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That sounds fine to me.

 

[Cogs]

Report on the BC615 Target Shooting Lane in the Santiam State Forest.


BC615 Pit Condition Report 10-11-25​

 

[Rem700..300]

A lot of fun today. And a great lunch.

 

[Rem700..300]

Well I think my hunting skills have left me so thought I would sneak up on something that always seem to be present. The ever elusive trash and its partner the ever present shotgun case. If there was a nickel deposit on them buggers I would be retired. Anyway, slow day hunting so cleaned up an area up Neal Creek. Didnt get all of it though. Ran out of bags. Was even treated to 2 tow trucks and a sheriff's car on the way out. Didnt get the story but they were pulling a car out of the trees.

 

[Mikej]

Well I think my hunting skills have left me so thought I would sneak up on something that always seem to be present. The ever elusive trash and its partner the ever present shotgun case. If there was a nickel deposit on them buggers I would be retired. Anyway, slow day hunting so cleaned up an area up Neal Creek. Didnt get all of it though. Ran out of bags. Was even treated to 2 tow trucks and a sheriff's car on the way out. Didnt get the story but they were pulling a car out of the trees.
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Man, I wish they could take the people that trash our forest and throw them in jail. What-ever-the-HELL happened to prison work parties? and I know they little bit of that, but not nearly enough!

I find myself slamming the keys on my keyboard when I'm typing this stuff.

 

[Cogs]

I find myself slamming the keys on my keyboard when I'm typing this stuff.

Simmer down there Mike! Hold your horses! or as the cowboy's used to say, "Hold er, Newt, she's a raren"!
(actually, I feel the same way!)

Good work, Craig! You have keen 'trash-stocking' skills! Yep, I'd be a bounty hunter if we had a nickel reward on those hulls! I'd be fully retired too!

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They should put a recycling bounty on those damn shotgun casings. Charge everyone 5 cents to buy them and kick the meth heads 5 cents to return them.

Oregon has a 90% can return rate -- the highest in the nation.

(Most) people will only do the right thing for money.

 

[Cogs]

They should put a recycling bounty on those damn shotgun casings. Charge everyone 5 cents to buy them and kick the meth heads 5 cents to return them.

Oregon has a 90% can return rate -- the highest in the nation.

(Most) people will only do the right thing for money.

Our biggest problem with the hull recycling is there needs to be a facility to do it and a market for the materials.

Search shotgun hull recycling in the UK, and you should see a machine and plant that does that. But they have a huge resource of hulls, with all the trap ranges, and they can make it work.

I don't know if it would work here. I've never seen any studies about it.

 

[Cogs]

I found the video of the machine...
https://youtu.be/i55hsMP-yQw?si=K3ZPRqVTQRqRIaOT

View: https://youtu.be/i55hsMP-yQw?si=K3ZPRqVTQRqRIaOT

 

[toast]

Honestly, I don't really care if they are recycled or trashed.

I just want the incentive to exist to motivate someone to want to go out and pick them up!

 

[Cogs]

Honestly, I don't really care if they are recycled or trashed.

I just want the incentive to exist to motivate someone to want to go out and pick them up!

Me too. But to get the incentive, the infrastructure needs to be in place to deal with all the hulls.

It's a vicious cycle!

 

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Thought I had was put a 2 dollar surcharge on a box of shells. Pay the money when turned in and in the trash they go. Of coarse we will need a few state administrators, 10 studies from the Deq and a signature.

 

[JoshR]

Thought I had was put a 2 dollar surcharge on a box of shells. Pay the money when turned in and in the trash they go. Of coarse we will need a few state administrators, 10 studies from the Deq and a signature.

...and an increase in gas / property / sin taxes to pay for it all

 

[Mikej]

Jeezzus...You shoot a box or five of shells at an outing, pick up you fuking shells and take them with you! You drive yourself out there? GOOD! You must be able to pick up your mess too!

 

[MatyB]

Always a small group of people that ruin the fun for the rest of us. Pack it in, pack it ou!

 

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This was the last day of Western Oregon deer season up Neal Creek. Just posting it now. Had 3 main goals; get the rest of the burned out camper, get the shot up safe and hopefully see a deer or 2. I think we accomplished all 3. Yes there is burnt ash and fiberglass left but most all is gone.. Clean up the Snow Peak trail head and got the safe loaded. Wasnt a big one. The Weyco pit was trashed again but didnt have time before work. Get it another day. Did see 2 does which made me happy.
Reflecting back it was a fun season, got to hunt with some friends that I had not gone with in a long time. It has been a year now since my prostate cancer diagnois and 6 months since I was medically cleared and cancer free. I feel like a lucky one compared to some here and the ones we lost. Got to go hunting with my wife which is always fun. Saw some areas I havent been to in 30 years because the gates were open. And actually went shooting for the first time since surgery. No pictures but got to shoot a muzzle loader for the first time and really enjoyed it. And I dont remember my 45-70 kicking so hard. Felt it the next day even. The dump run was over 900 pounds which surpised me.

 

[Cogs]

Way to go Craig and Tracy!!! You went hunting and bagged a 900 pounder! I hope that safe was full of cash and guns! Are you gonna have it Trophy mounted on the wall? Better yet, mount that owl!

Check your mail box about Monday or Tuesday!

Bill

 

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Beginning to think owls are my soul animal. Rescued one at work a few years ago in the freezing cold and now I always see them and have them land near me. Pretty cool animals. Even got to hold it for a while to warm it up.

 

[Cogs]

At the Beaver Dam cleanup in 2018 at my camp site... This mellow guy was my 'camp buddy' and hung with me for a while.

 

[bcp]

Bruce