Silhouette in Tampa Fla???

[Another Dang 9]

Hello people. new poster here. I am going to be in the tampa fla area and was wondering if there is anything going on during the Christmas holiday week.

[malinois]

Well welcome to sunny florida.....the black hole of silhouette !!!...There is no high power....and smallbore as far as I know is shot in central florida, dania florida, jacksonville, florida......Thats for rifle..sorry...Its a big problem for us the few that shoot around here. How long are you staying.

[Innocent]

Pistol in Chuluoata on 2nd Sunday of the month, followed by smallbore rifle. Central Florida on second Saturday, smallbore rifle.
Welcome to Florida.
Innocent Mary

[Another Dang 9]

I will be staying for two weeks for the Christmas holiday and into the first week of 2010. I was hoping to get some trigger time in the warm weather there. Maybe they could shut down a few golf courses and open a new range or something. . I guess I won't be retireing to Fla anytime soon. I shoot mainly in NH were we shoot most everything but high power,but a new range is being built as we speek so who knows...

[malinois]

Well if you stay that long the first week sun we will shoot in Dania, FL also Jan 3, great match with a large turn out. they start abut 9am but shooting goes on til about noon.

[Another Dang 9]

were is Dania if its near miami it will be to far out of my way. I'm planning on driving back on the 4th

[malinois]

We are on the east coast west of Ft Lauderdale about 20 miles north of Miami...Most of the Rifle shooting is on the East coast...They use to shoot or maybe still do handgun in brooksville which is north of naples or south of where you will be.

[Another Dang 9]

Thanks everyone. i'll have to play it by ear I guess. I was hoping a gun friendly state like Fla was going to have lots of places to shoot. Is it over develpoment that has stopped the clubs or is it some enviormental thing?

[malinois]

Lots of places to shoot...But few for silhouette....Seems to be the case in lots of places unfortunatly.

[Innocent]

It is a bit of both overdevelopment and they are gaining shutting the ranges down due to environmental and "safety" reasons. Gun freindly state, but difficult to find a place to compete.

Mary

[Another Dang 9]

Its funny, they always have more land for homes(my cousin lives in a town that 10 years ago didn't even exist, Trinity). But then the state crys there is not enough water to suport everyone.

[Innocent]

As a native east central Floridian, I can say the state is not the same, and the corrupt politians that have allowed the massive construction without regard to the environment, or the emergency evacuation plans with regard to hurricanes has made this a very undesirable state to live in. But the answer to that issue is the ban the use of air conditioning and watch how many survive the drastic temp changes in the winter, and uncfortable humidity in mid/late summer.
Mary

[Gator]

As a native east central Floridian, I can say the state is not the same, and the corrupt politians that have allowed the massive construction without regard to the environment, or the emergency evacuation plans with regard to hurricanes has made this a very undesirable state to live in. But the answer to that issue is the ban the use of air conditioning and watch how many survive the drastic temp changes in the winter, and uncfortable humidity in mid/late summer.
Mary

Innocent?

We decided years ago the answer was to stop spraying for mosquitos. A few of those old "twin engine" bugs you could hear coming about 4 feet before they got to you, ought to send those snowbirds a packin'. We old timers grew up with 'skeeters and gators and got along.

Gator (recovering slowly. suicide no longer an option)

[Gator]

As a native east central Floridian, I can say the state is not the same, and the corrupt politians that have allowed the massive construction without regard to the environment, or the emergency evacuation plans with regard to hurricanes has made this a very undesirable state to live in. But the answer to that issue is the ban the use of air conditioning and watch how many survive the drastic temp changes in the winter, and uncfortable humidity in mid/late summer.
Mary

Innocent?

We decided years ago the answer was to stop spraying for mosquitos. A few of those old "twin engine" bugs you could hear coming about 4 feet before they got to you, ought to send those snowbirds a packin'. We old timers grew up with 'skeeters and gators and got along with them better than the foreigners movin' in.

Gator (recovering slowly. suicide no longer an option)

[Innocent]

Now Gator, Season is over....just one game left to watch on New Years... and oh no, now I'm in a quandry, which team to cheer for. Of course if I have to find the cheerleading outfit that I wore for Limey a few years ago at WInnie we'll all be in trouble.
Skeeters, sand flies, stickers, gators, snakes, possums, semi tame coons, hogs and other fine Florida friends have been well taken over by concrete, so if we stop the use of AC maybe we can start breaking up some of the concrete and using it for stone crab beds.

Innocent M