Recreational Shooting: Shooting Safe on your Forest
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- Law Enforcement Officer, Jeff McIntosh, reviews recreational shooting regulations describing how to shoot safely when on a National Forest. Steve Pickard, Co-Owner of Washington Guns describes other safe practices and shooting etiquette.
who downvoted this? It's great getting information Straight From the Source and knowing that they WANT you to come out and use the land, so long as you are doing it safely.
The people who live life on the edge.
Commie-lib democrats, who else would down vote anything regarding the 2nd Amendment.
We were camping in a national forest El Dorado in California 2017. Our camp was setup 300 yards away from the camp site. I picked a spot for shooting my Springfield 1911, 45cal into an old dead tree trunk. Behind the trunk was a nice hill. The rounds were going about 150 degrees away from the camp site, in other words almost in opposite direction.
Still... someone called the park ranger and he came down there to school me even though I followed all of the rules...
On the other hand, this year, 2018, same spot. had shooter all around and I blasted 5 rounds from my mauser kar98k no one said a thing. Other campers came by for a friendly chat about guns, that's about it.
I really think you just get jumpy city folks that panic or are just against guns in general calling the park ranger.
Was the park ranger just saying bullshit to get you to move or was there anything else he got on you for? I'm from northern cali and want to go out into the forest to shoot but dont want to get in trouble. Happy shooting!
John Doesit Have hiked for years in these areas CA.is extra tight.
great info here! i bet a lot of people didn't know that they could use their National Forest recreation lands for firing practice, i sure didn't! Thanks for the info and hard work guys
This is great. Its good to get that info from a reputable source like the forest service itself.
Within the last 2 weeks, I was told that I would have to either possess private property, or get permission from landowners. The only other option would be an indoor shooting range. I spent considerable money for a gun and was given this advice; have private land, or make a friend who does. Thanks for this much more encouraging information.
Yes this is awesome and more videos like it should be made & available to the public on all platforms. Love it !
where are there shooting pits? Is there a link to where I would be able to locate a legit pit to shoot. I always feel uncomfortable setting up a target in an area that is not a normal place where people go.
I'm not aware of designated shooting pits except those you designate following their guidance here. If you do that, you Shouldn't feel uncomfortable.
I go to triangle pit in Olympia, it's open and other people shoot there. It even has a sign listing the shooting hours.
You can usually ask a ranger station or local sheriff where common shooting spots are
Please folks, don't shoot at living trees. I assume dead trees are fair game; of course you still need to have a backstop downrange as bullets can penetrate timber.
Pretty much not true in the northeast. All national forests that I know of in MD and VA prohibit shooting except in designated ranges where technically is not even legal to shoot a tin can. Too much control.
Yeah even Iowa pulled that crap . recently you can no longer shoot on a public land anymore unless there is a designated shooting range . Really sucks here in Iowa you can't even go camping let your kids shoot BB guns anymore .
Great info and makes so much sense. Thank you so much. We're 14 hours south of you in the El Dorado National. 2 weeks ago we found a haven for shooting above Foresthill, CA. We went back today to explore more of the 4x4 trails and found so much shooter garbage. We cleaned up the area where we had stopped for lunch. I'm a little shocked. There was shooter garbage everywhere. I could spend weeks cleaning it all up. Is this unique to CA or is it everywhere?
All problems in the world we all live in can be remedied if everyone followed one simple rule. "Love one another as you do yourself", PERIOD
Hey Jeff McIntosh! This is Kim Korb (Myers) from Kennewick. I went to look up public lands shooting and saw your face, to my surprise! Looks like your doing good! I live in Denver and was trying to find some info. on where to shoot with my kids, ha, crazy.
So can you walk around with a gun for wild life protection? What about in other rural forest parks etc? Federal land and etc
You can legally carry any firearm openly in any national park, even the ones like Rainier which prohibit shooting. This was made federally LEGAL nationwide in 2010 by President Obama.
