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Wood duck, bluebird and bat house project gets boost from junior builder: Your Manitowoc outdoors report

Bob Schuh
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Our birdhouse builders from Maribel Sportsman’s Club and Francis Creek Sportsman’s Club are still building houses for the spring. Mark Hutterer (from left), AJ Ganoni and Nel Spangler show some of the bluebird houses they recently built.
Our birdhouse builders from Maribel Sportsman’s Club and Francis Creek Sportsman’s Club are still building houses for the spring. Mark Hutterer (from left), AJ Ganoni and Nel Spangler show some of the bluebird houses they recently built.

Maribel Sportsman’s Club and Francis Creek Sportsman’s Club continue building wood duck, bluebird and bat houses.

This time, we had a new junior builder with us for the first time. AJ Ganoni is one of the youngest to help with the project, and he did a great job piling the houses as they were built.

If you would like some of these houses, give me, Bob Schuh, a call at 920-682-3106 to make a time to pick them up. This may be the last build for the spring, as I have quite a few houses left yet.

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Clarks Mills club announces fishing derby winners

Clarks Mills Sportsmans Club would like to thank all the sponsors and participants who made this year’s fishing derby another success.

Here are the winners of this year’s derby, by category:

  • Northern pike: First place, Andy Shimek, 16.65 pounds; second place, Justin Frish, 6.60 pounds; third place, Kaden Kowalski, 6.36 pounds

  • Perch: First, second and third places, Daryle Mrozinski, 1.91, 1.49 and 1.44 pounds

  • Walleye: First place, Brady Zutz, 7.98 pounds; second place, Steve Schmitt, 4.39 pounds; third place, Steve Schmitt, 2.73 pounds

  • Trout: First place, Kayden Kowalski, 15.22 pounds; second place, Skip Duellman, 9.92 pounds; third place, Skip Duellman, 9.41 pounds

  • Crappie: First place, Barry Frish, 1.46 pounds; second place, Mike Theyerl, 1.30 pounds; third place, Tim Brick, 1.29 pounds

  • Bluegill: First place, Brady Zutz, 0.94 pounds; second place, Justin Frish, 0.87 pounds; third place, Brady Zutz, 0.85 pounds

  • Whitefish: First place, Parker Valleskey, 3.31 pounds (only fish in the category).

Rifle and Pistol Club hosts open trap shooting on Sundays

Manitowoc Rifle and Pistol Club, 7227 Sandy Hill Lane, north of Two Rivers between State 42 and County O on Viceroy Road, is hosting open trap shooting from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoons.

The trap shooting is open to the public and sponsored by the club on a weekly basis. It runs through the end of April.

Membership in the Manitowoc Rifle and Pistol Club is appreciated, but not required. A fee of $5 per round of trap shooting is charged. 12-gauge target ammunition is available for purchase at $9 per box of 25 shells for use on the range. There are no team requirements.

Scores are retained on an individual basis for reference by each participant. Enjoyment and camaraderie through participation in a safe shooting sport is the goal.

Additional information about the Manitowoc Rifle and Pistol Club may be obtained through the Facebook page or the website at manitowocrifleandpistolclub.com.

No local sturgeon spearing story this year

A couple of weeks ago, I had a chance to talk with Tom Lenz at the NEWGLSF (Northeastern Wisconsin Great Lakes Sport Fishermen) Banquet at City Limits.

Tom informed me there would be no sturgeon spearing story from his group this year. Ice conditions were just not safe, and most people stayed off Lake Winnebago.

Tom told us his wife, Debbie, made him promise he would not go out onto the lake this season. He said a few from their group did try their luck very close to shore, but none of them even saw a sturgeon.

I guess all we can hope for is thicker ice next season.

Westshore club’s Easter Egg Shoot is March 30

Westshore Sportsman Club, 11267 Lakeshore Road, Two Rivers, will hold its Easter Egg Shoot March 30 with registration from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The national anthem is at 9:20 a.m. and shooting starts at 9:30 a.m.

Food and refreshments will be served all day.

There is a chance to win a prize on every round. Try your luck at 100 colorful targets and drink birds.

A 50-50 raffle drawing will be held at 5 p.m. while buckets and paddle wheel will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gun and cash raffle will be drawn at 5 p.m.

Direct questions to Greg at 920-482-0725. Proceeds from the raffle will benefit the local U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Youth Organization.

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Maribel club still has openings for hunter safety course

Maribel Sportsman’s Club has its first hunter safety course filled up, but we still have openings in our second course. That course will run Thursdays, April 25 and May 2, both from 6 to 9 p.m., and finish up on Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

The bow hunter course will run May 7, 14, and 16 all from 6-9 p.m. Pre-registration for these courses is required by calling Bob Schuh at 920-682-3106.

That’s it for this week, so have fun in the great outdoors.

Outdoors columnist Bob Schuh’s “Scoping the Great Outdoors” column appears each Sunday in the Herald Times Reporter. He can be reached at 920-682-3106 or bobschuh@lsol.net.

This article originally appeared on Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: Manitowoc wood duck house project still has free houses available