Troop 10 - Shooting
Safety Camp Out
September 17, 18 & 19, 2004
It’s time again for one of Troop 10's favorite campout events. This year’s Shooting Safety Campout will again be held at the beautiful Illig Farm southeast of LaCygne. Mr. Cliff Illig has invited Troop 10 scouts and scouters to use his first rate shooting range for our Shooting Safety event.
At this years campout we will:
·
Set up camp sites
and cook as Patrols
·
Learn safe handling
of firearms under very closely adult-supervised conditions
·
Skeet Shooting
·
Learn and practice
archery
·
Plan and prepare hot
meals for Saturday morning, Saturday night, and Sunday morning
·
Optional fishing –
bring your poles
WHEN: Friday,
September 17th thru Sunday, September 19th
MEETING TIME / PLACE: Arrive
at Illig’s Farm by 7:00 PM on Friday night to set up camp If you plan to
arrive later or leave early, you MUST contact our Scoutmaster, Bill Haner,
before the campout or you may not get
credit for the campout. 913-814-9077 scoutmaster@bsatroop10.org
WHERE: Illig’s Farm - From PSMS
take Mission Road north to 135th Street. 135th Street west to 69 Hwy. South. Drive south on US 69
to State Highway 52 about 42 miles; (52 is about 5 miles south of 152 which is
the exit for LaCygne – do not turn here)
Turn left on Hwy. 52 and drive east towards Butler about 3.4 miles; just
after the “Leaving Kansas” sign turn right onto gravel road (Stateline Road)
and drive south about 2.1 miles; turn left onto gravel road (if you get to the
Marias de Cygne river, you went too far); drive about 0.3 miles east and look
for gate on the right (south) side of the road, just past the Illig’s lakes; turn
right into gate - you are there!
EQUIPMENT NEEDED:
You will need weather appropriate
clothing, extra dry clothing to change into at night, weather appropriate
sleeping bag, ground mat, eating mess kit, cup and rain gear. Bring your Scout Handbook. Call your patrol leader, if he doesn’t call you by Thursday, September 16th
for specific responsibilities. If you have
Patrol Equipment (tents, tarps, stoves, cooking equipment), make sure it makes
it to this campout even if you aren’t attending.
Patrol Quartermasters must speak to the Troop Quartermaster, Greg Spies; quartermaster@bsatroop10.org
913-338-4354; if ANY additional equipment is needed (i.e. cooking
grates, bricks, tent poles, tent pegs, tarps, tents)
We
DO NOT provide tents or tarps for adults. We also DO NOT provide: cups, plates,
bowls, knives, forks or spoons. Troop 10 has a policy
about chairs: Only Adults & Eagle Scouts can use lawn chairs (with backs)
on campouts. Other scouts can use
tripod type camp stools. Adults are
encouraged to bring a lawn chair.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: If
you have ear muffler sound protectors, please bring them. (Make sure these are clearly marked with
your name) The troop will provide
ear sound protection and safety glasses for those who need them. Regular prescription eyeglasses will provide
adequate eye protection.
UNIFORM OF THE DAY: Red activity shirt or Red
t-shirt. during the day on Saturday.
COOKING AND MEALS: Eat
before you arrive Friday. Cooking will
be by patrols. Hot meals must be
prepared on Saturday morning, Saturday night and Sunday morning. For lunch on Saturday, bring a sack lunch
and drink. (Troop Policy: NO Lighter Fluid, “Match-light”, or accelerant to be
used. Charcoal chimneys are provided by the Troop)
Adults
will cook and eat as the “Old Goat” patrol for all meals. (Bring a sack lunch
& drink for Saturday)
COST: Scouts $25.00 plus patrol food costs
Adults $25.00
COMMITMENT DATE: You
must sign up and/or pay for this camp out by the meeting on
September 13th or by contacting Herb Strain at 816-941-8614; hastrain@aol.com by September 13th.
All those who sign up or commit to go will be charged the campout fee
even if they don’t attend. This campout
event involves considerable costs to the troop for materials depending on how
many we believe will participate and we need to have these costs paid for.
COORDINATING PATROL: The coordinating patrol will be the Squirrel
Patrol. One of the adults of a Squirrel
Patrol scout will need to drive the troop truck to and from the
campout. The Squirrel Patrol
scouts are responsible to meet at the troop locker to unload the troop truck on
Sunday afternoon. (The troop truck
will be loaded by all Quartermasters and other volunteers on Saturday,
September 11th, as part of the annual inventory process.)
