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Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:28 am
by Merlin
Per email from Mark Pharr last evening. The Heart of Texas Silhouette Club is now closed. Per information I received, Jack Garrett is meeting with board members and attempting to find a new location for the club. The single email from Mark is all the information I have to date.

This is terrible news to Texas Silhouette Shooters. I am dismayed and disappointed that this has come to pass. Great Club with a bunch of really nice guys (and great shooters) in a secluded rural location. It seemed very strange (and cool) to have to stop shooting and run cattle off of the range on this working ranch.

I truly hope for success for the Club in finding a new home and a place for HP shooters to play. There are few left within a days drive here in Texas.

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:18 am
by cedestech
:(

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:31 pm
by dustinflint
This is really sad. We have had great times and many fantastic matches at that range. We all love the Texas Highpower State Championship match and hope that it will continue somewhere else.

Dustin

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:46 am
by acorneau
Sad news for the HOTSA folks and HP shooters in that part of the state.

Just yesterday I helped our guys unload some high-power animals which were picked up from Greenwood Gun Club (Brazoria, TX.). About 20+ rams, 20+ turkeys, and 5 or 6 pigs. With HOTSA closing down this may bump the idea of putting in some sort of HP silhouette facilities at the Bayou Rifles Juliff range (the one that's NOT in the flood-control reservoir).

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 11:53 am
by Merlin
acorneau wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:46 am Sad news for the HOTSA folks and HP shooters in that part of the state.

Just yesterday I helped our guys unload some high-power animals which were picked up from Greenwood Gun Club (Brazoria, TX.). About 20+ rams, 20+ turkeys, and 5 or 6 pigs. With HOTSA closing down this may bump the idea of putting in some sort of HP silhouette facilities at the Bayou Rifles Juliff range (the one that's NOT in the flood-control reservoir).
That would be a huge benefit to HP silhouette people in this half of Texas.

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:41 pm
by jbmarshtx
acorneau wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:46 am Sad news for the HOTSA folks and HP shooters in that part of the state.

Just yesterday I helped our guys unload some high-power animals which were picked up from Greenwood Gun Club (Brazoria, TX.). About 20+ rams, 20+ turkeys, and 5 or 6 pigs. With HOTSA closing down this may bump the idea of putting in some sort of HP silhouette facilities at the Bayou Rifles Juliff range (the one that's NOT in the flood-control reservoir).
I can't remember how many banks we shot at Coolidge?

Since I guess I'll be the how power director starting next week as long as I got a vote or three, I will work on contacting a couple of places starting with CTSA in New Braunfels to see if we can host there. There's another range between Houston and Austin, but I don't know if we'd be able to shoot there, and it might depend on providing targets at a minimum.

I'm not sure what Jack Garrett (and Mark Pharr) are going to do with the targets from HOTSA, but everything has to be cleared out by mid-March.

I'll post here as I find anything out. We've done 2x60 shot matches the past years at TX State, suggestions for anything else? As soon as I can look at a calendar, we'll try to get a date.

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:57 pm
by cedestech
acorneau wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:46 am Sad news for the HOTSA folks and HP shooters in that part of the state.

Just yesterday I helped our guys unload some high-power animals which were picked up from Greenwood Gun Club (Brazoria, TX.). About 20+ rams, 20+ turkeys, and 5 or 6 pigs. With HOTSA closing down this may bump the idea of putting in some sort of HP silhouette facilities at the Bayou Rifles Juliff range (the one that's NOT in the flood-control reservoir).
Hmmm.... just had 2 conversations about that today.... ;)

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:59 pm
by cedestech
jbmarshtx wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:41 pm
acorneau wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:46 am Sad news for the HOTSA folks and HP shooters in that part of the state.

Just yesterday I helped our guys unload some high-power animals which were picked up from Greenwood Gun Club (Brazoria, TX.). About 20+ rams, 20+ turkeys, and 5 or 6 pigs. With HOTSA closing down this may bump the idea of putting in some sort of HP silhouette facilities at the Bayou Rifles Juliff range (the one that's NOT in the flood-control reservoir).
I can't remember how many banks we shot at Coolidge?

