Outdoors calendar

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NOTE: All the listed events are open to the public, although membership in some organizations may be required.

TODAY: Fishing with Ralph Barbee airs at 2 p.m. on UPN.

SATURDAY: The Carolina Star Gun & Hunt Club will offer a Basic Firearms Class for pistols covering safety, handling, firing and cleaning. To enroll, contact Robert Brewer at (803) 649-9972.

NOV. 13: The Carolina Star Gun and Hunt Club's Women's Pistol Shooting Group will meet at 2 p.m. The group is open to all levels of shooters. Beginners are encouraged to attend. Range fee is $10. For more information contact Ed Majzlik at (803) 641-1742.

NOV. 15: A Hunting Heritage Banquet, held by the Edgefield Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, will be held at the Edgefield Gym at 6 p.m. Call (803) 637-3106 for more details.

NOV. 15: The Sierra Club's Savannah River chapter meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Walton Way Extension. Rob Thornhill will present a program on "Earthwatch and Florida's Endangered Sea Turtles." The public is welcome. Contact Judy Gordon at 650-8314 for more details.

NOV. 16: "Fire on the Landscape" will be the theme for the second annual meeting of the South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council at Riverbanks Botanical Gardens in Columbia. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Contact Melinda Ottaviano at (803) 254-9049, ext. 20, or e-mail mottaviano@tnc.org, for more details.

NOV. 18-19: A primitive weapons hunt will be held at Bussey Point Wildlife Management Area. Limit is 100 hunters per day with muzzleloading weapons. Limit is two deer: one doe and one buck that must have at least four points on one side. Call 1-800-533-3478, ext. 1159, for more details.

NOV. 19: A Concealed Weapon Permit class for South Carolina residents will be offered by Carolina Star Gun & Hunt Club to prepare the students for making application for a South Carolina permit. Classes start at 8 a.m. and cost $60. To enroll, contact Robert Brewer at (803) 649-9972.

NOV. 19: A youth waterfowl hunt will be held at Richard Russell Lake beginning with check-in at 5:15 a.m. Ten slots are available through advance drawing. A parent or guardian must accompany each successful applicant. Hunters must request an application by Monday at 1 (800) 944-7207, ext. 3405.

NOV. 28: The CSRA Fly Fishing Association meets at 7:30 p.m. at Abundant Living Word Church, 2010 Westside Court, Augusta. The program will include a talk on fishing in the Eastern Ozarks. The public is welcome. Email to DDSMurdoch@aol.com for more information.

To Submit an item for the Outdoors Calendar, send to: Outdoors Editor, The Augusta Chronicle, Columbia County Office, 4272 Washington Road, Suite 3-B, Evans, Ga., 30809; email to rob.pavey@augustachronicle.com; or fax to (706) 868-9824.