July CCR Shooters Corner
New Members
By the time you read this kid will have finished school and
most of the open houses for graduates are memories. Time to
start our summer fun. The shotgun trap and skeet ranges are
up running on weekends from 10am to 2pm both Saturday
and Sunday. Please welcome Burt Barker as the newest
Shotgun Rangemaster. Please help him out when
circumstances call for it. If you need to borrow a shotgun for
the youngsters just inquire at the Ranch House to use a CCR
owned firearm. Summertime shooting is the most enjoyable
with family members. If you’ve never done it before someone
at the range will help out with guidance and suggestions for
improving the skills needed to break clay birds on a regular
basis. Its real inexpensive fun for young and old.
Trap/skeet range shooting fees:
1 adult round = $5.00
1 youth round = $2.50
1 CCR Range shooting punch card $40.00 (10 rounds + 1 extra
round when its full)
Available at the range or the Ranch House (Avg. = $3.67/
round)
New members, the Conrad family.
L-R: Evan, Charles, Wendy and Drew
Hello Canada Creek Ranch,
We are the Conrad family, including Charles, Wendy, Evan and
Drew. We are longtime residents of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Charles
is the owner of Conrad Consulting, a technical consulting firm.
Wendy, Evan and Drew all work at Hooper Hathaway, a law firm
located in downtown Ann Arbor.
The short pistol range has new target hanging netting mesh
and 6 new challenging 2" orange pass thru pistol targets. Plans
are under way to rebuild the majority of the backstop.
Materials are ordered and will be replaced as soon as a
volunteer work crew can be assembled, and a date picked for
this range closure. Hopefully just a few days out of operation
to finish the job. If you would like to help us out on these
repairs and continue to keep the range a first-class facility,
please feel free to contact Shooting Sports Committee
through the CCR office. This range appears to get the most
usage of any of the ranges. Please report any attention it may
need going forward
We have made Canada Creek Ranch our summer vacation
destination for many years as guests of Charles’s parents, Ken and
Dorothy Conrad. We always stay at the Ranch House. We enjoy a
variety of activities, including archery, shooting, fishing, boating
and kayaking, hiking and nature spotting. Some of us have also
been to the Ranch in the winter and have enjoyed cross-country
skiing and snowmobiling.
Charles’s grandfather (Charles L. Conrad) was any early member
of CCR and our connection to the Ranch goes back about 80 years.
Charles remembers staying many times at the old ranch house
while growing up. Membership was passed to Charles’s parents,
who have been members since the 1960’s. With the recent death of
Ken, one of their memberships will be passed on to Charles and
Wendy. We have made so many wonderful memories and have
grown to love Canada Creek Ranch. We are very excited about
becoming members!
The rifle/pistol range has a repaired 6 falling plate steel target
that was so popular last year. REMINDER: Steel plate targets
at the 25-yard line are Pistol and Rimfire usage only. They are
not designed for Centerfire Rifle, SBR centerfire pistol, or
Shotgun. Please respect and observe these simple rules for
the preservation of the target.
We are planning new steel plate targets at other distances on
the range specifically designed for centerfire rifle cartridges.
Maybe if we receive them in time, they’ll be up and running
by the time you read this. Keep your fingers crossed and let
us know how you like them by sending a note to the Shooting
Sports Committee care of the CCR office. We look forward to
your comments and suggestions going forward.
Please remember to sign in/out while you’re at the range so
we know where to invest in improvements for your shooting
pleasure. This is more important than you know.
REMEMBER - SAFETY FIRST ALWAYS
The Shooting Sports Committee
FUN FACT: A 16" Navy battleship gun has approximately the same
muzzle velocity as a .308 Winchester bullet. Instead of shooting a
150gr bullet up to 2.4 miles, the 1900# to 2700# projectile will
travel up to 24 miles with accuracy.
7