The Chester Rod & Gun Club exists to serve the community by providing
 a family friendly environment to promote the shooting and fishing sports.

INTRODUCTION
An Overview of the Chester Rod & Gun Club
 
The Chester Rod and Gun Club features a friendly atmosphere of 
quality ranges for educational, league, and competitive sporting uses.

The purposes of the club include:

• To promote conservation of natural resources and wildlife.
• To educate people in the responsible, safe and sportsmanlike use of
  firearms, archery equipment, fishing tackle and other related equipment.
• To provide safe range areas to practice the use of firearms, archery equipment, 
  fishing tackle and other related equipment.
• To promote the interests of youth in the safe and sportsman like use of firearms, 
  archery equipment, fishing tackle and other related equipment.
• To support and follow the rules of the Club, the New Hampshire Fish Game
  Department the laws of Chester, NH, The State of NH, and the United States
  of America.

Indoor Ranges:

• 50 foot pistol and .22 rimfire rifle range  (6 lanes)
• 30 yard archery range

Outdoor Ranges:

• 150 yard rifle range (16 lanes of benches, covered from rain)
• 50 yard pistol range
• Sporting Clays Course / Five Stand Trap / Wobble Trap
• 15 target archery practice course

These facilities are sometimes made available to the public:

• Chester Rod & Gun Club offers free sight in days for the public
  before hunting season.   See the Calendar for exact days
   and times.
• During certain seasons, the indoor firearm range is opened by the
  range officer on selected evenings.   See the current schedule on
  the Calendar page.   The fee schedule, for both members and non-
  members, appears on the Membership page.
• Similarly, during certain seasons, the indoor archery range is opened
  by the range officer on selected eventings.  See the current schedule
  on the Calendar page.   The fee schedule, for both members and
  non-members, appears on the Membership page.

We hope that our visitors will consider becoming full members:

New members are welcome!   Full details are on the Membership page.  In
addition to an individual, family, or senior citizen membership cost, some
service hours to the Club are expected.  Such "membership service" usually
consists of some organized and supervised maintenance jobs on the grounds
or helping to set up, run, or clean-up after an event.  There are always plenty
of  Member Service opportunities, but members unable to complete their
service hours can pay a premium at renewal time.

Membership Meetings

Membership meetings are held indoors on the third Monday of every month
(barring exceptions for holidays, etc.)    Oftentimes some sort of supper is
available at a reasonable cost as fundraiser for the club.  Visitors are welcome
to stop in and meet us when considering a membership.   See the current
Calendar for information on events and/or suppers held just prior to these
membership meetings.

Events, Programs, and Leagues

The Chester Rod & Gun Club operates many events and programs -- some
for members and some as a service for the sporting public.   This is JUST
A SAMPLE of our activities:

• Firearms, archery, and hunter safety programs
• Bowling pin shoots
• Indoor and outdoor archery leagues
• Junior Rifle League
• Granite State Bowhunters' 3-D events
• Blackpowder Demostrations
• Bow tuning seminars
• Sporting clay shoots
• Bonfire for used Christmas Trees
• Easter Egg Hunt
• Campership at a 4H camp

Affiliations

The Chester Rod & Gun Club is affiliated with or a member of:

• National Rifle Association
• NRA Institute for Legislative Action
• Gunowners of New Hampshire
• NH Wildlife Federation
• NRA Junior Rifle Association
• Granite State Bowhunters
• NH Forest Society
• NESCA
   

Questions?  Interested in joining CRNG?
Write to webauthor EdHoldgate@yahoo.com