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Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: ridgefire on March 09, 2011, 06:43:18 PM

Title: machias range
Post by: ridgefire on March 09, 2011, 06:43:18 PM: anybody know when the machias range opens. i believe last year it was right around daylight savings time. anybody know what monday it starts. thanks
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Post by: Button Nubbs on March 09, 2011, 06:57:51 PM: I believe its april 4th. Fun course.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on March 10, 2011, 07:18:04 AM: It is the 4th for sure.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on March 24, 2011, 07:44:33 PM: I thought it was starting this coming Monday but its not :bash:. Best part about the range besides the friendly people and the new targets every year its only 5 minutes from my house.
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Post by: dreamingbig on March 30, 2011, 11:04:56 AM: How much is it to shoot if you are not a member?
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Post by: bow_hunter44 on March 30, 2011, 09:54:55 PM: I'm new to the area, so this may be a dumb question, but - where is the Machias range?

Thanks!
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Post by: D-Rock425 on March 31, 2011, 12:10:32 AM: I think its 8 bucks this year it was 7. It is hard to explain where it is. Do you know where Tom thumb is? You might try to find seattle rife range on the web I thing that's the official name of the club. I could be wrong.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on March 31, 2011, 12:17:35 AM: Look up Seattle rifle and pistol association that should give you an address or map. Hope to see you guys there its a nice range with a couple great guys that run it.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on April 03, 2011, 02:18:18 PM: The shoot starts tomorrow gates should be open before 5 pm.
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Post by: Button Nubbs on April 03, 2011, 02:48:23 PM: Wish I could go tomorrow, its a fun course. Hope they have the running deer again
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Post by: D-Rock425 on April 03, 2011, 04:11:13 PM: I wish I could shoot tomorrow night but I'm not suppose to shoot for a while stupid surgery :bash:
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Post by: D-Rock425 on April 06, 2011, 01:32:55 PM: Did anybody shoot this past Monday? If so how was it?
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Post by: huntinfool86 on April 06, 2011, 06:01:18 PM: i did. i wasn't that impressed, a lot of short shots, and the belting behind the targets suck, my little brother hit it a few times and every time i tried to pull the arrows out the belting would rip the inserts out. also the guy running it came into the woods just to tell us to only take one shot to keep things moving, but we were the only group out their, i could see him saying that if groups were staked up. the only thing i liked was it is close to home. i'll just stick to shooting my own 3-d targets during the week :bash:
Title: Re: machias range
Post by: D-Rock425 on April 06, 2011, 06:28:07 PM: Quote from: huntinfool86 on April 06, 2011, 06:01:18 PM
i did. i wasn't that impressed, a lot of short shots, and the belting behind the targets suck, my little brother hit it a few times and every time i tried to pull the arrows out the belting would rip the inserts out. also the guy running it came into the woods just to tell us to only take one shot to keep things moving, but we were the only group out their, i could see him saying that if groups were staked up. the only thing i liked was it is close to home. i'll just stick to shooting my own 3-d targets during the week :bash:
it states clearly 1 arrow per target hit or miss. 3-d targets are not cheap I don't know a range with 3-d targets on it where you can just shoot away. As for the back stops if you don't miss that wouldn't be a problem :chuckle:. Inserts are cheaper than replacing arrows.
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Post by: huntinfool86 on April 06, 2011, 06:56:31 PM: we were only taking one shot each i think the guy wanted to cut out early since we were the only group out their, and as far as missing i never miss i only use mulligans when i get fives. :chuckle:
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Post by: huntinfool86 on April 06, 2011, 07:02:03 PM: i should be a little clearer i have missed a few targets when i first started but i haven't missed one in the last 6 shoots i've done. not bad for never touching a bow until dec of last year :chuckle: