When I first joined I thought it was expensive, but after a couple years I thought it was worth it, since I started using the facility more as time went on.
When I joined:
$100 initiation
Year fee was $65 I think
The first three years new members pay I think it was an additional $35 building fee
And you have to work 8 hours a year or pay something like an additional $72 fee.
You have to belong to NRA which cost you around $30 year
Maybe it seemed cheaper when I left is because I was just paying the $65/yr.
Around $5 a month was pretty reasonable.
My time was more valuable to me than $72 to work around the club on a work day for 8 hours. I cut brush for 8 hours once, I would pay $72 to not do that again.
If you dont bow hunt on weekends, you can get your hours in on a hunter sight in day just before rifle season, which was a lot of fun for me. Some shooters just needed a bench and to leave them alone, others you are adjusting the scope for them, and coaching them on shooting.
Dont think your gonna go shoot long range unless you can get there on week days during normal work hours.
You can almost always count on shooting the 100 and 200 range.
I never did use the blackpowder/pistol range.
I only used the indoor range a few times, wish I would have utilized it more often in evenings. You wont be shooting anything big in the indoor range, pistol and rimfire rifle etc.. All outdoor ranges shut down at legal sunset.
If I didnt move to a new town I would have got my son in the shooting disciplines they ran. They provided quality rifles and coaches to teach kids how to shoot 5 positions I think it was. They even provide the 22 ammo.
Very kid oriented program I never got to utilize. I assume they still run it???
They put in an outdoor bow range. Simple hay bails to shoot out to 50 yards, but it was handy since my old house didnt have a spot to shoot that wouldnt have made neighbors call the cops.
I never used the shot gun ranges, but I enjoyed watching when the scatter gun guys showed up and busted clay pigeons.
It is a bit intimidating at first, at least for me. Lots of rules and I never wanted to be the guy who was cleaning my gun behind the yellow line during a cease fire, or something else that might get you an ear full from a safety officer.
If I never worked a hunter sight in day, I wouldnt have been there when some guy pulls into the parking lot, packing his gun over to the check in, to make sure its unloaded, safe to fire, to make sure the ammo matches the rifle (yes guys get sent home because they bought the wrong ammo for their gun) and all the other safety checks, when he drops his gun in the parking lot
and it fires a round out thru the parking lot
Winters are tough since the daylight hours are short, but in the summer, I enjoyed shooting after work, weekends, etc....
If I was still in the Metro area I would join again.
gottafish
Douglaus Ridge Range
Re: Douglaus Ridge Range
It is a great club
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