bobs national hunting trips...

no animals involved. just good people and a great sport. here is a brief history of some of my digs over the decades. enjoy.
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bass pro cedar lodge, mo. 2021. you could eat off the range. natural hand laid stone traps. wow. the hull was from my semi auto. it was gone in 5 mins!

 

1995 va state shoot. richmond, va. my trusty 3200.

 

skeeter trap gun club, harrisburg, ar 2019. no down range target issues here! 16yd line was flooded so we shot behind the trap.

 

torrington fish and game, ct. dec 2020. snow squad!

 

northwest sportsmans assoc, ct 2019. best one trap range in ct, as far as im concerned.

 

new haven racoon club, ct 2019.

 

springfield rod and gun club, springfield, mo 2020

 

the newly opened crossville shooting sports complex, tenn. 2019, with manager and assistant.

 

lynn creek, mo 2020.

 

USAB ft leonard wood, mo 2013.

 

cherokee village s&t club, ar 2014

 

ansonia fish and game club, woodbridge, ct 2016

 

stockbridge sportsmens club, mass 2014

 

branford rod and gun club, ct 2019

 

twin lakes rod and gun club, ar 2019

 

ledyard skeet and trap club, ct 2018

 

quaker hill rod and gun club, ct 2018.

 

mount pleasant sportsmans club, hawthorne, n.y. 2015.

 

fulton county trap range, salem AR, 2018.

 

norwich rod and gun club, ct 2016

 

guest of larry, conn state champ trap.
willow wood rod and gun club, n.y. 2016

 

dr. d. moore camp robinson skeet/trap range, mayflower, ar 2016

 

ark game and fish jacksonville complex, ar 2016

 

niantic fish and game club, ct 2015

 

batesville ar, 2013

 

bobs navy rifle squad. dam neck, va 1995.

 

WLOPA. wolcott land owners protective assoc. wolcott, ct 2020.

 

national shooting complex, san antonio, tx 1994

 

remington factory range, lonoke, ar. 2012.

 

putnam county f&g club, carmel n.y. 2017.

 

seymour fish and game club, oxford, ct 2010.

 

my wife sarah on cruise. 1996. took 2nd place.

 

shooting with my wife at san antonio gun club, tx. 1996.

 

nellis afb, nv. 1994.

 

She is a keeper and must be a pretty good shot too.

 

shes certainly my better half.
we are forever young.
best hunting trip i ever went on.

 

issac walton s&t club, midlothian va 1987... with my trusty sxm1. the range was sold and turned into a housing development. all but a memory.

 

Where I cut my teeth on skeet shooting back in 1991!

 

welcome to ats.com! youre the first to stop in and visit from the other place, or ANY place, for that matter.

 

last squad at the old langley afb skeet/trap club range, va. 1997.
after this pic was shot, the range closed forever. currently on this same location, is a deep water port for military ships.
there we are. im holding my trusty m12 and sarah has her cosmi.

 

ozark shooters complex, walnut shade, MO, 2016.

 

shaw afb, s.carolina 1994
i will never forget having to shoot fast because of the fire ants!

 

Laury Skeet & Trap, (now called Northumberland Pointe Sportsmans Club,) Norththumberland, PA, 2011

 

mayflower, ar 2015

 

south gate gun club, TN 2013

 

nas oceana mwr skeet/trap range, VA. what you see here was closed down when the CO complained about lead shotfall issues. i use to work here in 1990.

 

do i really need to tell anyone where i am? 1993.

 

naval weapons station skeet/trap range, yorktown, VA 1989.

 

farmville skeet club, farmville, VA 1988

 

USA Ft Lee Skeet and Trap Range, Va 1986. Shot my first 100 straight on this very range.

 

carnival cruise lines, west coast mexican cruise, pacific ocean, 1987

 

westchester sportsmans club, cortlandt manor, ny. 1986. primarily international shooters at the time.

 

Naval Weapons Station China Lake, CA 1989. man was it hot. solid black targets only. too bright for anything else!

