity of the land. Maybe. But we can increase K, as they call it. But
no one has any interest in management, so fire is the only positive
influence we have on the herds. Things can only get better for deer, and
they are right now -- but that has come at a huge cost in homes and
human lives lost or disrupted. I blame the Forest Service and
environmental groups that sue over every tree cut down in the woods.
Both of them can’t tell good management from bad management, the forest
from the trees, any longer. This long slippery road to the bottom was
well underway when I first started writing about deer in the 1970s, and
it doesn’t look like it will get better anytime soon. The “managers” are
to the point they don’t even try to improve things. It’s a shame I find
myself pulling for fires to burn up canyons where I know it will help
the deer. That hasn’t changed.
I’ve watched bighorn sheep populations yo-yo up and down, but the long
term trend has been upward thanks -- mostly -- to volunteers who keep
fighting their way through the red tape to build new water sources in
desert mountain ranges. Every new water source is like turning on a
fountain the pours more sheep back into our deserts where they were
extirpated by livestock diseases, drying up of springs through
groundwater pumping, and development. But there are still some who want
to shut off the sheep restoration by shutting down the water
developments. I have less and less patience for those people.
Bass fishing is probably better than it’s ever been in Southern
California. We have more places to fish and more big bass genetics than
when I started writing 30 years ago. Almost all of the major bass
fisheries -- some also call them water supply reservoirs -- have been
built in the last 40 years. Our urban park lakes have better trout and
catfish fishing than ever thanks to planting programs that are unmatched
anywhere else in the country. We have more wild trout fisheries in the
Sierra and local mountains than ever before. With the exception on
rockfish, our ocean fisheries are generally in good condition or -- in
the case of species like white seabass -- improving.
We’re stupidly moving into a management program for ocean fisheries --
the marine reserve program that locks sport anglers out of vast areas of
ocean -- that has proven a failure on land for birds and mammals. We
still have vast “game reserves” all over the state under the guise of
acting as pools of wildlife that will spill over and keep areas outside
the reserve restocked with fish and game. They never have and never will
work as envisioned. But no one has the political courage to say the
experiment has failed and do away with them. You’d think this lesson
should be applied to the marine reserves, which should only ban
commercial exploitation of fisheries and allow recreational users. We
can fish in national parks. Why shouldn’t we be able to fish in marine
preserves? We can hunt on state and federal wildlife areas. Why not
marine preserves? It’s the “lock out humans” mentality that is so
pervasive today in management of public lands and resources. They
forget: We belong here, too. We belong as much as the cougar or kangaroo
rat or the vermillion rockfish or yellow-legged frog. We belong here
more.
Today, I feel like a lone voice pointing out that simple fact. When I
started doing this, there were a lot of us.
Laughing and talking with an old editor friend of mine this week, he
said we were dinosaurs. I corrected him: Dinosaurs are extinct. I told
him I thought we were more like fire-belching dragons. My fear is that
new fire-breathers won’t come along, that no one will believe in us much
longer, and then we will simply disappear. Like dinosaurs.
Remington Arms Company announces
acquisition of Marlin Firearms Two of the
nation’s oldest firearm makers are joining forces.
Remington Arms Company, Inc., one of the oldest and largest firearms
makers in the United States, announced on Wednesday that is has entered
into an agreement to acquire Marlin Firearms Company, Inc., with the
transaction expected to close by the end of January, 2008.
Marlin, headquartered in North Haven, Connecticut, also owns Harrington
and Richardson (H&R), New England Firearms (NEF) and LC Smith brands of
rifles and shotguns. It is famous for manufacturing lever action rifles
that have been around since the 1800s.
Remington has been making firearms since 1816, and Marlin has been in
operation since 1870.
Marlin manufactures a wide range of long guns, from the historic Model
39 and 336 lever action rifles, which are the oldest shoulder arm
designs in the world still being produced, to the modern XLR Series,
which are the most accurate lever action rifles in the world. Its lever
action 22 repeater, now the Model 39, became the favorite of many
exhibition shooters, including the great Annie Oakley.
Remington is best known today for its Model 700 bolt action rifles and
pump and semi-automatic shotguns, with the companies two product lines
complementing each other.
“I am pleased to announce that Marlin’s well-known brands with a long
heritage of providing quality rifles and shotguns to hunters and
shooters around the world will join the Remington family,” said Tommy
Millner Remington's CEO. “The opportunity to combine two historic,
U.S.-based companies with such storied and proud histories, is both
challenging and exhilarating."
