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

Good informative video! Is this the same for Florida state forest?

This is great. Its good to get that info from a reputable source like the forest service itself.

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.

Good video thank you

Yes this is awesome and more videos like it should be made & available to the public on all platforms. Love it !

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?

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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.

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.

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.

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.

So can you walk around with a gun for wild life protection? What about in other rural forest parks etc? Federal land and etc

Where in Texas can I target shoot in the national Forest

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.

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.

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.

I know this guy!

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.

gotta love 'murica

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

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

arrent bullets??? Me thinks it errant

So a bow is considered a firearm?

is this legal? /watch?v=KZgzuso-wCU

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????

Really..."shooting safe?" Shooting safe? Safely!

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.