We had a good turnout today, but it would have been better if one individual had stayed home. I asked him to please put on safety glasses to shoot skeet, as it is our range policy, and he flipped out. After cursing and ranting at me for a couple of minutes, I had to ask him to leave, and he stormed off of the field.
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stripperclipper
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People are wound pretty tight these days.
Wound up or not, our members agree to our range regulations when they buy their membership, and we will not put up with this type of behavior.
stripperclipper
CGN frequent flyer
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- Middle East Alberta
I've never understood why some people don't want to wear eye protection. There's no downside to protecting your eyes !! And, having been hit with more than a few pieces of clay targets and the occasional pellet, I'm a big believer in them.
There's always that one special person who will complain about the noise a butterfly is making on a sunny day though …..
There's always that one special person who will complain about the noise a butterfly is making on a sunny day though …..
Interesting post that leads to a further question.
What sort of problems do you have to deal with when managing a range?
Operating a range can be quite rewarding, BUT …………. sometimes you have;
dealing with members that think they own the club and the rules don't apply to them is one of the biggest issues. If it's a "volunteer" club with 100 members, there's 5 that do all the work and 95 that complain the work wasn't done the way they would have done it (but don't think for a moment they get off their fat butts to help out).
Dealing with people complaining how expensive a round of (insert skeet, trap, 5 stand, sporting clays, etc. here) after stepping out of their Mercedes/BMW. People who expect "show targets for every presentation" but think it's included in the price of a round of 25 or 50 targets.
Shooters who think it's OK to point guns at others because "it's unloaded". Shooter who can't pick up after themselves.
I'm sure others will chime in with other experiences, and while I am no longer on a board of Directors for a club (burned out a long time ago)< I shoot 3 - 4 times a week and see all kinds of stuff. Most of it is positive, but the negative stuff seems to stand out !!
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And that is the reason I have always said a club is further ahead to have the 5 members willing to do the work pay $1000/year membership as 100 members that never work and complain about paying $50/year!
Other things to deal with? It can be endless, lol. Voice releases changed the habit some trapshooters had of blaming the trap help for missed targets.
Some clubs do suffer because of who they elect for an executive, and they usually end up with those executives, because nobody else wants to run. There are usually a lot of people with ideas, but very few willing to take a role in running a club.
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I can attest to having bad executives costing clubs a lot of money over the years, I've seen plenty of it. It would be all too easy to run them off but then the perpetual problem of replacing them comes into play.
Exactly,. it takes people willing to actually take an active role, and not just sit back and criticize.
