Info for shooting on public lands...

[Cogs]

BC 615 Target Shooting Pit is now open once again!
Santiam State Forest in the North Block off Butte Creek Mainline Rd.​

ODF said the logging activity is over and the pit is now open. Enjoy, and keep it clean!

 

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This thread has gone quiet for a bit. Thought I would post some after Christmas fitness pictures. Nothing like some good exercise in the great outdoors. Many people stopped to say Thank you which is greatly appreciated but no takers on helping.. I was even nice. Need to get that @Cogs personality. Anyway a great day to get out.

 

[fstdraw]

People are pigs. I pick up a garbage bag full of stuff nearly every time I go up to gooseneck Road. Tires, wheels, TVs, computers, not to mention glass. If you want to be forced to join a gun club, keep making a mess on public lands. Some gun clubs are easy to join, others are not. I'm guessing those of you that make a mess up on gooseneck Road are not intelligent enough to become members at the Albany rifle and pistol club. It takes a little thought, not to mention cash you probably don't have.

If you make a mess, clean it up. This goes for shotgunners especially. I know your eyesight is poor, but please pick up your empty hulls.

 

[rhollister71]

This thread has gone quiet for a bit. Thought I would post some after Christmas fitness pictures. Nothing like some good exercise in the great outdoors. Many people stopped to say Thank you which is greatly appreciated but no takers on helping.. I was even nice. Need to get that @Cogs personality. Anyway a great day to get out.
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Thank you as always!! Much love and respect!!
Have a Happy New Year!!

 

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Made an impromptu trip up Neal Creek this morning. 1. To test shoot a rifle before I send it in to get reblued and 2. to see how much junk accumulated in a week. First spot had a bag worth of trash. Talked to a person that just finished shooting and he asked if I had seen the abandon camper/trailer down the other spur. He said it was turned in a while ago. I hadn't been down the road in a while so I went and did find what was left of it. Junk every where and what was that smell. Oh the black water tank cracked open with its contents still inside. This has been reported to BLM and forwarded to the correct people. Not touching the mess until those tanks are gone. Hopefully they get it out of there quickly. Even found a cow elk carcas on the same road fairly fresh. There are so many seasons hard to tell if it was poached or someone just dumping what was left. Turned it in just in case.
The Weyco pit had another 2 bags of trash.
And for my shooting. I went to load the mag with ammo, put a shell in the mag and had to laugh. I grabbed the ammo box that had the .243 and the rifle is 30.06. Oops. Next weekend.

 

[GWS]

I appreciate what you're doing. When I lived in California we could get access to closed BLM land at Tumey Hills by offering to do a cleanup. BLM folks wanted my info and how many people would be going . They gave me the gate combinations and we'd shoot for 4-5 hours and clean up for 2. Pile the bags and bigger trash by the pit toilets when we left. BLM liked it and we got a lot of access for years before I moved north.

Keep up your great work!

 

[banmor]

If anyone headed out to North Fork Wolf Creek soon— I usually shoot at the second lane from top, the medium distance one with two berms. Last time I was there that lane needed some help/care, it has been increasingly trashed since it reopened end of fire season… bottles, cans, shotgun, pumpkins, wood, target stands, parts of trees, food garbage, etc.
I do what I can but I'm only out there once or twice a month and can only do so much. It makes me sad to see how other people will neglect the outdoors.

 

[rhollister71]

If anyone headed out to North Fork Wolf Creek soon— I usually shoot at the second lane from top, the medium distance one with two berms. Last time I was there that lane needed some help/care, it has been increasingly trashed since it reopened end of fire season… bottles, cans, shotgun, pumpkins, wood, target stands, parts of trees, food garbage, etc.
I do what I can but I'm only out there once or twice a month and can only do so much. It makes me sad to see how other people will neglect the outdoors.

