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Had two incidents up on Salmonberry shooting alone. The first time I got a weird feeling while shooting, turned around, gun on the ready. There was a guy three feet behind me, picking up my brass, still hot. He backed away facing the muzzle of my G20.
The second time, a guy and his "daughter" came up and asked if they could pick up brass while I was shooting.
Have since joined a range where I can pick up other peoples brass if I so wish I don't go shooting in the woods alone any more.
Regarding "join a range," I also maintain a range membership but there are a lot of things you just can't do at (most) shared ranges
Tri-County has combat ranges for all that.When we shoot in the woods it's a minimum of two people, one shooting and one on lookout, trading off, and at a place that is small enough to where there's no chance of having to share with anyone else. To get a good spot that usually means being there at 5 AM.
Regarding "join a range," I also maintain a range membership but there are a lot of things you just can't do at (most) shared ranges if you are serious about training. Shooting from cover, shooting from or around a vehicle, moving and shooting, multiple targets, putting out your own steel, etc. Many won't even let you draw from a holster, and some like English Pit in Vancouver are needlessly picky about SBRs / braced pistols and "rapid fire."
And neither do I but i am NOT going to jump to conclusion over something I know nothing about and suddenly think the National Forest is something to be feared or avoided.
I have been backpacking, hiking, fishing, hunting the National Forest for close to 45 years now and and will NEVER be afraid of it and will continue to do so until I can no longer can - and this might be a while!
I can only deduce from what you posted your experience in the National Forest is limited to, and only based on:
And if this is the case then you are missing out on the best of it.
Try getting a couple miles past the border of a National Forest and put some 'foot time' in and you might have a different opinion of it.
I always have a gun on my hip .
Change. The target I have a gun on me or have a group of people with me
I usually shoot on my own property anymore.