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Posted: 1/19/2015 1:07:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/19/2015 7:28:12 PM EDT
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I live a few minutes away but it's way too expensive for me.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:52:08 PM EDT
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Yeah, I'm not excited about the cost but I'm not excited about 18 hours of range duty either.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 8:57:06 PM EDT
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Tis all relative.....some clubs you have mandatory work hours. Some places your can buy out of the hours, and others there is no buy out. Then factor in transportation costs and your time? Outwardly might be expensive? But, perhaps not? Do not be quick to judge it is too expensive.
The bad thing....is the rifle range sort of over laps on access to hunting grounds...almost need two people when using rifle range. One to spot for people transiting from one area to another. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 9:01:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The bad thing....is the rifle range sort of over laps on access to hunting grounds...almost need two people when using rifle range. One to spot for people transiting from one area to another. That is a bad thing. I almost always shoot by myself. Thanks for the information.
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Posted: 1/20/2015 12:27:08 AM EDT
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Yeah, I'm not excited about the cost but I'm not excited about 18 hours of range duty either. So do something other than range duty to fulfill your hours? |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 12:32:06 AM EDT
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I've been a member for 3 years now. It's a good range and they let you get away with more than most other ranges as far as shooting fruit, water bottles, clays, steel, etc. The cost is a little hard to stomach but for me it's worth it just in the money I save on gas as my next best option would be caribou in Le Seur, and I like to shoot often when the weather is nice. The best thing is guests shoot for free on the rifle and pistol ranges for up to 10 guests. I have a lot of buddies who come out there with me and because they are good dudes they occasionally throw me 10-20 bucks so that helps me with the membership costs.
They have one pistol range which is probably about a 10 yard range with plenty of lanes. A 200 yard rifle range which is the one they mention that shares an access road with some of the land hunters use. Most of them are smart enough to honk and wait when they are going to and from, but it never hurts to keep an eye out. The berms are set up 25, 50, 100 and 200 yards. They also have a small 100 yard range with one berm. This is our favorite range as you generally should have it to yourself. We like to set up the steel and have little competitions with each other so this range is perfect for that. Or if you just want the range to yourself or only your group without having to wait for others to check your targets etc. There's 5 sporting clay courses there and with a membership you get like 6 bucks off so its $18 instead of $24ish. I've never had any issues with the people who run it they're all good people who seem easy to get along with. They do seem to put more money towards the clays and hunters which was a little frustrating after the hike in price but they have been slowly improving the ranges over the last year since the fire. My biggest gripe is when they have clay events they tend to shut down the ranges which can be annoying if your time is limited and something happens to be going on when you want to shoot, but you can always call ahead and find out. If you have any other questions ask away, like I said it is expensive but for me the 10 minute drive, and the fact I can bring my steel and friends out there for free makes it worth it. Call out there and ask for Eric, he'll give you a tour of the grounds and might even let you do a little shooting if they're not busy. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 5:52:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've been a member for 3 years now. It's a good range and they let you get away with more than most other ranges as far as shooting fruit, water bottles, clays, steel, etc. The cost is a little hard to stomach but for me it's worth it just in the money I save on gas as my next best option would be caribou in Le Seur, and I like to shoot often when the weather is nice. The best thing is guests shoot for free on the rifle and pistol ranges for up to 10 guests. I have a lot of buddies who come out there with me and because they are good dudes they occasionally throw me 10-20 bucks so that helps me with the membership costs. They have one pistol range which is probably about a 10 yard range with plenty of lanes. A 200 yard rifle range which is the one they mention that shares an access road with some of the land hunters use. Most of them are smart enough to honk and wait when they are going to and from, but it never hurts to keep an eye out. The berms are set up 25, 50, 100 and 200 yards. They also have a small 100 yard range with one berm. This is our favorite range as you generally should have it to yourself. We like to set up the steel and have little competitions with each other so this range is perfect for that. Or if you just want the range to yourself or only your group without having to wait for others to check your targets etc. There's 5 sporting clay courses there and with a membership you get like 6 bucks off so its $18 instead of $24ish. I've never had any issues with the people who run it they're all good people who seem easy to get along with. They do seem to put more money towards the clays and hunters which was a little frustrating after the hike in price but they have been slowly improving the ranges over the last year since the fire. My biggest gripe is when they have clay events they tend to shut down the ranges which can be annoying if your time is limited and something happens to be going on when you want to shoot, but you can always call ahead and find out. If you have any other questions ask away, like I said it is expensive but for me the 10 minute drive, and the fact I can bring my steel and friends out there for free makes it worth it. Call out there and ask for Eric, he'll give you a tour of the grounds and might even let you do a little shooting if they're not busy. |
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Posted: 1/23/2015 5:33:57 PM EDT
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I've never had any issues with the people who run it they're all good people who seem easy to get along with. They do seem to put more money towards the clays and hunters which was a little frustrating after the hike in price but they have been slowly improving the ranges over the last year since the fire. My biggest gripe is when they have clay events they tend to shut down the ranges which can be annoying if your time is limited and something happens to be going on when you want to shoot, but you can always call ahead and find out. This is the key thing to me. I have had a membership for about 6 months just because of the fact it was gifted to me. For $500 a year you would expect better ranges. They are pretty bad for the most part. Clays and hunting is their focus and they don't give a shit about the rifle and pistol ranges. I would need a large amount off the membership for me to renew in July. |
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Posted: 1/24/2015 1:15:51 AM EDT
