“In-sight”
(A perception of the future)

I am personally trying to keep this thought in my head for the Tulsa Bird Dog Club with the hope that we will all work together toward a solution. I do not believe that we can afford to purchase our current trial grounds based upon the appraised value of the property. On the other hand I do not believe that the property will be sold in the immediate future. We will be trying to work out a lease with the owners for 2009 to give us time to locate a possible site that the club can afford to purchase. It is not a time for us to breathe a sigh of relief but to keep on making plans to purchase a piece of property for a permanent home. I believe that the interest in the club is bigger and better than ever. I was encouraged with the enthusiasm shown by everyone at the last monthly meeting. Some great ideas were offered by many individuals thinking of how we can accomplish our goal. I want us to have a place that we can call our own, not only for us but for future bird dog enthusiasts. Any ideas for possible sites available for purchase would be helpful and appreciated. With the membership working together, our goal will be accomplished.

I would like to clarify any misconceptions that anyone may have about the amount of money that is made from the field trials. 15 braces @ $60.00 = $900.00. Subtract from that fees for judges, rentals for the four wheelers and payment for birds. Add a little for food, OH yeah and a little more for prizes. Are you ready, said trial generates a modest addition to the treasury just under $200.00. Now mind you, this is just the gun dog side but I think you get the idea. Most of the money is from our sponsors that either provide us dog food for an ad in the Covey Rise or pay us $$$$ for an ad. A few of the members work very hard to get people to place ads in our newsletter. PLEASE be thinking of some new sponsors. I hope to have all of the current ones back again next year. The New Year for ads starts in August. We would like to have new sponsor’s ads by the middle of July.

Nominations for your new officers will be held at his month’s meeting on April 22, 2008 and in May we will be voting for the new officers, let’s have a big turn-out for both meetings.

The Sunday clay shoots have started up again for the summer, so come on out and join in the fun. Thanks guys for signing up to be Range Masters in charge of the shoots each week. We greatly appreciate it. Roy has reserved Shelter #3 at Mohawk Park for our Annual Picnic slated for Saturday May 17th, 2008. Spring trials are over and some new members have made things very interesting. Check the standing and you will see what I mean. Thanks go out to Jack Davis for supplying the food for the last trial and also to Keith Lindsay (the clubs chef) for preparing a great feast.

When working a new (hunting buddy) pup, it’s always a good idea to first let them burn off excess energy a few minutes before trying to teach them anything.

Let’s keep our future “In-Sight”

GSPTRNR “Greg”