Millner said that Bob Behn will remain as president of Marlin. Frank
Kenna III, Marlin's Chairman, said, "Marlin has been a family run
business since 1924 and through a number of important steps, we have
grown it into the company it is today. We knew it was time to find the
right partner for Marlin to ensure our brands maintain their leadership
positions and move into the next century.”
OUTDOOR CALENDAR JANUARY 5
HUNTER SAFETY CLASS: A one-day, 10-hour certified hunter safety class
will be held at Mike Raahauge's Shooting Enterprises, Norco. Classes are
required for all first-time California hunters before a hunting license
can be purchased. Cost is $35 per person. The 2008 class date schedule
is Feb. 16, Mar. 8, Apr. 5, May 3, June 21, July 12, Aug. 2, 16, 23, 24,
30, Sept. 13, Oct. 11, Nov. 1, Dec. 6. Sign-ups are taken at all
Turner's Outdoorsman stores. Contact Raahauge's at 951-735-7981.
JANUARY 12 SCBS WILDLIFE DRINKER REPAIR: The Society for the
Conservation of Bighorn Sheep will be coordinating a wildlife drinker
installation project, Saturday, Jan. 12 on the new “West 40” drinker.
Volunteers are needed. Contact Gary Thomas at 909-981-5487 or via e-mail
at g.cranky@version.net.
JANUARY 12 BALD EAGLE CENSUS: Volunteers are needed for the winter
census of bald eagles at Big Bear Lake, Lake Arrowhead, Silverwood Lake,
and Lake Hemet on Saturday, January 12. Counts are conducted the same
day and same times at all four waters. Volunteers need to bring
binoculars, a watch, and wear warm clothes. For more information about
eagle counts, please call Marc Stamer with the San Bernardino National
Forest in Big Bear at 909-382-2828 to count at Arrowhead or Big Bear;
Heidi Sellers at the San Jacinto Ranger Station at 909-382-2945 to count
at Lake Hemet; or Rick Reisenhoffer at 760-389-2281 to count at Lake
Silverwood. Other count dates this winter are Feb. 9 and March 8.
JANUARY 12-13 CONCEALED CARRY WEAPON COURSE: A 16-hour California
Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) course is being offered by Firearms
Training Associates at Mike Raahauge's Shooting Enterprises this
Saturday and Sunday. Cost is $180 per person. This course meets the
state requirement for 16 hours of training to qualify for a CCW. Other
dates for 2008 classes are Feb. 9-10, Mar. 29-30, April 19-20, May
17-18, June 21-22, July 12-13, Aug. 2-3, Sept. 6-7, Oct. 4-5, Nov. 1-2,
and Dec. 6-7. Contact FTA at 714-701-9918 or 877-544-4867. The web site
is www.ftatv.com.
JANUARY 14 SCBS WILDLIFE DRINKER REPAIR: The Society for the
Conservation of Bighorn Sheep will be coordinating a wildlife drinker
repair project, Monday, Jan. 14 on the “Bee Jay” drinker. Volunteers are
needed. Contact Gary Thomas at 909-981-5487 or via e-mail at g.cranky@version.net.
JANUARY 17 SCBS WILDLIFE DRINKER REPAIR: The Society for the
Conservation of Bighorn Sheep will be installing a water monitor on the
“Old Dad” drinker Thursday, Jan. 17. Volunteers are needed. Contact Gary
Thomas at 909-981-5487 or via e-mail at g.cranky@version.net.
JANUARY 25 HEAVYWEIGH BASS CLASSIC TOURNAMENT: The Heavyweight Bass
Classic will be held Friday, Jan. 25 at Casitas Lake to determine the
best of the big bass anglers. The event is limited to 50 anglers with a
$200 entry fee and the winner takes all -- not to mention having
bragging rights at the best big bass angler in the country. For more
information, contact Ron Cervenka, P.O. Box 800342, Santa Clarita, CA
91380 or e-mail socalteams@hotmail.com.
JANUARY 26 SCBS WILDLIFE DRINKER REPAIR: The Society for the
Conservation of Bighorn Sheep will be installing a water monitor on the
“Paiute” drinker on Saturday, Jan. 26. Volunteers are needed. Contact
Gary Thomas at 909-981-5487 or via e-mail at g.cranky@version.net.
