Mesilla Valley Shotgun Sports Inc

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  • Shotgun Range Opening

    Status Through June 15

    This is where we stand today. The city has opened the pistol bays on the Butterfield Shooting Range from 8-11 and 5-8 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. For now we will be allowed by the City to open the shotgun range on Thursdays (starting tomorrow, May 28) and Saturdays from 9-12. The City will also allow us to open on Tuesdays but I as of now I do not have the volunteers needed to accommodate Tuesdays. I will let you know as our situation evolves.

    The rules of operation will be as in this pdf (the same one shared on May 14):  

    https://mvss.pfeifferfamily.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Safety-Precautions-for-Re-opening-Shotgun-Range.pdf

  • SWSG ATA Registered Trap Shoot June 6, 2020

    The Southwestern Shotgunners in Silver City, New Mexico will be hosting a registered shoot on June 6, 2020.  Please plan to join us! The weather has been good! We should be a little cooler than you southern folks. Prefect time for shooting!

    Please contact Cory Dalton at badger@cybermesa.com to presquad for this shoot. Please read our letter and program attached.

    We will not be shooting the Southwestern Zone Shoot here in Silver City due to the Re-Scheduling of our New Mexico State Shoot on the same days.

    https://mvss.pfeifferfamily.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/swsg-2020-June-6-Program-R1-Day.pdf

    https://mvss.pfeifferfamily.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SWSG-May-18-2020-Letter-Emailed.pdf

  • Mesilla Valley Open Ishoot, May 30, 31

    In order to minimize travel and keep proper social distancing, New Mexico will be holding a series of internet shoots or iShoots. The iShoot format will allow shooters to compete in a registered shoot from one of three locations in the state: Mesilla Valley Shotgun Sports in Las Cruces, Chaparral Skeet Club in Roswell or High Desert Sportsmen in Albuquerque.

    The shoot managers at each club will be using a web based platform that will combine the scores from all three clubs. Attached is the flyer for the first ishoot with three others to follow. To see the most recent New Mexico Skeet Shooting calendar go to http://highdesertsportsmen.net/content/nm-skeet-shooting-association.

    The first shoot of the ishoot series will be the Mesilla Valley Open. The attached program for the Mesilla Valley Open ishoot has a link included where you must pre-register before Wednesday, May 27 . Make sure you select the right club where you are going to shoot in the registration drop-down list. No deposit is necessary to pre-register. Shoot fees will be paid to the club where you participate in the shoot. This is an honors only shoot to minimize the registration interaction and to simplify the management of the shoot.

    https://mvss.pfeifferfamily.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-mesilla-valley-open-ishoot.pdf

  • Southwestern Shotgunners Trap Club – Opening May 16, 2020

    The Southwestern Shotgunners Trap Club is  open as of May 16, 2020.

    In keeping with the mandates put forth by the Governor of New Mexico the Southwestern Shotgunners Trap Club will be requiring ALL members to wear a mask while on the property starting Saturday May 16. We understand how difficult it is to wear a mask and shoot at the same time, therefore we will allow shooters on the line to remove the mask while shooting but the masks must be put back on when you come off the line. There will be no exceptions.

    More information follows after the break.

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  • Range Opening Status

    As of this minute, the range will not open this weekend. In discussions with the City, we might be allowed to open on May 28 with restrictions. We don’t know what those restriction might be as of now. We submitted to the  City the attached safety precautions that we propose to use when we re-open. We also have a scheduled registered skeet shoot on May 30, 31 which will have an impact on recreational skeet shooting even if we are allowed to be open on the 28th. I will try to keep you informed as additional information becomes available on the range’s status – Joe

    https://mvss.pfeifferfamily.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Safety-Precautions-for-Re-opening-Shotgun-Range.pdf

  • Skeet Competition Plans

    Assuming the ranges are open, here are the plans for skeet competition over the next few months. Details follow after the break.

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  • El Paso Skeet and Trap is Open

    Heads up, y’all. The range is partially opened for your shotgun shooting needs. Please read the attachment for temporary rules in place due to COVID19. There is an ATA shoot in Fort Worth the weekend of the 15th. Please respond via email to teriseclark@gmail.comif you would like that shoot information.

    Thank you and have a terrific Tuesday!
    Tess Clark
    915-526-8624

    If you have any questions about the El Paso club and the COVID19 rules call them at 859-7325 or call Steve at 637-2990 (I assume area code 915?  Their email didn’t specify).  Their business hours are Saturday and Sunday 10AM-5PM and Wednesday 2PM-10PM.

  • No Change to Range Closure

    There has been no change to the closure of the Butterfield Shooting Range. The NM Governor’s recent modification to her lockdown order does not allow for the opening of the range according to the City. Next opportunity will be May 15. We will see what happens then.

  • Desert Valley 4H Benefit Postponed Indefinitely

    Hello everyone,

    We hope you and yours are safe and healthy.

    We have been watching the news, the updates and projected deadlines. CDC mandates social distancing, and Texas 4-H has no activities planned whatsoever until at least May 4th. We were hoping to hear good news by then.

    However, today, there was some bad news in order to keep us all safe. And due to the City of El Paso Stay-Home Work-Safe ordinance being extended, we have had to postpone our 17th Annual Benefit Shoot. Due to the El Paso Skeet and Trap Club not being ‘essential’, it will also not be opened until cleared by the city to do so.

    With these two bits of information combined, DV4H ALA has decided not to cancel- but to postpone the Benefit Shoot that was scheduled to take place on May 9th, 2020, with no new set date as of now. Please download or screenshot the attached flyer and disseminate it to everyone you know through all forms of social media – including mass text messages. We need to try to reach everybody who may know somebody that would come out and shoot. Please have everyone keep an eye on the DV4H facebook page for updates.

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  • Monthly Meeting Cancelled

    We will not have a monthly meeting this week as we would normally have on Thursday, April 2.