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To download your 2024 Range Waiver click here.

To download your Membership Application click here.

To contact Camping, click here.

 

Members Please Read...

On September 15, 2022 the membership voted to approve our revised bylaws. Click this link to download and read them.

 

Fishing Derby results...

Winners from left to right:
Jamie Lane, Anthony Lane and Nathan Theriault

Congratulations All!

2022 FISHING DERBY
JULY 31

ADULTS
LARGEST FISH:           3.25 LBS 18-3/4 INCHES LONG
(LG MOUTH BASS)      MEGUNTICOOK LAKE
EDWARD ROBERTS
WON:  $250 GC CABELAS
1ST PLACE $50 GC MOODYS DINER-LARGE MOUTH
2ND PLACE LARGE MOUTH
RICKY HEAL-2.52 LBS, 17-1/2”
WON;  $25 GC WARREN TRUE VALUE

BIGGEST SMALL MOUTH BASS: 1.09 LBS, 15”
JAMIE LANE-ALFORD LAKE
WON:  $100 GC LL BEAN

LARGEST WHITE PERCH;
ANTHONY LANE-- 1.76 LBS, 14-1/2”  ALFORD LAKE
WON; $50 GC HANCOCK LUMBER
2ND PLACE WHITE PERCH
PETER YANZ- .35 0Z—10” MEGUNTICOOK

PICKEREL
NATHAN THERIAULT=.55 OZ, 15-1/2”
WON:  $25 GC PUSHAW TRADING POST

SMALLEST FISH
TOBY HEAL-.40 OZ, 4-3/4”
WON;  FISHING POLE WITH $25 GC MARINE SUPPLY

 

 

2022 FISHING DERBY
JULY 31

KIDS
BIGGEST FISH-
LARGE MOUTH BASS-3.6 LBS, 18-3/4”
DAMARISCOTTA LAKE
SAM TIBBETTS-
WON $50 GC WALMART AND FISHING POLE W/$10
GC MID-COAST MARINE SUPPLY
2ND PLACE—2.63 LBS, 17-1/2” MEGUNTICOOK LAKE
WON;   FISHING POLE—

SMALL MOUTH BASS
1ST-FENNER TAPPAN-.28 OZ, 9”-ALFORD LAK
WON-POLE W/$10 GC MID-C0AST MARINE SUPPLY
2ND JAXON OLIVER
WON POLE W/$10 GC MID-COAST MARINE SUPPLY

 

SMALLEST
CHARLES NOKE-.03 OZ 3” WHITE PERCH
WON: FISHING POLE W/GC MIDCOAST MARINE

EVERY CHILD THAT ATTENDED RECEIVED A FISHING POLE AND REEL FROM CABELAS (PRO-BASS SHOP)

EVERYONE RECEIVED FREE ICE CREAM FROM VENDER “GRILL MAN” TONY GALLANCE (593-6644)

 

• Annual membership $125, and $75 for veterans,
  $300 Family Memberships
  
  There are no window stickers
  (half of the members didn't use them anyway).
  That's why the membership cards are on lanyards.
  Cards are sent out once we receive your paperwork.
  Lanyards are available at the range, or from the caretaker once the Lodge opens back up.

 

FYI...the Pistol Range to the right of the clubhouse is (suprisingly enough) for pistols or pistol caliber carbines, NOT AR Pistols–and only on the targets that are already in place. If you want to shoot your own targets, use the range to the left of the clubhouse. That's what it's for. Do not attach targets to the fencing or structures on the Pistol Range.

 

FYI..
We've got some exciting youth programs in the offing.

Here are the complete details:

 Knox County Fish & Game Education Programs

Knox County Fish & Game provides a variety of educational programs for our members and the public.  We call our Educational Programs “R3” for Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation.  There has been a significant decline over the past several years in people participating in outdoor recreation activities especially hunting and other shooting sports as well as fishing. There is a nationwide R3 effort to increase the number of people using the outdoors for recreational activities. We believe it is important to provide opportunities for people to learn these lifetime outdoor skills in a safe, non-threatening environment with our team of volunteer instructors.