FEBRUARY 9 CWA INLAND EMPIRE SHOOT: The California waterfowl Association
will be having its Inland Empire Shoot and Lunch fund-raiser beginning 7
a.m., Saturday, Feb. 9 at Mike Raahauge’s Shooting Enterprises, 14995
River Road, Corona. Cost is $60 per shooter, $25 per shooter, $300 per
squad. Contact Frank Moore at 714-803-7374, Debbie Davis at
909-730-7730, or log on to www.calwaterfowl.org.
FEBRUARY 9 BALD EAGLE CENSUS: Volunteers are needed for the winter
census of bald eagles at Big Bear Lake, Lake Arrowhead, Silverwood Lake,
and Lake Hemet on Saturday, February 9. Counts are conducted the same
day and same times at all four waters. Volunteers need to bring
binoculars, a watch, and wear warm clothes. For more information about
eagle counts, please call Marc Stamer with the San Bernardino National
Forest in Big Bear at 909-382-2828 to count at Arrowhead or Big Bear;
Heidi Sellers at the San Jacinto Ranger Station at 909-382-2945 to count
at Lake Hemet; or Rick Reisenhoffer at 760-389-2281 to count at Lake
Silverwood. The last of these winter counts is March 8.
FEBRUARY 9-10 CONCEALED CARRY WEAPON COURSE: A 16-hour California
Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) course is being offered by Firearms
Training Associates at Mike Raahauge's Shooting Enterprises this
Saturday and Sunday. Cost is $180 per person. This course meets the
state requirement for 16 hours of training to qualify for a CCW. Other
dates for 2008 classes are Mar. 29-30, April 19-20, May 17-18, June
21-22, July 12-13, Aug. 2-3, Sept. 6-7, Oct. 4-5, Nov. 1-2, and Dec.
6-7. Contact FTA at 714-701-9918 or 877-544-4867. The web site is
www.ftatv.com.
FEBRUARY 15 CWA SAN DIEGO COUNTY DINNER: The California Waterfowl
Association’s San Diego County Chapter will have its annual fund-raising
dinner beginning 6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 15 at the Elks’ Club, 1400 E.
Washington, El Cajon. Cost is $65 per person, $95 per couple. Contact
John Howard at 619-440-8319, Tom Homen at 209-587-0886, or log on to
www.calwaterfowl.org.
FEBRUARY 16 HUNTER SAFETY CLASS: A one-day, 10-hour certified hunter
safety class will be held at Mike Raahauge's Shooting Enterprises,
Norco. Classes are required for all first-time California hunters before
a hunting license can be purchased. Cost is $35 per person. The 2008
class date schedule is Mar. 8, Apr. 5, May 3, June 21, July 12, Aug. 2,
16, 23, 24, 30, Sept. 13, Oct. 11, Nov. 1, Dec. 6. Sign-ups are taken at
all Turner's Outdoorsman stores. Contact Raahauge's at 951-735-7981.
FEBRUARY 16-17 WATER-FOR-WILDLIFE WORK PROJECT: The Mojave Preserve
Water-for-Wildlife Volunteer Group will have a guzzler repair project
and campout in the Cedar Canyon area of the Mojave National Preserve
Feb. 16-17. Repairs will be made to two small game guzzlers and a final
coat of Merlex applied to a third drinker. Everyone should bring camping
gear, water, firewood, food, and gloves. Next project dates are March
14-15, April 11-13, May 16-18. For more information and directions to
the camp site, contact Cliff McDonald at 760-326-2935 or via e-mail at
bigmc@citlink.net.
MARCH 5-9 FRED HALL LONG BEACH SHOW: The Fred Hall Fishing Tackle, Boat,
and Travel Show will be held March 5-9 at the Long Beach Convention
Center. This is the West Coast’s granddaddy of sportsman’s shows filling
the convention center with exhibitors. Admission to the Hall Show is $15
for adults and kids are free. For more information, go to
www.fredhall.com or call 805-389-3339.
MARCH 8 BALD EAGLE CENSUS: Volunteers are needed for the winter census
of bald eagles at Big Bear Lake, Lake Arrowhead, Silverwood Lake, and
Lake Hemet on Saturday, March 8. Counts are conducted the same day and
same times at all four waters. Volunteers need to bring binoculars, a
watch, and wear warm clothes. For more information about eagle counts,
please call Marc Stamer with the San Bernardino National Forest in Big
Bear at 909-382-2828 to count at Arrowhead or Big Bear; Heidi Sellers at
the San Jacinto Ranger Station at 909-382-2945 to count at Lake Hemet;
or Rick Reisenhoffer at 760-389-2281 to count at Lake Silverwood.
