Hunting Creek Preserve

I was looking for a place to shoot one Monday when a lot of facilities are closed. I reached Richard Renegar one of the owners on the phone. He said they were closed but he would be happy to meet my friend and I so we could shoot. We arrived to find a beautiful lodge — wonderful fireplace, flat screen TV, large sofas, interesting décor, soda and ice cream machines, and a store with plenty of handgun, rifle, and shotgun ammo fairly priced (I bought some .380 pistol cartridges). Richard helped us get signed in and took us out to «the huntsman» — 3 wobble traps mounted together. My friend and I shot 75 rounds each with Richard trapping for us — and he made us feel very comfortable and having a good time. We said we were getting a little tired so Richard fired up the Gator and took us for a tour of the property — showing us the skeet area, sporting clays course, and pistol range. We probably had more fun on the tour than shooting.
The following Saturday, we returned to shoot sporting clays for the first time. The course’s 13 stations presented a range of challenges, from simple to (for us) impossible, and the setting was absolutely beautiful. Even when we were missing (which was often), we had a great time. After our first go-​around, I stopped back in the lodge and asked the manager, Buck, for some tips on how to shoot some of the high targets, which he happily offered. As I was contemplating a snack, Ralph Renegar told me they were cooking lunch for a Boy Scout troop that was on the skeet range and invited my friend and I to join them. After we were done shooting, we sat down with Ralph and his wife and had some tasty hotdogs, homemade peach cobbler, and fun conversation.
Can’t wait to go back.