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QUGA Cumberland Chapter Annual Banquet

Great Upland Season Comes to an End!

Mushroom Fest 2022

Last Quail Hunt of the Season, Ina, Django, Kevin and Bill

Ina, Hildy, Kevin and Bill, West Cabin/Woods Quail Hunt

Django, Ina, Kevin and Bill, Clubhouse Field Quail Hunt

Sandy Run Field Report October 12, 2022

π Day Quail Hunt, Ina, Hildy, Kevin and Bill

Ina, Django, Kevin and Bill, Cabin Quail Hunt

Lola, Ina, Kevin and Bill, Tinkerfarm Quail Hunt

Come out and support our Quail and Upland Game Alliance chapter banquet coming up on Saturday, Oct. 8th. It’s a fun evening and good dinner, this year catered by The Blind Society. QUGA helps landowners with improving the wildlife habitat, provides grants for local habitat work, supplies all the birds and prizes for our youth hunt and contributes to other youth related outdoor activities. Plus lots of guns, art and other goodies will be raffled or auctioned, great chance for some awesome deals.

Thank you all so much for another awesome season of upland bird hunting at Sandy Run! Be sure to come to Mushroom Fest on Saturday, April 30th to let me thank you personally with a fun get together.

Check out where I end most of this season’s evenings.

Coming up Saturday, April 30th, come and enjoy some shrooms and dads. Gonna boil some crawfish and hopefully find a few morels to go along with some oyster, portabella and pheasant back mushrooms. Sandy Run Clubhouse at 5 pm or earlier if you want to try to find a few morels yourself.

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The following is a list of Sandy Run’s Upland Fields and the number of birds left by hunters in the last 30 days.

Field	Condition	# Pheasant	# Quail	# Chukar
Cabin	Still in Beans	0	0	0
Clubhouse	Thick	0	0	0
East Bottom	Still in Corn	0	0	0
North Tinker	Still in Beans	0	0	0
Pasture	Good	14	16	6
South Tinker	Still in Corn	0	0	0
West Bottom	Still in Corn	0	0	0
West Cabin	Good	0	0	0
Woods	Open in December	0	0	0

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Sandy Run Season Opener
All day
10/01/2022
No additional detail for this event.

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QUGA Cumberland Chapter Annual Banquet
5:00 PM-10:00 PM
10/08/2022
Vandalia Moose Lodge
S. 3rd Street, Vandalia, IL
Come out and support our Quail and Upland Game Alliance chapter banquet coming up on Saturday, Oct. 8th. It’s a fun evening and good dinner, this year catered by The Blind Society. QUGA helps landowners with improving the wildlife habitat, provides grants for local habitat work, supplies all the birds and prizes for our youth hunt and contributes to other youth related outdoor activities. Plus lots of guns, art and other goodies will be raffled or auctioned, great chance for some awesome deals.

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October Continental Shoot
9:39 AM-2:00 PM
10/19/2022-10/30/2022
Sandy Run Hunt Co. Clubhouse
1244 E 1600 Ave
The Sandy Run Hunt Co. Continental Pheasant Shoot simulates an European, driven hunt consisting of pass shooting.
The day will begin at 8:30 with morning snacks and coffee. Wobble trap will be available before the shoot for warming up. The pheasant shoot will start after 9 am and be held in the Clubhouse Field. Pheasants will be released from a raised platform in the center of the field, with 12 to 16 shooting stations placed around the field.   A round of birds will be released, equal to the number of shooters. After each round we will retrieve the downed birds before moving to another shooting station for the next round. This will continue for 12 rounds and all shooters have had an opportunity at each station. We will have retrieving dogs available or you are welcome to bring your own.
After the hunt around 12:30 all the birds will be cleaned and divided equally among the shooters. Lunch will be served in the clubhouse..
There will be 12 pheasants released for each shooter and the hunt will be limited to 24 shooters.
This shoot includes morning snacks, trap practice, 12 released pheasants, cleaned and packaged birds and lunch after the hunt.
The cost is $250/shooter. You can also share a stand with one other hunter for $300. Afternoon cleanup hunts are available at $25/hunter.   Fields will be assigned on a first come basis.
Participants are required to wear eye protection, blaze orange hats and vests. 12, 16 or 20 gauge shotguns are recommended.   Ammunition should be #6, high brass shells, no shot larger than #6 will be allowed for the Continental Shoot. It is suggested that you bring a minimum of 3 boxes of ammunition.