Since I guess I'll be the how power director starting next week as long as I got a vote or three, I will work on contacting a couple of places starting with CTSA in New Braunfels to see if we can host there. There's another range between Houston and Austin, but I don't know if we'd be able to shoot there, and it might depend on providing targets at a minimum.

I'm not sure what Jack Garrett (and Mark Pharr) are going to do with the targets from HOTSA, but everything has to be cleared out by mid-March.

I'll post here as I find anything out. We've done 2x60 shot matches the past years at TX State, suggestions for anything else? As soon as I can look at a calendar, we'll try to get a date.
Yaupon? Yes please....

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:02 pm
by jbmarshtx
cedestech wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 4:59 pm Yaupon? Yes please....
No idea if it would be possible. I talked with Tim Lee a bit about it and will contact them after next week.

I grew up right near greenwood, before I knew what silhouette was or competitive shooting really.

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:07 am
by Gringo Grizzly
Sad news indeed...
I've been out of silhouette for about a decade but am looking to get back in again.
I remember shooting at HOT way back in the 80's.
The last match I shot there was an HP (there was no hunter rifle at the time) state championship.
I tied with two others and eventually lost in the shootoff to Maurice Bergeman.
Twas a good range - and a true wind challenge.

Greg Buss

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:05 am
by acorneau
Well, since this thread has been resurrected...
jbmarshtx wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:41 pm ... I'm not sure what Jack Garrett (and Mark Pharr) are going to do with the targets from HOTSA, but everything has to be cleared out by mid-March.
So, Brandon... What did happen with those targets, anyway?

:ymcowboy:

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:23 am
by jbmarshtx
acorneau wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:05 am Well, since this thread has been resurrected...
jbmarshtx wrote: Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:41 pm ... I'm not sure what Jack Garrett (and Mark Pharr) are going to do with the targets from HOTSA, but everything has to be cleared out by mid-March.
So, Brandon... What did happen with those targets, anyway?

:ymcowboy:
I think that they are still sitting on probably decaying pallets in Grosbeck somewhere. I don't really know. I had kind of asked Pharr about them when one of the Yaupon creek contacts said that club might be able to host the highpower match. I think that the amount of weak mind, strong back work it would have taken to move them, set them up, coordinate, etc. was too much.

I'm glad that CTSA agreed to host this year, now to get my butt in gear and get the paperwork submitted.

I contacted a BPCR range as well to see if they would host, but I'm looking at that for a possibility for 2022...state or maybe 'just' a single highpower match. We'll see since there is only 1 active high power range in Texas...what's up with Bayou!?

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:53 pm
by acorneau
jbmarshtx wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:23 am We'll see since there is only 1 active high power range in Texas...what's up with Bayou!?
Well, we've got the land and there is a general interest, but realistically it would be a good three years before a HP silhouette range was ready to go.

From what I hear, Dustin is working on a half-distance match going at the Fusilier Complex in Lafayette.

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 3:36 pm
by Rem580
How many shooters typically show up at the monthly matches in New Braunfels assuming they have monthly HP matches)?

How many shooters show up for the TX State HP match? LA State match?

Re: Heart of Texas Silhouette Club closes

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:25 pm
by dustinflint
acorneau wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:53 pmFrom what I hear, Dustin is working on a half-distance match going at the Fusilier Complex in Lafayette.
We plan to soon have both full-distance and short-course highpower at the Fusilier Complex.

I am on the committee that has been designing the new 1000-yard-plus range at the club. We presented our recommendations to the executive board last Tuesday and to the general membership last Friday at the annual membership meeting. It was met with resounding approval from everyone. Construction will start as soon as possible.

That range will include a full distance silhouette range.

We currently have a 300-meter range. The plan is to start a “short course” highpower match on that range with half-scale targets at half the full distances. We need to buy some very expensive half-scale chickens for that match.

For now, I think we’re going to do a hybrid match starting (maybe) in October. It will have full-scale chickens at 200 meters, full-scale pigs at 300 meters, half-scale turkeys at 200 meters and half-scale rams at 300 meters.

Dustin