2009 Youth Events:

Although our calendar has not yet been formalized we plan on having our 4H, Boy Scouts, Big Brothers/Big Sisters Events and Youth Shoots again this year. Everything depends on member participation and the funds available. Our Youth Chairman, Chuck Thelen is looking into scheduling the events for the year. If you can give the chapter a hand with any of these projects contact Chuck Thelen(chuck.thelen@us.bosch.com ).

LCPF Annual Youth Outdoors Day

Bring the kids to come join us in a Sportsman Day where our "playstations" have real firepower! All activities are free! When the kids join the Ringnecks Club for only $5 they will receive a gift bag and a periodic Magazine from Pheasants Forever. What a deal!

Who is invited: All youths who have an interest in the out of doors.
When: Saturday, August 15th from 10am to 3pm.
Where: Livinston Conservation and Sports Club,8532 McClementsRd, Brighton Mi.

Grill master Ray Green will be cooking hotdogs. Wash them down with a soda or water compliments of PF.

• DNR field officers Pete Burdy and Dan Prince will be available to answer any field hunting questions.
• DEQ will have information on clean water and air for healthy habitats.
• PF volunteers will be available to discuss habitat improvement.

Supervised Shooting Events:
• Rifle Range: Target shoot with a 1000fps pellet gun or a .22cal rifle.
• Trap Shoot with both 20ga and .410 shotguns.
• 3D Archer Shoot-Shoot for Big Buck$

Door prizes:Two 1000fps pellet guns to be given away!

Enter to win a guest spot on one of two upcoming PF hunts.

Livingston County 4H Pheasant Project

Livingston County 4H group will have 11 participants in a Pheasant Raising and Habitat project. Each youth will attempt to raise 10 pheasant chicks and participate in a habitat project, either nesting grass or food plots. Members of the Livingston County Pheasants Forever will assist with the habitat.

The 4H group has participated in the chick raising project in the past. The have also manned a booth, with pictures live pheasants and documentation,at the Livingston County Fair. The 4H partipants will release the adult birds into the wild. This year 50% of the surviving pheasants will be released at the Livingston Nature Center where there will be several habitat projects going to insure good cover and food for them. The rest of the birds will be released at other locations of the participants choosing.

2008 Youth Hunt (update) 1/31/2009
Our Youth Hunt was held Saturday, January 31,2009. There were 13 young hunters participating with several others as no-shows due to the cold weather or conflicting schedules. All the hunters present harvested at least one pheasant. Even though the temperatures were in the "teens" and the snow was "knee high to a short giraffe" everyone (parents, dog handlers and hunters) had a good time. There was a good lunch available and Jim Witt helped the young hunters dress their birds.
Several of our hunters came a long way to participate. Some of them came from Southwestern Michigan, the thumb area, Port Huron area and Dundee. Everyone said the event was worth the trip.
The Youth Hunt was held at the Variety Farms Game Preserve in Hartland, Michigan. The owners are John and Terra Bullock and are very nice people. They also support our fundraising banquet with donations of several (10 bird) hunts. Their facility is open until April 15 and the their email address is vfgp@hotmail.com.
For additional information about next year's Youth Hunt contact our Youth Chairman, Chuck Thelen (248) 207-6399.(chuck.thelen@us.bosch.com).

Livingston Conservation and Sports Club Youth Event
Members, Livingston Conservation and Sports Club will be holding it's annual Youth Day on Saturday, June 6,2009. Last year the event ran from 10:00am until 5:00pm. It is again open to all kids. In the past Howell's "Dicks Sporting Goods" sponsored this event before Dicks closed. The club grounds are located on McClements Rd about 1mile east of Hacker Rd. Last year the youth event included archery, shotgun and small bore rifle shooting with other sporting events. The Brighton Swat Team is was present along with Pheasants Forever and several other organizations. There was free food for the kids. Most everyone had a good time.and we are sure they will again this year. Our PF chapter manned a booth at the event and signed up Ringneck members and passed out PF literature.
To help or for more information this year contact Youth Chairman Chuck Thelen(chuck.thelen@us.bosch.com) or (248)207-6399.
*****update*****The Youth Day was held on June 6 as planned. It was a bright sunny day and an estimated 100 young people participated along with their parents. There were archery, shooting and casting (fishing) events. The DNR, Howell police, Pheasants Forever organizations had booths. Everyone received a free lunch although donations were appreciated.
Our chapter signed up 7 new ringneck/memberships and passed out several more application forms along with habitat information.

Kim Breeding
Livingston Conservation District
admin@livingstoncd.org
The Livingston Conservation District will be having our annual Field Day on September 19th at the Iosco Nature Center.

Some of our past demonstration stations included:
1. Fishing at the catch-n-release pond
2. Food plots
3. Pheasant Release
4. Dog Demo's
5. Soil types )
6. Tree identification
7. Invasive plants/bugs
8. What should homeowners do about rabbit/mole/deer problems (MSU-extension)
9. Tree planting
10. Wanigan
11. Sawmill Demo
12. Animal Skins/pelts
13. Hayride
14. Archery
15. Drain Commission
16. NRCS
17. Scavenger hunt for the kids