We ran the course today with a GPS device and got a pretty good raw distance for it. The total raw distance was about 3.8 miles. The actual distance will be about .25 miles shorter since we took a few longer routes to keep from walking in solid thorns and brambles. The route has not been cut with the brush hog yet so it was still too brambley rough to walk in some places, but I have the brush hog tractor coming back from working in Houston this next week and I will clean out the vines and thorn brush along the route so there will be a clean five foot wide trail.
Some of the course is set to run along about a quarter mile of dry creek bed. But, if it is raining in February, which it could well be, I will have a secondary trail cut that follows the creek. Some of the route follows dirt or gravel roads, some is open field and some is woods and brush. The trail has plenty of spear grass along it so as I mentioned earlier, I would wear a good ankle high type boot to keep the spear grass out of my socks.
The rifle stations look like they will all be under 300M. Two of the stations will be 200-150 and one will be 250-300. I was hoping to put in a 400 M shot at one of the stations, but it is too tough to get it in without blocking out a lot of space for the course, so the long shot will be a 300M shot. However, there will be several positions at the 300 meter station where you will have to repeat the shot.
I will add some photos of the course and the obstacles tomorrow.
-Scout
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