MARCH 14-16 WATER-FOR-WILDLIFE WORK PROJECT: The Mojave Preserve
Water-for-Wildlife Volunteer Group will have a guzzler repair project in
the Cima area of the Mojave National Preserve March 14-16. Five guzzlers
and two springs are scheduled for repair and restoration. Food will be
provided two evenings and two mornings, but everyone should bring
camping gear, water, firewood, food or lunch and snacks, and gloves.
Next project dates are April 11-13 and May 16-18. For more information
and directions to the camp site, contact Cliff McDonald at 760-326-2935
or via e-mail at bigmc@citlink.net.
MARCH 26-30 FRED HALL DEL MAR SHOW: The Fred Hall Fishing Tackle, Boat,
and Travel Show will be held March 26-30 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The
companion show to the Long Beach event, this is the largest sportsman’s
show in San Diego County. Admission to the Hall Show is $15 for adults
and kids are free. For more information, go to www.fredhall.com or call
805-389-3339.
CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS The
following is a list of hunting, shooting, and fishing clubs and
organizations in Southern California with contact information and
regular meeting dates:
976-TUNA ROD AND REEL CLUB: The 976-Tuna Rod and Reel Club meets 7 p.m.
the first Thursday of each month at Bass Pro Shops, Rancho Cucamonga. At
the December meeting a free trip to Palmas de Cortez in Baja will be
given away. Contact Phil Friedman at 310-328-8426.
CALIFORNIA STATE VARMINT CALLERS ASSOCIATION: The California State
Varmint Callers Association meets 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each
month at the Denny's just north of the 210 freeway at Irwindale Ave.,
Irwindale. Contact Steven Childs at 626-407-8826 or steve@sdchilds.com.
Web site: www.csvca.com.
CANYON OAKS SPORTSMAN’S CLUB: The Canyon Oaks Sportsman’s Club meets the
first Tuesday of every month at it’s clubhouse in Lakeview
Terrace-Sylmar. The club has regular trap, skeet, smallbore, big bore,
handgun, and Cowboy Action shooting events. Contact Gary White at
818-998-7240, Mike Totta at 818-362-2181 or Mike Nickoloff via e-mail at
idpamike@yahoo.com.
CERRITOS ROD & GUN CLUB: The Cerritos Rod & Gun Club meets the second
Wednesday of each month at Heritage Park in Cerritos. Contact Charles
Sharp at 714-317-8290 or fish_90605@yahoo.com.
CLUB FISH: Club Fish, a 20-year-old fishing club, meets 7:30 p.m. the
second Wednesday of each month at the Izaak Walton League Clubhouse,
Santa Ana. The clubhouse is located at the entrance to Riverview Gold
Course. Contact Mike Cross at 949-854-5258 or m_r_cross@yahoo.com.
HIGH DESERT FLY-FISHERS: The High Desert Fly-Fishers holds its monthly
meetings on the second Thursday of each month at The Apple Valley Fire
Conference Center, 19235 Yucca Loma, Apple Valley. Contact John Rose at
760-247-5966.
HIGHLAND PARK SPORTSMEN'S CLUB: The Highland Park Sportsmen's Club meets
at 8 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month at 2035 Colorado
Blvd., Los Angeles. Contact Mauro Garcia at 323-254-0763 or
incareal@juno.com.
NATIONAL VARMINT HUNTERS: The National Varmint Hunters meets 7:30 p.m.
the second Wednesday of each month at the Veterans of Foreign Wars club
located on Grand Avenue, just west of 17th Street, Santa Ana. Contact
Mark Harris at 714-655-6954 or mhitis1@yahoo.com or Terry Mathers at
714-299-9938 or coyote@jps.net.
NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION (HIGH DESERT CHAPTER):The High Desert
Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation meets 6:30 p.m. the first
Thursday of each month at the Apple Valley Gun Club, 16699 Stoddard
Wells Rd., Victorville. Contact Dave Recce at 760-956-7092 or Dave
Halbrook at 760-553-2794.
NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION (ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER):The Orange
County Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation meets 6 p.m. the
third Tuesday of each month at The Firing Line, 17921 Jamestown Lane,
Huntington Beach. Contact Pat Ryan at 714-841-2100 or Casey Rasmussen at
714-377-5859.
