Texas Fall Shoot-Out & BBQ Cooking Contest Pig-Out

[TCups]

Attn: Danno, Jerry - Organizational Skills Needed

Ask any of my friends or relatives and they will confirm that I am the worlds worst at planning anytihing in advance.  I therefore need you two guys to to secure a proper location and time for the next Fall Fun Shoot Out and BBQ-Cooking Contest Pig-Out.  Let me know if you need some "seed money" to get things started.  I am thinking we might do a Friday evening "social event", shoot and cook through Saturday afternoon, and feast Saturday evening.  An outdoor venue with nearby camping and/or motel accommodations somewhere within easy driving distance from DFW sounds right.  We have folks bring their own liquid refreshments and charge a per head fee for the BBQ meal to cover the costs of several pork shoulders, ribs, and all the trimmings, with maybe a prize or two for the cooks and for a few shooting events.  Do you think you can make something like this happen late summer/early fall next year?  

see:  http://www.gatewaytoairguns.com/airguns/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=12585&mid=99336#M99336

Let us know.

[JOHNNY QUEST]

Bump.. this is something I wanna do..  cmon guys lets make it happen...

[JOHNNY QUEST]

This will remain at the top if i can't get it sticky'ed  

 I realy want to meet, shoot and eat with you guys . The GTA group is wonderfull and we need to get together..  We have months to plan this thing so its a great event.. Don't let up Tommy

[tyrrund]

I suspect when Dano sees this some planning will be started. Who was it that secured the last shooting area?  If this gets planned early enough I am taking vacation and coming this time!

[miked6762]

Texas, Tcups? What ever happened to the great SC event that was being planned?

[TCups]

Not mutually exclusive.  Gene is on it for the SC shoot, I think.  And I will definitely be going to that, too.  

But I am angling to have JQ and his brother cook some Texas BBQ and going for a visit with my brother in Dallas, as well as meeting some of the TX crowd (including Dano).  I am also hopeful we can get Peak Chick to come down from Colorado Springs to Dallas for the event.

[miked6762]

Ahhh. Are they part of the Texas Airgun Militia? I see some of their events on the airgun artisans website. It's too bad they're so far away. I thought they looked like a group that has a lot of fun.
Good luck, guys. -hope it goes well.

[Gene_SC]

I do not think I will be hosting a fall shoot this year but most definetly another Sprng Shoot in 2009. I sure enjoyed meeting everone this last spring and hope everyone will return for the next one. Maybe we can make it a two day event this time with lots of shooting and good food..

[miked6762]

I guess it is a little late for this year. Keep us posted. I'm not too far away--let me know if I can be any help.

[DanoInTx]

I think our biggest limiting factor is going to be location.  Joel has found us a place to shoot twice, but he is super busy with work and family these days and probably wont be able to even attend.  We've shot at Steve's place before, but he is equally short on time with all of the stock orders he has before Christmas.  I have a small suburban backyard that is barely suitable for one shooter, so that rules me out.  I think we are pretty much sunk unless someone else has a place for us to gather.  Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we've been looking for a good location for 2 years now and have only managed 5 "shootn'eats" in that same 2 years that the North Texas Airgun Militia has been around.  If someone has a location I'll bring the steak!

Edit:  Actually just realised Joel has found us 3 different locations now.  There was some talk of something out on the West DFW area and there is also an old rifle range up in Gainesville, but I don't know the particulars on either of these places.  

BTW:  I usually run a mailinglist for the people that are interested in attending NTAGM shootouts, so if there is anyone who is interested and I haven't included you in previous emails, then send me an email with "Count me in" or some other nonsense.  danieljnelson (at) sbcglobal.net remove the (at) and replace it with @

[tyrrund]

I will do some checking with some friends for a shooting place. give me a week or so.

[DanoInTx]

Just got an email from Joel.  What do you guys think about an April event?  It's getting a little ugly to spend the afternoon outside at this time of the year, but Joel said he could probably secure the same location as the last shootout, and possibly be allowed camping there as well....if not it is only 10 minutes from downtown Fort Worth and there are plenty of hotels for out-of-towners.  With 4 months to plan we could have the shootout to end all shootouts and really push the envelope....so what say you?  The way this place is set up, for those that didn't attend the last shootout, we could easily set up for 20 or more shooters, and maybe even set up a smaller lane off to the side for 10m?  Jerry put out the idea awhile ago in an email that some of us could go the day before and really clean the place up for better dining AND to make it look nice for the owners...this is private property and the owners are a real great couple of folks, I for one would like to give something back as well.  Let me know guys and we can plan for the Spring, or if someone digs up a location for sometime soon we can look at that also.  I hadn't really thought about it before Joel mentioned it, but the weather is only going to get worse for the next month or two.

[TCups]

Dano:

Thanks for the prompt reply.  April is sooner than I had expected this might be organized, but April sounds OK.  The weekend of April 10, 11, 12 is Good Friday / Easter weekend and would, I presume, not be the weekend to do this.  Also, there are typically weeks of spring break for those in school on either side of the Easter weekend.  Not necessarily a bad thing, but some do have family vacations planned in this time frame.  So maybe either the weekend of the 17th or the 24th?  

I am just cheerleading and the biggest logistical problem I will have is to watch for the best air fare from GSP to DFW.  How about it JQ and Ronbeaux?  Can you beaux's arrange a BBQ in that time frame?  Unless I can get brother Jerry to provide a smoker, I can't really travel with mine (no trailer hitch), but I can bring $ and provide a pork shoulder or three.  And I am REALLY hoping to be able to lure PeakChick down from the Colorado mountains to attend this one.  And if she does come, I will make every effort to bring Gene and Bob along.  Isn't there a song about that -- She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes -- although I have BBQ in mind rather than chicken and dumplings.  

And I can certainly volunteer my brother Jerry to do any manual labor for set up or clean up that may be required before or after the event.  Let me know what I can do to help expedite and finalize any plans.  Thanks.

[Gene_SC]

I wonder how many days it takes an air plane to reach the other side of Texas from SC..

[JOHNNY QUEST]

You guys just get it set up and I will bring Ronbeaux on over he has an rv with a toy hauler in it for the pits..
 If you build it thay will come..