We had 10 shooters out for our June practice night. Like usual we had a mixed group of regulars and a few new faces that came out to hone their skills and we saw some solid improvements as the night went on. Our next practice night is Monday July 15th at 6pm on our [...]
Thursday Night Trap Practice will continue through the summer. Reminder to all interested shooters. We start at 6pm and shoot until everyone is done shooting. Eye and Ear protection is mandatory for everyone, including spectators. Our Father’s Day Trophy Shoot was a success with 9 shooters braving the on and off rain showers. This [...]
Things are going great at steel, lots of rounds going down range and lots of steel going “ding”, maybe not as many times as the guns go “bang”, but close enough! This coming week we are all bringing out our 22 rifles, along with our normal assortment of pistols, to see who is the [...]
Thanks to everyone who made it out to our Canada Day shoot, and for showing our new shooter at the event a great time. Judging by the long range forecast, for our next event we will be dedicating a portion of the night specifically to shooting clays, so for the members with their own [...]
Here is our third newsletter update on the Stone's sheep work in the Finlay-Russel ranges. In this update, we cover mortality causes from this past year and since the project was initiated. We also discuss pregnancy results from our 2024 over-winter capture sessions and a new health concern previously unrecorded in Stone's sheep. Next week, we'll begin our vegetation sampling - Phase [...]
Please note that Trap is cancelled for July 4th, 2024 due to illness. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Join the Wild Sheep Society in partnership with AFGC for an exciting event about Horn Aging and Field Judging Rams! We are pleased to have Bill Jex tackling horn aging and accurately selecting rams on your next sheep hunt. Learn from experts in the field as they share their knowledge on how to accurately [...]
There were 5 matches during the month of May, including the PCC Nationals in Kamloops. Another 3 of these matches were classified as Level 3, which means more stages over 2 days and winners receive President’s medals from the National IPSC Body. It was great to see so many Abbotsford members wearing their new team [...]
Wednesday night drop ins have been very busy with new shooters each week. We had to pull all the 3D animals off the mountain as the bears are back in full swing. A few of the target were destroyed and allot of them will require repair. So for now our trails are target-less. Our [...]
In lue of regular practice, ATS hosted OFFSPECWAR Gunfighter Essential Handgun course, both Saturday and Sunday. 0800 course outline, setup and med plan. Started the day with an introduction to the Stop The Bleed. Fundamentals of tactical shooting, practicing stands, holster/unholster and target acquisition with bluegun. Great progress was made over the weekend finishing Sunday with positional [...]
The PPC Sub-club held our regular first Sunday of the month PPC match on June 2nd using range 3 as normal with 9 shooters attending despite the, heavy rain. The next match will be our CPCA sanctioned match to be July 7th and looking forward to warmer temperatures. Stay safe and healthy on and [...]
May continued to see a steady participation in the club and we are starting to see more new faces at the club! Thank you for spreading the word and getting more folks involved. I am going to start looking into possible competition opportunities in the area as well. If you are interested in joining a [...]
