{"id":208186,"date":"2025-03-25T10:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?p=208186"},"modified":"2025-03-25T10:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:16:19","slug":"sharpen-your-reflexes-at-barnsley-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/sharpen-your-reflexes-at-barnsley-resort","title":{"rendered":"Sharpen Your Reflexes at Barnsley Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Where: <\/strong>Adairsville, Georgia<br><strong>When: <\/strong>year-round<br><strong>If you like: <\/strong>the sporting life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why you should go: <\/strong>Though the sport of helice, which challenges shotgunners with fast, freewheeling targets known as ZZ birds, is still something of a niche pursuit in the United States, its devotees say it\u2019s as close as you can get to the thrill of live bird shooting. \u201cYou have five machines spinning up to 5,500 rpm with an oscillating head, so it might throw high, low, left, or right,\u201d says Drew Burrell, director of operations at Beretta Shooting Grounds at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnsleyresort.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Barnsley Resort<\/strong><\/a>, a three-thousand-acre retreat in the North Georgia foothills. \u201cYou never know, and that\u2019s the fun part.\u201d Barnsley introduced the new helice station and upgraded two fifteen-station sporting clays courses last year, part of a slew of improvements that included a $6 million renovation of the resort\u2019s rustic-luxe cottages. Across the former nineteenth-century estate of Godfrey Barnsley, sporting-minded guests can also join guided hunts for quail, turkey, and pheasant; test their aim on a thousand-yard challenge; and fine-tune their golf and pickleball swings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>G&amp;G tip:<\/strong> You don\u2019t have to be an overnight guest to tour the formal gardens and dramatic ruins of the 1840s-built manor house. 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