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So do something other than range duty to fulfill your hours? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yeah, I'm not excited about the cost but I'm not excited about 18 hours of range duty either. So do something other than range duty to fulfill your hours? They would make an assload of money if they allowed people to buy out of one day. Realistically they have way too many ROs anyway. I would never want to shoot during public hours with 8 people all staring at me. There is plenty of stuff to do though. Its still worth it. |
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Posted: 1/24/2015 3:09:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is the key thing to me. I have had a membership for about 6 months just because of the fact it was gifted to me. For $500 a year you would expect better ranges. They are pretty bad for the most part. Clays and hunting is their focus and they don't give a shit about the rifle and pistol ranges. I would need a large amount off the membership for me to renew in July. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I've never had any issues with the people who run it they're all good people who seem easy to get along with. They do seem to put more money towards the clays and hunters which was a little frustrating after the hike in price but they have been slowly improving the ranges over the last year since the fire. My biggest gripe is when they have clay events they tend to shut down the ranges which can be annoying if your time is limited and something happens to be going on when you want to shoot, but you can always call ahead and find out. This is the key thing to me. I have had a membership for about 6 months just because of the fact it was gifted to me. For $500 a year you would expect better ranges. They are pretty bad for the most part. Clays and hunting is their focus and they don't give a shit about the rifle and pistol ranges. I would need a large amount off the membership for me to renew in July. |
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Posted: 1/24/2015 3:17:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They would make an assload of money if they allowed people to buy out of one day. Realistically they have way too many ROs anyway. I would never want to shoot during public hours with 8 people all staring at me. There is plenty of stuff to do though. Its still worth it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Yeah, I'm not excited about the cost but I'm not excited about 18 hours of range duty either. So do something other than range duty to fulfill your hours? They would make an assload of money if they allowed people to buy out of one day. Realistically they have way too many ROs anyway. I would never want to shoot during public hours with 8 people all staring at me. There is plenty of stuff to do though. Its still worth it. What other stuff is there to do? I get emails to work at shows and stuff but it's usually too short notice. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 2:45:38 PM EDT
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I would totally buy out one day. What other stuff is there to do? I get emails to work at shows and stuff but it's usually too short notice. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yeah, I'm not excited about the cost but I'm not excited about 18 hours of range duty either. So do something other than range duty to fulfill your hours? They would make an assload of money if they allowed people to buy out of one day. Realistically they have way too many ROs anyway. I would never want to shoot during public hours with 8 people all staring at me. There is plenty of stuff to do though. Its still worth it. What other stuff is there to do? I get emails to work at shows and stuff but it's usually too short notice. I know some people have gotten theirs in with things like lawn mowing, sorting brass, hanging new chicken wire on the ranges and other maintence type stuff. Otherwise there is also the gun shows and county fairs. Give them a call, they are always looking for folk to do stuff. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:31:15 PM EDT
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They would make an assload of money if they allowed people to buy out of one day. Realistically they have way too many ROs anyway. I would never want to shoot during public hours with 8 people all staring at me. There is plenty of stuff to do though. Its still worth it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yeah, I'm not excited about the cost but I'm not excited about 18 hours of range duty either. So do something other than range duty to fulfill your hours? They would make an assload of money if they allowed people to buy out of one day. Realistically they have way too many ROs anyway. I would never want to shoot during public hours with 8 people all staring at me. There is plenty of stuff to do though. Its still worth it. Pretty sure they are allowing people to do that, though it's technically on a "penalty" basis when renewal comes up. It's not something they offer ahead of time, AFAIK. There was something in the most recent newsletter about it. |
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Posted: 1/26/2015 3:31:52 PM EDT
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I know some people have gotten theirs in with things like lawn mowing, sorting brass, hanging new chicken wire on the ranges and other maintence type stuff. Otherwise there is also the gun shows and county fairs. Give them a call, they are always looking for folk to do stuff. Or, y'know, teach hunters ed like we do 
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Posted: 1/27/2015 4:50:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I know some people have gotten theirs in with things like lawn mowing, sorting brass, hanging new chicken wire on the ranges and other maintence type stuff. Otherwise there is also the gun shows and county fairs. Give them a call, they are always looking for folk to do stuff. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Yeah, I'm not excited about the cost but I'm not excited about 18 hours of range duty either. So do something other than range duty to fulfill your hours? They would make an assload of money if they allowed people to buy out of one day. Realistically they have way too many ROs anyway. I would never want to shoot during public hours with 8 people all staring at me. There is plenty of stuff to do though. Its still worth it. What other stuff is there to do? I get emails to work at shows and stuff but it's usually too short notice. I know some people have gotten theirs in with things like lawn mowing, sorting brass, hanging new chicken wire on the ranges and other maintence type stuff. Otherwise there is also the gun shows and county fairs. Give them a call, they are always looking for folk to do stuff. Thanks. I'll give that a shot.
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Posted: 1/27/2015 4:51:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Pretty sure they are allowing people to do that, though it's technically on a "penalty" basis when renewal comes up. It's not something they offer ahead of time, AFAIK. There was something in the most recent newsletter about it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Yeah, I'm not excited about the cost but I'm not excited about 18 hours of range duty either. So do something other than range duty to fulfill your hours? They would make an assload of money if they allowed people to buy out of one day. Realistically they have way too many ROs anyway. I would never want to shoot during public hours with 8 people all staring at me. There is plenty of stuff to do though. Its still worth it. Pretty sure they are allowing people to do that, though it's technically on a "penalty" basis when renewal comes up. It's not something they offer ahead of time, AFAIK. There was something in the most recent newsletter about it. I think you have to pay the penalty and make the day up the next year iirc. ETA: I'll have to check out the latest news letter. I did send my renewal in. |
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