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Events (Includes Events Policies and the 2026 Events Calendar)

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FCS is a growing, dynamic sportsmen’s organization.  For the last 15 years (and 18 out of the previous 20 years), we have had more events than there are weeks in the year, or as many events as there are weeks in the year.  As the bird hunting seasons limit events planning, we frequently have more than one event on the same day during the various bird hunting seasons.

Important Links

Contacting Event Coordinators

Duck Hunting 101 Trips by Randy Rowley

Events Policies

FCS Chartered Fishing Trips Fish Sharing Requirements

FCS Guided and Self-guided Duck and Teal Hunts Agility Requirement

FCS Guided Upland Bird Hunts Fitness and Bird Sharing Requirements

Freshwater Fishing 101 Trips by Randy Rowley

Information on Frequently-hosted FCS Events

Shotgun Shooting 101 Events by Randy Rowley

2026 FCS Events Calendar (Note that dates are not final until they are announced in our weekly E-Newsletters)

January

Total – 9

February

Total – 6

March

Total – 5

April

Total – 7

May

Total – 7

June

Total – 8

July

Total – 4

August

Total – 5

September

Total – 14

October

Total – 7

November

Total – 7

December

Total – 8

Grand Total – 87

Events Summary
Events Number
Self-chartered Freshwater Fishing Trips 20
Sporting Clays Tournaments 11
FCS Sporting Clays Shoots 10
Semi-guided Dove Hunts 9
Self-guided Duck Hunts 8
FCS Meetings/Dinners 6
Guided Duck Hunts 4
Chartered Freshwater Fishing Trips 3
Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trips 3
FCS Opens (Sporting Clays Shoots and Lunch) 2
Self-guided/chartered Inland Blasts and Casts (Duck Hunts and Freshwater Fishing Trips) 2
Family Celebration Banquet 1
FCS Officers Meeting 1
Guided Prairie Dog Shoot (Hunt) 1
Guided Teal Hunt 1
Guided Sandhill Crane Hunt 1
Guided Upland Bird Hunt 1
Ministry Event (Dinner) 1
Self-guided Teal Hunt 1
Semi-guided Hog Hunt 1
Total 87
Category Summary
Events Number
Hunting Trips 29
Fishing Trips 26
Sporting Clays Shoots and Tournaments 23
Meetings 7
Family Celebration Banquet 1
Ministry Event (Dinner) 1
Grand Total 87

List of Officers Overseeing 2026 Events

Randy Rowley (the Chartered Freshwater Fishing Trips, Guided Inland Duck Hunt (Sweetwater), Guided Upland Bird Hunt, Meetings, Self-chartered Freshwater Fishing Trips, and Self-guided WMA Duck Hunt Czar) will oversee the planning, promotion, and reporting of the following events:

  • Chartered Crappie Fishing Trip (Lake Granger) (one event)
  • Chartered Hybrid/Striped Bass Fishing Trip (Lake Buchanan) (two events)
  • FCS Meetings (six events)
  • Guided Duck Hunt (one event)
  • Guided Upland Bird Hunt (one event)
  • Officers Meeting (one event)
  • Self-chartered Freshwater Fishing Trips (20 events; 12 are kayak/pond boat trips (two include bank fishing), six are boat trips, and two are bank trips)
  • Self-guided Duck Hunts (two events; one is a Inland Duck Hunt in a WMA and one is an Inland Kayak Duck Hunt on a private lake)
  • Self-guided/chartered Blasts and Casts (two events – both are Inland Duck Hunts and Freshwater Fishing Trips – one is a Kayak Trip and one is a Kayak and Jon Boat Trip)
  • Semi-guided Hog Hunt (one event)

Total = 37 events

Brad Versteegh (the Sporting Clays Shoots and Sporting Clays Tournaments Czar) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following events:

  • FCS Open’s (Two Rounds of Sporting Clays (each shoot) and Lunch) (two events)
  • FCS Sporting Clays Shoots (10 events)
  • Sporting Clays Tournaments (10 events)

Total = 22 events

Clayton Carrier (the Self-guided WMA Duck and Teal Hunts Czar) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following events:

  • Self-guided Coastal WMA Duck Hunts (six events)
  • Self-guided Coastal WMA Teal Hunt (one event)

Total = seven events

Kurt DeRuiter (Semi-guided Dove Hunts Czar – San Antonio) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following events:

  • Semi-guided Dove Hunts (six events)

Total = six events

Wayne Weilnau (the Port O’Connor (POC) Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trips and Guided Coastal Duck Hunt Czar) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following events:

  • Guided Coastal Duck Hunt (one event)
  • Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trips (three events)

Total = four events

Jeff Morris (the Guided Inland Duck and Teal Hunts (Lake Richland Chambers) Czar) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following events:

  • Guided Duck Hunts (two events)
  • Guided Teal Hunt (one event)

Total = three events

Mike Walsh (Semi-guided Dove Hunts Czar – San Saba) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following events:

  • Semi-guided Dove Hunts (two events)

Total = two events

Rick Brettnacher (the Guided Sandhill Crane Hunt Czar) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following event:

  • Guided Sandhill Crane Hunt (one event)

Total = one event

Myrick Browning (the Semi-guided Dove Hunt Czar for Seco Creek Dove Hunts) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following event:

  • Semi-guided Dove Hunt (Seco Creek) (one event)

Total = one event

Binh Chu (the Family Celebration Banquet Czar) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following event:

  • Family Celebration Banquet (one event)

Total = one event

Bob Steckler (the Guided Prairie Dog Shoot Czar) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following event:

  • Guided Prairie Dog Shoot (one event)

Total = one event

Tim Zyla (the Ministry Events Czar) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following event:

  • Ministry Event (National Night Out Dinner at the Pathways at Northgate Apartments) (one event)

Total = one event

TBD (the non-Capital City Clays Sporting Clays Tournament Czar) will oversee the planning and reporting of the following event:

  • NSCA National Sporting Clays Championship (Tournament) (one event)

Total = one event

Grand Total = 87 events

Events Preparation Grid
       
Event / Event Coordinator Planning begin date Contact Notes
Chartered Bass Fishing Trips Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; trip planning is generally at least two months before a trip Ander Meine – Bassquatch Bass Fishing Guide Service – 435-313-1838
  1. Reserve a date with a guide
  2. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  3. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  4. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Chartered Bay Fishing Trips / Wayne Weilnau Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; trip planning is generally at least two months before a trip Guides:

We’ll stay at Wayne’s house, in Burl’s travel trailer, The O’Connor Inn (361-983-2300), a motel, a Bunk Hut, or an Airbnb
  1. Reserve a date with a guide
  2. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  3. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  4. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Chartered Crappie Fishing Trips / Randy Rowley Dates are set when there is interest Guides:
  1. Reserve a date with a guide
  2. Send an email to the Club at least one month before the event
  3. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  4. Post a report for the event(s) and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Chartered Hybrid / Striped / White Bass Fishing Trips / Randy Rowley Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; trip planning is generally at least two months before a trip Guides:
  1. Reserve a date with a guide
  2. Send an email to the Club at least one month before the event
  3. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  4. Post a report for the event(s) and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Chartered Largemouth Bass Fishing Trips / Randy Rowley Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; trip planning is generally at least two months before a trip Guides:
  1. Reserve a date with a guide
  2. Send an email to the Club at least one month before the event
  3. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  4. Post a report for the event(s) and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Family Celebration Banquet / Binh Chu Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; banquet planning is generally at least two months before a banquet La Margarita Restaurante – 512-388-1103
  1. Secure a speaker
  2. Reserve La Margarita Restaurante’s meeting room
  3. Send an email to the Club at least one month before the event; request RSVPs and give a deadline and ask for the number of events they attended, the number of guests they invited, and their Sportsman of the Year nomination
  4. Purchase the awards and have the FCS perpetual plaque updated with the Sportsman of the Year’s name and the corresponding year
  5. Develop the certificates and print them
  6. Develop the agenda
  7. Send an email to the award winners notifying them that they have won an award
  8. Post a report for the event and update the Attendance and Events statistics web pages
FCS Sporting Clays Shoots / Brad Versteegh Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning Call Capital City Clays at least a week before a shoot (512-272-4707), talk to them in person at the previous shoot, give them our Annual Calendar, or look at their calendar to ensure that there isn’t a conflict
  1. Send an email to the Club no later than a week before the event
  2. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
FCS Sporting Clays Shoot that includes a youth group / Randy Rowley Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning, if our Ministry Fund has adequate funds Call Capital City Clays at least a week before the shoot (512-272-4707), talk to them in person at the previous shoot, give them our Annual Calendar, or look at their calendar to ensure that there isn’t a conflict
  1. Choose a youth group
  2. Reserve the date with the chosen youth group
  3. Send an email to the Club no later than a week before the event
  4. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
FCS Student Sporting Clays Shoots / Randy Rowley The National Shooting Complex sets the dates The National Shooting Complex contacts:
  1. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  2. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  3. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Guided Coastal Duck Hunts / Wayne Weilnau Mid-July for duck season; trip planning is generally at least four months before a trip Guides:

