The January – March quarter of 2006 was another great one for FCS! We had 81 total participants, which was our fourth best for this quarter. If we had not rescheduled our FCS Classic (due to rain) and had generated our average (11 participants) we would have had 92 participants (which would have been our third best attendance for this quarter). It also blew away what was our average for this quarter (57). We also had 10 events for this quarter - a new record (our old record, set in 1994, was seven). We set record attendance for an Upland Game Hunt (2/18/06), a CHL Class (2/4/06), and a Blast and Cast (Duck Hunt and Fishing Trip on 1/17/06 – 1/29/06). In addition we had four men join the Club during this quarter.
| Year | January - March | April – June | July - September | October - December | Total | Quarter Average |
| 2006 | 81 | 81 | 81 | |||
| 2005 | 79 | 80 | 137 | 111 | 407 | 102 |
| 2004 | 86 | 74 | 118 | 83 | 361 | 90 |
| 2003 | 45 | 16 | 117 | 113 | 291 | 73 |
| 2002 | 30 | 30 | 81 | 50 | 191 | 48 |
| 2001 | 34 | 13 | 59 | 40 | 146 | 37 |
| 2000 | 30 | 27 | 14 | 52 | 123 | 31 |
| 1999 | 27 | 48 | 95 | 31 | 201 | 50 |
| 1998 | 73 | 29 | 70 | 9 | 181 | 45 |
| 1997 | 43 | 53 | 130 | 54 | 280 | 70 |
| 1996 | 96 | 111 | 135 | 53 | 395 | 99 |
| 1995 | 96 | 59 | 104 | 20 | 279 | 70 |
| 1994 | 113 | 62 | 56 | 39 | 270 | 67 |
| 1993 | 74 | 45 | 41 | 69 | 229 | 57 |
| 1992 | 76 | 59 | 75 | 23 | 233 | 56 |
| 1991 | 54 | 21 | 42 | 27 | 144 | 36 |
| 1990 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 5 |
| 1989 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 9 |
| 1988 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Total | 1052 | 741 | 1292 | 793 | 3878 | |
| Averages | 58 | 44 | 76 | 44 | 222 | 56 |
We had five active Club member votes, five officer votes, and one poll during the first quarter of 2006. For details see Votes and Polls First Quarter of 2006.
The next quarter promises to be an exciting one for FCS members and guests. We have 11 events planned. We’ll have meetings on 4/6/06 and 6/1/06, Sporting Clays Shoots on 4/1/06 (the FCS Classic – Clay Target Shoot and Cookout), 4/15/06 (Llano Crawfish Open) and in May and June on dates to be announced, two Hog Hunts on dates to be announced, the Annual 24 Hour Sporting Clays Shoot on 4/21/06 – 4/22/06, a Beyond the Basics: Pistol Class on 5/27/06, and an FCS Banquet on a date to be announced.
I hope to see you at an FCS event soon.
Following His trail,
Randy Rowley
FCS President, Webmaster, and Hunting His Way Editor