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History: This club was
founded in 1875 in Dansville, New York, and originally located on Route
36 South about a half mile from the present location. It was known at that time as the Dansville Sportsman’s Club
and remained at this location until late in 1946.
At this time, 19
acres of land were purchased from the Scoville Estate on Gibson Street
in Dansville. About half of the acreage is in the village and the other
half is in the Town of North Dansville. In 1947 the State of New York
sold a one story building to the membership for a sum of $1.00. This
building was built in the Franklin Roosevelt era as a civilian
conservation camp and had served its usefulness at that time. The offer
was made and accepted and the building was moved to its present location
in Deer Park, what is now known as The Dansville Fish & Game Club
Properties.
Helen Pratt, a life
resident of Dansville and a member of the Club, did all of the legal
work in establishing a new property. A few short years later, an
attorney working for Helen, Robert J. Kane, would incorporate the Club.
Through the next fifty years, Robert Kane would handle a variety of land
transactions and become the sole source of legal advice for the Fish &
Game Club. The Club properties which started out at nineteen acres
would grow to over 150 acres in 1990 and after a couple of land sales it
would eventually wind up with 87 acres.
This Club is a not
for profit organization, that is, we pay all sales tax on liquor sold
over the bar as well as paying all village, county, town and school
taxes, however, we do not pay any form of tax dollars to the Internal
Revenue Service.
The Club is run by a
group of officers elected annually and five Club directors who are
elected for three year terms. All Officers and Club Directors are
elected by the vote of the general membership at the annual December
meeting. The membership can vote on any motion brought on the floor at
the regular meetings. Nothing is written to keep the same group of
members from putting the identical motion on the floor at the next
meeting if the motion was not to their liking at the previous meeting.
By doing this, the members can solicit other members to help sway the
outcome because of actions such as these. Anything done today can be
redone at the next meeting. It is the desire of the financial committee
to tie up funding to help with the propagation of our facility down the
road should times become tough. It is also our desire to keep our
facility intact in future years.
In 1951 the
current Skeet houses we shoot out of today were constructed under the
direction of Gordy Nichols, who was Skeet Chairman back then, and he was
criticized greatly at the time, for spending quite a bit of money to
accomplish this obviously worthwhile task.
The club now sits
on 90+ acres of the nicest club in the Southern Tier of Upstate NY, we
offer skeet and trap shooting, archery 3-d shoots, a 175 yard rifle
range, 4 annual raffles, including 2 cash raffles and 2 gun raffles,
along with many other events, clubhouse rentals for parties, hunter
safety courses, and nearly 500 members. |