 

Youth Programs

Our youth programs are for youngsters ages 10-15.  A parent or legal guardian must attend also attend.  We offer and aquatic based program and a shooting sports program. 

The aquatic program provides instruction and experience in kayaking and canoeing on Alford Lake.  We also provide instruction in fishing skills and the next day those who desire will meet at the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine’s Youth and Family Outdoor Facility to fish for trout in their stocked pond.  In addition, each participant will receive instruction in outdoor responsibility, safety, survival and map and compass. 

The shooting sports program provides instruction in .22 rifles and archery.  Participants receive individual instruction in small groups.  The outdoor skills and responsibility component is also a part of this program. The safe handling and use of firearms and bows are the number one priorities of this program.

Ladies Day at the Range

Ladies day is a popular program offered twice a year to ladies 18 years of age or older.  Participants are introduced to the safe handling and use of rifles, shotguns, handguns and bow and arrow. The program is limited to 12 participants and instructors provide individual instruction to shooters in small groups.

Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Courses

Our Beaver Lodge facility is an ideal location for the IF&W safety classes and is the primary location for most Knox County classes.  Classes are offered in Hunting, Bowhunting, Trapping, Crossbow, Boating, ATV and Snowmobile.  Information on class requirements and availability can be found on the IFW webside www.maine.gov/ifw/programs-resources/safety-courses/index.html

 

There is no such thing as being too safe or having too much training. Fortunately for members, we have our own range that's open year 'round, and our weekend shoots are a great place to learn. Click here for more info.

 

A look back at building Dana's Pavilion at the Beach

That's Sarah removing the strap, and the timber framer, John. there to the right.

Here's the way Dana's Pavilion looked the first winter. It has worked out great for members at the beach who need to get out of the sun and the occasional shower. Drop by and check it out.

 

 

The Knox County Fish & Game Association is a non-profit organization
located at Beaver Lodge on the shores of beautiful Alford Lake in Hope, Maine.
This website is dedicated to our former, current, and future members,
and this page is the gateway to our entire site.

 

 

Association Purposes

• to promote conservation in Maine
• to provide a lodge and common meeting place for hunters, fishermen, and conservationists
• to represent sportsmen in legislative matters and community affairs
• to complete community projects
• to provide youth programs
• to represent sportsmen with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

 

Site navigation links near the top of every page include:

News & Events features our newsletters as well as announcements of upcoming events.

Beaver Lodge describes the lodge itself, its surroundings, and its uses.

Rifle Range, obviously enough, tells about the range and the scheduled shoots.

Archery Range describes our less well known 3D archery course down by the beach.

Campground provides the particulars for those wishing to camp here.

Alford Lake describes the environs, our beach, and all that goes with it.

Scholarships are awarded to area youth annually and are explained on this page.

Membership details the benefits of membership and tells you how to join. The bylaws are there too.

Contact lists association officers and directors and their phone numbers.

There are also offsite links of interest provided along the bottom of each page.

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If you encounter difficulties with any of the links anywhere on our site, please let us know. Thank you.

 

A note to those not all that familiar with computers...

The pages on our site change on a regular basis as new information and photos are added. Now you'd think that clicking on the refresh button in your browser would bring up the latest page, right? Not necessarily. Like your lazy brother-in-law, computers will take the easy way way out when they can. Unless you insist, they will reach for a page out of your computer's cache first, giving you the very same page back that you saw the last time you visited. But you can beat that infernal machine there in front of you. Just hold down the shift key and click the refresh button. That compels the computer to go clear back to our server in Arizona (no kidding) and retrieve our latest page. Then you will have the very latest. It's a habit you want to get into–saves us having to tell you, "Yes we updated the range schedule more than a month ago."

Download our brochure.
[Warning: This is an 11.4mb file, but the quality is worth the wait.]

 

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our mailing address is P O Box 414, Union, ME 04862-0414