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Dallas Gun club is the nicest in Texas. Greater Houston would be number 2 but we might be gaining on them

John
Arrieta

I've heard Greater Houston has become a very nice place, though I haven't been there in years. When I was young, back in the 80s of the last century, I took lessons from a guy named Grand Ilseng out there. He was old then, and slow moving and, if I recall correctly, dealing with some heart issues. Back then the club was all about skeet and trap and a pretty modest clubhouse that was more icehouse than country club. Drill pipe scattered around with weeds growing through. Live pigeon shoots on an opaque schedule (those ended in the early 80s, as Houston was getting too big city for that sort of thing in a public venue). Good memories from a long time ago. Sounds like you guys have a newer version of it going strong. I'm glad.

Running five rings for the larger shoots allows for shorter crank times and the order gets changed each day to prevent any cherry picking. There are a lot of good things happening in TX these days and if anyone has the hankering to shoot helice, there are actually several venues/places where you may do so. Please visit USHA to see the options available today to play the game; there are a number of them around the country. Try it, you may like it. The 'timing', at least to me, is different from shooting 'pigs', as my old friend, Bill Wise called them. What a perfectly wonderful person he was here and in real life as well, and as Grant Ilseng, Buck Stark, Dick Pope, Gene Sears, Cyril Adams, Bob Brister, J.O. Bates, Richard Smith, and a few others not named who are no longer with us... has left an indelible impression on some of us fortunate enough to have known and interfaced with them.

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