sumpnz
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I've tossed an idea around a little with LennyJoe, and he's up for it. That pit that we shot at last time has gotten pretty disgusting and I was thinking that a combined THR Tucson Shoot and Cleanup would be a good thing to do.
It's way too flippin' hot to do it right now, but in order give enough time to get enough people to commit, and to let the weather cool off a bit, I was figuring sometime between Labor Day weekend and early October would be the best time to do this.
I would like to get at least 8, preferably 12+ people to commit to this project. Once we set a date that 8 or more of us can agree on, I will try to contact the local TV and newspaper folks to get some publicity out of the event. Show the anti's and (more importantly) the indifferent majority that we care about keeping the desert clean, and hopefully forestall their efforts to shut down wildcat range shooting.
My vision for this project will be that we would meet at the Vail pit in the early morning and spend how ever long it takes to clean up the area. If we have a dozen people working I can't imagine it taking much more than a few hours. Once we've either filled up all pickups that are present, or the area is as clean as we can get it (which ever comes first), the pickups will head to the Los Reales land fill and dump all the junk we pick up. It's $4/vehicle to get into the land fill. If we have 12 people and 3 pickups, that's only $1 each. After that is done, we would spend however long we all felt like shooting. Then, once we've policed our brass, and cleaned up the remnants of our targets, either there, or if my wife is OK with it, at my house (just a couple miles from the pit) kick back with hamburgers, hot dogs, grilled chicken, and some beer. If we do that at the pit, I'll bring my gas grill out there.
So, what say you all? People from Phoenix, Benson, and Flagstaff are also most welcome to come out too. Or, better yet, organize Shoot and Cleanups in your areas too and get some wider publicity out of the deal.
It's way too flippin' hot to do it right now, but in order give enough time to get enough people to commit, and to let the weather cool off a bit, I was figuring sometime between Labor Day weekend and early October would be the best time to do this.
I would like to get at least 8, preferably 12+ people to commit to this project. Once we set a date that 8 or more of us can agree on, I will try to contact the local TV and newspaper folks to get some publicity out of the event. Show the anti's and (more importantly) the indifferent majority that we care about keeping the desert clean, and hopefully forestall their efforts to shut down wildcat range shooting.
My vision for this project will be that we would meet at the Vail pit in the early morning and spend how ever long it takes to clean up the area. If we have a dozen people working I can't imagine it taking much more than a few hours. Once we've either filled up all pickups that are present, or the area is as clean as we can get it (which ever comes first), the pickups will head to the Los Reales land fill and dump all the junk we pick up. It's $4/vehicle to get into the land fill. If we have 12 people and 3 pickups, that's only $1 each. After that is done, we would spend however long we all felt like shooting. Then, once we've policed our brass, and cleaned up the remnants of our targets, either there, or if my wife is OK with it, at my house (just a couple miles from the pit) kick back with hamburgers, hot dogs, grilled chicken, and some beer. If we do that at the pit, I'll bring my gas grill out there.
So, what say you all? People from Phoenix, Benson, and Flagstaff are also most welcome to come out too. Or, better yet, organize Shoot and Cleanups in your areas too and get some wider publicity out of the deal.
