The 2023 Outdoor Buddies 9th annual sporting clays fundraiser was held on Sat. August 5th 2023! It was held at the CPW’s Colorado clays shooting park East of Brighton Co.

I want to first say a huge “THANK YOU” to everyone that donated to Outdoor Buddies through support from our corporate sponsors to those who took part in the shoot as well as bought raffle tickets that made this event a tremendous success!

This event could not take place without the hard work of all of the volunteers that made this shoot fun for our guests as well as a successful fundraiser for Outdoor Buddies! THANK YOU EVERYONE , Great job!

The team of workers and the help of the CPW were able to get the sporting clay range back in shape and ready for our shoot after a major flood this spring! They had to replace and fix clay throwers and rebuild a course to make it a safe and fun course to shoot!

There was a great turnout from our corporate sponsors like Merick engineering, JHL Constuctors, Crackerjack Muddjacking out of Loveland ,Tolin Mechanical and Crofitt 

We had great participation from individuals that made up the remainder of the field of shooters that supported Outdoor Buddies! Nordys BBq was served for lunch and is always the shooters favorite!

1st place was Tolin Mechanical! Congratulations!

Robert Olson

Tim Olson

Mathew Hoyt

Parker Hoyt

2nd place was Merick

Chris Sherry

Joel Sherry

Jim Fullerton

Steve Houy

3rd place was Individual team

Tim Krueger

Jacob Eker

Rahn Coonts

Terry Finley

Top shooters tie was Jamie and Parker Hoyt

This fundraiser allows Outdoor Buddies continue our mission to continue getting folks back in the outdoor through traditional outdoor recreation!

The donations we receive help us buy adaptive equipment that helps mobility-disabled men, women and children along with veterans from WWll to present day get back in the outdoors for an awesome experience!

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 2024 10th ANNUAL OUTDOOR BUDDIES SPORTING CLAY FUNDRAISER SAT. AUGUAST 3RD,2024

And will be held at COLORADO CLAYS SHOOTING PARK!

PLEASE INVITE ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND COMPANIES TO JOIN IN!

If you are interested in being on the committee to put the 2024 shoot on email Larry Sanford at PopsLarrys@gmail.com

Thank you,

Larry Sanford

President Outdoor Buddies Inc.

PopsLarrys@gmail.com

9709-218-5356

Thank you for supporting the Outdoor Buddies Fundraiser Raffle!

As part of our annual clay shoot, we have the drawing for the annual Outdoor Buddies raffle. This year the raffle began at the International Sportsman Expo in January. Thanks to dedicated board members, we were able to sell tickets online and in person at locations in the Denver area. Cabela's Lone tree and Thornton, Murdock's in Littleton and the Centennial Gun Club all stepped up to help out. We can't thank them enough!

Now that the results have been tabulated, I am pleased to report that we had the most successful raffle ever! There were so many supporters that it sends a clear message that Outdoor Buddies is a worthy cause to donate to. Because we are an all volunteer organization, all the funds we made go directly to support our many programs for the disabled and youth.

The winners of the raffle:

5 gun:  Don Chrisman

Havak Rifle:  Mercedes Schwall

Guided cow elk hunt:  Alan Dowsett

Traeger Grill and half a beef:  Ryan Alt

$1000 VISA gift card:  Zachary Hedrick

Congrats to all these folks! I am sure you will enjoy your prize!

We will be back again next year with more great prizes and look forward to the support that has allowed us to serve the disabled since 1984!

-Terry Gleason

Raffle Manager and Director, Outdoor Buddies

Congratulations to the winners of this year's clay shoot fundraiser competition!

1st Place Team: Tolin Mechanical, Outdoor Buddies Sponsor

Robert Olson, Tim Olson, Mathew Hoyt, and Parker Hoyt

A big thank you to everyone who participated and made this year's annual clay shoot fundraiser event a success!

Big Game seasons are just around the corner!

I know that those of you that are blessed to have draw an Outdoor Buddies hunt slot and drew a license have to be getting very excited! I know our guide/volunteers are!

Outdoor Buddies big game Hunt committee has been and continues to work hard on placing as many mobility-disabled folks that have sent In hunt requests as we possibly can!

Please follow the instructions that you all received on the big game emails that were sent by Tony and Kevin to you as you have been going through this process!

