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vic_b
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Location: Maple valley Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 Posts: 3528
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So it begins..... I was there shooting this morning, and the DNR patrol showed up (Nice guy!) I was talking to him, when a "neighbor" showed up. He asked if there was any plans to shut down the pit. DNR guy said no. Then the neighbor started spouting off about how with the logging going on the noise was pretty bad as the buffer was disappearing. Said he had lived in his house since 1980. Looking on google earth, the pit has been a pit since 1985 and the closest house is 3/4 of a mile away. I can imagine one could hear the shots, but at 3/4's of a mile, assuming he lived in the closest one, it can't be that loud!
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Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:15 pm |
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Massivedesign
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Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 38307
Real Name: Dan
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I used to live about 2 miles (as the crow flies) from the Pit and you can hear it pretty well on cold winter days. Not loud by any means, but very noticeable.
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Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:18 pm |
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chich627
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Location: Seatac Joined: Thu Feb 2, 2012 Posts: 501
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Apples to oranges, but I live about 1.5 miles from the airport, between it and Southcenter. On days with thick, low clouds we can hear the planes throttling up for takeoff quite clearly. On clear days we don't hear anything. Environmental conditions definitely have an impact.
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Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:44 pm |
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vic_b
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Location: Maple valley Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 Posts: 3528
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I guess my point was, if you knew there was an active shooting range, why buy a house there?
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Tue Feb 09, 2021 3:00 pm |
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toys in the toybox
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Location: Tenino Joined: Fri Apr 15, 2011 Posts: 4396
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kinda like the mushroom farm or the dump years ago.....it dont take a genius to look around and figure out whats in your vicinity
Was the DNR guy in a red truck or a tan one??
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Tue Feb 09, 2021 3:15 pm |
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chevytruckman
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Location: Puyallup Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2011 Posts: 4995
Real Name: Sean
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I live 2 miles from Paul Bunyan and 3 from TSC, and you can here shots. Not inside, but if you are outside you can. I don’t care and I knew it was there BEFORE I moved in...
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Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:09 pm |
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vic_b
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Location: Maple valley Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 Posts: 3528
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toys in the toybox wrote: kinda like the mushroom farm or the dump years ago.....it dont take a genius to look around and figure out whats in your vicinity
Was the DNR guy in a red truck or a tan one?? Tan?
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Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:30 pm |
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toys in the toybox
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Location: Tenino Joined: Fri Apr 15, 2011 Posts: 4396
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the forrest wardens have a tan, gold, bronze ish metallic colored trucks. The wanker i used to work with and now patrols the woods for his job drives a red truck
So that would have been one of the gun toters, I was gonna say if it was red truck guy (60'ish balding and a good mustache and probably grumpy) to tell him to piss off, kurt said so
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Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:14 pm |
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Caveman Jim
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Location: In my Cave near the Cloquallum Joined: Thu Sep 26, 2013 Posts: 7788
Real Name: Jim Sr.
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I shot there once about 10 years ago and have never returned due to the Fukin idiots. Unsafe to say the least, there should be lifeguards there...
_________________"You are either with us...as Americans. Or, You are against us. There is no IN BETWEEN." ??? "We cannot negotiate with those who say, 'What's mine is mine, and what's yours is negotiable.'" JFK "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” -Ben Franklin MadPick wrote: I don't think you beat your children enough.
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Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:12 pm |
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vic_b
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Location: Maple valley Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 Posts: 3528
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toys in the toybox wrote: the forrest wardens have a tan, gold, bronze ish metallic colored trucks. The wanker i used to work with and now patrols the woods for his job drives a red truck
So that would have been one of the gun toters, I was gonna say if it was red truck guy (60'ish balding and a good mustache and probably grumpy) to tell him to piss off, kurt said so Navy vet? But it sounds like your friend except for the grumpy part, he seemed a good natured fellow to me.
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Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:51 am |
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toys in the toybox
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Location: Tenino Joined: Fri Apr 15, 2011 Posts: 4396
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yup
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