Dave’s Ramblings

I can’t believe summer come and gone so quickly, it seems like a few trip’s to the lake and that was all she wrote. Today is Opening Day for archery season, actually managed to get my tags and everything ready last night, up before the sun this morning and out to the woods I go… Spent a few hours on my favorite stand, the deer stayed bedded down, only saw one from the stand and I had to practically go step on her to get her up and moving. Bumped a couple others while going to check on the other stand. Still pretty warm up here yet, 47F this morning, the high should top off around 70 today, so early morning hunting is all there will be for a spell yet, kind of a pain since they’ll need to be deboned and stuff within a few hours of harvesting them because of the temps.

Just as well, need to get 14-15 cords of wood cut down, split and stacked to be ready for the winter. Have you seen the price of propane lately? It’s only going to get worse, last year I shorted myself, spent too much time hanging around in the trees instead of cutting them down. Actually ran through a little over 10 cords before December was done and had to switch over to LP for heat for the rest of the winter… made for a cold couple of months. We prefer it to be 85ish in the house through winter.

Isn’t that the oddest thing, last week we were still running the air conditioning to keep the house below 80, then along comes winter and if it drops below 85 it’s time to start feeding the wood stove and fireplace to crank up the heat. A bunch of odd ducks we are.

Off to sharpen the chains for the saw and try to get some work done, maybe this evening I’ll still have enough energy left to get back out in the woods and see if I can find that 12 pointer that has been taunting me the past month or so by hanging around the backyard.

Michael and Brenda Walker of Personal Protection Specialties are pleased to announce they have more openings for their concealed carry class on August 13th and August 20th.

The classes will be held in Chippewa Falls / Eau Claire, WI. Please contact them for more information at 715-559-1243 or at their web site at http://www.concealedcarrywi.com

As with other concealed carry instructors, Mike and Brenda will be encouraging their students to make a contribution to our political action committee, the Wisconsin Concealed Carry Movement (WCCM). These contributions will go entirely to pro-concealed carry candidates in next year’s elections.

For further information about the classes, please review the letter below from Brenda and Mike, and contact them via their phone number, email address or website.

Thanks,
The Wisconsin Concealed Carry Association

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Students,

The Minnesota Permit along with the Florida Permit is recognized as valid in 29 states at this time.

These classes are Self Defense Classes. And as such, Women are encouraged to attend as well. Brenda is on staff to specifically help women with their unique questions towards concealed carry.

Please encourage your wife or woman friend to attend!! Couples cost is only $250 per couple a $50 savings!

Also for men if you bring a friend or buddy you will both save $25 per person.

Check our web site for dates and times of classes if you do not utilize the web, please feel free to call, we do this full time and you can reach us at anytime from 11am till 10pm M-F most classes are held on every Saturday of every month, if you need weekday classes please call (715-559-1243) and make arrangements with Mike or Brenda.

If you have a club that you would like private lessons for please contact us and we can accommodate you on a per club basis.

Class:

The CCW Certification Class is an AACFI Certified class that is accepted as meeting the Minnesota and Florida training standards for receiving both the FL & MN CCW permit. The Non-Resident Florida CCW permit is recognized as valid in 28 states, MN in 11 states.

You should bring to the class, Eye & Ear protection, a Handgun that you are comfortable with, 50 rounds of ammo, and 2 magazines or speed loaders (if you have them). Try to bring your concealed carry weapon, huge 45’s sometimes are not practical for concealed carry, but if you must you can. Revolvers and compact Semi-auto’s are best.

One consistent promise we make to our students is that any updates needed to qualify for the WI Permit, if the legislation is passed this session, will be passed onto our students at our materials cost.

The Range:

The Range exercise consists of 15 rounds at 15 ft and 15 Rounds at 21 ft.

These exercises are timed and are executed from the standing position of your choice.

Class size is limited to 15 students per class; however we can handle 2 classes per day if needed. Classroom training will begin at 9am. With Range Qualification to follow.

The class itself is about 5 hours long. The shooting exercise will follow.

This course is not a basic pistol course so you should have some basic handgun training before you attend this course.

Cost:

Cost of the class is $150, right now there are no range fees at Tilden, however there might be in the future.

Payment can be by Check, Cash, Credit Card or Money Order. Payment in advance is required and will reserve your seat in the class of your choice.

Please make check out to Michael or Brenda Walker

If you have any questions, you can visit us www.concealedcarrywi.com

Contact us via e-mail at class@concealedcarrywi.com or, Phone us at
715-559-1243
To sign up for a class, call or email us at the above and ask for Michael or
Brenda certified Instructors.

