News 2025
BMC Long Range Planning 2025 review (Sept 17,2025)
Information gathered from members and Chairpersons over the last 3 months. The list includes all of the suggestions, some of the safety and repair issues are being addressed currently, some of the issues will be covered on future work days, some issues will be included in future budgets and some issues maybe dropped. Members input is helpful to develop budgets and schedule work days. Please contact Chairpersons or Board Members with your suggestions or input on these issues. Rember the club is for members and members need to be included in the decision-making process. The current plan is to maintain the complete facilities, and ranges, Complete the campground to meet county requirements and obtain the required permits. The tree planting is complete and the planted areas will need to be maintained; a funding grant is in progress for the funds.
Shoot more targets, more use of ranges. Clay targets are on track to shoot 700,000 to 800,000 targets, rifle and pistol ranges are shooting an unknown amount of ammo but the ranges are being used on a regular basis f or scheduled shoots, both rifle and pistol shoots.
Income generating projects, create a 2026 budget with information gathered in 2025, i.e. the number of events and targets shoot. BMC will host the VA State Sporting Clays shoot in 2026.
General maintenance plan to maintain facilities and ranges. Keep the ranges mowed, traps operational and loaded, rifle and pistol range safe and maintained.
Priority Order:
Safety (1), Maintenance and repairs (2), Improvements and additions (3)
Building & Grounds, Maintain existing facilities:
Clubhouse
Clubhouse and grounds maintenance review, develop plan for ongoing process
(1) Mowing, trash, & general grounds up keep
(1) Club cleaning, trash removal
(3) Security gate at grounds entrance
Grounds & Property
(1) Clean up junk in woods, scrap unused equipment and clean up old campgrounds/ lake front
(1) Complete campgrounds and kitchen permits, Pending costs and ongoing operating costs
(1) Fish pond, weed control in pond, suggest carp, permit required, estimate under $500
(2) Designated site for carts, Gravel area and lock down security
(3) Driveway from highway to pistol range will need sealing in next 1-4 years. Will seek estimates at approximate time. Patch road near pond (opened to install new drain)
Equipment/ machines
(1) JD Gator ATV replacement with Kubota ATV, after pay-off of current financed Kubota. Members approval for purchase of additional ATV complete
(1) Trap repair plan for all ranges
(3) Carport for new equipment storage $6,000
? Target management system
Ranges& courses
Club support/ operating issue’s
(1) Dues increased by $25 effective October 1, 2025 ($13K annual increase in review)
(1) Overall issue of maintaining BMC, Maintenance plan, members vs. contractor
(1) Develop budget, plan dues and fees Annual operating cost
Reserve funds (CD)
Available monies to apply to projects approximate $100K - $150K
Projected increases
Ranges & courses specific
RIFLE range
(1) 10 stands ABRA, add backstop to prevent damage to the 100-yard target holders when shooting the 50-yard shoots.
(1) Add Safety alarm at shooting benches, complete
Pistol Range
(1) Maintenance / repair to the berms in the pistol bays
(1) Add separators between pistol range and pistol bays.
5 Stand
(1) Sun shades on the back of roof ($1,000)
(2) Safety fence between 5 Stand range and trap range 3.
. (3) Long term suggestion, provide better use of the existing traps on Skeet/ Trap #1 (wobble trap) by adding 5 Stand course. Using the wobble trap and skeet towers will provide 3 of the 8 possible traps. % additional traps could be added and % stand controls. The trap cost would be $15K to $20K and the controls cost would be $1,8K. The range (skeet/ Trap #1) could still be used for skeet, ATA trap and wobble trap.
. (3) Vertical equipment lift, create high birds on 5 Stand and Sporting Clays ranges.
Trap fields
(1) One new picnic table
(2) New transmitter ($900 estimate)
(2) French drains around trap houses, long fix for water leaking through walls. Repair retaining wall on field 1.
. (3) 2 benches ($1,200)
. (3) Fourth ATA trap $20K
Skeet field
(1) Field 2 upgrade adaptable power receptable for new remote system $100, priority
(1) Correct leaning protective fences $400
(2) Field 4 repair high house roof $1,500
(2) Field 4 Build new deck and steps to high house for safety when loading targets $2,000
(2) Field 2, 4 & 5 Replace cords and buttons on 3 fields $500 priority
(2) Field 1 Upgrade electrical on field 1 for remote system $300
(3) Fields 2, 3 &5 Purchase and installation of 2 benches per the 3 fields (note 1 is also a part of skeet and trap) $3,000 priority
Sporting Clay
(1) Storage unit for Sporting Cays field ($2,800 estimate), complete
(1) 5-year purchase of 30 new traps and carts to double the number of traps on the Freeman course, 4 traps per station. No plans for new or replacement traps on the Woods course or 5 Stand course. $100K to $130K over 5 years. (note: Sept 2023 approved 6 new traps every year for the next 5 years for a total of 30 in 5-year period $30,000 per year)
(1) Increase the number of 1 – 2-day shoots to 3 – 4 shoots.
(1) Pending, Spatting Clays Committee to review options to maintain the Sporting Clays courses to include target loading, grass mowing, trap setting and trap repair. Committee to make recommendations for how to do and cost.
(1) Change plastic boxes for transmitters to steel boxes to hold transmitters on SC courses ($1,500)
(2) Suggest the Freeman & Gateway courses are advanced (championship) layout and Woods course a novice (basic) course