Any Mission rod and gun members looking for a range buddy?

[KBC]

Hey,
Any one out there looking to hit the archery range in Mission when the weather gets a bit nicer? I've been shooting a compound a couple years, self taught(youtube) and wouldn't mind shooting with someone to critique form/bounce ideas off etc. I have a new bow on order and will hopefully see it in a couple weeks so I'll be itching to get out there.

If you want some personal info, I'm 40 with a couple kids but going on 18 maturity-wise. I'm most interested in elk hunting but the WT I shot last rifle season sure is tasty so I'll hunt just about anything. That said, the archery bug has bit pretty hard. I haven't got all the tools together yet but I will eventually be building my own arrows and am heading down the tuning rabbit hole as well.

Let me know,
Cheers

[adriaticum]

I just got the membership at Semiahmoo for the archery outdoors and indoor ranges.
Mission orientation requirements even for renewing members are annoying.

[knothead]

I just got the membership at Semiahmoo for the archery outdoors and indoor ranges.
Mission orientation requirements even for renewing members are annoying.

I did the Mission orientation about a year ago and didn't find them annoying at all, wondering what part was causing you grief?
The only thing I can think of is the wait time as they do it in groups and have to set times when the volunteers will be available. otherwise it's pretty simple and takes an evening of explaining club rules and doing a walk around of the site which seems pretty straightforward and something I imagine most if not all clubs would do. End of the evening you walk out with your club card and your ready to shoot.

[adriaticum]

I did the Mission orientation about a year ago and didn't find them annoying at all, wondering what part was causing you grief?
The only thing I can think of is the wait time as they do it in groups and have to set times when the volunteers will be available. otherwise it's pretty simple and takes an evening of explaining club rules and doing a walk around of the site which seems pretty straightforward and something I imagine most if not all clubs would do. End of the evening you walk out with your club card and your ready to shoot.

I did the orientation too, then my membership expired, and they want me to do it again.
The orientation itself is not an issue.
The issue is that you have to do it every time your membership expires if you don't renew before it expires.
Mind you it's not something you can come over there and do.
You have to wait for the right person to be there at the right time and they are in the right mood in the right weather.
All in all it's annoying.

[adriaticum]

I used to do most of my load development shooting in PoCo range.
I liked it, I didn't need a membership pay 25 bucks for a day pass and get the job done.

Now they changed the rules and they don't allow non-members on weekends, because they were getting so busy, (only weekdays) and they increased their day pass to $45.
F dat.

Seems to me shooters are under huge pressure in LML.
They have banned shooting at all known spots in the Fraser valley recently, good ranges are making it really difficult for people who are non-members to shoot.
You don't have to implement gun control, you just have to make shooting difficult and ammo pricey.
That's it.
These stupid ranges don't realize that they are probably making more money from non-members.

PoCo could have done 10 different things to facilitate non members on the weekends but they did the dumbest thing.
The so called members complained that they can't get a spot to shoot on the weekends so they banned non - members.

[silveragent]

Not sure why you are using a thread about Mission to hate on for Poco but let me respond since I'm the current President.

We are a club that serves our members. #1. So if we see movement among our members who pay their dues to do something we do it and if the members don't like what we did they can vote at the AGM. Guess what, we had tremendous support for moving to members only on weekends. We're sorry people who don't want to put in to a club or join it are sad but that's what you get for not wanting to contribute. There is an old adage: membership has its privileges. Seems you realized it but want to complain. Sorry but we can't serve non members and members equally.

There was certainly debate about wanting to preserve day-card access because we wanted shooting to be accessible to all. However, we got loads of pressure from members who were very dissatisfied with not getting places on the weekends and were wondering why their membership didn't allow them to shoot over people who did not contribute throughout the year.

What you said about making more money from non-members is actually not the case at all. We ran the numbers before making the decision and went to members-only on a trial basis. We have not suffered at all economically and the loss of aggravation from the BS we used to get from day carders has been worth it. BS including flagging people, shooting the ceilings and walls, blatant stuff like pulling guns out of jackets, pretending not to understand the ROs. And when you try to raise it with the CFO they tell you it's on the club to educate people, even on blatant crap they tell you in the CFSC should get you arrested.

We are a club which means for members. There are places for drop ins and that's DVC and Langley. Nothing wrong with that but they make money not just from drop ins but from rentals and ammunition sales. That is what they are geared for.

There is room for all sorts of ranges including the more commercially oriented ones. I agree that LML shooters are under huge pressure. I would love there to be different types of ranges for all people including what you are looking for. The reality is, the cities are not wanting to support shooting ranges. The money for cities is in growing their population and they have little love for sports amenities. So we will be pushed out and eventually so will others who aren't situated in agricultural or commercially zoned land.

Couple that with our need to follow CFO rules. Right now we have to spend tens of thousands of dollars and possibly more on redoing our berms. DVC and Langley don't have that problem since they are indoor facilities only. So yes I don't apologize for raising day card rates, or rental rates to law enforcement, because we have urgent costs and considerations that people who drop in once in awhile don't see.

Please tell me what are the 10 different things we could have done to facilitate non members?

[KBC]

What orientation? I just had to do the one when I first joined and that’s it. How’s the semiahmoo range?

[adriaticum]

What orientation? I just had to do the one when I first joined and that’s it. How’s the semiahmoo range?

Semiahmoo is ok for archery. They have an outdoor range and indoor range available twice a week.
But they only have an indoor .22 20 yard range.

[KBC]

I’m close so I’ve always gone in and renewed but you can renew online now

[KBC]

So you aren’t looking for an archery buddy in Mission?