 

inyokern rod and gun club, CA. all hand traps, with cranks, with trap boys in both skeet and trap bunkers! youd die without shade so shooting stopped mid day. you can see the beginning of the southern most tip of the sierra-nevada mountain chain in the background. thus the reason for so many trees. otherwise its death valley region. it never really rained, so they kept all the sofas outside year round.1989.

 

englishtown shooting range, englishtown, NJ 1985.
note the ammo perches on the trap ranges!

 

NATTC Lakehurst Trap Club, Lakehurst NJ. 1985. these pics were shot just before the air station extended the runways length and took out the club in one fell swoop of a D7 caterpiller. it was so far out, no electricity was used. note the kerosene oil tank used for heat in the club. note the classic rod and bar cocker. a trapper loaded in the bunker. truly missed.

 

orange county rod and gun club, orlando, fla 1985.
shot my first 100 bird ata match and won my first lewis purse here.
sadly, its now a ballpark and surrounded by housing developments. you can see seaworld in the distance. when i went to seaworld, i use to be able to hear the shotguns.
note the flooded trap. it always rained hard here.

 

NAS Lemoore CA. Skeet/Trap range,1984. i do have another pic of me in the group, but i cant find it. i was taking this pic of my first bunch of cronies in the trap/skeet sport. this is the oldest pic i have of any range or proof of shooting. dan b.use to come out here on occasion. didnt know who he was, but i do now! he was shooting from the parking lot with the guys one day. i was just a green horn secretary of the club! lol. shot my 1st 25 straight here. still have the hat. 4th man from left is rick powell. he and his wife taught me skeet and introduced me to nssa.

 

2015 andy dalton range, ash grove, mo

 

meriden rod and gun club, ct. 2020. one simple modest trap.
no one was around when I shot. they all were over fishing at the club lake in a tournament!

 

cleburne county gun club, heber springs, ar 2021

 

2014, (NEARK) northeast arkansas shooters assoc., walnut grove, ar.
now defunked. use to be the army aux airfields base skeet/trap range.
FAA closed the range due to lead falling on an.....ABANDONED RUNWAY on an ABANDONED BASE.
shortly after this pic was taken, it closed.

 

still looking for more lost and buried pics. will post em' soon.
heres the list of ranges i visited but the pictures are lost:

ben avery target center, az
forest city g.c., ga
ft dix s&t range, n.j
rover s&t range, mo
big piney gun club, mo
fresno s&t, ca
lackland afb
wolfe creek, ga
ft benning, ga
rivanna r&p club, va
ft eustis, va
lafayette r&g club, va
dover afb, del
USMC quantico s&t range
fredricksburg r&g club
izzak walton conservation park, richmond va
arrowhead r&g club, va
4h airfield gun club, va
fairfield glade sportsmans club, tn
oak ridge sportsmans assoc, tn
brownsville young guns, tn
bend of the river psc, tn
andover sportsmans club, ct
harwinton r&g, ct
thomaston f&g club, ct
elm city gun club, ct
pahquioque r&g club, ct
wallingford, r&g club, ct
groton sportsmans club, ct
hamden f&g, ct
kingsburg r&g club, ca
mountain valley sportsmans assoc, ar
prospect hall, wv
subic bay MWR s&t range, R.P.
fairfax r&g club, va

 

1993, Elmore Conservation Club, Ohio

 

kind of funny that i didnt include my own range; so, here i am! vanzant, mo. 2015.

 

ive given up on a lot of the missing pics I took over the years, so I started revisiting the ranges and will reshoot the locations.
since I take all my shots with an old 35mm, in a few weeks, the film will be ready for:

Wallingford r&g club, ct
Elm city gun club, ct
Hamden f&g club, ct

 

2023 fin fur feather r&g club, chaplin, ct

 

2022 omelagdon range, new castle, del
this is the half way point for my trips back and forth to ct from va. I always pop in a few during my rest stop here.

 

2023 Bristol f&g club, ct
yes, that's a Bentley parked next to me.

 

2023 pomfret r&g, ct

 

2023 Rockville r&g, ct