into the breech - View this location on map on your way back to town, stop at the humid green meadows and clustered oaks of tonkaway ranch (979-776-1476; www.tonkaway.com), where kyle kacal and his crew will provide you with guns, gear and instruction to shoot your way through his cunning sporting-clays course, set up along 10 stations ($100 to $150 a couple, depending on level of instruction and rentals required). you can also arrange to hunt ducks and quail on the 2,400-acre ranch. mr. kacal serves up a delicious dinner after your shotguns have cooled off. New York Times 16373 tonkaway lake road, College Station, TX Active

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