Imagine living in the willamette valley - between two literal mountain ranges, and it's impossible to find a hill or pit to shoot in to...

[powermad]

Honestly tho, get a range membership...

That's what it's come down to if you want to go shooting these days.
All of the decent spots by me have been closed for a long time and don't look to be opening anytime soon.

DRRC is close by but the startup cost kinda sucks.

 

[OldTengu]

There are maybe 5 members here that I would share my "secret spots" with.
OP seems like the type to bring 10 dudes to a party they weren't invited to, simply because the party exists, so my list isn't growing today.

 

[41mag]

I've lived near some of those hills & pits now for decades. Locals used to frequent various favorite places. Gradually unprecedented congestion & litter moved in, became a problem where none existed before. Eventually private landowners facing liability & civil if not criminal action along with hauling out the garbage every other week, affected them allowing access so freely. Gov.agencies changed their policies too.

 

[arakboss]

Maybe he too was going shooting and simply got stuck - ahead of you - heck, it could have been YOU that got stuck.

He might still be there, he was probably thinking "thank goodness somebody that can help" .......

 

[arakboss]

There are maybe 5 members here that I would share my "secret spots" with.
OP seems like the type to bring 10 dudes to a party they weren't invited to, simply because the party exists, so my list isn't growing today.

What number in the five am I

 

[OldTengu]

What number in the five am I

Tied for third

 

[arakboss]

Tied for third

Thanks, i thought I was going to be six

 

[Mikej]

I've lived near some of those hills & pits now for decades. Locals used to frequent various favorite places. Gradually unprecedented congestion & litter moved in, became a problem where none existed before. Eventually private landowners facing liability & civil if not criminal action along with hauling out the garage every other week, affected them allowing access so freely. Gov.agencies changed their policies too.

Sad truth right here ^^^.

 

[RVTECH]

There are maybe 5 members here that I would share my "secret spots" with.

I have shared a few of my 'secret spots' with at least that many forum members or more and all have been respectful in keeping the secrets. A few were from out of the area so it's not real convienent for them to return but I hope to see a few of them again sometime!

 

[outwest]

Heck if I could find a club with a rifle/pistol range I would gladly pony up the money to join.
Any clubs in the Beavercreek or Molalla area?
I tried the Canby rod and gun club, they have like a 3 or 4 year waiting list.
I grew up in Molalla moved away in 1996 and just moved back. There used to be tons of places to shoot now there almost nowhere with the woods locked up and the rock pits gone.

 

[tac]

My late pal Joe and I would get off road on a controlled gate to which he and the land-owner had the only keys. Sure, if you were determined, you could get around the gate, but you better have either a set of tracks or six foot diameter wheels to do it, else you were toast. Then it was a couple of miles uphill on a very poor track - in our Dodge Ram it was navigable, but only just. And then we got to the little clearing we used - the backstop was a butte, about a mile and half away - there was nothing but trees 'twixt us and it - all owned by the same land-owner. Heck, he said, shoot what you like - even the butte behind THAT one belongs to me.

In all the years we used it, we never saw nor heard another soul, but then, we wouldn't. We saw the landowner maybe once a year to make our number with him and keep him sweet, but as he was the guy we bought all our horse-feed hay - five tons at a time - we all knew each other well enough not to play the fool.

Joe's been gone six years now, and I sure do miss him and the great times we had.

 

[oremike]

Heck if I could find a club with a rifle/pistol range I would gladly pony up the money to join.
Any clubs in the Beavercreek or Molalla area?
I tried the Canby rod and gun club, they have like a 3 or 4 year waiting list.
I grew up in Molalla moved away in 1996 and just moved back. There used to be tons of places to shoot now there almost nowhere with the woods locked up and the rock pits gone.

Estacada rod and gun, also douglas ridge.

 

[bionic knees]

Heck if I could find a club with a rifle/pistol range I would gladly pony up the money to join.
Any clubs in the Beavercreek or Molalla area?
I tried the Canby rod and gun club, they have like a 3 or 4 year waiting list.
I grew up in Molalla moved away in 1996 and just moved back. There used to be tons of places to shoot now there almost nowhere with the woods locked up and the rock pits gone.

Estacada Rod and Gun, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to PO box 33318, PDX, 97292 for membership info. don't know if there is a wait time or not. just sent off for myself today

 

[rjmt]

I guess you guys don't have the luxury of just throwing your shooting mat on the walkway to your front door and shooting into your own berm

 

[bionic knees]

Estacada rod and gun, also douglas ridge.

D.R.C.C. is god-awful spendy.

 

[oremike]

D.R.C.C. is god-awful spendy.

I've only shot out there during hunter sight in days and a couple DCM Garrand days back when they had those.

 

[oremike]

To the OP rather than whine about how unfair the world is to you, you could go down to the local forest circus, burrito of lawn maintenance office and BUY a map and look for the crossed pick symbol that marks the spot of a pit or gravel pile. Heck maybe you'll find your own super secret shooten' spot or maybe we'll be reading about you in the funny papers after the spring thaw.

 

[RVTECH]

Heck maybe you'll find your own super secret shooten' spot

Shall we invite him to the next clean up at the Deer Leg Tree area?

 

[oremike]

Shall we invite him to the next clean up at the Deer Leg Tree area?

You can invite whom ever you'd like but if you invite him you've to babysit him.

 

[CRBMoA]

I grew up in the Willamette Valley near Eugene.

If you cannot find a pit like the one described above, I don't know what to tell you that won't sound condescending.

Good Luck.