FRIDAY, ARIL 24, 2015
THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 7
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LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
A PUBLIC MEETING of
the Budget Committee of
the City of Sumpter, Baker
County, State of Oregon, to
discuss the budget for the
fiscal year July 1, 2015 to
June 30, 2016 will be held
at the Sumpter City Hall,
240 N Mill Street, Sumpter,
Oregon.
The meeting will take place
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Thoughts on the not-so-elusive wild turkey
Wednesday,
and contin-
ues through
Sunday, May
31st.
The
chicken/tur-
key connec-
tion probably
doesn’t make
sense, but
they’re both
birds, I love
the eggs
THE OUTDOOR COLUMN
from
one and
By Todd Arriola
the meat from
As I sat in the deli
both, and I
of a local grocery store
take inspiration where I
one day recently, eating
can get it. Even if it’s in
some chicken tenders
a grocery store deli, with
with inconveniently small
meat I bought, trying to
barbecue sauce containers, read a magazine, while
drinking some much-too-
someone who may have
rich chocolate milk, and
forgotten to take their
reading a magazine, half
medications rambles on
or more of it containing
beside me. I think reading
advertisements, a posi-
in public must be code for,
tive thought crept into my
“Please keep on speaking
mind: spring turkey season to me.”
has arrived. That is, the
While I have absolutely
general spring turkey sea-
no problem with some who
son officially opened last
wish to dress in camou-
flage from head to toe, i -
cluding the face and hands,
I choose to make less of a
fashion statement when it
comes to hunting. I rarely
have on much camo, which
may include maybe a hat,
and a jacket.
I don’t really subscribe
to the “I need to be geared
up like a sniper” camp, but
rather, the “I’ll just be a
plain, sneaky, SOB” one,
and hope for success. I
like to keep it simple.
Everyone has their
own methods of hunting,
including using blinds and
decoys. Fanning is a tech-
nique that comes to mind,
but not for the obvious
reasons.
It involves using a
turkey tail as a decoy
to draw a bird in close
enough to shoot. Since
you don’t want to be seen
by the turkey, you’re
hidden, of course, behind
the tail, which means you
may actually be shooting
through the tail to hit the
yard capability, and is
operated by the Powder
River Sportsmen’s Club of
Baker City.
Sign-up for the event be-
gan at 8 a.m., as the group
came together to visit with
each other, and to become
familiar with the different
stages of the match, six in
total.
The stages were set up
against the eastern hillside
of the range, and safety
was heavily emphasized,
as a firearm could not
be un-holstered unless
a participant was either
preparing to shoot, or was
in the designated Safety
Area, which had a solid
backdrop.
At 9 a.m., the shooters
were split up into three
groups, and each group
started with a different
stage.
Each group included at
least two certified Range
Officers, who were respo -
sible for explaining the de-
tails of each stage, and for
enforcing safety and range
rules, and anyone violat-
ing the rules would have
been disqualified from
the match. There were no
disqualifications
Each stage had its chal-
lenges, and the Range
Officers described each
scenario, including the
number of shots expected
to each of the paper and
steel targets.
The match involved
around 125 to 150 rounds
total, with different ranges,
5 feet to 60 feet, and the
shooters were scored on a
combination of timing, and
where the rounds hit.
Matches are usually held
on the 4th Sunday, March
through October (this
match was on a Satur-
day due to a scheduling
change).
Sign-ups are at 8 a.m.
each day, and match shoot-
ing during March, April
and October starts at 9
a.m., and match shooting
during May, June, July,
August and September
starts at 8:30 a.m.
The next scheduled pistol
match is Sunday, May 24,
2015.
New shooters are always
welcome to enter the
match for free, and the
general entry fee is $10 for
17 and under, and $15 for
adults. The 3rd Annual
PRPS Summer Blast is
scheduled for August 23,
2015, with a BBQ lunch
following the USPSA
Match, and a special 1911
Match after that.
More information is
turkey that’s most likely
running toward you. That
and the possibility that
other hunters may mistake
me for a turkey means I
probably won’t be using
that method. Ever.
As far as choice of weap-
ons, well, that’s limited to
shotguns, including muz-
zleloaders, and recurve,
long and compound bows.
Sorry, no crossbows,
rifles or handguns. There
aren’t any restrictions on
the types of arrows or
broadheads, except that
electronic devices can’t
be attached to a bow or an
arrow. That’s a bit vague,
and open to interpretation,
but I suppose you can’t
win them all, even when it
makes no sense.
I don’t think that most of
us are greedy people, but
that fact that two turkeys
can be taken during the
season (with a daily bag
limit of one) is a plus.
An additional one can
be taken, but only in the
western Wildlife Manage-
ment Units. At $22.50 for
a turkey tag, I’m not sure
how much cash I’ll commit
to the season, but it’s about
the experience, tradition,
and reward, too. And a
reward it may be, if the
turkeys cooperate.
