Chillicothe Sportsmen's Club

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2026 Peoria Ducks Unlimited Banquet: Sat, Feb 28, 2026 Lots of Guns, Raffles, Silent Auction & much more! - Sat, Feb 28, 2026 - Peoria, IL - Get tickets online

https://www.chillisportsmen.org/Calendar/2026/CSC%20Calendar_2026.pdf

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April is approaching and with it the Chillicothe Sportsmen's Club Gun and Knife Show. You will get volunteer hours for this activity.

To all Vendors, please email or call Pamm and Dan if you wish to have tables for the April 18-19 show. Email is [email protected] or call 7792399665.

Any volunteers for set up and take down may call or email to let us know if you are available.

Thank you and look forward to see all of you!
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Pamm and Dan Monaghan
[email protected]
Pamm's cell: 779.239.9665
42 County Road 750 N
Speer, IL 61479

Hi everyone!!

It is almost CSC Trap League 2026 season!

· Open Trap - Looks like we will have decent weather this weekend so … First open trap of 2026 will be this Sunday (2/15) from 10a-12p

· Wednesday Night Trap League: Organization for the 2026 trap league is underway. If you want to have a team shooting this season, please contact Jenn or Jeff Earleywine or send an email to [email protected]. A team captain meeting will be held on Sunday, March 15th at 12pm at the trap clubhouse. Please have the captain or team representative come to this meeting to hear more about the upcoming season.

See you all soon!

Thanks,
Jenn

Jenn Earleywine
Trap Co-Director
309-224-9226

Jeff Earleywine
Trap Co-Director
309-258-2302

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Youth between the ages of 10 and 17 can apply now for the youth wingshooting clinic and pheasant hunt opportunities scheduled at Pere Marquette State Park in Jersey County on March 7 and the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Randolph County on March 21.

Young hunters will participate in a wingshooting clinic in the morning taught by National Sporting Clays Association and Illinois Department of Natural Resources certified instructors. Participants will practice safe shotgun handling and operation while advancing their wingshooting skills.

A pheasant hunt will take place in the afternoon. Participants must have successfully completed an approved hunter safety course and have a valid hunting license.

Learn more here:https://www.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/illinois/iisnewsattachments/32082-011326-01052026-wingshooting-pere-marquette-wsrc.pdf.pdf

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Sheriff Chris Watkins: Improving the SAFE T Act Is Essential for Safer Communities

Peoria County, IL — Governor JB Pritzker recently suggested he’s open to revisiting and improving the SAFE T Act. With the spring legislative session upon us, let’s see if the governor will stand by his word.

Law enforcement across Illinois has consistently raised concerns about how the current law limits our ability to detain violent and repeat offenders. The Peoria County data below comes directly from our jail management system and reflects individuals arrested on new charges and booked into our jail. Failure to Appear numbers represent Peoria County warrants, while Hold for Other Agency numbers represent out of county warrants.

The SAFE T Act took effect in September 2023. Since then, the promises made about reduced crime and improved court appearance rates simply haven’t materialized. In fact, court appearance failures have increased, and while shootings and murders may be down, non detainable offenses have gone up.
No cash bail has weakened accountability for repeat, high impact offenders who fall outside the narrow detainable categories. Here’s what lawmakers can do to fix it:

1. Expand the List of Detainable Offenses
Current law only allows detention for a limited set of charges or when prosecutors can prove a “real and present threat.” This leaves out serious non violent and some violent offenses that still harm our communities. Burglary, and Fleeing and Eluding are very hard, if not impossible, to detain someone on.
Most of our shooters and murderers are being held without bond. This has shown to decrease some of our violent crime. But Judges and State’s Attorneys need to stop being handcuffed by poor legislation and given more authority to detain offenders who clearly pose ongoing risks. Let them do their job.

2. Restore Bail Eligibility for Certain Offenses

Eliminating cash bail removed an important middle ground option. Right now:
•Repeat low level offenders cycle through the system with no accountability
•Judges lack the tools to ensure compliance and court appearance
•Victims and neighborhoods see the same individuals reoffending almost immediately
Reintroducing bail for low level offenses would restore balance. It would also allow us to intervene with drug and alcohol involved offenders, many of whom benefit from the treatment programs we offer in the jail, including Vivitrol.

3. Reinstate Daily Credit Toward Bail

Before the SAFE T Act, defendants earned daily credit toward their bail amount. This system:
• Encouraged good behavior
• Reduced unnecessary pretrial detention
• Helped resolve cases more efficiently
• Provided a fair, structured incentive
Bringing this back would restore a proven tool that supported accountability without compromising safety.

The no cash bail system was intended to promote fairness and reduce unnecessary detention. But in practice:
•Repeat offenders charged with serious property crimes are routinely released
•Judges have limited discretion for offenses like retail theft or fleeing
•Communities feel the impact as these crimes rise and accountability erodes

Peoria County’s data shows that while most violent crime is decreasing, the system is failing to contain repeat, high impact criminal behavior that undermines public safety and public confidence. When violent offenders are released because prosecutors cannot meet an unfair burden, victims are betrayed, and communities lose faith in the system.

This doesn’t even account for our juvenile justice issues. Police need the authority to detain juveniles accused of violent crimes or felonies at a juvenile detention center until they see a judge. It makes no sense to send a 16-year-old home after vehicle break-ins, thefts, or property damage. I support reform, but not at the expense of public safety.

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This time of year we get a lot of questions about membership. Here is some helpful information. Associate Life Membership
Are you an Annual Member who spends a lot of time at the club and volunteers to help out? Have you thought about or looked in to becoming an Associate Life Member? You should! We have openings in the Associate Life Memberships and all you need to do is come to a board meeting to request to become an Associate Life Member and answer any questions the board might have at that time. Once the board votes and you are accepted you can set up a payment plan with me (Jenn Earleywine). It costs $1,000 (ten times the annual membership fee) to become an Associate Life Member but the $100 in dues that you have already paid for the year will go towards this amount and then the remaining $900 can be split out in to whatever payment plan works best for you. Once you have this paid then you will not need to pay your dues again when you renew your membership every year. You will just need to pay your land fee ($25) and your work hours ($150). BUT if you are the type of person I think you are – you are already getting plenty of work hours so then you will just pay the land fee ($25) every year!

For Associate Life Members it is very easy to become a Life Member! An Associate Life Member may come to a board meeting and request to become a Life Member. While at the meeting, the board may ask you questions and then will vote on the request. There are no extra fees to become a Life Member. The same renewal amounts as Associate Life applies for Life Members with the exception of for Life Members once you turn 65 you no longer have to pay for unworked work hours.

Both Associate Life and Life Memberships are also still Family Memberships.

Keep in mind, there is a limit for the number of Associate Life Members and Life Members the club can have, so please reach out to Jenn Earleywine soon in order to start the process or ask any questions.

Jenn Earleywine
CSC Membership Chair
309-224-9226

Keven Bauswell wants all who planning to work at the Chillicothe Sportsmen’s Club work day tomorrow (12/13/25) that the work day has been CANCELLED due to anticipated weather.

GUN SHOW Weekend coming up.

Saturday 12/6 8:30-4 PM

Sunday 12/7 8:30-4PM