Honey Island Shooting Range to FINALLY reopen Friday June 12.

Weekend shooting bump

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do you know one of the range guys over there named Bear?

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Man, we have over 150 guys in our organization. I've been a part of it since 2013 and there's still some guys I've never met. Our minimum obligation to the organization is to work at least one shift per month. That's about all I have the time for but I'm also now a training officer withing the organization and since Jan of 19 I'm on the board of directors...

Unfortunately, I still couldn't tell you who "bear" is... Although I have a few guys in mind since they fit that description... Pepperidge being one of them!

Man I went out today with my wife and I don’t think I’ll be going back for a while. We got there around 8am and went straight to the pistol line. I had my wagon with me because I had lots of stuff to sight in, plus it has been a while since I’ve been.

We stayed at the pistol line for about an hour and a half. Then asked if we could go to the rifle. It was getting busy so the range officer asked for us to go back to the main station instead of going straight to the rifle line. No big deal.

We got back to the main station and they hand me a pad where I can write my name/number and he said go wait in your vehicle. He said he would call me when a spot was available.

I guess my fault for not knowing the new corona rules, but I had a wagon full of stuff and was not about to bring it back to my car, just to drag it out again. So I just called it a day. Kind of disappointing since it’s been so long and I spent a lot of time getting everything packed to go there.

If y’all are thinking about going, don’t bring a lot, and prepare to get there early.

Went this morning as well. Got there at 9-9:30 and waited for a stall for about 20 min which wasn't a big deal. They were very organized and communicated with both areas via megaphone. We had a great time shooting our new guns.

he lives across the street from my brother...
I was there cleaning up after the storm Saturday and he stopped by...
absolutely a great guy...

Well please don't give up on us. We're all having to deal with these social distancing guidelines but once all these restrictions are lifted we'll be back to normal operations. That doesn't meant we won't have wait lists any time in the future. It happens quite often, especially as the weather gets a little cooler and the hunters start coming out to sight in their rifles before hunting seasons. But hopefully by then we won't have to require yall to stay in the parking lot.

Keep my email address that I posted above and please let me know next time you come out. I know it's only $6.00 to get in but I'd like to take care of your entry fee with a pass and give you a few extra passes to use whenever you'd like.

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I assume everyone is out shooting their new AR’s.

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That's pretty much exactly right. I went out there Friday just for a couple hours to see how everything was going on our first day reopening and then I worked my shift Saturday. There were a LOT of 1st time shooters and shooters with new "toys" putting them through their paces.

The pistol line is really the only line we were concerned about since it's the only one we have to worry about people keeping their spacing since the lanes are within 6ft of each other. Our benches on the rifle line are more than 6ft apart so we don't have to "skip a bench" to keep proper spacing like we do at the pistol line. But the rifle line sure was the one to fill up quickest all weekend.