DWC Shooting Sports

03/27/2026

Good afternoon everyone,

We still have a few seats for the Introduction to Fly Tying Course at HSC on Thursday April 16th from 6 pm to 9pm. This course is free to all but seats are limited. If you would like a seat, just email me, if we start a waiting list, I will let you know. This will be a lot of fun. Erik K, Auri P, Deb MCM, John MCM and Ben B are already signed up.

Tim

Tim Bradbury 978-549-2685

02/06/2026

12/23/2025

NEWEST VERSION OF THE SCOUTING AMERICA RANGE AND TARGET ACTIVITIES MANUAL

Link below

https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/430-93825b-Range-and-Target-Activities-Manual-FINAL.pdfhttps://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/430-93825b-Range-and-Target-Activities-Manual-FINAL.pdf

10/10/2025

Hi everyone,

Who would be up for helping to teach the Full ML student course on April 18 & 19, 2026 at HSC? Please let John H and I know if you can help out. Dale and I have had a few folks ask about it so it will most likely be a larger course.

Have a great holiday weekend coming up,

Tim

Tim Bradbury 978-549-2685

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07/09/2025

6 Scouts and 4 volunteer staff opened Hidden Valley's first NRA First Steps Pistol Orientation Program at Resident Camp last week.

The NRA First Steps Pistol Orientation Program is a District or Council organized activity that allows scouts the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to safety shoot a specific model of handgun under the supervision of an NRA Range Safety Officer and instruction by an NRA Certified Instructor in Basic Pistol Shooting, and is the only pistol program currently available in Scouting American.

Thanks to the generosity of Sig Sauer, Hidden Valley is introducing scouts to the P322 semi-automatic pistol in .22LR.

01/20/2025

We are still looking for a few more RSOs and Rifle Instructors to help with the Okpik Biathlon on Sunday, February 2nd at GSR. We need people on site from approximately 8-12 and we will have lunch for you after the closing ceremony for Okpik. If you are available, please comment below and we will reach out to you.

01/15/2025

2 Upcoming Trainings in DWC RATA

1) Handling and Safety Workshop for RSO candidates and existing RSO and Instructors.

Sunday January 26, 2025 from 1pm to 5pm at Camp Carpenter's Manning Hall.
Open to all BSA Registered Adult Leaders, whether an existing Instructor or RSO, or a potential RSO candidate looking to develop those skills ahead of the RSO course on February 16th.

Invite your fellow RSOs, Instructors, and leaders!

2) NRA Range Safety Officer Course February 16, 2025 at Camp Carpenter's Manning Hall. 8am to 6pm (Bring your own lunch)

The RSO is a critical member of the Scouting America qualified supervision of all live-fire events with fi****ms.
Cost is $60. On completion, students will need to activate their credentials with the NRA for $60, good for 2 years (covers all current credentials) NRA members get a discount rate of $25.

Also, look forward to Basics of Rifle Shooting, Basics of Shotgun Shooting, and Instructor Classes later this spring!

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08/23/2024

https://timberpeg.com/archived-posts/topping-out-ceremony/ #:~:text=The%20topping%20out%20ceremony%20is,returned%20to%20trees%20after%20death.

The topping out ceremony is held once the last beam is placed atop a structure. There is evidence that this practice dates to at least 700 AD. Scandinavian mythology at the time held that each tree had a spirit of its own, and that people originated from trees and returned to trees after death.

Today at Griswold Scout Reservation
The new handicraft building was completed and the Topping Out Ceremony took place

Thanks all involved

The topping out ceremony has a long history for timber framing and is a wonderful ritual we continue still to this day.