The Fennville Rod and Gun Club is a non-profit, all volunteer operated organization dedicated to the preservation of the great outdoors, and the ongoing promotion of all the shooting sports. FRGC is located in the heart of the beautiful Allegan State Game Area covering twenty acres. The facility includes three lighted trap ranges, two skeet fields, one lighted, and a covered rifle/pistol range with 25, 50, 100, 200, and 400 meter berms. The Fennville Gun Club has a full service, air conditioned clubhouse. We have plenty of seating, and a cozy wood stove stoked full in the winter months to keep the shooters warm as the day`s stories are shared.
We would like to thank all of our members and shooters for another successful year.
News & Upcoming Events
ATTENTION club members. Our club and grounds will be closed August 29 and 30th. There will be police training taking place and no, they do not let members watch the training. You will be asked to leave. They will be done by 4pm on the 30th so our club members can be prepare for for our last Friday fish fry and trap.
This Friday, 7/26, Fennville Rod & Gun Club will be hosting its monthly Friday Night Fun Shoot.
Club will open at 5, protections start at 5:30. The deadline to sign up for the calcutta and the last protection is 7, with the last protection, partner draw and auction to follow. Games will follow the program and any shootoffs needed. The Calcutta will be our usual 50 bird draw, with 25 from the 16 yard line regular trap and 25 from the 21 yard line wobble trap.
Dinner will be available around 5:30 or 6:00.
Come on out and enjoy the fun! We welcome all trap shooters!
Fennville Grand 2024 is coming - Saturday, Aug 10th and Sunday Aug 11th!
The schedule has changed for this year and the only Grand activity on Saturday will be the Skeet Tournament. Trap events will be on Sunday. Please take note of each day's schedule below!
Saturday August 10:
-club opens at 11:30
-regular trap and skeet will run from noon-5
-skeet tournament will run from noon-5 (50 target individual tournament shot on skeet field 2) (you will only be allowed one set of targets for the program) (practice will be held on field 1) winners will be announced Sunday
Sunday August 11;
-club opens for pancake breakfast 8-11
-5 man teams will start at 9:00 on trap field 2, with the last team going out at 1:00, no exceptions (50 targets shot, first round will be from the 23 yard line and the second round will be from the 25 yard line, all on regular trap)
Shooters can only shoot on two 5 man teams and at least 3 shooters need to be changed/different between teams.
-protections will start at 10:00 and run on field 1, last protection will go out at 1:00
-Sunday's program will be a 75 bird 2 man pick your partner shot from the 21, 23 and 25 yard lines, with the 25 yard being split. Deadline to sign up for the program will be 1:00
-lunch will be served at 1:30 with the auction also starting at 1:30
-games will follow the program and any shootoffs needed.
Winners of all events will be announced on Sunday after the shoot.
Any questions, feel free to reach out to Will Wissink on his cell @ 616-566-3284
FENNVILLE ROD AND GUN CLUB
MEMBERS MEETING
THURSDAY JULY 11, 2024
@7:00PM
Pledge of Allegiance and Conservation Pledge
Members Absent: All members were present.
Article 1: The Secretary and Treasurer’s reports were read and accepted.
Article 1: Upcoming events:
o Pancake Breakfast-Sunday July 14, followed by an 80 bird shuffle.
Fennville Grand 2024 is coming - Saturday, Aug 10th and Sunday Aug 11th!
The schedule has changed for this year and the only Grand activity on Saturday will be the Skeet Tournament. Trap events will be on Sunday. Please take note of each day's schedule below!
Saturday August 10:
-club opens at 11:30
-regular trap and skeet will run from noon-5
-skeet tournament will run from noon-5 (50 target individual tournament shot on skeet field 2) (you will only be allowed one set of targets for the program) (practice will be held on field 1) winners will be announced Sunday
Sunday August 11;
-club opens for pancake breakfast 8-11
-5 man teams will start at 9:00 on trap field 2, with the last team going out at 1:00, no exceptions (50 targets shot, first round will be from the 23 yard line and the second round will be from the 25 yard line, all on regular trap)
Shooters can only shoot on two 5 man teams and at least 3 shooters need to be changed/different between teams.
-protections will start at 10:00 and run on field 1, last protection will go out at 1:00
-Sunday's program will be a 75 bird 2 man pick your partner shot from the 21, 23 and 25 yard lines, with the 25 yard being split. Deadline to sign up for the program will be 1:00
-lunch will be served at 1:30 with the auction also starting at 1:30
-games will follow the program and any shootoffs needed.
Winners of all events will be announced on Sunday after the shoot.
Any questions, feel free to reach out to Will Wissink on his cell @ 616-566-3284o Egg shoot on the rifle range, Sunday, July21. Contact Mike Cook
for more information. (616)218-1806
o Fish Fry-Friday July 26 Followed by a Calcutta. Contact Will
Wissink for more information (616)566-3284
o Annual Grand-Sunday, July 12, with skeet tournament Saturday,
August 11, all other events and games Sunday, August 12. As
always, good food will be available for this event. Five man
teams form 9:00AM-5:00PM, protections from 10:00-1:00PM,
Talk to Will Wissink for more information.
o The Board is planning a Bill Veldhoff Memorial Double Barrel
Skeet Tournament for some time in late August or early
September. Stay tuned. Tom Dykstra and Doug VanLente are
the point people on this event.
Article 2: Will announced that with the steadily rising prices of clay targets, the board has
made the decision to raise the price of rounds of trap and skeet. The new
prices, beginning August 1, 2024 will be as follows: Youth-$4.00 per round or
$32.00 for a member’s only punch card. Adults-$6.00 per round or $48.00 for a
member’s punch card.
Additionally, the board is planning a membership fee increase, beginning with
the 2025 memberships. The proposed changes would be as follows: Junior
memberships (youth, up to 18 years of age) would go from $5.00 per year to
$20.00 per year. Adult memberships would go from $60.00 per year to $100.00
per year (18 years old to 65 years old), and senior memberships (65 years old
and older) would go from $20.00 per year to $50.00 per year.
This membership fee increase would put us more in line with other West
Michigan clubs, and is necessary to offset the cost of the many maintenance and
facility updates needed in the near future, including re-roofing the clubhouse
and barn, and rising insurance costs and coverages.
Article 3: We’d like to welcome Ian to the team of trappers at the club. Ian has finished
training and joins Jackson, Conner and Abby on the trapper crew. Please help
encourage these young people whenever possible. Trappers Rubi and Aaron will
not be able to continue this fall because of college and other job conflicts, but
the board appreciates the fabulous job they did while working at FRGC.
Article 4: The membership approved 3 new members this month.
Meeting adjourned @7:30PM
Next meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, August 8, @7:00
Submitted by Tim Dykstra
Club Address, Map and Contact Information
Remember, Fennville Rod And Gun Club is a non-profit ALL VOLUNTEER organization.
Everything that happens at the club is due to the efforts of our generous members.
If you want to contribute some time, services, or goods please let us know!
Everything that happens at the club is due to the efforts of our generous members.
If you want to contribute some time, services, or goods please let us know!
"...Just a little old gun club at the end of a dirt road"