Wauneta Gun Club hosts annual year end program

The Wauneta Gun Club recently held their year end awards supper and program. This was the 65th year The Wauneta Gun Club has been active. It was chartered by the National Rifle Association in 1959. In its beginning’s, members shot in the basement of the Odd Fellow building in Wauneta. In the 1960’s the club rented a building at Enders.  In 1995 the club was able to purchase that building thru its members donations. The club currently has 30 members from the communities of Imperial, Wauneta, Grant, Elsie, Madrid, Stratton, Culbertson and McCook. Members shoot on teams or individually. League shoot runs Sept. thru March. However, Club members can use the range all year long. Goal of the club is to promote gun safety, improve marksmanship skills while enjoying the competition. A handicap system is used in scoring to allow every level of shooter a chance to win matches and to also improve each one’s individual scores. The 2023-24 season included an all-female team.
Results for the season were: first place—Ross Repair, team members Tom Ross, Tony Ross, Nick Ross, and Dave Steinwart; second place—Boveau Canyon, team members Bob Sitzman, Steve Swisher, Paul Gabory and Todd Wagner; third place—Pioneer Seed, team members Lynn Keiser, Jeff Muehlenkamp, Dirk Bauerle and Dawn Weber. Most improved shooter was Christi Klima.
Following supper and awards, Lynn Keiser and Bill Bauerle each gave presentations. Lynn had brought his collection of rifles and hand guns that are reproductions of one’s used by prominent US men. Lynn talked about the guns and gave short history of the men who used them. They included Buffalo Bill, Jermiah Johnson and Theordore Roosevelt. Bill Bauerle brought his big game rifles, skull of a Cape Buffalo he shot and ivory from a hippopotamus. He entertained the group with stories of his hunting trips to Africa. He showed video of retrieving a 6500lb hippo from the river where it was shoot.
Person interested in joining the club for the 2024-25 season may contact any current member, including Steve Swisher 308-340-7252 and Joe Barger 308-882-8246.