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Contact Us:
contact@ffsportsmensclub.com
Community Links
www.perchlakebass.com
www.canadianbass.com
www.rainylakesports.com
Club Programs
Shooting Sports:
Skeet
Skeet has a long-standing history at the Fort Frances Sportsmen's Club range at Frog Creek, and still has a dedicated group of shooters who hit the range on Tuesday nights to aim at targets flying at 60 miles per hour. Skeet shooting requires quick reflexes and a steady aim. The shooters stand in various stations on a semicircle that faces two trap houses, with targets flying out of the houses, one or two at a time from opposing directions, with a total of 25 in each series.
It's a really fun sport you don't need much of a blast to break them, but the key is movement; it's all about the swing. The sport takes some getting used to, and like anything, the more you practice at it, the better you'll get. You have to shoot where the target is going to be, not where it is, and that's a hard thing to do.
The average cost is $7 per person per round to pay for the targets and the shells to load your gun-no more than the cost of going to see a movie. New shooters are always welcome, and can get individualized instruction on Thursdays at the range. Get more information by calling Brad Houghton 275 -6183.
Archery
The club meets on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:30pm. Two instructors are available if anyone is interested in learning archery. Contact Zac Manty
Rifle
The rifle range is open to club members. It has berms at 50 yards, 100 yards and 200 yards. It's a great place to teach the novice shooter in a safe environment. Also a great place to try-out your sites before big game season.
The range officers are Marc Andre Michon, Chris Bonner-Vickers, Brad Houghton, Crystal Gray.
Handgun / Restricted Firearms
HANDGUN RANGE and Restricted Firearms USERS Prior to September 2, 2015, the Ontario Chief Firearms Office (CFO) required members to take a Club Level Handgun Safety Course in order to obtain a long term Authorization To Transport (ATT) in order to bring their handgun from their listed residence to the range and back. The member participation in the Safety Course was verified by two (2) members of the Board of Directors who signed as references when the members ATT was applied for. Since the passing of Bill C-42 on September 2, 2015, the conditions for obtaining a long term ATT have changed. Either 5 conditions or 6 conditions were automatically electronically added to the RPAL of holders who met certain criteria. The 6th condition is the ability to transport a Restricted Firearm to or from an approved shooting range by the most direct route. If the RPAL holder did not possess a long term ATT as of September 2, 2015, then this condition was not added and has to be requested from the CFO’s office by the member. The Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club requires all members who want to use the Handgun Range to have taken a Club Level Safety Orientation. New members or members who have not previously taken this Safety Orientation will be required to do so.
All members wishing to use the Handgun Range, or use a Restricted/Prohibited Firearm on Club Property, must successfully complete a Club Level Safety Course. For more information, please contact one of our range officers.
Members who have completed the former ATT Course with the Fort Frances Sportsmen's Club must complete the following Affidativ and email the form to:
fortfrancessportsmensclub@gmail.com or
Mail to : Fort Frances Sportsmen's Club
PO Box 272
Fort Frances, ON
P9A 3M6
FFSC ATT Verification Affidativ
Community Fish and Wildlife projects
Seeding Logging Roads:
The seeding project was organized by Jeff Johnston and Ben Wiersema.
Abitibi Bowater was contacted, maps were obtained, seed ordered and records kept of the number of kilometres traveled and the number of kilometres seeded.
Johnston mounted a spreader on the back of his ATV, and using his half ton, hauled the bags of seed to the various sites indicated by the company. It took several days to complete the job as the roads to be sown were scattered throughout the Crossroute Forest.
Len Noonan, Henry Miller and Richard Boileau assisted Johnston on different days. Eighty-two kilometres were seeded.
The Seeding Project was discontinued by Resolute Forest Products in 2015, in this area.