Chinook Rod and Gun Club holding fundraisers

Release and Staff

Chinook Rod and Gun Club is holding two fall fundraisers, starting this Saturday, to help complete improvements at the club’s trap shooting range and help build a new archery range.

Construction projects can begin once the club has the final paperwork for a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks grant completed and signed, the club’s release said. In the meantime, members are getting to work on their fundraising efforts as well as sourcing and pricing the needed gravel, fencing supplies and other materials.

Saturday, Sept. 23, the Chinook Rod and Gun Club will be having a Meat Shoot Fundraiser and a barbecue at the trap range located 4.5 miles south of Chinook on Clear Creek Road. The shoot starts at 1 p.m. and the barbecue, which is open to everyone and includes a sausage dog, chips and a drink for $5, starts at 4 p.m.

Rather than the club’s regular turkey shoot, this year’s shoot will award beef and pork to competitors thanks to donations of local beef and pork by Joe and Amanda Reed, Skoyen Ag, Nissen Angus, 3 Bar H Ranch and Shane Fox. New shooters, youth shooters with a parent or guardian and the public are all welcome at the shoot. Cost is $40 for five rounds of shooting, with additional rounds $8 each.

For the last several months, club members have been working on plans for their new archery range along with the addition of overhead lighting at the trap range and some other smaller improvements. A large portion of the project will be funded by the FWP grant, and the remaining costs will be covered by the clubs fundraising efforts and donations, the release said.

The club’s other fundraiser is a raffle for an ample Summer Fun Wagon Booze Basket donated by 406 Girl and Her Mower, “and when we say (it’s) enormous we mean it,” organizers said in the release. The wagon doesn’t even hold all the donated items, the release added.

The prize includes well over $600 in different alcohols, along with a Grizzly 20 cooler, Bluetooth speaker, two rod and reel combos, two insulated tumblers, two beach towels, two hats, plus snacks and a floaty rated for four-plus adults with built-in cup holders.

Raffle tickets can be purchased from Chinook Rod and Gun Club members

For more information, people can contact Eric Billmayer, 406-654-7755, or Joe Kennedy, 406-879-9280.