Shawnee Sno-Chiefs Snowmobile Club, Inc.

I would like to THANK everyone who helped on the reroute. This could not have been done without our great club members.

Shawnee NYS Snowmobile Safety Course.

For trail Info, there are a few places you can look. Our page and our group here on Facebook, our Website: http://www.snochiefs.net and on the new statewide interactive trail map located here: https://webapps2.cgis-solutions.com/nysnowmobile/ (Green means open, red /orangemeans closed).

Trails are not ready......we don't open until after Big Game Season is over.

Sunday, December 6th, we will be doing trail marking on C-4D, trail re-route. Meeting at the groomer barn (3856 Eagle Drive, Sanborn 14132) at 8:30. Quads, Side by sides, Screw guns, stake pounders welcome.

A reminder: Trail Marking this Saturday AND Sunday. PLEASE COME and HELP your fellow club members. Meet at the Groomer Barn 3856 Eagle Dr. Saturday before 9 and Sunday by 8am.( 9 AM at Roadhouse Restaurant on Rt 104).

Trails do not open until after Big Game Season ends.

Trail Marking this Saturday 11/7 We will be marking NCCC and possibly a bit more. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Please meet at the Groomer Barn before 9am.

Please join the club and register your sled. Here's is another reason why:

Meeting night tonight. Board of Directors at 6:30 P.M., General Membership Meeting at 7:30 P.M. Membership Vouchers will be available. Shawnee Volunteer Fire Company, 3747 Lockport Road, Sanborn, N.Y. 14132 Memberships are also available at Hebeler's during store hours and on https://membership.nysnowmobiler.com/regions/28#c890

Waking up to this just reminds us the season is closer than we think. Join your clubs, get your registrations in, and prep your sled in Anticipation of a really good season!!

General Meeting Monday Nov 2nd 7:30 at the Shawnee Firehall. Come out and Join the club and get your voucher. See what's going on with the club and talk snowmobiling.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8th IS THE DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS! YOUR HELP IS NEEDED We are not winning the letter-writing campaign because many of you are not writing! NYS D...EC proposes Extending the Deer Hunting Season in the Southern Zone into Christmas Week! One less week to ride! It appears that this year many people will be riding who have not ridden in the last few years. With good snow, this will be a banner year for snowmobiling in NY. Each year we seem to be fighting for access to land for snowmobiling. Our landowners have been great, selflessly opening up their property for our riding enjoyment. But each year many of those landowners sell their property and landowner education starts new. For decades, the NY Snowmobile Clubs and NYSSA have been pressing riders to stay off of the trail system until the hunting seasons are over. Generally, that season ends around Dec. 20th. Now DEC has developed a proposed regulation that will add another week to the deer hunting season for bowhunting and muzzle loading. The longbow and muzzle loading seasons would be extended from Dec 26th through January 1 in the entire Southern Zone (generally everywhere south of the Thruway and some areas north of it, and south of Lake Ontario). We have until November 8th to submit public comments on this regulation change. So far, the hunting community has generated many more letters than the snowmobile community. This probably happened because the DEC stated that there was no conflict with snowmobiling. But there IS a big conflict with snowmobiling as most landowners do not want the two uses on their property at the same time. Thank you to the fifty NYSSA members who copied me on their email or letter to DEC. However, if fifty letters is all we can generate from our 50,000+ memberships, I doubt that DEC will take us seriously. You can find a full copy of the regulation link: https://www.dec.ny.gov/press/121333.html . You can also find NYSSA's comprehensive comments on our webpage. Feel free to borrow from these comments and let the DEC know this is not a good idea. Write to: Jeremy Hurst, Division of Fish and Wildlife, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY, 12233, [email protected] and if you would like, send a copy of your letter to NYSSA, PO Box 740, Central Square, NY 13036 or email a copy of your letter to [email protected] . Thank you for writing the DEC and thank you again for your generous support of snowmobiling.

Special Board and interested Members Meeting to discuss volunteer positions in the club and how we are going run the club now under the Board. Tuesday Oct 27 , 7:00 pm at the Barn

Please join now!

We need your letters and e-mails as soon as possible please! https://www.newyorkupstate.com//ny-snowmobile-association-

FLASH - If you join your club before December 1st, you will be entered into a random drawing for $1000 from NYSSA. You will receive one entry for every club you join, so join now and join many!