Attendees: Greg Gerou, Jerry Oren, Brad Glarum, Cindie VanTassel, Rich Truesdell, Becci Truesdell, Steve Truesdell, Joe Keller, Mary Rausch, Greg Braun, Del Hoefs, Wayne Beyer
President Report (Greg Gerou)
Officer and Director elections – open nominations
- President: Greg Gerou
- Vice President: Brad Glarum
- Secretary: Mary Rausch
- Treasurer: Greg Braun
- No additional nominees came forth – MSC Wayne, Rich to approve Officers as listed above
- Director, 2-year term: Cindie Van Tassel
- Director, 1-year term: Abby Carlson – did not rerun
- Kelly Carlson put his name in for Director – MSC by Joe, Del to accept this nomination
- We did not receive any additional nominations
- MSC Joe, Rich to approve Cindie and Kelly as Directors
Gov. Burgum
- designates North Dakota as a Second Amendment Sanctuary State
- Signed electronic posting bill
Wilkin County considered “Designated Second Amendment County” Resolution
Treasurer Report (Greg Braun)
- $38,253 – MSC Cindie, Del
- Received $1000 pass thru for the Mooreton Sportsmen’s Club
Parks & Recreation Report (Wayne Beyer)
NDGF
- Spring Advisory Board Mtg Report
- $3000 NDGF youth hunt grant awarded. Opportunities for innovative hunts.
- NDGF Deer license lottery deadline, June 2, 2021
- NDGF looking for Volunteers for the ND State Fair – July 23 thru July 31
- NDGF / RAP Committee Meeting, 05-17-2021 RAP Trailer and Pat Lothspeich retirement
ND Wildlife Federation – June 8-11 conference
Red River Development
- ANS dry wash station will be installed at Kidder Rec Area by the fish cleaning station – plan is to have this located across from the cleaning station – road to be widened; to be paid by NDGF
Sportfishing Congress – ANS Awareness Week – May 15-22
Prairie Pothole Partners
- Blue Goose Day – Saturday, June 5th
- Resignation of Kristine Askerooth / Tewaukon Refuge Wildlife Biologist
- Jr. Duck Stamp going great. North Dakota state champion placed 2nd in nation. Zoo gets exhibition a month and Community Center for a full year
Members / Committees / Projects Reports
Hunters Smoker (Curt Mund, Vern Shasky, Rich & Becci Truesdell, Abby Carlson) – Oct 23, 2021.
- Friday October 22 for setup and Saturday October 23 for preparation and the actual Event
- St. John’s Church Mehock Center kitchen for Friday October 22 for food preparation
Jr Wildlife Club Committee (Cindie Van Tassel, Rich Truesdell)
- Pollinator house building held this evening – 9 youth attended – Extra house will be donated to Chahinkapa Zoo – Committee to meet soon for next year’s calendar of event
Public Relations (Rich Truesdell, Joe Keller, Brad Glarum, Cindie Van Tassel, Mandy Steinberger)
- Website (Becci Truesdell)
- Facebook/Instagram (Abby Carlson) – as you see posts, please share them!
Mooreton Pond Projects (Brad Glarum, Greg Gerou, Vern Shasky, Rich Truesdell)
- a. Floats are in, need to find time to install, Rich and Greg G will coordinate this – cable came in for the east dock
Fishing / Hunting Events
- Neil Heitkamp Ice Fishing Derby (Vern Shasky, Cindie Van Tassel) – Feb 19, 2022
- Vince Herding Youth Fishing Derby (Rich & Becci Truesdell) – May 1, 2021 – 80 youth participated and enjoyed nice weather – lots of suckers caught as well as a few carp
- Dick Bell Catfish Derby (Justin Kratz) – Jun 5, 2021 @ Kidder Rec, 7AM to 11AM – volunteers needed. Will be needing a new chairperson next year.
- Family Fishing Nights (Cindie Van Tassel) – TBD for 2021. 8-10 volunteers would be needed each week (one week per month, June-August) in order to proceed with requesting permits. Discussed possibility to have reduced evenings; no decision made; number of volunteers would impact this decision, youth are interested – also discussed possibility of making this a Jr Wildlife activity.
