Around the Maritime Provinces, through this winter of 1910, the support of clay target clubs continued to grow--in particular the clubs in Saint John, New Brunswick, and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, who were shooting every Wednesday afternoon. Most other Maritime shooting clubs elected to have Saturday for their outings. The trapshooting club in Amherst, Nova Scotia had gained nine new members and were working with Dartmouth in an effort to organize and promote a Maritime Association.

It is interesting to note that most of the Eastern Canadian shooting clubs of the day were primarily winter-active organizations, with the average scope of their gunning season ranging from mid-October to early May. One can only surmise what the reasons for this might be...no doubt one was the fact that shooting enthusiasm was at its peak in the fall; and following the hunting of live birds, it would be a natural transition for nimrods to move from the pursuit of wild geese or ruffed grouse to the breaking of clay targets.

Even though for a number of years the bulk of trapshooting activity followed the fall hunting period, I suspect that then, as today, there would be more than a few clay pigeons broken in late summer to sharpen the eye for the ducks and geese on the Atlantic Flyway who made Prince Edward Island a stop on their migration south. Whatever the reason, winter trapshooting was a way of life in the Maritimes, and would be in Charlottetown for a number of years to come.

The search for selected members was fruitful, and through the winter of 1910 an additional four members were voted into the Newstead Gun Club. Two of the new members would become driving forces in the future of the Newstead Club, while the others, simply participating shotgunners.

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