Local Characters

Doc Bradford's recent newspaper ad

I’m involved in my local chapter of Pheasants Forever (Gallatin Valley PF), and have met many great people as a result of this association.  In fact, I’ll be chairing our annual banquet/fundraiser next February if anyone is interested in sponsoring.  Anyway, one of the guys that sits on our PF committee is Doc Bradford.  Doc’s a Michigan man who moved to Montana to retire 7 years ago.  He got into shooting clay targets in his 50’s, and has since gone overboard.  He’s a certified shooting instructor and has built a 9-station sporting clays course on his 80 acres of Gallatin River-front property.  We just hosted a “thank you” event for this past year’s PF banquet sponsors at his place, and I must say his place is really incredible – but only if you like shooting and fishing and the beauty of nature   Doc is about to open his range up to the public – Rising Spirits Sporting Clays is the name of his new business.  I’ll have plenty of opportunity to get to know Doc and his range much better as I hope to be involved in the sporting clays league he is about to launch. 

 

I’ll keep you posted on Doc and his venture – as well as my performance in the sporting clays league – in future posts.

 

I also received an email from a customer (Chris Pfadt) who bought some Crackshot Snake Chapz several weeks ago.  I noticed his Three Forks, MT address when we shipped the order (just up the road from where we live in Bozeman 30-40 miles) – and we’re practically neighbors (by Montana standards).  Anyway, Chris sent me an email once he realized we were neighbors as well and invited me to come and check out his operation.  He runs the Grey Cliffs Ranch (www.greycliffsranch.com) – and after looking at the website, I had to wipe the drool off my chin.  They’ve got upland hunting and trout fishing – and even some big game opportunities by the looks of it – all in a spectacular location.  I can’t wait to get out there and check out his ranch.  At the rate I’m going, I’ll never be able to afford hunting there – but it will be fun to go take a tour.  I might need to bring my own snake protection though – apparently Chris is on a search and destroy mission for rattler dens.

Meeting new people and other upland businesses is a fun benefit of meeting people through Uplanders Warehouse.  I’ll continue to post more businesses and interesting people as I encounter them!

Grey Cliffs Ranch