Attendees: Greg Gerou, Mary Rausch, Greg Braun, Brad Glarum, Jerry Oren, Curt Mund, Rich Truesdell, Becci Truesdell, Kevin Manock, Pat Brejcha, Abby Carlson, Kelly Carlson, Leroy Smith
Approve minutes from previous meeting – MSC Brad and Kevin
President Report
- Zoo 2021 Fundraiser, TOGO meals and raffle; does RRASC want to sponsor a prize in addition to the smoker raffle money?
- Zoo is not doing a Wild Game Night; they are doing to-go meals and an online raffle instead; additional funding to support the raffle, on top of what we give from our smoker profits. MSC Curt and Brad to give $300.
- Status of club’s insurance: Through Heritage Insurance office in Grand Forks; Both Liability and BOD coverage has been renewed for 2022; Have contact Beyer Insurance to plan for 2023. Greg G will follow up in August 2022 to get more information from Beyer.
- Club project records. ALL club projects need to have written records such as: The material & equipment needed. Supplies from WCC or SSS. The number of people needed to run the project. The partners & suppliers contacted for the project
- Information: Updated schedule for the Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Shows. April 30 and May 1 at Wahpeton Event Center; Bill Brown is chairperson
Treasurer Report
- Bank balance $28,661.40 – MSC Curt and Jerry
Members / Committees / Projects Reports
Hunters Smoker – Oct 23, 2021 @ Wahpeton Community Center
- 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.
- Commercial slicer from Manock Meats is in southside storage
- Moose meat from Korey Skovholt is in WCC freezer
- Chuck Haus said that potatoes can be picked any time – will need 3-4 people to help; 45 minutes of time needed to pick potatoes; Greg G and a few others will plan a time to go
- Contacts have been made; tickets available for purchase and posters are out
- Help needed Fri and Sat nights
- 60 lbs of cubed meat still needed for stew; 80 lbs of ground meat already on hand
- Greg G has radio time every other Monday and will talk about the smoker
- Volunteers are lined up; Greg G and Kevin have plans to get kitchen stuff setup and ready Fri afternoon; Sat AM kitchen helpers to get stew/food started; last minute ticket requests are to go through Rich and Becci
Jr Wildlife Club Committee
- 2021-2022 Schedule has been finalized and brochures are available; Becci will update the website
Public Relations
- Facebook/Instagram – as you see posts, please share them!
- Cindie ordered things for Zoo Boo on Sat 10/30, 5:00-7:00 PM
Mooreton Pond Projects
- Docks are getting pulled out next week
Hunting and Fishing Events
- Neil Heitkamp Ice Fishing Derby (Vern Shasky, Cindie Van Tassel) – Feb 19, 2022
- Vince Herding Youth Fishing Derby (Rich & Becci Truesdell) – May 7, 2022
- Dick Bell Catfish Derby (New Chair Needed) – June 4, 2022
- Family Fishing Nights (Cindie Van Tassel) – cancelled for 2021
- Brunk’s Carp & Sucker Derby (Greg Gerou, Wayne Beyer, Jerry Oren) – TBD for 2022
- Fall Youth Goose Hunt (Dylan Teberg, Cindie Van Tassel) – TBD for 2022
- Marv Manock Youth Waterfowl Hunt (Kevin Manock) – TBD for 2022
- Fall Youth Pheasant Hunt (Mark Althoff) – TBD for 2022 15 youth attended; some of which shot a pheasant for the first time!
- Ladies Rooster Roundup (Abby Carlson) – TBD for 2022 14 hunters, some first time hunters; great weather; Chuck Haus provided a fish fry; possibly having 18 hunters next year (3 groups of 6); would like to consider a deposit from each hunter to hold their spot
- Veterans Hunt (Abby Carlson, Mary Rausch) – TBD for 2022
National Wild Turkey Federation (Richland Renegade Toms Chairperson Brad Glarum) – Feb 4, 2022
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (Bois-de-Sioux Chapter) – TBD for 2022
Recruitment
- 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
- Should the RRASC have a presence at the Night of Indulgence on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, 4:30-7:30 PM at the WEC? May be an opportunity for recruit new members. If we attend, we need some “swag” to hand out along with brochures and sign-up sheets; maybe be a sign up for a raffle item.
RRASC Internal Hunting Contests (April – March)
- Deer, Elk, etc. – Youth & Adult
- Turkey Beard – Youth & Adult
- Pheasant Tail Feather – Youth & Adult
- Waterfowl, number of species harvested – Youth & Adult
RRASC Internal Fishing Contests (April – March)
- Fresh Water – Youth & Adult
- Tucker Rezac, youth, 18” walleye and 32” northern
- Ellie Rezac, youth, 17” walleye
- Salt Water – Youth & Adult
Old / New / Unfinished Business
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, Wayne Beyer
- Plaques are on the benches now; still accepting names
Pop-up online store (Abby)
- Pending Board review; can be used as a fundraiser for the club
- Online clothing store; will include stickers, koozies, coffee mugs, etc
- Site is ready to go live
- Link to online store coming soon! The store is in the final stages of setup.
“Ask for Permission” signs are available
Christmas Party: WCC dining room has been reserved for Friday, Dec. 10 if we want to have a RRASC Christmas holiday gathering/party this year (of course that will depend on the county’s covid numbers if people can gather or not). If we would like to proceed, Cindie is willing to coordinate
$250 for Junior Duck Stamp approved – MSC Curt and Pat