- Brunk’s Carp & Sucker Derby (Greg Gerou, Wayne Beyer) – Aug 4, 2021 @ Kidder Rec – volunteers needed. Looking for interest in a future chairperson for this event.
- Fall Youth Goose Hunt (Dylan Teberg, Cindie Van Tassel) – TBD for 2021
- Veterans Hunt (Abby Carlson, Mary Rausch) – Sep 11 and 12, 2021
- Marv Manock Youth Waterfowl Hung (Kevin Manock) – Sep 18, 2021 @ Tewaukon
- Fall Youth Pheasant Hunt (Mark Althoff) – Oct 2, 2021 @ Chuck Haus’s
- Ladies Rooster Roundup (Abby Carlson) – Oct 16, 2021 @ Chuck Haus’s
- National Wild Turkey Federation (Richland Renegade Toms Chairperson Brad Glarum) – Jun 4, 2021 @ Mooreton – volunteers needed
- NWTF Sponsorship – $500 sponsorship MSC Cindie, Wayne – RRASC will have a gun donated in our name as part of our sponsorship this year
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (Bois-de-Sioux Chapter) – TBD for 2022
- RMEF Banquet in Grand Forks, May 1, Greg was MC – Regional Director Kris Lofstrom is moving to a new assignment in RMEF – ND RD Position interviews are ongoing, if interested contact Kris at klofstrom@rmef.org
Trap Clubs
- Head of the Red Gun Archery Club (Brian Gefre) – clubhouse opens May 4, 2021
- Mooreton Sportsmen’s Club, Joe Pikarski Trap Range & MSC Rifle/Pistol Range (Bob Rosemore, Greg Gerou, Mark Althoff) – league play begins Jun 2, 2021
Recruitment (Greg Gerou, Abby Carlson, Mary Rausch, Mandy Steinberger, Becci Truesdell, Kelly Carlson)
- Membership drive – we currently have less than 100 paid members
- Please consider bringing guests or potential new members to the September meeting this fall!
- Looking for opportunities to engage 16-18 year olds (Jr Wildlife is through age 15); please share any ideas with one of the committee members
- RRASC will try a mailer to increase membership in additional to email/social media communication
RRASC Internal Hunting Contests (April – March)
- aDeer, Elk, etc. – Youth & Adult
- Turkey Beard – Youth & Adult / Nate Rausch, adult, 8 ¼” 4/17/21
- Pheasant Tail Feather – Youth & Adult
- Waterfowl, number of species harvested – Youth & Adult
RRASC Internal Fishing Contests (April – March)
- a. Fresh Water – Youth & Adult Joe Keller, adult, paddlefish, 31.3 lbs, 56” total length, 39” w/o paddle 5/17/21
- b. Salt Water – Youth & Adult
Old / New / Unfinished Business
- Reloading Supplies – Recob’s reloading supplier is not able to fill orders at this time
- Bench recognition plaque name nominations. Plan is to have multiple names per plaque – 5 benches will need plaques. Nominations received: Randy Hovde, Vince Herding, Mike Fenske, Jeff Trom, Larry Brunkhorst, Marv Manock, Randy Hoerer (MSC Brad, Jerry), Wayne Beyer (MSC Becci, Cindie). We have been quoted $25 per plaque so far; looking at a couple other options as well – plaques have been made and are pending being added to the benches – name plates are still pending.
- Pop-up online store (Abby) – Can be used as a fundraiser for the club, pending Board review. Online clothing store; will include stickers, koozies, coffee mugs, etc
- Club member Randy Hoerer – passed away on 4/26/2021
- Wood Duck Nesting Boxes at Tewaukon Refuge have been installed and most are occupied. Manager said they will take more, they have a lot of place for boxes. Del Hoefs made contact with a source for additional boxes – $25 each for double houses (cedar). We have 8 Jr Wildlife houses (pine) left in storage; will get those to Tewaukon and will look into additional houses next year
- Consider grant funding for the Outdoor Adventure Foundation. $500 sponsorship, MSC Jerry, Joe b. https://outdooradventurefoundation.org/ – if you would like to learn more about this foundation.
- “Sanctified” is the first full length film made near Medora