The Youth Pheasant Committee gives a BIG shout out the all the NORCO members that volunteered to make the Youth Pheasant program a great success again! During a year that was nearly impossible to find adequate ammunition quantities for the youth to train with at the trap range, several members …
Norco shouts out a big thanks to Cabela’s of Hudson/Berlin MA for making a recent donation of 3D archery turkey targets and turkey decoys. Norco welcomes the equipment for our members and to support our education programs, such as the yearly youth turkey hunter ed program we partner with MA …
Norco Basic Hunter Education Class dates are as follows: 4-day course (Mon -Wed – Sat – Mon)Mon, Aug 16: 6pm-8:45pmWed, Aug 18: 6pm-8:45pmSat, Aug 21: 8am-4pmMon, Aug 23: 6pm-8:45pm To register through MA DFW, call (508) 389-7820, press zero (0) to reach an attendant More details are here: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/basic-hunter-education-courses
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This new Norco Class introduced 8 students flyfishing equipment, knots, casting techniques, and fly-tying. The program was pulled together with Cody Coyne, Chris Giglio, Ryan Cashman (President of NE Fly Tyers), and Wayne Adams. The club on hand a fly-tying bench with pre-kitted flies, a rod and reel to practice …
Norco Fly fishing workshop , June 19, 8AM-5PM. Flytying for beginners (make 2 – 3 beginner flies), flycasting for beginners to intermediate on the lawn, on the pond, on the stream. Watch and learn from the experienced tyers and casters, expert demonstrations for advanced flies. $30 covers program materials, equipment, and food …
There is a Youth Turkey Tail Mounting taxidermy workshop on Sunday April 25th that is free, being held in Petersham. You must pre-register to attend. Please visit this website for more detail. http://bit.ly/turkey-tail-workshop
Norco this past month of February hosted the one day CPR/AED/GSW Class. Nine students took the class and will receive these four certificates: CPR, Stop the Bleed, GunShotWound Trauma, and Blood Pathogens. The reduced class size was to adhere to COVID precautions. One key take-away for anyone who has recent …
Due to COVID changes have been made to enable remote learning for youth hunter education programs. Norco will run two half-day field day training sessions on April 17th. Each session will be capped at 15 students. Students must have completed Basic Hunter Ed and Part 1 turkey education online course. …
Ryan got his first deer on Saturday October 3rd, a 6 point buck with his trusty Remington 870, 20 ga. He plans to have the deer head mounted. Earlier this year, he harvested a black bear in NH and a pair of pheasant as part of the Norco Youth Pheasant …
