• FOUNDATION OF LONG RANGE HUNTING Class only is $1150

• Onsite Lodging and full course meals are available for an additional $650

• ADVANCED LONG RANGE HUNTING Class only is $1550

• Onsite Lodging and full course meals are available for an additional $650

Instructor: James Eagleman | Duration: 2 Days (16 Hours) | Cost: $1150 | Rifles and Ammo: 70 Rounds Proided

Onsite - Executive  Lodging is available for $650 including full course meals for the duration of the class.

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PREREQUISITES

None: 

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COURSE OUTLINE

Barbour Creek Shooting Academy’s Long Range Hunting Course – This course is designed with the shooter that is new to long range hunting. This course is for the Long range beginner and for even the most seasoned shooter. Our Instruction is designed to build on each Training level and has 50% classroom and 50% range time each day. You will learn everything you need to know about: Rifle Components, Scopes, MOA, 1st and 2nd Focal Plane, Max Range on Animals, Proper Shooting Techniques, Internal and External Ballistics, Air Pressure/Density, Using a Ballistic Program, Correct Spotting Techniques, Cleaning and Maintenance, Ammunition, Powder Selection for Long-Range Hunting, Wind calling, reading and Mirage Basics, Bullet Types for Long-Range Hunting, Operating Rangefinders and using a Ballistic Rangefinder, and more!

The Average LHC Student will feel Confident Shooting Steel out to 1000 Yards and Hunting out to 800 Yards

Private courses are also available. Contact Us for more details.

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 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

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• Explanation of the Long Range Rifle Components

• Understanding Scopes, MOA, 1st and 2nd Focal Plane

• Lethality Max Range on Animals

• Proper Bench Techniques

• Internal and External Ballistics, Air Pressure/Density, Using a Ballistic Program

• Body Position, Breathing, Trigger Control

• Follow Through and Correct Spotting Techniques

• Proper Cleaning and Maintenance

• Trajectory-Drop Calculations

• Ballistics G1 and G7 Break down

• Barrel and Chamber Throat designs

• Bullet Stabilization – Twist

• Barrel Types and Heat Convection/Conduction

• Suppressor and Brake Performance

• Trigger Types and Selection

• Ammunition, Powder Selection for Long-Range Hunting

• Terminal Performance on Animals

• Wind calling, reading and Mirage Basics

• Using the Wind Meter Kestrel Correctly

• Bullet Types for Long-Range Hunting

• Operating Rangefinders and using a Ballistic Rangefinder

• Using Rain Angle for Wind Speed

• Eotvos

• Max Ordinate

• Truing Velocities

• And More!

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REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

 None Required: You are welcome to bring your own rifle and ammunition to be used after the course. During the course, Barbour Creek rifles and ammunition will be used.

Contact Us with any questions prior to registering for your course.

If any trainee is ineligible to carry or own a firearm they will not be eligible to take any Barbour Creek Shooting Academy Courses. All courses are non-refundable with prior approval from management. Please view our Terms & Conditions page prior to checkout

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TO REGISTER 334-845-0000

Instructor: James Eagleman | Duration: 2 Days (16 Hours)  | Rifles and Ammo: 70 Rounds Provided

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Onsite - Executive  Lodging is available for $650 including full course meals for the duration of the class.

PREREQUISITES

Long Range Hunting Course

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COURSE OUTLINE

Barbour Creek Shooting Academy’s Long Range Hunting –  Master Course 

In this course, students learn to identify their limits when shooting at game.

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 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

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• Master course is done on our nearby property with hills, ridgelines and a valley, to put you in real hutting positions

• 8 stations, we move to each one and engage animal targets at each

• 4x4 vehicles are provided for movement to each position

• Advanced wind (reading the wall)

• Head and Tailwind

• Aerodynamic Jump

• Lethality Max Range on Animals

• Understanding terrain and wind 

• Shooting from alternate positions

• Manual ranging of animals

• Measuring animals for trophy hunting using a scope

• Max Terminal Performance on Animals

• Operating and programming Rangefinders 

• Using Rain Angle for Wind Speed

• Truing Velocities and Drop scale factor

• Danger area when manual ranging and ranging errors

• Angles explained and calculated

• Back up shooting ballistics

• This course is geared towards more time in-field shooting and practicing wind

• And More!

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REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

L1 Required: You are welcome to bring your own rifle and ammunition to be used after the course. During the course, Barbour Creek rifles and ammunition will be used.

Contact Us with any questions prior to registering for your course.

If any trainee is ineligible to carry or own a firearm they will not be eligible to take any Barbour Creek Shooting Academy Courses. All courses are non-refundable with prior approval from management. Please view our Terms & Conditions page prior to checkout

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TO REGISTER 334-845-0000

Barbour Creek would like to thank you for choosing our long-range shooting academy!

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check-in

Please arrive the day before class anytime AFTER 4 pm (CENTRAL TIME ZONE)

200 Self Road  Eufaula, AL 36027

Office: 334-845-0000 

After business hours 772-260-3049

airport

Closest: Columbus, GA (CSG) 45 minutes from the farm- most car rental companies are at this location

Largest: Atlanta, GA (ATL) 2.5 hours from the farm- most car rental companies are at this location

Private:  Weedon Field in Eufaula (EUF) 10 minutes - We will pick you up

FOOD & LODGING

Onsite Lodging and Food  $650 

Private room & bath

Dinner is served the night you arrive at 6:30 PM

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner- 1st day

Breakfast and lunch – 2nd day

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES!

These are Full Course Meals!

Optional Hotels nearby:

• Lake Point Lodge - 104 Old Hwy 165, Eufaula, AL 36027

• Hampton Inn - 9 Veterans Boulevard, Eufaula, AL 36027•(334) 687-0777

• Comfort suites - 2 Paul Lee Pkwy, Eufaula, AL 36027•(334) 232-7240

• Baymont - 136 Towne Center Rd, Eufaula, AL 36027•(334) 232-9164

Level 1 & 2 course schedule

Breakfast: 8:00 am

Classroom: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Lunch: 12:00 pm

Range: 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Dinner:  6:00 pm

guns and ammunition

Guns and ammunition are provided for class

You are welcome to bring your own gun and ammo to shoot after class.

Class rifles are suppressed, we do not provide hearing protection.  You may bring your own.

Cancellation and Charge Policy

$850.00  deposit is refundable 45 days prior to arrival.  After that, it is non-refundable but can be moved to a different date. 

2.5% CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE

If a weekday class has less than 6  people or a weekend class with 8 people in it, we may cancel or request reschedule.