Hunting Seasons are still in effect

 

Even with social distance limits, some things remain constant

Hunting seasons are still a thing

General Hunting / Pheasants - Oct 17 th

Deer Archery Sept 15 th , Shotgun Nov 18 th , Muzzleloader Dec 9 th

Ducks North Zone Early Oct 10 th to Oct 14 th , Late Nov 7 th to Jan 7

. . . and there are wild mushrooms to harvest as the crop continues to flourish

Sorting Through COVID Chaos

 

For the time being all public events have been put on hold

Rentals, for the time being, are for members only, due to the limitations resulting from Covid 19 precautions and limitations. 

We'll be working at making some changes including:

We plan to set up the outside for additional, expanded, cooking areas.

1. Move the large smoker to the edge of the cooking pavilion, place on solid blocks off the

ground and cover with a lean-to structure.

2. Install a three bay sink and a hand sink outside that can be quickly drained for frost protection

to provide additional work space.

3. Develop menus that maximizes working area inside and out.

          4. Look into the feasibility of "To-Go" options of game menu items over the winter that are

          not to be served rare or temperature sensitive. Mushroom soup, venison brats, smoked venison, 

          etc. Serve in two or four packs to go?

          5.  Consider selling smoked turkeys and Cornish game hens this fall???

          Anything else? Whole prime ribs? Smoked or Roasted. Smoke Shad

          Platters. Christmas time???? Thanksgiving is at the peak of deer season – hopefully the harvest    

          will keep our walk-in cooler full of deer and pheasants.

6. As the year progresses - If possible Shad Bake in June 2021 if  the allowable outside numbers

increase by then.

         7. The annual raffle would be pushed off until July to take advantage of the dinners.

Point being, the Sportsmen's Club is not going away. We just have to reconfigure how we will be 

able to accommodate the health concern changes we all have to live with right now.

Stay safe everyone. 

General information about the Club and membership

Who we are: The Moodus Sportsmen's Club is a voluntary association of hunters, fishermen and trappers based in Moodus, Connecticut. The organization was founded in 1942 by local residents and veterans.

•The club has maintained a presence on its present site since the 1940s when members were first permitted to meet and build a club house there by the Moodus Reservoir Water Company.

•Over the years the MSC has been an active participant in civic events and is one of the principal founders (and sponsors) of the annual East Haddam "Earth Day" Roadside Clean-up; held during April every year.

Statement of Purpose: The Purposes of the Moodus Sportsmen’s Club are to:
•* Promote and bring together sportsmen in the sports of hunting, fishing and associated activities;
*• Ensure that these sports will continue through education and conservation measures;
*• Teach and pass on the pleasures, benefits, responsibilities and ethics associated with hunting, trapping, and fishing practices.

What Do We Do? The Club hosts several public functions each year including:

Winter ~ Annual Tri-Lakes Ice Fishing Tournament
April ~ Earth Day Roadside Clean-up
May ~ Youth Fishing Derby
June ~ Annual Shad Bake - the Sunday before Father's Day
September ~ Annual Summer Harvest Fest*
November ~ Prime Rib + Shrimp Dinner*
Game Dinners* Held during winter months.
(*Game Dinners; Forest, Farm & Sea Fest and the Prime Rib + Shrimp Dinner are by advance reservation only. See a member for more information)
Local Scout Troop # 22 meets at the club on Thursday evenings.

We are working with CT DEEP to resume Approved Archery & Firearms Safety Classes. Until then - look to the CT-DEEP Conservation Education and Firearms Safety Program web page for more information on attending. Anyone who wishes to hunt my take and pass this class

NRA Certified Pistol / Firearms Classes are scheduled and held at various times of the year.

Membership details:
Membership meetings are held on the first Monday of each month.

Anyone interested in joining the Moodus Sportsman's Club must be sponsored into the club by a member in good standing. Prospective members names are brought to the floor at a monthly meeting; after announcement, a decision on a new member's application is tabled until the next month. At the next meeting, the prospective member is expected to attend, but will leave the meeting with a decision made on the applicant's membership request.

• All new members first go through a six-month probationary period; their sponsoring member is expected to help them get better acquainted with the club and its routines.

• Work Requirements: ALL members are required to work a set number of hours per year, as well as regularly participate in club activities, including monthly meetings [attendance is credited to "work time" requirements] as well as other nominal requirements.

