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target shooting
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged firearms, mainly referring to man-portable guns (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, rifles and shotguns) and bows/crossbows.Shooting sports can be categorized by equipment, shooting distances, targets, time limits and degrees of athleticism involved. Shooting sports may involve both team and individual competition, and team performance is usually assessed by summing the scores of the individual team members. Due to the noise of shooting and the high (and often lethal) impact energy of the projectiles, shooting sports are typically conducted at either designated permanent shooting ranges or temporary shooting fields in the area away from settlements.
This is what happens when we place targets on top of berms, on trees, or shoot without a proper backstop such as into the woods (because no one "should" be back there, and a bullet can on travel so far in thru the trees...)
Pregnant nanny, 24, dies after being hit by stray bullet in Arizona...
Put those firearms back in the safe, folks! Target shooting is now prohibited in Mt. Hood National Forest, until we get past this extreme/unusual fire potential situation.
Of course, we're not surprised, right?!!!. I'm sure most of us have chosen not to shoot in this extreme weather condition...
I just received an email from a forester in Tillamook State Forest (we are working on the idea of placing dumpsters in the forest). What he wrote is very disturbing. Our problem is growing. Bigger than the simple everyday milk jugs, paper targets, propane bottles and TV trash we typically...
Hello,
I will be heading out to Joseph OR next weekend from PDX for the first time and was wondering if anyone knows of any good spots to shoot if we find some free time ?
Saturday June 17, 2017, 9 AM - 1 PM
Target Shooting Appreciation Day Cleanup~BBQ~Shoot
Mt. Hood National Forest
Join Trash No Land, Clackamas County Dump Stoppers and USFS as we show our appreciation for the privilege of recreational shooting in our great National Forest!
Hunters...
For those of you who've been wondering what I've been doing since departing as Volunteer Coordinator, this will fill you in. I'm still in the fight for responsible shooting on public land. Only now, I'm getting in a bit deeper! Help me make a stand against trash on public land! I appreciate...
The sorry state of shooting in Yacolt Burn State Forest on Larch Mntn. This is NOT legal shooting! You'll see why in the photos that follow. This does not promote "Respectable shooting on public land"!
If I catch you, I will turn you in. I have contacts with DNR and I know the rules. You...
I haven't hunted in years. Then it was for deer only a couple times with friends. I would like to spend some time off range with my shotgun and rifles shooting a few targets. How do you regular hunters feel about target shooters this time a year?