re: Hunter's run closing. ***update 6/15/17 p 11***

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I've shot probably a 100 times at Hunters run. It's not big enough to be more than a little play Sporting course and a couple skeet fields. We had one of the nicest venues in the Country in Cajun Elite but Lynn and Phobe's kids ran it in the ground.

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Sounds like you shot there quite a bit. I'm sure I've shot there at least 400 times (skeet, clays, rifle & pistol). I've been a member there for at least 10 years.

If you're comparing the long shots that Cajun Elite offered, you're right. But nobody complains about target distances at Riverside & Covey Rise --- and HR's traps can be set at longer distances than either of them when they use the skeet fields for registered shoots.

Of course Cajun Elite is no more (for public shooting), and GOL is about in the same boat. The real issue is that there are very few choices now, and those few spend most of their efforts on benefit shoots instead of registered shoots (I presume they are generally more profitable).

When Eddie Baker was club manager, there was a registered shoot virtually every month at HR. Same when Carey Tassin & Gary Hallam were club managers. The current/recent problem at HR is/was primarily the lack of working trap machines (13 at last count).

Irrespective of who the sheriff chooses (and I'm not at all sure that he is required to take the high bid), I hope they get it back running quickly. It's not perfect, but it's a fine site when well run.