The Active list of paid members for the club remained at 21 with 2 members in the Armed Forces. Welcome to George Lovely, Pat Delehanty and George Travis for joining the club. We lose Marty Van Wei, Bob Long and Pat Renzi we wish them well.

This year we report 7 bucks were taken in all by club members and the Sutton family! Those who scored were: Pieter Wolfe (5 & 3 pointer), Jon Reickert (8 points), Jim Greene (7 points), Jay Sharkey (8 points) and two spikes one by Scott Hennessy and one by George Peutter. Congratulations!

As you know Alice passed away on November 6, 2007 and at the last picnic she again thanked all club members for their past generosity and wished we all could get a deer. It was a very sad day for me and for everyone who knew and loved her! I and every member of this club past and current will miss her greatly and she will never be far from our thoughts as we walk and hunt the farm and mountains a place so dear to her heart. The club donated $250 in her memory to the Greenville Library per her wishes.

A few things decided at our last meeting were 1) Membership will remain at our current number of members; 2) To continue the raffle; 3) To continue our donation to Good Tidings & Jay for seeding the fields; 4) Continue the basket of cheer raffle at the picnic; 5) Amend club rules to take bucks with more than 2 points on one side and allow does' to be taken again with issued DMP's for our area; and 6) To keep the existing officers.

DAVE MARCY

Above paragraphs were edited from Deer Valley Hunting Club Bi-annual news letter

Here are the minutes for the 2007-2008 Hunting Season.

Officers reelected: Pres Bob VanWie, VP Pieter Wolfe, Treasure Dave Marcy, Secretary Clif Winne & Historian George Boyd, Winner of the Basket of Cheer: Sean Sharkey, Winners of the raffle $500 Aaron Buffardi; $250 Brian Huempfrier (Sold By A Buffardi) and $150 Kyle & Sean Sharkey. Voted to maintain donations to Good Tidings Bible Camp ($250) and Jay Sharkey ($700) for seeding fields. New this year voted to take bucks with a minimum antler size of two point on one side or 4 pointer during the regular season! Excludes taking of lesser points for bow and black powder hunting. Also again will allow taking of does with deer management permits! Great time had by all at the picnic! Enjoyed photos of the past put together by Linda Sutton and started a sign the poster for attendees! Nice things for us to review as our years go by! If anyone has photos they would like to share for Linda or to be posted on the Web Site would be appreciated! Nice Job on the new webpage by the way.

Alice thanks all members of the hunting club for their support over the years! As a side bar she has been in and out of the hospital shortly after the picnic and sending her a get well card would help with her spirits! I believe it would be best sent to her home as she is currently in the Eddy rehab center in Coxsackie. There is also something that should be brought to the attention of all our hunters! It is EHD Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease found in Albany county in Voorheesville and along the Hudson River. Twenty Eight(28)deer were found dead in Voorheesville and the group found on the river by perhaps our own VP Pieter Wolfe most likely have also died from EHD! If we find any dead deer in numbers we need to contact DEC so they can track it because it could have an impact on DMP in future years. It is a terrible death by hemorrhaging of the blood vessels and tongue! Soars will appear on the tongue, similar to blue tongue found in domestic animals, and problems will develop on the hooves eventually! The good news is that it is cause by a virus that does not effect humans and is only bad for the whitetails as they are bite by late season midges (insects) that spread the disease that will be killed off by a hard frost! Pray for cold freezing weather! If you should kill a deer after the frost there is still a chance that your deer could be infected and it is advised that we do not eat the meat if it is. Call DEC at (800) 847-7332 for a replacement tag and inspection of your deer!

Good luck this season to all!

Regards Dave Marcy

PS I expect to be out in the field for a few days and will give you an update if I find anything at the farm!

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2007-2008 Hunting Season Update

Here are the minutes for the 2007-2008 Hunting Season.