Got a new place to shoot

Doc Hoy · May 29, 2011, 03:48 PM

Perhap y'all remember me whining about having to drive an hour back and forth to go shooting. I found a place that is an easy 45 minute drive in northern North Carolina. It backs up to the Great Dismal Swamp and is about 12 acres of almost completely wooded flatr land. It is owned by an acquaintence who only just recently found out I am looking for a place to shoot.

Drive back through about a quarter of a mile of trees.

The path opens to a cleaning about fifty to seventy five yards on a side.

Easy to get the truck in and out

Some of the passages are a little tight but the owner keeps it mowed. There are paths all through it.

I envy you guys who can just step out your back door and start blasting away. Forty five minutes may sound like a long drive but compared to an hour it is heaven. This morning I ran off about a hundred rounds and did not see or hear another soul. My kind of morning.

Bill Akins · May 29, 2011, 04:55 PM

Glad you found a good shoot'n place Doc.

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Hardcase · May 29, 2011, 05:16 PM

It looks like a little slice of heaven, Doc!

Doc Hoy · May 29, 2011, 05:27 PM

Coupla months ago I was thinking about buying the plot next to this land. But the guy wanted a hundred thousand for it. It is not planted in trees, just cleared land. Nice to have someone else paying the mortgage.

mykeal · May 29, 2011, 07:12 PM

What's behind the target frame?

Doc Hoy · May 29, 2011, 09:35 PM

Trees and swamp for about ten miles.

noelf2 · May 30, 2011, 01:41 PM

Hey Doc keep 'em low. My daughter and son in law are environmental biologists and work in the Great Dismal Swamp.

ClemBert · May 30, 2011, 02:54 PM

Kewl deal.

Pretty place he has there.

The best part is that it is free and maintained by someone else.

My 12 acres has to be maintained by me. 6 months out of the year it sits in hay. But then again, it is too unbearably hot for me to shoot during those 6 months anyways.

bedbugbilly · May 30, 2011, 02:56 PM

Nice looking area Doc! Congrats on finding something closer. Looks like a great place to shoot or just sit back and appreciate the nature around you. Just don't let "the swamp thing" sneak up on you and drag you back into the swamp for lunch!

Very nice area and thanks for sharing the great photos! Enjloy!

Hawg · May 30, 2011, 03:28 PM

Looks like a good place to plant some winter grass and stick up a shootin house. Nice truck too.

Doc Hoy · May 30, 2011, 04:43 PM

BBB,

I think I might have messed up. When I took the photos home and showed my wife, she started talking about going along and just sitting and reading while I shoot. That would be fine BUT it means she now has an excuse to expect to go to........you guessed it ........ church. Don't seem like much of a trade-off.

Hawg,

We are on the same track. I thought about asking the owner if I could put up a house and a bench. The owner and his wife shoot too so they might be happy to have it happen.

May 29, 2011, 03:48 PM	#1
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Got a new place to shoot Perhap y'all remember me whining about having to drive an hour back and forth to go shooting. I found a place that is an easy 45 minute drive in northern North Carolina. It backs up to the Great Dismal Swamp and is about 12 acres of almost completely wooded flatr land. It is owned by an acquaintence who only just recently found out I am looking for a place to shoot. Drive back through about a quarter of a mile of trees. The path opens to a cleaning about fifty to seventy five yards on a side. Easy to get the truck in and out Some of the passages are a little tight but the owner keeps it mowed. There are paths all through it. I envy you guys who can just step out your back door and start blasting away. Forty five minutes may sound like a long drive but compared to an hour it is heaven. This morning I ran off about a hundred rounds and did not see or hear another soul. My kind of morning. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

May 29, 2011, 04:55 PM	#2
Bill Akins Senior Member Join Date: August 28, 2007 Location: Hudson, Florida Posts: 1,135	Glad you found a good shoot'n place Doc. . __________________ "This is my Remy and this is my Colt. Remy loads easy and topstrap strong, Colt balances better and never feels wrong. A repro black powder revolver gun, they smoke and shoot lead and give me much fun. I can't figure out which one I like better, they're both fine revolvers that fit in my leather". "To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target". Last edited by Bill Akins; May 30, 2011 at 05:18 AM.

May 29, 2011, 05:16 PM	#3
Hardcase Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Location: Sunny Southern Idaho Posts: 1,909	It looks like a little slice of heaven, Doc! __________________ Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop - Gus McCrae

May 29, 2011, 05:27 PM	#4
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	HC Coupla months ago I was thinking about buying the plot next to this land. But the guy wanted a hundred thousand for it. It is not planted in trees, just cleared land. Nice to have someone else paying the mortgage. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

May 29, 2011, 09:35 PM	#6
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Trees Trees and swamp for about ten miles. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

May 29, 2011, 07:12 PM	#5
mykeal Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 2,772	What's behind the target frame?

May 30, 2011, 01:41 PM	#7
noelf2 Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Location: Stuart, VA Posts: 2,473	Hey Doc keep 'em low. My daughter and son in law are environmental biologists and work in the Great Dismal Swamp. __________________ Liberty and freedom often offends those who understand neither.

May 30, 2011, 02:54 PM	#8
ClemBert Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2009 Location: Orlando Posts: 936	Kewl deal. Pretty place he has there. The best part is that it is free and maintained by someone else. My 12 acres has to be maintained by me. 6 months out of the year it sits in hay. But then again, it is too unbearably hot for me to shoot during those 6 months anyways.

May 30, 2011, 02:56 PM	#9
bedbugbilly Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Posts: 3,287	Nice looking area Doc! Congrats on finding something closer. Looks like a great place to shoot or just sit back and appreciate the nature around you. Just don't let "the swamp thing" sneak up on you and drag you back into the swamp for lunch! Very nice area and thanks for sharing the great photos! Enjloy! __________________ If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways. Hiram's Rangers Badge #63

May 30, 2011, 03:28 PM	#10
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	Looks like a good place to plant some winter grass and stick up a shootin house. Nice truck too.

May 30, 2011, 04:43 PM	#11
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	BBB and Hawg BBB, I think I might have messed up. When I took the photos home and showed my wife, she started talking about going along and just sitting and reading while I shoot. That would be fine BUT it means she now has an excuse to expect to go to........you guessed it ........ church. Don't seem like much of a trade-off. Hawg, We are on the same track. I thought about asking the owner if I could put up a house and a bench. The owner and his wife shoot too so they might be happy to have it happen. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.