Most Popular2-Day Session
18-Hour NYS Handgun Safety Course
$250
Includes full legal requirements, live-fire and handling standards, and the state certification path required for your concealed carry license.
Three Mile Bay, New York
Elite Firearm Safety & Instruction in the Heart of the Thousand Islands.
Mastering the fundamentals of safe handling, tactical precision, and responsible firearm ownership with NYS Certified Instruction.
- Certified NRA Pistol Instructor
- NYS 18-Hour Concealed Carry Compliant
- 100% Safety Track Record
Instruction
Training built on discipline, patience, and the law.
Every program at Crazy Woman Ranch is taught in small numbers so no student leaves the line with an unanswered question.
Most Popular
Private Session
1-on-1 Advanced Concealed Carry Coaching
By Consultation
Personalized, high-touch training focusing on draw stroke, situational awareness, recoil management, and weapon operation tailored for CCW holders.
Small Group
Family & First-Time Shooter Foundations
By Consultation
A low-pressure, confidence-building introduction to firearm safety, handling, and maintenance for households new to firearms.
Private Instruction
1-on-1 Advanced Concealed Carry Coaching
For the licensed carrier who wants more than a certificate. Sessions are built around your firearm, your carry position, and the way you actually move through your day.
- Draw Stroke
- A repeatable concealed presentation from your everyday carry rig, refined rep by rep.
- Situational Awareness
- Reading the environment, managing distance, and making decisions before the firearm is ever involved.
- Recoil Management
- Grip mechanics and follow-through that keep fast strings accurate instead of merely loud.
- Weapon Operation
- Reloads, malfunctions, and manipulations trained until they are automatic under pressure.
Meet the Instructor
Rooted in Tradition. Uncompromising on Safety.
Founded by Ethan Gallagher—an NRA Certified Instructor, dedicated outdoorsman, and family man living in Three Mile Bay, NY. Ethan combines real-world practical safety with the traditional values of Northern New York living. Whether managing his acreage, spending time with his wife Heather, son Gabe, and their two dogs, Punkin and Callie, or hunting and fishing the waters of the Thousand Islands, Ethan treats every student like a neighbor.
NRA
Certified Pistol Instructor
18 hr
NYS Compliant Curriculum
100%
Safety Track Record
Resource Library
Documentation Hub
Reference material we hand out in class, free to download before you ever step on the property.
- Licensing
NYS Concealed Carry Application Checklist
Every document, deadline, and step required by your county licensing officer, organized into a single pre-flight checklist.
2 pages · PDF
- Safety
4 Essential Rules of Firearm Safety Guide
The four universal rules, explained the way we teach them on the line — plus storage and handling standards for the home.
2 pages · PDF
- Course Prep
Range Rules & Equipment List for Class
What to bring, what we provide, and the conduct standards in force on the range during your two-day session.
2 pages · PDF
Ranch Expansion
What we are building next.
The ranch is growing deliberately. Each phase is designed to serve the same standard of safety and craftsmanship as the classroom.
Phase IPrivate Outdoor Shooting Range
A state-of-the-art facility tailored for tactical movement, positional work, and long-range accuracy across the ranch's open acreage.
Coming Soon
Phase IICrazy Woman Ranch Cigar & Sporting Club
An exclusive membership community for outdoor enthusiasts — a lounge, a humidor, and a standing invitation to the fire pit.
Coming Soon
Phase IIIPrecision Sporting Clays & Archery Course
A walking course through the treeline with staged stations for clays and traditional archery, open to members and students alike.
Coming Soon
Registration & Contact
Reserve your seat in the 18-Hour NYS Course.
$250 for the full two-day session. Class sizes are intentionally small, and weekends fill early in the season.
Crazy Woman Ranch LLC
24808 Hardscrabble Rd, Three Mile Bay, NY 13693