The last turkeys I saw
were brave and cocky.
They ran around in their
drove, or group, like they
owned wherever they hap-
pened to be at any point in
time. They walked over
an area of landscaping
that was only feet from
my parents’ deck, as if to
say, “This is ours now,”
and they even attempted
to claim the deck as theirs,
walking up the stairs until
I persuaded them to leave.
We tend to rank threats in
terms of size most of the
time, but a turkey is not
as “harmless” as it seems
when it’s five feet awa .
They’re tough birds, and
a good hit in the neck/head
area with a shotgun load
is ideal, but I might try us-
ing a compound bow this
season, which means most
likely a body shot. My
arrows are equipped with
regular, 100-grain broad-
heads for now, so, we’ll
see how that goes.
I remember helping
some friends several years
ago with butchering some
chickens and turkeys, and
I have to say, receiving a
home-raised, 25-pound
turkey as a thank you was
well worth the effort.
There was no mystery
about where the turkey
came from, or how it was
raised, and it saved a sig-
nificant amount of money
when Thanksgiving rolled
around. Not to mention,
the meat tasted great. I
only hope I can harvest
a couple of gobblers this
spring from one of nature‘s
best, truly free-range
grocery stores: eastern
Oregon.
Good luck with your
adventures!
Powder River Practical Shooters
hold windy but successful first matc
• WINNERS
ANNOUNCED,
NEW MEMBERS
WELCOME
BY TODD ARRIOLA
Todd@TheBakerCountyPress.com
The Powder River
Practical Shooters (PRPS),
a club affiliated with the
United States Practical
Shooting Association
(USPSA) and part of the
Idaho USPSA Section,
held its first Practical Pistol
Shooting Match of the
year on a windy Saturday,
April 18, 2015, at the
Powder River Sportsmen’s
Club/Virtue Flat Shooting
Range, located one mile
east of the Oregon Trail
Interpretive Center on
Highway 86.
The match was origi-
nally scheduled for March,
but was postponed due to
weather.
The competitors included
locals and others from
other communities, includ-
ing some from Idaho, and
was open to all ages, with
a 9 mm or larger caliber
pistol, including revolvers.
The range is one of only
three in Oregon with 1,000
Todd Arriola / The Baker County Press
After rescheduling their March match, The Powder River Practical Shooters has
a successful first match last weekend
available at prpracti-
calshooters.com.
Results.
The shooters placed as
follows:
Robert Barnes, in 1st
place, with 562.070 in
match points, and 100%
in match percentage;
Barney L. Brooks, in
2nd, with 452.5842 and
80.5521%; Jim Hubbell,
in 3rd, with 381.2915 and
67.837%; Andrew McClay
in 4th, with 374.0156 and
66.543%; J.R. Masters,
in 5th, with 364.7225
and 64.890%; Philip S.
O’Connell, in 6th, with
344.9189 and 61.366%;
Wayne W. Bloom, in
7th, with 321.7280 and
57.240%; Mike C. Lunyou,
in 8th, with 308.6732 and
54.918%; Gerald Ashbeck,
in 9th, with 303.2061 and
53.945%; Gary Casner, in
10th, with 286.8410 and
51.033%; Jeff Robert, in
11th, with 269.1437 and
47.885%%; Jeremy Yanc-
ey, in 12th, with 244.3595
and 43.475%; Robert Mas-
ters, in 13th, with 241.0101
and 42.879%; Greg L. Roe,
in 14th, with 238.1982 and
42.379%; Chris Hubbell,
in 15th, with 212.3613
and 37.782%; Lawrence
Tommy Thompson, in
16th, with 191.3349 and
34.041%; and Riley Mas-
ters, in 17th, with 133.7648
and 23.799%.
Public Arts Commission
has one new vacancy
EOU has climbing
program on Saturday
The Public Arts Com-
mission was created to
promote the educational,
cultural, economic and
general welfare of Baker
City by actively pursuing
the placement of public
art in public spaces within
Baker City limits while
Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity’s Outdoor Program
is coordinating a day of
climbing at nearby High
Valley from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m., Saturday, April 25.
The activity is open to all
experience levels, giving
beginners an opportunity
also serving to preserve
and develop public access
to the arts.
This is a three year term
that would expire in April
of 2018. The vacancy will
be advertised until filled
Anyone interested in
volunteering for ap-
pointment to the above
Commission may contact
Luke Yeaton at City Hall,
541-524-2033 or lyeaton@
bakercity.com. Applica-
tions may be submitted
electronically through
www.bakercity.com.
to learn how to climb, and
those with experience a
chance to hone their skills
and explore a new climb-
ing spot.
Cost to participate is $10
and includes harnesses,
climbing shoes and quality
instruction.
For more information
and to sign up, contact
Outdoor Program Coor-
dinator Michael Hatch
at 541-962-3621, e-mail
mhatch@eou.edu or stop
by the Hoke Union Build-
ing, Room 118.