Ethan Gallagher on the water in the Thousand Islands with a smallmouth bass
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Ethan Gallagher

NRA Certified Instructor · Three Mile Bay, NY

Ethan founded Crazy Woman Ranch to teach firearm safety the way he was taught it — patiently, precisely, and without shortcuts. He is an NRA Certified Instructor, a dedicated outdoorsman, and a family man whose classroom standards come straight from a lifetime of handling firearms responsibly in the field.

Off the range, he is managing the acreage, spending time with his wife Heather, their son Gabe, and their two dogs, Punkin and Callie, or hunting and fishing the waters of the Thousand Islands. That is the same posture he brings to instruction: every student is treated like a neighbor, and nobody leaves the line with an unanswered question.

NRA Certified

Pistol instructor credentialed to teach the NYS curriculum.

100% Safety Record

Every class run to the same standard, from day one.

Ranch Steward

Managing the acreage and the treeline year round.

Thousand Islands

Hunting and fishing these waters his whole life.

Life at the Ranch

Family, water, and open acreage.

The people and places behind the instruction — Heather, Gabe, Punkin and Callie, and the Northern New York country that shaped how Ethan teaches.

Ethan shouldering a shotgun at the outdoor bench on the ranch
On the bench at the ranch
Ethan and his wife Heather out for the evening
Ethan and Heather
Ethan out on the acreage on a working day at the ranch
A working day on the acreage
Gabe holding up a northern pike caught while ice fishing
Gabe's first pike through the ice
Punkin and Callie, the two ranch dogs, curled up together
Punkin and Callie
Punkin the hound resting in her chair at the ranch house
Punkin, holding the chair
Trolling the open water of the St. Lawrence River on a clear day
Summer on Lake Ontario
The barn and drive at Crazy Woman Ranch
The ranch drive
Sunset clouds building over the ranch treeline
Evening over the treeline