Tumey Hills Shooting Sports Day

Summary:

• Who: Troop 37/201 from Los Altos as guests of Crew 568 from Watsonville. Troop 428 and 2428 from San Juan Bautista will also attend.
• What: Rifle Shooting. Some Pistol.
• When: Saturday May 7, 2022
• Where: Tumey Hills, BLM Land, Panoche Rd., Panoche CA  GPS: 36.57873812347204, -120.69462150772132

Description

Here is a link for direction purposes, that shows the exact parking lot to use: https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B034’43.5%22N+120%C2%B041’40.6%22W/@36.5787381,-120.6968102,759m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xcea699255cff1e3b!8m2!3d36.5787381!4d-120.6946215

Please Read!

• All youth under 18 MUST have a copy of the permission form. See “Personal things to bring” section.
• All Scouts BSA youth between 14 and 18 who wish to shoot centerfire rifles, semi-auto 22 rifles, or pistols, MUST have their SM/ASM discuss with their parents first. Per BSA rules, these are only for Venturers and guests of Venture crews who are of Venturing ages.
• ALL ATTENDEES need to review the “Personal things to bring” section.
• At least two people from each unit (SPL+Scoutmaster, President+Advisor) need to review the “Troop/Crew things to bring”

Shooting

• For all, including Scouts BSA members, Venture Crew members and guests of the Venture Crews.
  • .22 rifle (bolt action) with reactive targets
  • Shotguns slugs, and 00 buckshot (pronounced “double aught buck”) (limited amount)
• In addition, for Venture Crew members, and Guests of the Venture Crews, including Troop members over 14 years old
  • Center fire rifle with steel targets (limited amount)
  • .22 rifle (semi-auto) with reactive targets
  • Possible, depending upon staff and counts
    • Pistol shooting at reactive targets (limited amount)

Guests

Planned schedule:

Note: Times are subject to change on short notice, depending upon the situation.

Daylight hours

To aid in planning:

• Sunrise 6:25 am PDT
• Sunset 7:44 pm PDT

Saturday Tentative Schedule

• 6:45 – Crew 568 meeting place 1 – Aromas
• 7:20 – Meeting place – McDonald’s, 151 San Felipe Rd, Hollister, CA 95023
• 9:15 – Tumey Hills
• 9:45 – Safety Briefing
• 10:00-10:30 – Start shooting
• 4:00 – Cease fire, start cleanup
• 5:15 – Cleanup completed, Leave
• 6:15 – In-N-Out – 28900 Henry Miller Ave, Santa Nella, CA 95322
• 7:00 – Leave In-N-Out for home

Cost info

• $25 – supplies (cleaning, rifle maintenance, target maintenance etc.)
• $10 – transportation (give to your driver — gas is very expensive nowadays!) 

  Bring cash to pay Mr. Yetter of Crew 568 and your driver.

Personal things to bring:

Required

• If you are under 18 years of age, you MUST bring a copy of the council’s permission form signed by your parent or guardian. While it says on it “bring 4 copies”, only 2 are needed.
  • Shooting Permission (in PDF)  The permission form allows the crew to allow you to handle firearms. The State of California requires this type of document be on-hand.
• Lunch for yourself
• Snacks (Don’t Forget)
• Drinks for lunch
• Sunscreen
• Rain gear (if it looks like rain), such as a poncho. However, we might cancel if it looks much like too much rain.
• Dress in layers. It sometimes gets very warm mid-day, but sometimes very cold and windy in the morning and late afternoon.
• Jacket/sweatshirt(s)
• Closed toe shoes and long pants are required for safety.
• Hat

Optional

• Okay to bring: Personally owned Rifles or shotguns. You  MUST discuss this with Joe by the Wednesday before, so we can talk about ammo, transportation, etc. Must be known working. Legally transported.  The federal Gun Free School Zones law requires *locked* transportation. The can be in a locked trunk, otherwise in locked cases.
• Personal Eye and Ear protection. We will also have crew supplied eye and ear protection.
• Targets – Cans/plastic bottles. Nothing you cannot easily clean up and take home with you. Discuss with Joe if there are questions.
• Light chairs (“umbrella chairs”, etc) as there isn’t any seating there.

• There is NO WATER available. One or more containers (5 gallon?) for potable water is advised. Contact Joe for more info.
• Chairs (white plastic patio type are best)
• Tables if you wish them for eating, etc.
• Lanterns if spending the night
• Light rakes to collect spent casings.
• There will be temporary toilet facilities during the day. If your group is staying the night then this is important to consider.

Directions to Tumey Hills

There are two routes that take a similar amount of time. I strongly recommend the first option.

• The route via Hwy 152 and I-5 is a much easier drive, on well-paved high speed roads. Even if it should take 5 minutes longer your drivers will be less stressed. The distance on Panoche Rd that is unpaved is shorter.
• The route South of Hollister is a much more intense drive, on narrow winding roads, and a longer distance on Panoche Road after the pavement ends. This route has a much higher chance of motion sickness for the passengers.

Here is the location on a map: https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B034’43.5%22N+120%C2%B041’40.6%22W/@36.5787381,-120.6968102,759m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xcea699255cff1e3b!8m2!3d36.5787381!4d-120.6946215

Here are GPS coordinates: 36.57873812347204, -120.69462150772132