Devistated !!!

Mike Gerardi · October 18, 2010, 07:14:00 PM

How would ya like to just catch those guys in the act. My guess is kids also.

tradtusker · October 18, 2010, 07:18:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by HATCHCHASER:
Somebody needs a good old country @#*whoopin. :mad:

yip

Sharpster · October 18, 2010, 07:20:00 PM

Dang Mudd,

That hurts!!! I spent about 6 years in O'fallon. My two best friends and I used to shoot that range a couple times every week. Seein it tore up like that hurts even from 1000 miles away.... Bummer... :( :mad:

Ron

luvnlongbow · October 18, 2010, 07:21:00 PM

This is just plain wrong. There seems to be more and more of this type of thing going on now days. It just shows how ignorant and just plain stupid some people are.

Cyclic-Rivers · October 18, 2010, 07:26:00 PM

Unfortunately the damage is done. Not much more to do but make the best of it Best work together stand the targets back up and make a day out of it.

Chris Shelton · October 18, 2010, 07:27:00 PM

I am very disappointed in my generation!

Ric O'Shay · October 18, 2010, 07:28:00 PM

That's just not right. It'll be interesting to see what comes of this. Somebody won't be able to keep their mouth shut. It will all come out sooner or later.

Bowwild · October 18, 2010, 07:28:00 PM

I was the District Wildlife Supervisor for that part of Missouri from 1992-1995 and stationed at the Busch Wildlife Area. In fact, I lived on the area. The original archery range was in a very nice woodlot and was built by Earl Hoyt's archery club many decades ago. It looks like the static range in this picture is relatively new. One thing about the Busch area, it is only 26 miles from St. Louis. There are a lot of fine folks and too many not so fine folks from St. Louis who visit Busch. During my stay at Busch two murders and a couple of suicides occurred on or near the area.

MDC is a top-notch organization and I'm sure they will make the necessary repairs. Of course the vandals may return. I'd bet, sorry to say, the vandalism was done by the usual drunken teens and early 20's crowd.

Red Tailed Hawk · October 18, 2010, 07:30:00 PM

just wrong :mad: :mad: :mad:

Friend · October 18, 2010, 07:32:00 PM

Decline in our society's moral ethics is bleeding over to more visible destruction.

How sad

How Futile

How Disheartening

May there be mercy and the restoration of good in our society.

MCNSC · October 18, 2010, 07:41:00 PM

Dont know if they were teens or not, to be honest, the teens I know seem to be better behaved than the ones of my era..including me. Doesnt matter the age they are idiots with no respect for others property. My guess would be antis.

adeeden · October 18, 2010, 07:44:00 PM

Wow thats just terrible! I shot there last year when we were staying close by for one on my kids baseball tournaments. Hopefully it will be repaired.

YORNOC · October 18, 2010, 07:50:00 PM

I have very little patience for such things. It's going to get me into trouble one of these days. I would slap the hell out of them if I caught them.(not kids) Then off to jail. But probably worth it.

sj_lutz · October 18, 2010, 07:53:00 PM

I guess I should be saying that I'm surprised, thing of it is, I'm not.

Here's hoping that Mr. Karma is paying as much attention to the idiots who did this as Mr. Murphy always seems to for everything else....

jhg · October 18, 2010, 07:54:00 PM

C'mon folks, lets leave the conjecture where it belongs- unvented.
Guessing is an activity best left to gambling.

It could have been anyone. It is exactly what we used to do when I was an early teen and ran with a bad crowd and before I learned to respect others.

It does not look like it had much thought put into it either.

I don't know who did it. I do know its not worth losing our perspective or our enthusiasm for the sport or society in general.

Its been proven when a neighborhood fixes this kind of damage right away the message is "not in our town" and vandals either go elsewhere or come around to respecting the place they live or travel through.
Keep the faith...

Joshua

mambashooter · October 18, 2010, 08:03:00 PM

Not surprising at all. Was a law enforcement for over 30 years. Yes. alot of sorry people on this earth..Yes, I said SORRY. :(

October 18, 2010, 08:04:00 PM

thats a dam shame! ive shot there also. years ago.

FOXXNTROUT · October 18, 2010, 08:08:00 PM

Not sure that would be kids, unless they are liberal hippy PETA type nuts. Most of the kids when I was in HS (Lafayette) and kids that I knew in Pacific were very pro hunting/fishing.

bolong · October 18, 2010, 08:11:00 PM

That's disgusting to say the least! Facilities at our city parks here get vandilized almost on a nightly basis. I hope the quilty party gets the max when they are caught.

Mudd · October 18, 2010, 08:12:00 PM

Charlie those targets weren't just turned over. The targets were on 4x4 treated posts and all the posts were broken off.

I'm guessing they had to have used a vehicle and some kind of strap or chain to pull them until they broke.

I was totally disgusted. The park employees weren't very happy either.

The man who seemed to be in charge said they wouldn't be able to get it fixed until maybe Dec or Jan.

God bless,Mudd