• The club membership also includes Junior Members (under the age of 18) who must have a sponsor who knows the junior member well; as well as senior "emeritus" memberships.

Dues and Initiation Fees:
• Annual membership dues are $175 and are due the 1st of July of each year.

• New Member initiation fees are $475 (paid in increments over the first three years of membership).
• New members, upon acceptance, pay $325 the first year; $225 the second + third year. After that, annual dues are incurred.

• All members are required to be a member of the National Rifle Association.

Members who have not paid dues by October 31st of the year may be subject to termination of membership. Any membership lapsed because of unpaid dues can be re-applied for without prejudice.

Where we are: Moodus Sportsmen's Club facilities are located at 299-A Old East Haddam-Colchester Turnpike,, just up the hill from the Moodus Reservoir and the East Haddam town beach.

The club has maintained a presence on the site since the 1940s when members were first permitted to meet and build there by the Moodus Reservoir Water Company.

For Further Information: Write us at moodussportsman@gmail.com

Connecticut Hunting & Fishing Licenses

At this time, DEEP offices are closed to the public, as well as town halls and many retail agents. Sportsmen and women are able to purchase licenses, permits, and stamps online 24/7 through Connecticut's Online Sportsmen Licensing System. If you do not have a way to print your license after purchase, you can display your license on a mobile device (be sure to have it with you while out in the field).

Licenses and permits can also be purchased directly from many town clerks and retail agents. (Town halls and many retail agents are currently closed to the public.)

2020 Hunting License and Permit Information

Permit Applications and Forms

Links to all DEEP Licenses and Permits

In Memorium - Carl "Bud" Green - 1/25/1930 - 3/20/2020

Carl “Bud” Green, age 90, of East Haddam, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Friday, March 20.

Born in Vergennes, Vermont on January 25, 1930, he was a son of the late Carlyle and Alice Green. As a young man, Bud met and fell in love with Celeste Trivigno. The couple married on September 25, 1948; they started their life together in Windsor, later moving to East Haddam to raise their family on Lake Hayward. Shortly after, Bud proudly served our country in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.

Family meant everything to Bud; he was a patient and loving family man who worked hard to provide for his four spirited daughters. He worked 24 years as a milkman for H.P. Hood & Sons. Then later in life he worked as an environmental control engineer for Combustion Engineering and finished up his working career at Moodus Lumber.

Bud was a volunteer fireman and constable for the towns of Windsor and East Haddam and was a founding member of the Lake Hayward Company Three Firehouse. As a constable, Bud spent many weekends at the Connecticut Drag Strip. Bud also was the owner of Moodus Gun Shop, where he taught each of his daughters how to shoot.

An avid outdoorsman, Bud was happiest when he was skeet shooting, target shooting, fishing, or hunting. He was a lifelong member and also the oldest living member of the Moodus Sportsman Club, where he was most proud of his competition pistol shooting with his granddaughters. He was a parishioner of Grace and Truth Bible Chapel.

Bud and Celeste enjoyed their retirement together, spending winters in Florida and Texas. They also loved to travel cross-country in their 5th wheel with Bud’s brother Larry and sister-in-law Arlene. Bud also enjoyed monthly trips to the casino and daily trips to 7-11 for his scratch-off tickets.

Bud will be forever missed but remembered with love by his beloved wife of over 71 years, Celeste; his daughters and sons-in-law, Terri and David Felgate, Chris and Ed Wollschleager, Carleen and Bill Quinn, Celeste “Cookie” and John Gowac; brothers, Richard (Nancy) Green and William Green; 10 grandchildren, Jennifer (David) Cochran, Karla (Tim) Kress-Boyle, Kelly (John) Ryder, Kayse Kress (Eben Blanchard), John “JJ” Gowac Jr., Anna Quinn (Derek Tromza), Kim Gowac (Tim Tulloch), Ellen (Jonathan) Rose, Jonathan & Jamie Wollschleager; 25 great-grandchildren with one more on the way; sister-in-law, Mary Hoover; many nieces, nephews, and cousins who were all very special to Bud; and many more extended family members and friends. In addition to both of his parents, he was predeceased by his brothers, Wayne, Larry, and Peter.

Special thank you to Chestelm Sub-Acute and both Darlene and Abdul of Beacon Hospice for their exceptional care and compassion during Bud’s final days. A celebration of Bud’s life will be held at a later date.

