 Maryland
4-H Shooting Sports
Instructor
Certification
May 2007
Mark
Burchick
INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION
4-H Gun Club / Howard
County, MD
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Several members of
the Howard County
4-H Gun Club
attended a three-day
weekend course to
become certified
firearms
instructors.
The disciplines
included shotgun,
rifle, handgun and
archery. The
36-hour class was
held at the Thendara
4-H Training Center
in Hurlock,
Dorchester County,
Maryland. |
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The camp
included the
training center,
camp
dormitories,
firearms ranges,
woodlands,
wetlands,
agricultural
fields and
ponds. I
caught this bass
at 10:30
pm, Friday
night.
Mark
'spot-lighted' a
female on a bed
near the
shoreline.
I cast my Senko
worm in front of
her and bam,
insto-fish! |
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Mark and I went
on to catch
several bass
over the weekend
during breaks.
Mark snapped his
rod trying to
land a lunker.
The fish is
somewhere in the
pond with a
plastic worm,
hook and line
still in his
mouth.
Mark saw the
fish and it was
either a large
largemouth bass
or Grandpa
Whiskers, the
catfish.
What a way cool
way to break a
rod, lost in
action in a
fight with Moby
Dick. |
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I found a pink
lady slipper, an
uncommon, native
orchid at peak
bloom in the
loblolly
woodlands
abutting the
pond. |
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Toadflax, a
southern
species, was an
aspect dominant
wildflower in
the agricultural
fields of the
shotgun training
area. They
typically grow
in full sun,
sandy and
infertile soils,
which was the
exact habitat of
the fallow
fields. |
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This photo is of
the newly
graduating crop
of Maryland
State rifle
instructors . .
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From left to
right is the
Howard County
contingency:
upper row -
Kevin Lancaster
(pistol with
rifle since
2006), Peter
Martin (rifle),
Tracy Harriotts
(shotgun), Mark
Burchick (pistol
with shotgun
since 2001),
Alex Herman
(archery), Scott
Bosse (Maryland
State rifle
instructor, and
veteran shotgun
instructor). Lower
row - Ed
Grimm (shotgun),
Kevin Lancaster
(Junior Rifle),
Nick Boeh
(Junior
shotgun), Tom
D'Asto
(shotgun), Mark
Burchick (Junior
shotgun), Steve
Boeh (rifle)
& Phil Howard
(shotgun).
Howard County
has always had a
viable and
contending firearms
programs,
emphasizing
shotgun (trap,
sporting clays &
skeet, via Mark
Mason and Mark
Burchick),
excellent
archers through
Mrs. Ann
Severance and an
up and coming
rifle program
(Kevin
Lancaster,
formerly Scott
Bosse & Ken
Klipple).
We now intend to
incorporate
handguns into
our program
(Mark and Kevin)
and further
strengthen our
existing
programs with
our new
graduating
instructors from
this weekend.
Congratulations
you all, and
thank you for
your service. |
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. . and
this photo is of
our new State
shotgun
instructors. |
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Here's a blast
from the past.
Do you remember
S&H Green Stamps
at your local
gas station.
We had a
Sinclair gas
station in
Greenbelt where
I was born and
raised, and my
parents
collected S&H
stamps in
booklets,
redeemable for
gifts. A
gas station and
attached country
store in Hurlock
had this old
sign out on the
road. |
Submitted By: Mark
Burchick |
