What does it mean to shoot safely on public lands?When referring to the term ‘Safety’, in target shooting, we tend to think only of safe gun handling. While this is certainly our top priority, safety in target practice means more than just gun safety. It...
Responsible shooters know how to recognize a good place to shoot on public lands. They also know what a bad place looks like. If it doesn’t have a high earthen berm backstop, it’s not a good place to shoot. If it’s a tree, downed...
In recent years, target practice has increased dramatically on public lands throughout the Northwest. Each year more and more people are turning to public land to do their shooting. Shooting ranges, gun clubs, agency management and law enforcement have not...
What is the value of ‘FREE’? You know, free as in receiving something of value at no cost to you? It depends on whether you see it as a value or not! If not, you may have no respect for it. Shooting on public land is FREE.However, some people put...
The headquarters office of Washington State Dept of Natural Resources, Commissioner Hilary Franz’s staff, invited me to a meeting in Olympia to discuss a potential partnership with DNR and the Trash No Land organization. We met yesterday, the 15th.The...
It’s not what you may think of when you hear the word, ‘Range’. It is also not a range ‘Facility’. It is simply and commonly referred to as ‘Dispersed Recreational Shooting places on Public Lands’, (places where the general public may target shoot recreationally,...
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