ORANCO BOWMEN: The ORANCO Bowmen meet the second Tuesday of each month
at the club range, 17504 Pomona Rincon Rd., Chino (Euclid Avenue one
block north of the 71 freeway). The range is open to the public on
Sundays 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 909-597-7582. Web site: www.oranco.org.
ORANGE COUNTY BASS CLUB: The Orange County Bass Club meets 7 p.m. the
third Monday of each month at the Garden Grove Elk's Lodge. Contact
Steve Pendergast at 949-651-8172 or prendergasts@netzero.com.
PLUNGE CREEK COWBOYS: The Plunge Creek Cowboys, a new Cowboy Action
Shooting club in the Inland Empire, has shoots the third Saturday of
each month at the Inland Fish and Game range on Orange Street in East
Highlands. Authentic or replica firearms and garb required. Information:
www.plungecreekcowboys.com.
PREDATOR CALLERS OF ORANGE COUNTY: The Predator Callers of Orange County
meet 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at the Denny's
restaurant, 7490 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach. Contact Bob Peters via
e-mail at bpi1@ca.rr.com or Don Jamroz at donjamroz@aol.com.
QUAIL UNLIMITED (HIGH DESERT CHAPTER): The High Desert Chapter of Quail
Unlimited meets 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Apple
Valley Gun Club. Contact Cruz Garcia at 760-949-6334 or
fathercruz@verizon.net.
QUAIL UNLIMITED (ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER): The Orange County Chapter of
Quail Unlimited meets 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the
Izaak Walton League Clubhouse (located at the entrance to Riverview Golf
Course) in Santa Ana. Contact Craig Riedel at 714-282-1194 or
criedel@mflex.com.
QUAIL UNLIMITED (RIVERSIDE CHAPTER): The Riverside Chapter of Quail
Unlimited meets 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Prado
Olympic Shooting Park, 17501 Pomona Rincon Road, Chino (one block west
of Euclid, just off the 71 freeway). Contact Ron Gibbons at 909-902-9814
or gibbent@gte.net. Web site: www.quriverside.com.
QUAIL UNLIMITED (SAN DIEGO CHAPTER): The San Diego Chapter of Quail
Unlimited meets 6:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at DFG
Headquarters at 4949 Viewridge Rd., San Diego. Contact David Preddy at
davidpreddy@cox.net or visit www.sdqu.org.
QUAIL UNLIMITED (SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CHAPTER): The San Gabriel Valley
Chapter of Quail Unlimited meets 6 p.m. the second Wednesday of each
month at Triple B Clays in El Monte. Contact Tim Bovard at 866-206-9070,
ext. 6715 or sgvqu@onebox.com.
REDONDO ROD & GUN CLUB: The Redondo Rod & Gun Club meets 8 p.m. every
Thursday of every month at its own clubhouse. The club has promoted
hunting, fishing, sport shooting and the outdoors since 1948. The
clubhouse is located at 2023 Vanderbilt Lane, Redondo Beach. Contact
310-379-7772.
RIVERSIDE VARMINT CALLERS: The Riverside Varmint Callers meet 7 p.m. the
last Saturday of each month at Flo's Country Kitchen, Riverside. Contact
Lance Cochrane at 909-919-4309 or Ray Gauthier at 951-785-4986. Web
site:www.californiavarmintcallers.com/chapters.html/.
SAN DIEGO SPORTING DOG CLUB: The San Diego Sporting Dog Club meets 7
p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Animal Medical Center,
600 Broadway, El Cajon. Contact Steve Sarmiento at 619-659-9393 or
sssarmi@sbcglobal.net.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VARMINT CALLERS ASSOCIATION: The Southern California
Varmint Callers Association meets 8 p.m. the first Wednesday of each
month at the Denny's Restaurant at Pioneer Blvd and Imperial Highway in
Norwalk. Contact Granville Crow at 310-548-6221 or crowshot1@cox.net or
Skip Gildner at 562-900-9020 or mtnhigh5@excite.com.
TEMPLE CITY SPORTSMEN: The Temple City Sportsmen meet the first Thursday
of each month at the Temple City Civic Center in Temple City. Contact
Jim White at 626-201-7782 or TCSPresident2006@yahoo.com.
TURNER'S OUTDOORSMAN ROD AND REEL CLUB: The Turner's Outdoorsman Rod and
Reel Club meets 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at Marie
Calendar’s Restaurant, 2300 Foothill, Pasadena. Contact Richard Crowe at
626-960-9610.
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