Also all BLM land, you can carry a firearm nationwide so long as that firearm is legal in that state. Normally so long as you are legally allowed to own that firearm, you're good to go on all BLM land, National Park Service land, or any National parks regulated and controlled by the National Forest Service.
@@NorthwestMarinerI just purchased my first firearm. It's registered under my name but I don't have a carry license. The lady told me I should practice my aim before getting my license. Where can I target practice other then the shooting range? Can I drive to the woods near the highway and just walk down away from houses and cars? I seen videos people shooting near lakes and pond .. am I allowed to do that in the North Carolina area?
I go to the canyons here in California always safe 💯
Good video thank you
One thing I had learned recently you did not add in this video is you are not allowed to be in the possession of a firearm while even drinking a beer it only made sense to me not to be intoxicated. But you better not even have a alcoholic beverage of any kind near you if you're are in possession of a firearm.
That is common knowledge and not specific to national forests... Do not handle firearms when intoxicated at all.
Good informative video! Is this the same for Florida state forest?
Where in Texas can I target shoot in the national Forest
I'm trying to find areas that are used to shoot. I don't know of any place in western washington where it's safe to shoot.
Call the National Forest Service.
Ummmmm did you not watch the video !!!!!!! Lol
Wouldn't it be great to have a few designated areas that are made known to the public? Hikers can avoid them, and since more shooters are going to show up regularly there is peer pressure for enhanced safety and cleanliness. If every shooter is just venturing out looking for a suitable spot that inevitably leads to problems.
There are many such spots. Look them up on Google Maps. They are labeled as shooting ranges.
I live in England and recently got myself a 177 airgun can I take it out in the forest and go shooting rabbits?.. you would think it would have a simple answer on Google, but obviously not
this video is only relevant to people living in this specific state in the USA. I'd recommend talking to local law enforcement about it. I can almost guarantee that its not allowed without some kind of hunting license.
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mylogylo I only agree with the fact that to many people who target shoot on public land leave it worse than how they find it and it gives the rest of us who leave it better than we found it ( and there are a lot of us) a bad name! As for shooting on public (state forest) land...we are the ones who pay upwards of $50 to $80 every year in licensing fees that is used towards the upkeep and pretty much every thing else! How much have you paid recently to enjoy these public lands that you seem to love so much????
This is called "tragedy of the commons" and is what happens when nobody actually 'owns' the land. The solution there is private property rights, but people tend to respond pretty viscerally to that fact.
So a bow is considered a firearm?
Only if you use mythical firearrows
is this legal?
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Really..."shooting safe?" Shooting safe? Safely!
Lol anti gunners can't believe it!
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I know this guy!
mario marez lucky
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gotta love 'murica
what 2 losers didn't like this video.
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What about those of us who want to enjoy our public lands without hearing all the gunfire? When someone is shooting on our public lands the public can no longer enjoy those lands. Why should one person be able to ruin it for everyone else. Go shoot at a range or on private property. Nothing against guns or their users, don't bother going there. Just don't like people ruining other peoples trips to our national forests. Colorado is the worst.
there are 100+ MILLION gun owners and not all of them can afford a gun range or private property, nor should they have to in order to exercise a natural right.
mylogylo you are an idiot do you understand how big the forest is dam people are stupid. if there are people near by you shouldn't be shooting. I go in the woods to shoot and cut wood I rarely see another person. seriously try shooting a gun pansy you will like it
I don't like cyclists on our public streets. They cause traffic jams and are just hazard for everyone else. Stick to the trails
If my private property is anywhere near the forest, you would still hear it. To switch your question around: Why should one person not wishing to hear something force others to silence themselves? Oh, if sound suppressors (misleadlingy called silencers) had the 200 dollar transfer tax removed (they were $5 brand new when that tax was first implemented) a great number of shooting enthusiasts would mount them on their firearms. Gun mufflers are simply WAY too cost prohibitive. I literally can by brand new firearms for less than the transfer tax on one of those. That $200 transfer tax, by the way, applies to every transfer, no matter how old the muffler is, or how many previous owners it may have had.
mylogylo move to a different country