The MN permit is a five year non-resident permit and is valid to carry a weapon in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah. You can apply to any sheriff in Minnesota as a non-resident. I will provide everything you will need to submit your application to a sheriff. Minnesota sheriffs can (and do) charge up to $100 for processing permit applications. You need to present your application in person usually during normal weekday business hours. Minnesota law requires all sheriffs to issue permits to those who are qualified and to accept my signed certificate that you have completed the required training. The law does not permit a sheriff from asking you anything more than what you are required to provide (your completed written application, a copy of your training certificate, a copy of the front and back of your driver’s license, and a check for up to $100).

Please fill out the enclosed form along with payment information, payment is REQUIRED up front in order to reserve your seat. There is a $50 cancellation fee is you cannot attend.

Thank you for choosing Personal Protection Specialties

Michael Walker
Instructor
Personal Protection Specialties
Concealed Carry Instruction
http://www.concealedcarrywi.com
“Your Right to Self Defense”

Some pranks never get old… Our boss’s birthday and this is what she was greeted with this morning.

Happy Birthday! LOL

Well actually he is now, after a two week vacation both from work and computers in general. Kinda refreshing to be ‘net free’ for a bit, though the withdrawals were pretty bad at first. My family and I were camping, so far out in sticks that I couldn’t even reach the ‘net with my pocket PC on the cell network. I’d have to guess, for good or bad, that will soon change as technology continues to envelope the country…. By next year there will probably be WIFI access to the whole lake area…. hmmm a new business venture? Wonder how well that would go over, well something to ponder on for a while anyhows.

But after two weeks of doing pretty much whatever I wanted, a bit of camping, boating, fishing, and goofing off in general, though I never did get around to dragging the water skis out, big storms blowing through the area made the lake a bit too rough for a noob. Trying to learn to ride the dang things with whitecaps breaking would have likely made for a rough time of things.

Monday was a rough one when the alarm clock went off the reality set in hard…. back to the office, ack!

AACFI concealed carry instructor Bill Schmitz has added more classes for Minnesota non-resident permits to his summer schedule.

The AACFI course would satisfy the training requirements under the concealed carry bill we had last year in Wisconsin; the training requirements should remain the same in this year’s bill. And, of course, the AACFI course meets the requirements for Florida non-resident permits, as well as several other states.

Once again, Bill is generously reducing his fee so that his students can send a donation to our political action committee, the Wisconsin Concealed Carry Movement (WCCM). Without these donations, we wouldn’t have been able to contribute some $16,000 last year to the campaigns of pro-concealed carry candidates. Next year we hope to contribute even more. With your help, we can make that happen.

Details from Bill are below.

Thanks,
The Wisconsin Concealed Carry Association

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Greetings all,

We, at BDJ, have added the following CCW classes to the Summer Season:

One note; at this time all classes are scheduled to begin at 9AM

BLACK RIVER FALLS:
Law Enforcement Officers’ Club:
FL & MN CCW Classes on: Aug 13th

WAUSAU AREA:
Corbin County Range, Wausau, Wi; classroom and Shooting exercise
Sunday August 28th

MILWAUKEE AREA:
Pallas Restaurant for the classroom work, Qualification will be done at
The Shooters Shop on 84th St nearby:
FL & MN CCW Classes on: August 21st & Sept 18th.

APPLETON/OSHKOSH/ & FOND DU LAC AREA:
Twin City Rod & Gun Club:
FL & MN CCW Classes on: Aug 20th, Sept 17.

NRA Basic pistol course: August 19(Women’s class), & Sept. 16
BDJ LTD RANGE, located near Redgranite, 30 miles west of Oshkosh:
FL & MN CCW Classes on Thursday August 18th

The CCW Certification Class is an AACFI Certified class that is accepted as meeting the Minnesota and Florida training standards for receiving both the FL & MN CCW permit. The Non-Resident Florida CCW permit is recognized as valid in 28 states. (Listed on the BDJ-LTD website)

One consistent promise I make to my students is that any updates needed to qualify for the WI Permit, when the legislation is passed this session, will be passed onto my students at my materials cost. We are reducing our class fee and asking our students to contribute to the WCCM. Anyone who signs up for the classes will be given the discount; we encourage our students to donate the difference to the WCCM.

You should bring to the class, Eye & Ear protection, a Handgun that you are comfortable with, 30 rounds of ammo, and 2-3 magazines or speed loaders.

The Range exercise consists of 15 rounds at 15 ft and 15 Rounds at 25ft.

These exercises are timed and are executed from the standing position of your choice.

Cost of the class is $150 ($100, plus the voluntary $50 WCCM donation) per student. While Range Fees at the Deerfield and Shooters Shop are extra, the range fees at the BDJ Range, Twin City R&G Club, Black River and Corbin range are included in the course.

Payment can be by check, cash, money order or PayPal.
Payment in advance will reserve your seat in the class of your choice.

If you have any questions, you can visit us at www.BDJ-LTD.com