bunnspecial
Regular Member
Hi Everyone,
I'm a long-time lurker here, but a newly registered member.
For a good little while now, I've using the free range at the Kleber WMA in Franklin/Owen counties to practice my marksmanship.
On my most recent visit there, I noticed two bothersome changes. The first is that the target stands are now fixed at 100 yards with signs forbidding you from moving them, and the second that "no pistol shooting" is prominently posted.
While I appreciate that this is a free range, it basically makes it useless for me as the only long guns I own are a .22 rifle and a shotgun(already prohibited at these ranges with anything other than a slug).
Although the ranges are not actively monitored, one fellow who was there on my most recent visit told me he was given a ticket by a game warden for shooting a .22 pistol. The game warden told him that the dirt berm could not handle handgun rounds(a statement which makes no sense to me, as high powered rifles are still okay).
I'm wondering if
1. Do the other WMA ranges around the state-such as the Grant county one-now have similar prohibitions in place?
2. Does anyone know who or what department within fish and wildlife is responsible for the administration of these ranges?
Thanks
I'm a long-time lurker here, but a newly registered member.
For a good little while now, I've using the free range at the Kleber WMA in Franklin/Owen counties to practice my marksmanship.
On my most recent visit there, I noticed two bothersome changes. The first is that the target stands are now fixed at 100 yards with signs forbidding you from moving them, and the second that "no pistol shooting" is prominently posted.
While I appreciate that this is a free range, it basically makes it useless for me as the only long guns I own are a .22 rifle and a shotgun(already prohibited at these ranges with anything other than a slug).
Although the ranges are not actively monitored, one fellow who was there on my most recent visit told me he was given a ticket by a game warden for shooting a .22 pistol. The game warden told him that the dirt berm could not handle handgun rounds(a statement which makes no sense to me, as high powered rifles are still okay).
I'm wondering if
1. Do the other WMA ranges around the state-such as the Grant county one-now have similar prohibitions in place?
2. Does anyone know who or what department within fish and wildlife is responsible for the administration of these ranges?
Thanks