We’ll stay at Wayne’s house, in Burl’s travel trailer, The O’Connor Inn (361-983-2300), or an Airbnb
  1. Reserve a date with a guide
  2. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  3. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  4. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Guided Prairie Dog Shoot / Bob Steckler Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; planning is generally at least two months before a shoot Texas Hunts
  1. Secure a place to hunt
  2. Reserve the date(s) with a guide
  3. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  4. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  5. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Guided Upland Bird Hunt(s) / Randy Rowley Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; trip planning is generally at least two months before a trip Mike Schumann – schubros2hunt@yahoo.com, 979-540-0745, 1009 PR 4531, Dime Box TX, 77853.  PayPal deposits go to LRSchumann@hotmail.com
  1. Reserve the date(s) each November 1st
  2. Send an email to the Club at least one month before the event
  3. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  4. Post a report for the event(s) and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Guided Waterfowl Hunts / Jeff Morris Mid-May for teal season; trip planning is generally at least four months before a trip.  Deposit due 6/15.Mid-July for duck, geese, and sandhill crane seasons; trip planning is generally at least four months before a trip.  Deposit due 9/15. Teal guides:

  • Coastal Prairie Outdoors – Keith Miller (near Brookshire and Eagle Lake; teal, ducks, geese, and sandhill cranes) – 281-433-7782 – $200.  We have no experience with them.
  • Double Sprig Outdoors hunts near El Campo via pit and mobile blinds, depending on what their scouting the day before looks like.  Their hunts are conducted over a variety of moist soil units, Ducks Unlimited project ponds, flooded rice, and other flooded agriculture fields.  Kevin Roberts – 979-451-7992.  They charge $250 / hunter.  It’s about a 2 1/2 hour drive from Austin.  Six FCS hunters bagged two GWT on 12/16/23 with them and he didn’t offer to clean our birds.
  • DuckN’ Cover Outfitters near Maypearl, SW of Waxahachie.  They have blinds and can hunt up to four hunters.  During the 2023 / 2024 season they charged $150 a hunter.  As it’s about a three-hour drive, hunters will probably want to go up the night before and stay in a motel (we can put two people per room with two queen sized beds to defray costs).  Connor Pudgurney – phone – 469-901-8484, email Connormak4280@gmail.com.  We have no experience with them and don’t know if they get teal during the early teal season.
  • Rayce Jenkins (near El Campo; teal, ducks, geese, and sandhill cranes) – 979-541-6743 – $225.  FCS hunters have had several successful hunts with Rayce.
  • Pradera Hunting Club (near East Bernard / Wharton; teal, ducks, geese, and sandhill cranes) – Ragan Brock – raganbrock@yahoo.com, 281-750-6901 – $250.  Four FCS hunters bagged five teal and one dove with them on 9/10/23.
  • The Drake Plantation (near Winnie; teal, ducks, and geese) – Brian Fischer (owner) – 409-656-5765, Spencer Cuniff (owner / guide) – 409-656-6348 – $200.  We have no experience with them, but Mike Walsh highly recommends them.  During a past poll, no respondent wanted to drive that far.
  • Three Curl Outfitters / Brett Jepsen (near Frost; teal and ducks only) – 469-289-1464 – $200.  Four FCS hunters bagged 21 ducks with him on 12/23/14.
  • Waterfowl Unlimited / Tim Kelley (near Eagle Lake; teal, ducks, geese, and sandhill cranes) – waterfowlou@yahoo.com, 832-361-0868 – $275 (teal), $300 (ducks, geese, and sandhill cranes) – price includes breakfast.  Four hunter minimum.  Clayton Carrier had good hunts with them.

