{"id":99,"date":"2015-04-11T12:37:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T16:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:47:44","slug":"become-a-member","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/?page_id=99","title":{"rendered":"Become a Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\">According to our By-Laws, to become a member, you must be;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>ARTICLE III<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong>MEMBERSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman,Bold;\"><strong>SECTION 1 <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman;\">Any citizen of the United States 18 years old or older of suitable character and interest, after his application has been signed by an active member of the club and endorsed by another member and first read at a regular meeting of the club . After second reading at a board of Trustees meeting and proper investigation, and a majority vote of the Board of Trustees may be voted into membership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/APPLICATION-with-Family-2026.pdf\">Black River Game Club Membership Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To apply for membership,\u00a0fill out the above application, print then mail it along with a check to the address on the application.\u00a0 If you do not know any active members, arrangements can be made. (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">New fillable pdf form!<span style=\"color: #000000;\">)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Junior Members<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">For young people aged 8 through 17 we offer a Junior Membership. Juniors must be sponsored by an <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">active member PARENT, GUARDIAN, or GRANDPARENT.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Proof of completion of a Hunter Education course is required.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Junior Membership is FREE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Junior-APPLICATION-2026.pdf\">JUNIOR APPLICATION<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Social Member<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"western\" align=\"LEFT\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Black River Game Club has a third level of membership.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In recognition of those long-time members that no longer take to the field, but still enjoy the social and community service aspects of the club, we have instituted a Social Membership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Social Memberships are open to current or former members who have at least five (5) years of membership in the club. Social Members are eligible for all duties and privileges of Regular Members with the EXCEPTIONS of hunting and\/or trapping. All other duties and activities such as committees, bird releases, and other functions are open to Social Members.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Summery of Social Membership<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Social Members must have AT LEAST 5 years of Regular Membership in BRGC.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Social Members shall have NO HUNTING or TRAPPING privileges.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRoman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Social Members will be entitled to all other privileges and duties of Regular Members.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Social-Member-Application-2.pdf\">Social Member Application<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to our By-Laws, to become a member, you must be; ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP SECTION 1 Any citizen of the United States 18 years old or older of suitable character and interest, after his application has been signed by an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-99","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P61OAc-1B","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1752,"href":"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/1752"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brgcohio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}