The Wawarsing Rod & Gun Club provides shooting facilities to members at distances up to 300 yards.
There are several ranges on the grounds including a rim fire/archery range, skeet and trap ranges and the 300 yard range for center fire rifle and pistol.
Shooting hours are from 9:00 am to sunset.
Members are expected to be familiar with the club's range rules before using the facilities.
Coming Events
Dinner for the May 13th meeting. The dinner starts
at 6:30PM. REMEMBER you can either
reserve online at
wrg.club/dinner or you must call Marianne first at
845-626-7968 to make your reservation and send in a check for $15 per
person. Reservations MUST be in by May 6th! - Ray Tartakoff
will be doing a Burger and Dog 'Picnic' with Potato Salad and Cole Slaw.
The following are upcoming dinners -
June 2025: Board of Directors – London Broil, Potato salad,
cole slaw, corn on the cob and bread
Sept 2025 : Cook needed
Oct 2025 : John Kaknis – Spaghetti and meatballs and
antipasta Italian dinner
Nov 2025 : Turkey dinner
Spring clean up is April 26 at 9 AM
. Many hands make light work, so grab a pair of work gloves and come out to
help on that day. We are policing the grounds, getting the roofs on the 22
range shelters, cleaning some brush piles …. And whatever else needs to be
done The ranges will be closed for the day. Lunches will
be served – really – free lunch!!! Please come and help.
The 22 caliber long range
for 2025 will have the following shooting events this season. New shooters
always welcome. Please sign up at PractiScore. Event cost is $5 for club
members $10 for non members; under 18 (but over 12) is free. One or two
people to volunteer to help setup for the event would be greatly
appreciated.
Match dates are Sun. 5/4, Sat. 5/31, Sat. 6/28, Sun. 7/20, Sat. 8/30 and
Sun. 9/28. Matches start at 9AM and should be finished about 4 PM.
No casual shooting on the 300-yard range during the matches.
The Course of Fire may be 1 of 3 types. "Long Gong" will be a new C.O.F for
this year that will be a 250-300 yd Bench Rest format. The other 2 are
similar to last season - .22 NRL (100 yards and under) and .22 PRS (50
yards to 365 yards. Contact number is 845.421.1080 - Text or Call.
Sneak Preview - Sun. 5/4 will be "Long Gong" - :)
The Long Gong event is 222 yards. If a club member would like to set up 3 plate rack at 100 yds, contact Mark via Email or text and he will set up a 100 yard rack.
The score at 100 yards would not apply to the shoot.
Mark Ferdizzi - Text - 845.421.1080; email - markfedrizzi@yahoo.com
wrg.club/22longrange
Future Trap Shoots at Wawarsing-Trap
will hold shoots on the
2nd and 4th Sunday of the month starting April
13
if shooters sign up. Open to the public.
You must go to wrg.club/trap to sign up.
You can bring up to 2 guests to the shoot. Shoots will begin at 9:00.
Arrive at 8:30. Cost is $5.00 per round.
Anyone interested in helping run
the shoots should contact Fred at 845-883-6454 or Hank at 845-564-2270.
wrg.club/trap
Skeet Shooting–
Tuesday and Friday shoots have resumed.
Skeet shooting is scheduled for
Tuesdays and Fridays 9:00am – 12 noon
. Arrive at 8:30 for squad assignments. We will also open the skeet range
on the
1st and 3rd Saturday of each month. Saturday shooting will start at
1:00 PM.
Future dates are on the club site calendar or please contact the chairmen
below as to the future dates. LOU CLEMMER, chairman,
845-236-4809 (H) 845-505-2222 (CELL) or co-chairman,
BILL BUSKEY
845-361-2778
wrg.club/skeet
Roundup
There is a poll for members at
https://wrg.club/poll/
. The poll is about starting up sportsmen topic lectures.
Take the poll and let us know your interest
Due to the generosity of one of our members,we have a
collection of Collector Edition State Duck Stamp Prints for
sale to benefit the club.
These are really beautiful prints. They are signed, limited edition,
unframed, archive quality, prints in new condition, in original packaging,
never framed, and stored flat.
Check them out at wrg.club/prints
Keep on the lookout for ‘The Bulletin Board’ section. The
club will list upcoming projects to invite proposals from the skill
resource that is our membership.
Just So You Know
Federated Sportsmen’s Clubs of Ulster County(aka
Federation) is celebrating 80 years. Check out their site at
fscuc.org
. News, updates and upcoming events right on the home page. Definitely
worth a couple minutes (at least) to peruse.
REMEMBER - Pistol permits need to be
recertified every 3 years, reminders are supposed to sent but there are reports that some are not. Information on the recertification is here.
You can check your status and/or recertify
here
The Future of Dinner Meetings are in your hands! Cooks are
needed for future monthly dinner meetings! Please consider volunteering to
head a team for one of our upcoming dinner meetings. Our Dinner Committee
trainer, Glenn Pomerantz, can help guide you through the effort. Contact
Glenn at 845.656.1284 or
gapref01@gmail.com
for more info.
We are now offering online payments for Annual Dues and Dinner Meeting Reservations.
Please review the Annual Dues page and/or the Dinner Meeting Reservation page for information or you can go directly to the Payment page