Duck guides – the above, plus:

  • Jon and Edward Mahan (Rockport / Bay City; ducks only) – 361-319-1713 -$225.  FCS hunters bagged four ducks with them in 2022 and three ducks with them in 2023.
  • Tenney Creek Outfitters / Jack Chamberland (near McMahan; ducks only) – 512-360-7344 – $175.  FCS hunters bagged eight ducks on 12/1/18 and eight ducks on 1/14/17 with them.
  • TexasDucknDove / Blake Eckeberger (near Wichita Falls; ducks only) – 940-389-0801 – $200.  We have no experience with them.
  1. Reserve a date with a guide
  2. Send an email to the Club at least one month before the event
  3. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  4. Post a report for the event(s) and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Meetings / Randy Rowley Dates and locations are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; meeting planning is generally at least two weeks before the meeting Varies
  1. Verify with the host two months prior to a meeting at their house
  2. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  3. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  4. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Ministry Events (Cook hamburgers and hotdogs) / Tim Zyla Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; ministry event planning is generally at least two months before a ministry event Done on the National Night Out from 4:30 – 7:30 PM at Pathways of Northgate apartments (a Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) property for people who are disabled and/or involuntarily displaced by a natural disaster or government action; mostly single mothers and their children; 9120 Northgate Blvd, Austin), Kareema Ali, Cell: 512-619-6642
  1. Send an email to the Club at least one month before the event
  2. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  3. Post a report for the event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Ministry Events (Wild Game Dinners) / Tim Zyla Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; ministry event planning is generally at least two months before a ministry event 4:30 – 7:30 PM at the St. George’s Court Apartments (for people 62+ years old or who are disabled; 1443 Coronado Hills Drive, Austin), Meryl Getty (Family Eldercare) –mgetty@familyeldercare.org – 737-239-3040
  1. Reserve the date with Jennie
  2. Send an email to the Club at least one month before the event
  3. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  4. Post a report for the event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Officers Meetings / Randy Rowley Date(s) and location(s) are set each October during our annual Calendar planning, or as called by Randy; meeting planning is generally at least two weeks before the meetings Varies
  1. Send an email to the officers at least two weeks before the event to establish agenda items and a week before the event to distribute the meeting agenda
  2. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  3. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Self-chartered Bay Fishing Trips to Port O’Connor / Wayne Weilnau Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; trip planning is generally at least two months before a trip We’ll stay at Wayne’s house, in Burl’s travel trailer, The O’Connor Inn (361-983-2300), or an Airbnb
  1. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  2. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  3. Post a report on each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Self-chartered Freshwater Fishing Trips / Randy Rowley Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; trip planning is generally at least a week before a trip Self
  1. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  2. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  3. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Self-guided / chartered Blasts and Casts (not to POC) / Randy Rowley Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; trip planning is generally at least two months before a trip Self
  1. Reserve lodging, if applicable
  2. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  3. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  4. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Self-guided / chartered Coastal Blasts and Casts to Port O’Connor / Wayne Weilnau Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; trip planning is generally at least two months before a trip We’ll stay at Wayne’s house, Burl’s travel trailer, The O’Connor Inn (361-983-2300), or an Airbnb
  1. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  2. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  3. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Self-guided Duck and Teal Hunts / Clayton Carrier Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; trip planning is generally at least a week before a trip Self
  1. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  2. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  3. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Self-guided Hog Hunts / Randy Rowley TBD, as there are opportunities TBD
  1. Secure a place to hunt
  2. Reserve the date(s) with a guide
  3. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  4. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  5. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Semi-guided Deer Hunts / Randy Rowley Dates are set when there is interest TBD
  1. Secure a place to hunt
  2. Reserve the date(s) with a guide
  3. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  4. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  5. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Semi-guided Dove Hunts / Kurt DeRuiter and Randy Rowley (Holland) Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning; trip planning is generally at least two months before a trip
  1. Send an email to the Club at least one month before the event
  2. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  3. Post a report for the event(s) and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Semi-guided Hog Hunts / Randy Rowley Dates are set each October during our annual Calendar planning Outfitters:
  1. Reserve a place to hunt
  2. Reserve the date(s) with a guide
  3. Send an email to the Club at least a month before the event
  4. Send a housekeeping email to the participants and keep them updated
  5. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
Sporting Clays Tournaments / Brad Versteegh (for the Capital City Clays tournaments) Capital City Clays, the Copperhead Creek Shooting Club, the Austin Gun Club, The National Shooting Complex, etc., set the dates No contact is needed – shooters register online
  1. Post a report for each event and update the Attendance and Events Statistics web pages
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