Updated Aug. 15th, 2007
From
its beginning in
1946, the Club has been
organized as a private, non-profit organization with its facilities
open to members and their guests. The Club is affiliated with the N.C. Wildlife Federation, the N.C. Rifle & Pistol Assn., the National Rifle Assn.(NRA), the Amateur Trapshooting Assn. (ATA), the National Skeet Shooting Assn (NSSA), and the National Sporting Clays Assn (NSCA).
One membership in the Durham County Wildlife Club covers the entire family -- husband, wife, and dependent children. Senior Citizen memberships are also available. Annual dues are $175 (or $100 for senior citizens), and there is a one- time initiation fee of $100. For new members who join the DCWC during the year, the annual dues are pro-rated by quarter. Membership is open to anyone, without regard to sex, race, religion or national origin. Application form and procedure at bottom of the page.
The lake and grounds of the club are open to members and their guests throughout the week. The shooting facilities are open on Saturdays from 11:00 to 3:00 PM, and on Sunday afternoons from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Call 361-1839 ( the closure hotline )
to find out ahead of time if the club is open or closed on a future weekend. Also, by volunteering to serve on a club committee, members may obtain off-hours shooting privileges. Off hours, no shooting is allowed after 10:00 PM, nor before 7:00 AM. (Note that during holiday weekends, the club is officially "closed," however members may bring guests following the "off-hours" rules.)
Visitors to the club (during open hours) are welcome to bring their shotguns and
enjoy our Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clays fields.
(Shotgun, per "round" of 25 targets or daily pistol use fee)
$2.50 for Club members
(volunteering)
$3.25 for Club members (not
volunteering)
$5.00 for guests of Club members.
$8.00 for “visiting” non-Club members.
$2.50 for youth (under 18)
$1.50 for "Badged" member youth.
Unlike the other facilities of the Club, the pistol range is not available to guests or visitors. Except for organized competitions, only club members who have completed the club's safety course are authorized to shoot on this range, and only those members who have off-hours privileges (volunteers) are allowed to bring guests to this range (during "open" hours only). To fund future range improvement, there is a daily use fee for the Pistol Range, equal to one shotgun round. (See above for sliding fee scale.)
Volunteers:
The Club is run and maintained entirely by volunteers. Without these volunteers, the club simply would not exist. There are 15+ separate volunteer committees within the club, and while working on a committee is not required as a condition of membership, volunteering to work on a committee is strongly encouraged. Volunteers are expected to work the equivalent of a minimum of one day (4 hours) per calendar quarter. Volunteer details are included in the application package
Volunteers on any club committee enjoy reduced rates for trap skeet, & sporting clays. Volunteers who attend additional safety training enjoy
off-hours shooting privileges as well.
Directions
to Club:We are approx. 7 miles WEST of RDU Airport.
From I-40; Exit 280 (Davis Drive).
Turn LEFT at top of exit ramp, proceed
on Davis Drive, THRU NC54 intersection.
One mile beyond NC54 traffic light, turn RIGHT
at the next traffic light
onto Hopson Road.
One mile on Hopson, turn LEFT at DCWC Sign & follow gravel road.
Alternatively, from intersection of NC 54 & 55 in Durham:
Go South on NC 55 towards Apex. Pass thru one
traffic light,
turn LEFT at the next traffic light onto TW Alexander Drive.
(Reference Point -- TW Alexander is on left; a Durham County Water Treatment
facility is on the right.
Keep your windows open, your nose will alert you when
to turn :)
On TW Alexander, Cross the bridge over the RR tracks, turn RIGHT onto Hopson.
Turn RIGHT at DCWC Sign & follow gravel road.
Return to the DCWC Home Page