Please send emails having to do with ELK or DEER to Larry Sanford , Tony Hodges and Kevin Kassner.

All emails having to do with PRONGHORN or all youth in quires please email Larry Sanford per your hunter request big game emails.

Thank you, this will help cut down on confusion as we work through this process.

Good Luck this year and be safe in the field!

Thank you.

Hunt committee chair

Larry Sanford

PopsLarrys@gmail.com

970-218-5356

This event is geared towards families with kids of all ages. All Outdoor Buddies members and their families are invited to a fishing event where fish will be caught, cleaned, and cooked at the beautiful Colorado Youth Outdoors facility at Swift Ponds. It is a special experience for kids and adults alike to learn skills in practical skills in the outdoors and build memories that will last a lifetime.

Anyone and everyone is welcome at this event! Come on out, bring your families, and enjoy a good time outdoors. Please RSVP in advance.

Directions to Swift Ponds: Take Interstate 25 north to Windsor Exit 262, turn right onto Highway 392. Take Highway 392 east to County Rd. 5, turn left onto County Rd. 5. Take County Rd. 5 north to County Rd. 36 (Ketchter Road). Turn Left onto County Rd. 36, the Swift Ponds gate will be on your left.

For more information, please contact

Larry Sanford at (970) 218-5356

popslarrys@gmail.com



Who wants to go fishing on a pontoon boat?

Outdoor Buddies has partnered up with Patriot anglers in using their pontoon boat on Boyd lake outside of Loveland Co.!

We want to invite any of our disable folks to schedule a time during the week to go out on this pontoon boat! Please feel free to bring a helper of if there is room we can bring the whole family! We welcome our veterans to come on out and have a fun day on the water as well as all of our disabled outdoors men and women!

If you would like to inquire or schedule a time on the boat email Larry Sanford PopsLarrys@gmail.com 

Remember everyone I doesn’t do us any good to offer these great opportunities if ya’ll don’t come out and use them!

Hope to see you on the water!

Thank you,

-Larry Sanford



The capers and lemon add a great amount of salt and acid to bring out the flavor of that turkey, and the celery, onion and red pepper give it plenty of crunch and texture. Dukes mayonnaise and garlic finish it out perfectly.

Serve with some crunchy potato chips (salt and vinegar are my favorite) and a dill pickle spear and enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 wild turkey breast – roasted or smoked and cubed into small pieces
• 2 pieces of Bibb or green leaf lettuce
• ½ cup mayonnaise, preferably Duke’s
• ½ cup diced celery
• 1/4 cup diced red onion
• 1/4 diced red bell pepper
• 2 tablespoons drained capers
• 1/2 of a lemon juiced
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Sandwich bread of choice –preferably croissants or good old fashioned white bread

Directions

1. In a bowl, combine the turkey, mayonnaise, celery, onion, bell pepper, capers and lemon juice.

2. Mix together until thoroughly combined. Season to taste with salt, pepper and garlic.

3. Serve on the bread of your choice with lettuce between the salad and bread.

Larry Sanford

President

970-218-5356

popslarrys@gmail.com

Nate Lucht

Vice President

(970) 219-8817

nate.lucht@hotmail.com

Christopher Nowak

Treasurer

303-717-7159

christopher_m_nowak@yahoo.com

Terry Gleason

Secretary

303-868-2579

terryjgleason@gmail.com

Kevin Kassner

Director

(303) 946-2502

kevin@asktechnolink.com 

Matt Camilleri

Director

860-930-2389

mcamilleri7@gmail.com

Tony Hodges

Director

303-523-0583

thodgesre21@aol.com

Nicholas Filler

Director

719.359.3641

nicholas.filler@outdoorbuddies.org

Steve Medberry

Director

720-255-9453

stevemedberry@gmail.com

Edgar Munoz

Director

720-261-1857

edgar4jec1268@gmail.com

Jim Piper

Director

303-514-8944

geopros@q.com

Frederick Solheim

Director-Warriors on Cataract

303-818-7600

WarriorsOnCataract@gmail.com 

Non-board members are welcome. Please RSVP in advance.

Meetings are held from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the locations and dates below.

September 12 - Cabela's (Lone Tree)

October (no meeting)

November 14 - Sportsman's Warehouse (Thornton)

December 12 - Sportsman's Warehouse (Thornton)