Entrepreneurs turn project obstacles into tactical games hotspot

A slow approval process for a project led an enterprising business duo to another opportunity. Now the next CrossFit is in their sights.

  • By John Haughey
  • | 6:00 a.m. December 6, 2019
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From left: Tim Burke, Joel Jaeb and Steve Jaeb atop a berm separating several of five shooting ranges near Nichols in south Polk County, part of JTAC Ranch.
From left: Tim Burke, Joel Jaeb and Steve Jaeb atop a berm separating several of five shooting ranges near Nichols in south Polk County, part of JTAC Ranch.
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In 2015, Steve Jaeb submitted plans for a 336-acre commercial shooting range on his 1,520-acre ranch near Nichols, which spans the Hillsborough and Polk county lines.

The proposed JTAC Ranch wasn’t just any shooting range. It would feature 2,000-yard and 3,600-yard “unknown distance ranges,” an elevated sniper tower, “force-on-force shoot houses” and other challenges geared for a growing community of competitive “tactical athletes.”

 

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