UncompahgreHuntClub: Quarterly

Dear Members & Friends Global warming? Not this year! This winter reminds me of winters growing up as a kid in Orchard City. You could go ice skating any day from Halloween thru Valentines day at Davis’s pond. Reports of 4-5 feet of snow are coming in from Gunnison to Aspen, and boy, has it been cccccccccccoooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllddddddddddd! But guess what, there has only been 1-2” on the ground here in Delta, making the bird hunting fabulous for those hearty enough to get out. So come on down, the hunting is excellent, and once it warms up, it will be a muddy mess. Reminders: February is always minor month with a ten percent discount on all birds and guiding fees when a member of your party is 18 years of age or younger. To get 5 birds instead of 4, annual dues of $125 are due before April 1st. Waterfowl: No waterfowl hunters in 2008 so far. However, the last two weeks of the season has been the best goose hunting in past years. Policy change: Guests will be charged the same as members as long as they are accompanied by a member.

Mike Utt has harvested 29 ducks so far.	Austin Hofer with lady friend Brooke
Upland:With the last shipment of birds arriving on Jan. 24th, we should have plenty of birds to hunt until March 30th. We will be having a European Style hunt on March 30th to release all leftover birds. So call to reserve that day, for you and your friends.

Jesse & Jacob Stone, Randy Watts & member Steve Stone harvested 16 pheasants, a chukar & a hun on 1-6-08.	Member Steve Yates, brought nephew Richy & brother Scott for a hunt on 1-19-08

Minor Month: February is always minor month here at Uncompahgre Hunt Club. When anyone brings a guest under the age of 18, we will take off 10% of bill.

We have been open for almost 5 months & some members have yet to hunt their dues birds. So come on over as there are only a little more than 2 months left on this hunting season.

Hope to see you soon.

LARRY

Past Newsletter Pictures Below -


	Gerald Blackwelder, Jared & member Michael Sinkay Shot 33 doves on 9-1-07. Then Bob Altman came from the Shea place & got 9 dove. Then Jason & John Killebrew came from the Gore place & got 11 doves. Bob Altman has already reserved the Loveless place for 9-1-08.

	Nate Berhow came one week later & got 13 doves, all 5 pheasants & 1 chukar. He took advantage of free dove hunting when ordering some upland birds the same day. The new game hanging sign was built by Western Neon Sign Co., Inc. from Grand Jct.


	Left to Right: Jason Kibler Doug Spann Ronnie Benson Sean Bennett And all their trusty companions

\| Steve Stone on left came often and brought several guests.	Skip French comes often when he is around.

Alan Sullivan on left from Hawaii with 4x2 and Ed Snider on right from California with a tall 4x4. Both bucks taken on Shea Place 50 yards from each other.

Les Renfrow (in orange)
brought all three sons
Brian, Daniel & Chris for a hunt in November. Planted 12 pheasants, 4 chukar. Brought back 14 pheasant & 3 chukar. Some birds cleaned before picture was taken. Of course Sadie,Jeri & Cappie were the dogs.

Pat Dwyer with son Matt Thomas stationed in Va..on a great hunt with the same great dogs.

Charlie with limit & dog Kate taken last year. No photo available this year.

Randy Sawyer with 9 doves,4 pheasants & dog Brooks. Randy hunted doves for two hours on September 5th & says he could have gotten more if he would have hunted longer. He says there were lots of doves and wondered why more people didn’t hunt them.
Randy offers this! Never wake up grouchy, just let her sleep.

Bob Altman with son Austin, dog Dakota, & 7 doves & 3 pheasants on September 3rd.

Youth Hunting

Michael Sinkay’s son Jared bagged 6 pheasants		Skip French brought Carl Johnson (left) & Brandon Hert Out to bag their first ever birds. Congratulations boys!

Youth Hunting