Buena Vista Sportsman’s Club Monthly Meeting Minutes – November 5th, 2025

Officers’ Present: Jim DePetro (President), Art Grover (Vice President), Kristin Huston (Treasurer), Rex Roberson (Secretary & Acting Pistol Chair), Doug Dreier (Executive Officer)

Officers Absent:

Members Present: Erik Phillips (Shotgun Co Chair), Preston Ellis (Shotgun Co Chair), Jake Farber (Youth Trap Chair), Mitch Williams, Dennis Heap, Jerry Steinauer, Harrol Palmer, Skip Penhall, Gary Young, Brad Kavanagh, Paul Cox

New Members & Visitors Present: James Dadich, Jeffery Klossner

Meeting Called to Order: 6:58pm
Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes: Approved

Treasurer’s Report: Passed

  • Total Cash Assets: $52,343.25

  • Total Inventory: $8,321.00

  • Oct Income: $686.34

  • Oct Expenses: $878.98

  • Oct Net Income: -$192.64

  • YTD Income: $64,968.41

  • YTD Expenses: $62,501.55

  • YTD   Net Income: $2,659.50

Membership Report

  • Total Members: 237

  • New Members Reviewed and Approved: Jeffery Klossner

Trap Report

  • Trap Shoot Reports

    • October 4th – Clearview church – 12 shooters

    • October 11th – Private trap shoot – 5 shooters

  • Weekly Trap shoot start time – Will be changed to an 11am start time in November.

  • Wednesday Trap Shoot suspended until March 2026 due to weather and attendance.

 

Youth Trap Report

  • The High-School team was first in the 2A league race by 151 points!!! There were 10 BV student shooters in the top 20 shooters. Congratulations to these fine shooters.

    • Male Shooters: 1st Trace Steed, 3rd Wayne Nagel, 4th Ty Munchoff, Tied for 11th Dawson DePetro & Carter Metcalf, 13th Branson Carlson, 14th Tevin Drake, 16th Cooper Cox, 17th Daniel Young, Tied for 18th Jacob Lagree, 22nd Gavin Erchul

    • Female Shooters: 5th Taya Martinez

  • The high school team is planning a turkey shoot for November 22, 2025, for the High School team and family and friends.

 

Rifle Report

  • Range Closed / People Downrange Signage – We will be getting a sign made on a sandwich board that will be placed on the rifle range when people are downrange.

  • Additional Steel for Rifle Range – Jake Farber has donated a 12’ gong to be installed at 240 yards on the rifle range. Rex will work on getting that installed.

 

Rimfire Report

  • Next shoot is Sunday, Nov 16th. Sight in at 9am, and the match starts at 10am.

  • Interested shooters can join email list by emailing Mitch Williams at: bvrimfire@yahoo.com

Pistol Report

  • The steel gong rack has been permanently mounted on the pistol range. Please do not try to move the steel targets.

Old Business

  •  Grant Update:

    • The club has been awarded the grant to rebuild trap house 3. Jake and Erik are looking into the purchase of a premade fiberglass structure that will be used instead of concrete. Once this has been purchased we will remove the thrower from trap 3, demo the existing structure, place the new structure and reinstall the trap thrower.

      • To satisfy the grant funding requirements we will be looking for a large number of volunteers to help with this effort. Please be prepared to help when called upon.  

    • To ensure eligibility for future grants, we need to increase and show public engagement through events like ATA shoots, youth programs, and open competitions.

      • The weekly trap shoots are listed in the Chaffee County Times and Mountain Mail events section.

  • Clubhouse   Porch Covering:

    • Updated estimate: $1,100–$1,300

    • Motion approved (11–0), pending city approval (required by lease).

    • Rex and Jake met with the City and they want engineered drawings and a permit to be pulled to build.

  • 5-Stand   Enclosures:

    • Proposal to build 6 enclosures for 5-stand machines.

    • Cost: ~$900 each / $5,400 total

    • Design: Cement pad + steel lockable cover, forklift   movable

    • Motion passed unanimously to proceed.

    • Purpose: Expand club use and add additional disciplines, especially for youth shooters.

    • Jake is doing some last due diligence to ensure we have the best design we can.

    • Jake and Erik have found a source for prebuilt enclosures. They are getting pricing and availability.  

    • The 5-Stand houses have been located and we have received an invoice, Erik has a plan for delivery. 

    • We need to come up with a plan to add solar power chargers for the batteries. If you have any experience and would like to help, please contact Jake Farber. 970-471-2369

  • Trap Field Expansion:

    • Plot plans of trap field confirm space for additional trap/skeet fields.

    • We will need an updated lease with longer / irrevocable terms to justify expense of expansion. 

    • Contact Jake Farber if interested. 970-471-2369

    • Jake presented the proposal to the Board of Trustees and is waiting for a follow up meeting.

    • It has also been highly recommended by a couple of board of trustees’ members that BVSC tries to get representation onto the Buena Vista Recreation Advisory Board to represent BVSC’s interests. https://buenavistaco.gov/2153/Recreation-Advisory-Board

    • The 5-year plan for the city report and municipality grant will need review and additions. We might need to form a committee for the reintroduction for the city. 

  • Turkey Shoot

    • Our yearly Turkey Shoot will be held on Nov 22nd  at the Trap range for our Shotgun games and Nov 23rd at the Rifle / Pistol range for our Rifle / Pistol games. 

    • 13 different games will be available to shoot to win a ham or turkey. Each game has a $3 - $5 buy in depending on the price of turkeys and hams.

      • Here are the Pistol / Rifle range games.

      • Scoped hunting rifles off bench rest @ 100, 150, 200 yards

      • Open sight hunting off elbows @ 50 yards

      • Buddy shoot off elbow @ 50 yards

      • 22 Rimfire benchrest -  5 rounds for a score of 50, 2 classes

      • Open sight 22

      • Buddy shoot 22

      • Handgun 22 rimfire 10, 15, 25 yards

      • Big bore pistol 10, 15, & 25 yards

      • Buddy pistol shoot

 

New Business

  • Bylaw Change: Article XII

  • ARTICLE XII: Amendments
    Amendments to these by laws may be made only by a two thirds (2/3) majority vote of the members present at two consecutive regular meetings. All members are to be notified by mail / or email regarding the proposed amendments at least fifteen (15) days prior to the first meeting. Where additional approval is required by an affiliated organization the amendments shall not become effective until such approval is given, unless the national organization fails to notify the club within sixty (60) days after receipt of the amendment by the national organization by registered mail. Failure to notify the club in the time frame allotted shall constitute approval.

NEW LANGUAGE

  • Any proposed amendment that is presented to the membership for a vote and does not pass may not be reintroduced, in whole or in substantial part, for consideration for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of the initial vote.

  • This was approved to proceed. There will be a vote on this bylaw change at the December and January meetings. If you want to vote on this you must attend the meeting in person.

Meeting Adjourned:  7:58pm

Rex Roberson - BVSC Secretary