Category: Coming Events

The shotgun range will be open for skeet shooting on the Friday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, from 9AM to noon. As of right now, the trap range will not be open.

This coming Sunday, November 6, we will be giving away a few turkeys and a token or two to shooters breaking flash targets randomly inserted into the shooting sequence. Hope you can come join the fun.

Doug Gray of Gray Shotgun Cache be at the range on this coming Wednesday, Nov 2. Doug is a dealer for high end shotguns and his wife represents Decot shooting glasses.

Authorized dealers for Caesar Guerini, FabArm, Perazzi, Kolar Arms, Zoli and Decot Sport Glasses.

Doug’s website is http://shotguncache.com

The Cowboys for Cancer Research trap shoot is being held Saturday night, November 5. Registration will begin at 6:00 PM and non-lighted fields will be available for practice at that time. Teams entered in the event will begin shooting at 7:00 PM The cost will be $50 per person, $250 per 5 person
team. Please call John at 575-644-3936 or Joe at 575-642-2072 if you plan on participating in the event.  The event flyer is at https://mvss.pfeifferfamily.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/shootforthecure2016.jpg

Night Skeet

In conjunction with the Cowboys for Cancer Research trap shoot, Skeet Field 2 will be available for shooting recreational skeet under the lights. The cost per round is one token plus $1.

We need about 6 or so folks to help with scoring at the Lions Club Trap Shoot this Saturday, October 15.  Set up will begin between 7:30 and 8:00 with shooting beginning hopefully at 8:45. Shooting should be completed by noon. If you are able to help, please let us know by sending an email to MVShotgunSports@comcast.net  or calling Joe at 575-642-2072. Lunch will be provided for helpers.

The Fall Skeet League is beginning and will run through December. Four rounds per month for a total of twelve. For additional information and to sign up call Preston at 586-215-3060.

As you may know, several of the Mesilla Valley Shotgun Sports members are also associated with New Mexico Quail, and as such, would like you to know that the NM Quail annual banquet is being held on October 21, 2016 at the Elks lodge beginning at 6:00 pm. Many great silent auction items will be available including an English Pointer pup with a great blood line and a custom handcrafted knife by Keith Hettinga. As part of our fundraising effort, we are having a raffle for a chance to win a 3 person one day guided quail hunt on the Armendaris Ranch or the Ladder Ranch, both of which are Ted Turner properties. The hunt will include transportation on the ranch in a custom Hummer hunt wagon, dogs, and guides. This is really a once in a lifetime hunt. $100 per chance. The first name drawn will have their choice of which ranch to hunt and the second name drawn with hunt the other ranch. Drawing will be held on November 4, 2016 and the hunt will be during the November 15, 2016 to February 15, 2017 New Mexico quail season. We normally sell around 50 tickets in this annual raffle to give you an idea of your chance to win. Tickets for the banquet and the raffle tickets may be purchased on the nmquailinc Facebook page, sending email to nmquailinc@gmail.com, at Trophy Country, or calling John at 575-644-3936 or Joe at 575-642-2072.

The details of the banquet ticket are at https://mvss.pfeifferfamily.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NM-Quail-Banquet-Ticket-2016.pdf

We need a headcount!  So if you are planning on attending, please send an email to MVShotgunSports@comcast.net with the number of people in your party.

The board of directors of Mesilla Valley Shotgun Sports would like to thank you for your support by having a free luncheon for you (members and non-members included) on Saturday, October 1. That day at the range, we will have 5-Stand set up from 9:00 ‘till noon along with skeet and trap, lunch from 12:00 ’til 2:00, then a night shoot, including 5-Stand, beginning about sunset. 5-Stand will continue to be up and running on Sunday, Oct 2.

Hope you can make it!

Any New Mexico R3 Summit attendee may participate in the First Annual Sporting Clays Youth Conservation Charity Shoot on Saturday, September 17 at the Tinnin Hunt Club for a reduced rate of $75. All proceeds will benefit the New Mexico Youth Conservation Foundation’s First in the Field program and provides scholarships, equipment, and supplies for youth hunting and fishing camps.

Contact shoot@nmych.org for more info & sign up