Tallow Creek

[Ike]

Have any of you been there recently? Have they made any improvements or at least cleaned up some?

I was told that it is up for sale, I thought that they had already sold it. I don't think they would get approved for another range with all the new houses everywhere. I guess if it sells they will be done with it or lease it back to run the range. Last time I was there it was even more messy than normal and I could barely get down the road. I don't think they are interested it running it anymore.

 

[CajunTim]

Havent been in a long time and that is still too recent for me.

 

[jmcrawf1]

The owner is selling it as dvelopment acreage. A little over 2 million for 180 acres. He's taking all the gun range equipment with him to stat a new gun range off traino rd. In ponchatoula

 

[SpeedRacer]

I would've loved to buy that place and fix it up. Great location, crap range. Apparently it's too good of a location...I can't swing $2,000,000 at the moment.

 

[RickyT]

Last I heard the development thing fell through. Something about all the lead has to be cleaned out by shaving 1 foot of earth out and replacing it. I imagine anyone purchasing it doesn't want to have to pay to have it done. The place is still a mess, run down beyond belief. I also heard that they got into a little trouble back on traino landing because they started moving dirt in or around and ran into some hassle with wetlands folks because they didn't have approval or something and was told to stop.

 

[Ike]

It's sad they don't want to put a little work into it. I think it could be a pretty nice place.

 

[JR1572]

That place is a dump. They should be ashamed to charge $10 per hour to shoot there on the rifle/pistol range.

JR1572

 

[Ike]

It has been a long time since I have been. I was going on a weekly basis for a short while then monthly. I remember almost getting stuck in a hole in the road and garbage spread around, the same garbage that was there from the last time I had been.

From what I remember of the place it wouldn't take too much work to make it much nicer to use. Grate the road, fill in the low spots in the target areas, repair the falling apart wood structures. Maybe build some moveable target holders for the pistol side.

 

[Grim333]

I drove past the place last week. It had been raining. The road in looked really bad. A car pulled in just ahead of me, and they stopped; they weren't willing to try it and neither was I.

 

[CajunTim]

They made so much money off Katrina they could make that place perfect. How many transient workers did they have staying on their land after the storm? Ass loads. Then they also had FEMA/Parish bringing in fallen tress there and burning it all, so they had a government contract and I know those contracts they were issuing were big $$$

 

[Mr_Willson]

I wasnt planning on going back to that place anyway

 

[dawg23]

I drove past the place last week. It had been raining. The road in looked really bad. A car pulled in just ahead of me, and they stopped; they weren't willing to try it and neither was I.

Road is fine.

Last I heard the sale fell through.

Tallow Creek is focused far more on sporting clays than on their rifle/handgun range. The clays layout is OK, but overall, the facility is poorly run and is considered one of the "bottom tier" clays courses.

What they do have going for them is their proximity to N.O. and Covington. Not many other clays courses that close -- sort of a captive audience.

 

[CaptWSims]

I went to Tallow Creek about once/week from March thru August. Last time there I had to wait about 20 min. for others who arrived later to get set up...no complaint there, is part of shooting at ranges...

When I started shooting I couldn't see my groupings thru the spotting scope because of the morning sun. After 5 minutes I decided to come back to the range later in the day, when the sun would shine on the targets instead.

Was charged the $10 for an hour by the owner, and when that happened I told him I'd never be back again. And I meant it!

 

[mineralman55]

Took a trip to Tallow Creek today. All was well there. The pistol/rifle range was well run. We were able to change targets quickly and often enough to accomodate all the folks on both the pistol and rifle ranges. I was pleased, and I'll go back again.

 

[jesse]

I went to this place today looking to shoot my new AR. This was my first time there, and whoa is it a dump. The road sucks, the wood looks like it's about to collapse and the people are not quite friendly. I won't be back.

 

[tactical723]

So it is still open, how much to shoot??, just wondering ??

 

[dragginaknee]

think rifle and pistol its 10 bucks a hour. Hour min tho
Least its someplace to shoot that is close when you don't feel like driving to pearl river or its during the week

 

[jesse]

Yeah, it was $10 an hour. No FMJ out of a rifle either, if you do for some reason go.