 |
 |
It is currently Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:32 am |
|
All times are UTC - 8 hours |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Page 1 of 1 |
[ 6 posts ] |
| Print view | Previous topic | Next topic |
Can you Target Shoot on "Feel Free to Hunt" land?
| Author | Message |
|---|---|
|
Site Supporter   Location: King County Joined: Thu Oct 16, 2014 Posts: 4012 
|
I'm heading to Eastern WA and am looking for a place to shoot. Using the GoHunt website, I've located some spots that are marked by the landowners as "Feel Free to Hunt". Does anybody know the rules for target shooting on this land? Are they also "Feel Free to Target Shoot"?
|
| Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:40 pm |
|
|
|
|
Site Supporter  Location: Maple Valley, WA Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 9428 Real Name: Young
|
No... don't do it.
I strongly don't recommend target shooting on hunting land when hunters are present... just not a smart thing to do. Waste of resources. Find "target" land... not hunting land to target shoot. You can try the old fashioned way my brother and I did to find hunting land from farmers... years ago (okay a few decades ago)... Go up and ask the land owner. Granted most often for target practice... you are not going to get a lot of positives (due to people dumping and destroying the area with litter, etc). We used to "ask" nice by having a few things with us (like bottle of some favorites and even more if the hunting land was prime). |
| Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:09 pm |
|
|
|
|
Site Supporter  Location: Sumner, WA Joined: Mon Oct 15, 2012 Posts: 3049 Real Name: Dan
|
Having spent a fair amount of time over there last year......
The "Feel free to hunt" area's are privately owned, and many will lack a good backstop. I'd be real careful about this....... Talk to the locals, where ever you go at. It's what I do, and have found some real gems. One almost a mile long, that I treasure for LD shooting. _________________ From a blog: Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end. Benjamin Franklin: It is the (civic) responsibility of every citizen to question authority. |
| Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:24 pm |
|
|
|
|
Site Supporter Location: King County Joined: Thu Oct 16, 2014 Posts: 4012
|
Yeah when I was in college in Pullman at WSU back in 1999 we went out, found a farmer, and asked them if we could target shoot on their property. They were friendly and fine with it. Since we were responsible, we were welcomed back many times.
Most of the FeelFreeToHunt land we found was lacking of animals, thus none of the serious hunters would walk it. Is anything in Season right now? Spring Turkey doesn't start until the 15th. |
| Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:48 pm |
|
|
|
|
In Memoriam  Location: South King County, WA Joined: Thu Dec 8, 2011 Posts: 5844
|
Try to see it from the land owner's perspective: He expects to hear one, maybe two, rounds fired by a hunter. Instead, he hears almost non-stop firing for an hour or more.
 If it was my land, I'd be posting "No shooting" signs as soon as I could buy some. _________________ M D "Doc" Nugent NRA RSO Synopsis of Rules for Radicals: http://www.crossroad.to/Quotes/communism/alinsky.htm "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds" - Bob Marley 104th Division  Timberwolves |
| Tue Mar 31, 2015 5:53 pm |
|
|
|
 Site Supporter  Location: Faxon, OK Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 18063 Real Name: Chuck
|
DocNugent wrote: Try to see it from the land owner's perspective: He expects to hear one, maybe two, rounds fired by a hunter. Instead, he hears almost non-stop firing for an hour or more. If it was my land, I'd be _________________ "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." Thomas Jefferson "Evil often triumphs, but never conquers." Joseph Roux |
| Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:33 pm |
|
|
|
|
|
Page 1 of 1 |
[ 6 posts ] |
|
All times are UTC - 8 hours |
Who is online |
Users browsing this forum: foggood11, golddigger14s, steble01 and 40 guests |
| You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot post attachments in this forum |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|