The Aurora McCarthy Funeral Home of Colchester has been entrusted with care of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Moodus Sportsman Club Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 11, Moodus, CT 06469.

For online condolences, please visit:  https://www.auroramccarthyfuneralhome.com/

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Carl "Bud" Green, please visit Aurora McCarthy Funeral Home floral store.

Moodus Sportsmen's Club Events UPDATES

Moodus Sportsmen's Club Events UPDATES

April                      4 Town Wide Clean Up     Cancelled   - you still can pick up on your own.

                6 Monthly Meeting   Cancelled / ELECTION OF OFFICERS – Postponed to May

                             18 Game Dinner  - 6:00 pm  -   Cancelled

   18^th  Annual Raffle -   Postponed to the May meeting  

    26 Member Spring Work Party  9 am    Postponed    

    SPRING WORK PROJECTS LIST HAS BEEN Emailed to all members.  

    IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE MANY THAT NEED TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE, 

    FEEL FREE TO TACKLE A PROJECT – THANK YOU

MAY                      3 Children's Fishing Derby    Cancelled  

   4 Monthly Meeting   ????????

Changes to the Moodus Sportsmen's Club Schedule due to COVID 19

Meetings – If we hold any meetings in April & May they will be outside under the pavilion – dress appropriately.

Annual Raffle – Please turn your tickets in as soon as possible.  Do not wait until the last minute.  Call an officer to arrange a drop off.

March Madness – Outside event – Kevin could you please confirm if it is still on.

April 4 - Town Wide Clean Up – Since everyone will have a ton of excess time, no basketball, baseball, spring concerts etc, I encourage everyone to spend some time cleaning up your neighborhood, local park area, boat launch and etc but we will not be meeting after at the club.  I will still coordinate with the transfer station so they know people will be stopping.  Please wear gloves and don’t go out on windy days with the condition of the trees.

April 26 - Spring Work Party – Hopefully we will be able to work on the outside projects – A to do list will be posted as we get closer to that date.

2019 Season Dates

While most hunt seasons are over. this is posted to remind us that there are some game seasons during January and February (upland birds, squirrel, rabbit, for example)

And certain Facebook pages get riddled with gripes about hearing firearms go off in the morning

MSC 2020 Calendar of Activities

Monthly members meetings begin at 7:30 PM
Autumn Sundays - 5 Stand Shoot - starts SeptemberLimited Sunday rentals from Sept. 1st to March 1st

 January
6 Monthly and Annual Board of Directors Meeting

25 Game Dinner - 6:00 pm (Snow Date 26th at 3pm)

February
2 Super Bowl Sunday - Super Bowl Shoot-Off

3 Monthly Meeting

9 Ice Fishing Derby (16th Rain Date)

22 Game Dinner - 6:00 pm (Snow Date 23th at 3pm)

March

2 Monthly Meeting

14 Game Dinner - 6:00 pm (Snow Date 15th at 3pm)

22 March Madness - 5 Stand Shoot Off

April

4 Town-Wide Clean Up

6 Monthly Meeting / Election of Officers

18 Game Dinner - 6:00 pm - Annual Raffle

26 Spring Work Party 9 am

May

3 Children's Fishing Derby

4 Monthly Meeting

16- Annual Salmon River Fishing Trip & Club Party

Squid Fishing Trip May or June

June

1 Monthly Meeting

12 Set up for Annual Shad Bake

14 Shad Bake [NOTE: Week before Father's Day]

July

1 Dues are due

6 Monthly Meeting

August

3 Monthly Meeting

15 Nathan Hale Ray Reunion - 3rd Saturday

September

14 Monthly Meeting (Sept 7th is Labor Day)

18 Set up for Forest, Farm & Sea Dinner (Friday)

20 Forest, Farm & Sea Dinner - 1 pm Sunday

October

5 Monthly Meeting

18 Fall Work Party - 9 am

November

2 Monthly Meeting

18 Set up for Prime Rib & Shrimp Dinner

20 Prime Rib & Shrimp Dinner - 6 pm

December

6 Black Powder Rendezvous - 8:30 breakfast

7 Monthly Meeting

Monthly meetings begin at 7:30 PM

Limited Sunday rentals from Sept. 1st to March 1st.