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About the
Rockville Fish & Game Club
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Our club is a
private
club targeted toward servicing our members interests and needs. Due to liability concerns the facilities are closed to the
public as a norm. Guests accompanied by a member in good standing are welcome.
We often hold public shoots and meets which anyone can
attend. The calendar of events is available on the
Newsletter page.
The Rockville Fish & Game Club, which was established in 1925, is a
member oriented and owned Sportsman's Club, dedicated to outdoor activities including: hunting, fishing, recreational shooting and
archery.
The land and facilities owned and operated by the Club includes: a large
main Club House that can be rented by members, a pavilion, rifle and pistol ranges, an archery house with a practice field, and two fish
ponds. These improvements are located on approximately 93 acres south of Fish & Game Road. On the north side of Fish & Game Road is around 38
acres, which is home to the Trap & Skeet facilities. In addition, the club owns and maintains a house on Crystal Lake with a boat launch and
pier.
Some of the recreational pistol and long gun activities include;
There are a variety of
different shooting events during the summer:
The Skeet & Trap range provides Trap or Skeet targets as requested by the shooters.
The two fishponds, which are stocked yearly, invite members to try their
luck. There is also fishing on Crystal Lake and members can keep a canoe or boat at the Lake House.
For the Archers there are practice ranges and a 3-D shoot on the third Sunday of most months during the spring and summers. A 3-D shoot is a
target competition that challenges the archers with a variety of life like targets on a course laid out in the woods.
The State of Connecticut, Department Of Environmental Protection, also
uses the Club for the required conservation Education Firearms Safety Course. Qualified members conduct pistol safety courses and provide
guidance to shooters who would like to participate in the different leagues. Safe gun handling and shooting are primary goals of the club
and all members are expected to teach and practice the safe gun handling principles.
The Club is open to anyone with an interest in the outdoors or a desire
for a safe place to shoot. There are shotguns and ammunition for beginners at the Trap & Skeet field and members will welcome and assist
anyone with the desire to learn the proper and safe way to enjoy the shooting sports.
The Membership meeting is held the Second Monday of every month and the
Board of Directors meetings are held the preceding Tuesday. Anyone interested in the club or its’ activities should consider attending.
For membership criteria click here: Membership
Our objectives as a club are as follows:
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To uphold the fish and game laws
of this State, the other states of this nation, and to insist upon a
strict observance of the same.
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To Promote, observe and defend
from waste our wildlife and natural resources and to encourage the preservation
and development of open spaces to insure that future generations will
benefit from all we preserve.
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To use its influence, where
possible, to secure the right to fish our streams, lakes and ponds, and
to hunt and camp over our woodlands.
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To prepare and support better
laws for the benefit of all sportsmen, and to review legislative
proposals and recommend actions accordingly.
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To encourage the stocking of
fish and game in waters and fields of our locality.
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To promote the feeling of true
sportsmanship.
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To Cooperate with the farmer and
landowner in suppressing the selfish and careless hunter or fisherman
and to see that landowners rights are strictly observed and their
property not damaged in any way.
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