Can you Target Shoot on "Feel Free to Hunt" land?
Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:40 pm
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"?
Re: Can you Target Shoot on "Feel Free to Hunt" land?
Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:09 pm
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).
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).
Re: Can you Target Shoot on "Feel Free to Hunt" land?
Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:24 pm
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.
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.
Re: Can you Target Shoot on "Feel Free to Hunt" land?
Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:48 pm
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.
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.
Re: Can you Target Shoot on "Feel Free to Hunt" land?
Tue Mar 31, 2015 5:53 pm
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.
If it was my land, I'd be posting "No shooting" signs as soon as I could buy some.
Re: Can you Target Shoot on "Feel Free to Hunt" land?
Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:33 pm
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 beposting "No shooting" signs as soon as I could buy somereturning fire.