Hello!

[Benjamin_Miller]

Hey!

I found you guys on Facebook but quickly realized how limited things are over there (no sales, etc) so I migrated here.

Originally from the Keweenaw now living in Royal Oak. I'm still very much missing the ability to have a backyard range for shooting so if anyone has any hot tips on private rural ranges or old quarries that they're willing to spill the secret on... I'd be incredibly grateful

[ECSUSER]

Welcome, I spent a few years in Houghton - nice place to visit .

The closest thing to a quarry is the pit in Lapeer. Being renovated by the DNR, not sure when it's reopening.

[Roundballer]

Greetings from Imlay City "Gateway to the Thumb",

Home of Vlasic Pickle.

[Benjamin_Miller]

Houghton's the place, man! MTU, great views, and some of the best pasties in the state.

So the DNR is turning it into a range? I'll have to keep an eye on that, I've got family that I visit up there on occasion. Thank you!

[ECSUSER]

Houghton's the place, man! MTU, great views, and some of the best pasties in the state.

So the DNR is turning it into a range? I'll have to keep an eye on that, I've got family that I visit up there on occasion. Thank you!

The pit has been a DNR sanctioned shooting 'range/area' for a long time. It's being upgraded and based on the recent photos - is no longer a 'PIT'. Before you know it, MI Shooting Centers will be charging $15 per day.

https://www.migunowners.org/forum/sh...ght=lapeer+pit

Back when I was at MTU, food service companies (Marriot/Sysco/Gordon) wouldn't go that far north - so the food was somewhat home made and pretty good in the dorms. Gotta love rutabaga.

Oh, and you could still get a glass bottle of Mountain Dew from the bottling center over in Hancock.

[Benjamin_Miller]

Yeah that's a lot more fancy than I was imagining. Was supposed to be open in October based on what the guys in that thread were saying. I'll probably wait until spring time to give it a look.

How long ago were you there? I'm a younger guy but about 10 years ago when I attended we had pretty standard dorm food. By that time though, there was a lot of great local bars and restaurants. I still head back up there about once per year. Never did hear about the glass bottled Dew!

[ECSUSER]

Yeah that's a lot more fancy than I was imagining. Was supposed to be open in October based on what the guys in that thread were saying. I'll probably wait until spring time to give it a look.

How long ago were you there? I'm a younger guy but about 10 years ago when I attended we had pretty standard dorm food. By that time though, there was a lot of great local bars and restaurants. I still head back up there about once per year. Never did hear about the glass bottled Dew!

I was there in the mid-late 80's. My freshman year we had rabbit ears on top of the TV. NBC during the day and that same channel turned into CBS at night - the damnedest thing. Days of Our Lives at 1pm and David Letterman at 11:30pm. And there was no Taco Bell in town so 7 guys would pile into someone's boat (parent's old hand me down car) and head 99 miles south to Marquette for .29 cent tacos. I haven't been back in 15 years. Some pretty good memories though.

[Kilt Guy]

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[04JRB]

Welcome, Benjamin_Miller!