Gun Clubs

elius

Hi all as some of you infact most of you are in gun clubs. Why are they so hard to get into? Been debating weather yo join one or not but am being put off buy the story you hear that there very hard to get into...
Cheers

bunny shooter

I'm in 2 x NARGC game shooting clubs in my own area. (I presume O/P meant game clubs?)

Both were easy enough to get into as my family and I are known locally and 2 of my uncles were members of one of the clubs previously.

1 x club I am a member of has only once refused 2 x lads who applied as they were caught shooting game out of season the year previous to their applications. Nobody else has been refused to my knowledge.

The other club has not refused any applicant as long as I've been a member.

Both clubs insist that a new member is proposed & seconded by existing members and if there are no objections they are allowed join.

Both the clubs I am in welcome new members.

This is my personal experience although I have seen here and heard of other clubs that are "closed shops"

yog1

does anyone know of a club that doesnt cost a arm and a leg to join in the north west, i know it doesnt sound like much but my local club is looking for £170 stg membership and there's a joining fee on top, sounds a bit much when they only meet once a month, and i have my own ground where i can "zero" my sights without paying through the nose as often as i get a chance,
i'd rather join a club and get the advice and help from older shooters but things are tight and cant afford this along with my ammo costs,

jwshooter

mine is 50 euros a year ,one of the biggest ones in wexford.

kay 9

What are the main advantages of being a member of a local club apart from going on shoots?

bunny shooter

For me

NARGC cover, decent game release programmes, vermin control competitions (motivates me a bit more) and the social side of it.

smokin ace

i have a rifle and i asked to join my local club just to have extra shooting lands and the social aspect they wanted €300 for the first year and then €200 a year after that and they said that covers the insurance on me and insurance on my dog but i dont have a dog and i wont be able to get involved in shoots because i dont have a shot gun and i dont want one i said no thanks and just went my own way getting permission off local farmers and got my licence that way
its dear enough paying €650 for a new gun €20 for a box of bullets €80 for the licence and then €160 for the gun safe even before taking one shot without paying €300 for the gun club as well
the way i have done it the only outgoing money i have to worry about for the new three years is buying the bullets

It wasn't me!

If the clubs are reasonable money to join and a decent outfit, the benefits are going to be the social aspect, the help for new shooters and a wealth of information, the insurance, and better shooting if they're tending to their patch, creating habitat and releasing game. I'll be looking to get involved with one locally when I'm getting a shotgun, but I've heard they're all very much closed shops. Must get in touch and see about doing some predator control for them.

irish setter

the clubs around my area are parish based so members are from the parish and are known to all. questions would have to be asked why would someone from outside the parish would want to join? anyone from or moved to our parish are entitled and welcomed to join unless they are not genuine in their hunting practices

cavan shooter

The basic joining criteria for our club requires living in or ties to the parish, proposer and second. capable of shooting at leat a 70 in sporting or at least a 23 DTL. Straight membership for anyone with a mini digger:D

elius

Sound lads going to give the localish one a bash, Wont hold my breath but will wait and see.
Cheers

ronn

jwshooter wrote: »

mine is 50 euros a year ,one of the biggest ones in wexford.

is that a game club??

yog1

yog1 wrote: »

does anyone know of a club that doesnt cost a arm and a leg to join in the north west, i know it doesnt sound like much but my local club is looking for £170 stg membership and there's a joining fee on top, sounds a bit much when they only meet once a month, and i have my own ground where i can "zero" my sights without paying through the nose as often as i get a chance,
i'd rather join a club and get the advice and help from older shooters but things are tight and cant afford this along with my ammo costs,

only cathching on now that you's all ment a game club, i know of a game club that cost £400 per yer:eek:, too much for my blood but then i'm not into hunting game that much, it's a good club and it's limited to 15 members, do a lot of socal work, eg put up styles, trim hedges ect, but then thats why they have 1500 acers to shoot over, they rear their own birds as far as i know as well,

what i ment in my original post was a rifle club, ie a range

kay 9

cavan shooter wrote: »

The basic joining criteria for our club requires living in or ties to the parish, proposer and second. capable of shooting at leat a 70 in sporting or at least a 23 DTL. Straight membership for anyone with a mini digger:D

I've a digger:D Cavan's a bit far from me though