Events at Dryden Fish & Game
Club and in the area
2025 Spring Rifle
Range Clean-Up
Dear
DFG Club Members,
I would like to thank all Club members that came to help with
our annual cleaning. Many thanks! I deeply appreciate your
commitment to maintaining and improving our range. The range is
a community resource and without your help it simply would not
exist, our members make it happen. There was a lot of work
scheduled for today, but thankfully we were able to finish it
all by about 1pm. Also, forecast rain showers did not
materialize and we were able to paint the benches. You can see
pictures from our Clean-Up below.
- All the trash has been removed and dumped into dumpster. The
range is now clean, please keep it like that going forward!
- The benches have been cleaned and painted.
- The new vertical
post at 25 yards was dug-in behind the old one and we placed
the new horizontal 4x4 on the top.
- Both the vertical
post and horizontal 4x4 were replaced on 50-yard target.
- Horizontal 4x4 was
replaced on 100-yard target.
- 200-yard target
plywood has been replaced.
- 3
rubber flaps were replaced on targets..
- At 100 yards steel
pipes were replaced.
- There is now a new
steel target at 100 yards (8").
- Three new portable
targets have been built, one of our members brought his own
DIY target for hanging steel gongs and donated to the range.
- New signs have
been placed including range rules.
Now that the trash is removed the range can be
mowed again as soon as it is dry enough to support the tractor.
Again: thank you very much for your support. Let's make sure the
range stays in the best possible condition!
Jarek
DFG Rifle Range Master
Dear DFG Club Members,
Our 2025
Rifle Spring Range Clean-up is on Saturday June 14 at 10am.
Please let me know if you have any comments or
ideas about the clean-up. Please
let me know if you are planning to come but have not answered the
original e-mail or if your availability has changed, it will help
with planning.
The range is still quite wet; it is probably a
good idea to come with rain boots or other shoes that fare with
water well. Weather forecast calls for some showers so we may not
be able to paint the benches, but we should be able to carry out
all other tasks.
I will need help from someone with a pickup
truck to pick up wood, especially 4x8 plywood and 8ft 6x6, it will
be likely on Friday just before the cleanup.
Here is the list of tasks I would like to
propose for this year. Please let me know if you would like to
add, change, or modify the list.
- Trash
removal. We need to clean all the accumulated debris from the
range (entire range). I will provide trash bags; we will need
some rakes and brooms (leaf rakes work best for brass). It is
very important to remove all solid objects scattered on the
ground, otherwise mowing will be impossible.
- The
benches and the table are in good shape, but it would be good to
add some fresh stain/wood protector on the top. We may need to
remove some paint and clean it up, please bring sandpaper or any
portable power tool that can remove some peeling paint. I will
provide the paint/stain and brushes.
- Repair
anti-wasp mesh under the benches, I still have some mesh left
from last year.
- Replace
the vertical post on 25-yard target, we braced it last year but
now it is degraded. We can dig the current one out and replace
it or dig in the new one behind the current one and use what is
there as protection. We will need a chainsaw to cut it and pole
diggers/shovels to dig, please bring them if you have them.
- Replace
the vertical post on 50-yard target
- Replace
horizontal 4x4 on 25-yard, 50, and 100-yard targets.
- Replace
large plywood on 200-yard target.
- Replace
rubber flaps on 25-yard and 50-yard targets. I will bring the
rubber flaps.
- Replace
steel pipes for hanging steel targets at 100 yards.
- Hang
new steel target at 100 yards.
- Rebuild
all three portable targets, I will bring pre-cut lumber, we will
need to build them.
- Replace
the sign with range rules, the current one is in very bad shape.
I can print and laminate the rules, but maybe we can do
something more permanent? Let me know.
There will be a lot of debris and trash to haul
away. Please let me know if you have a truck registered in
Tompkins Solid Waste Center, I may need help hauling the trash
there, some may not fit into Club's trash container. I will of
course pay all the fees for the trash.
It would be extremely helpful to have some
extra tools and materials. For benches we will need
sandpaper or similar tools. We will need leaf rakes, regular
rakes, and a broom/dustpan for cleaning. We will need shovels,
pole diggers and a chainsaw for work on the vertical target posts.
It would be helpful to have extra cordless drills with screwdriver
bits to work on portable targets and hanging rubber flaps.
Best regards,
Jarek
DFG
Rifle Range Master
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