I will probably head up there this weekend I won't be able to take much but we will get what we can and pile the rest. Rain keeps coming may not happen.
Promised 4 yr old grandson I take him to gun show here in Hillsboro too

 

[Mikej]

If anyone headed out to North Fork Wolf Creek soon— I usually shoot at the second lane from top, the medium distance one with two berms. Last time I was there that lane needed some help/care, it has been increasingly trashed since it reopened end of fire season… bottles, cans, shotgun, pumpkins, wood, target stands, parts of trees, food garbage, etc.
I do what I can but I'm only out there once or twice a month and can only do so much. It makes me sad to see how other people will neglect the outdoors.

That's a bummer. We haven't been out that way since mid/late September. Just looking in on the lanes while on a mushroom foray. The place was not too bad! Then. Damned sad to read the pigs are leaving their crap. Part of that might be by design though. Seeing as, the Tillamook forest people decided to gate the main road! The trash sees fit to leave their garbage at the North-fork lanes. God I hate some people.

 

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A little follow up from post #1005 above. After sending a few emails to BLM, their hazmat person called and she had a contractor up there cleaning up the the black water tanks and the garbage from the RV in a day. Tracy and I went back up today to see how it turned out. It was a beautiful sunny day also to try out a couple of new to us toys.
1. The clean up crew did an amazing job picking up all the RV junk. Very impressed.
2. I have never seen so many people up there. Between snow and target shooting it was busy.
3. Managed about 3/4 of a load of garbage and almost a bucket of brass.
4. The new to us toys shot great. First time the Glock and Roses of Tracy's made it out to the field. Felt good to do some shooting.
Found what is left of a homeless camp. Going to get to it soon. Some photos from the day.

 

[6Corsa6]

If anyone headed out to North Fork Wolf Creek soon— I usually shoot at the second lane from top, the medium distance one with two berms. Last time I was there that lane needed some help/care, it has been increasingly trashed since it reopened end of fire season… bottles, cans, shotgun, pumpkins, wood, target stands, parts of trees, food garbage, etc.
I do what I can but I'm only out there once or twice a month and can only do so much. It makes me sad to see how other people will neglect the outdoors.

I picked up 3 large bags worth while I was up there 2 days after Christmas. It was a mud pit and the little one reached her limit. There were piles in lane 3 and 4.

 

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Thank you for getting the 3 bags.
Teaching them young that their outfit needs to match their gun. Looks like great weather.

 

[Mikej]

I picked up 3 large bags worth while I was up there 2 days after Christmas. It was a mud pit and the little one reached her limit. There were piles in lane 3 and 4.

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They ought to start charging a .10 cent deposit on shotgun shells. Bunch of bubbleguming pigs, them shotgunners!

And I thought the last 'rejuvenation' up there mitigated the sloppy mud issue?

 

[Cogs]

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Typically, the donations we receive come in the form of cash, check or debit card. But this was a donation of a physical machine. A gift of mobility and independence for a person in need. And it came from a couple who dedicated their lives to giving to our country through their service in the Marine Corp. You might say they've had a lifetime of giving.

I received an email inquiring if I would happen to know of anyone who needs a wheelchair. Not just any 'ol chair, but a powered 4×4 off-road chair. I immediately responded with a "Yes, I have a strong supporter of Trash No Land who loves to go target shooting and camping, but he's limited as to where he can go". The chair they donated is a highly rated Magic X8 Extreme.

As we talked, they offered a 2nd chair for Trash No Land to fix up and sell as a fundraiser. It's not an off-road chair, but a very nice, top of the line, high end power chair with all the options including raise, tilt, full recline, headlights and tail lights. It's a six year old Permobile M400 Corpus that was only used the first 4 years. It needs new batteries, a charger, arm pads and a new cushion seat. It should be reasonable to fix up and get it sold at a very reasonable price.

The story in the video not only explains the gifts, but it introduces you to an amazing couple who served our country in many ways and continue to give back as they can.

 

[rhollister71]

Really appreciated that chair. In process of getting everything tightened up checked and should be out shooting in it maybe this weekend or next im hoping. Have 3 family birthdays this month starting today with my wife's.
Great people and thank you @Cogs for making the trip to haul it

 

[empathdefense]

Helpful info! Thank you everyone.

 

[ahwpnw]

Let's all give Gunderson Les Schwab Tire Center a big round of applause! They offered to receive and recycle 23 tires I found in the Yacolt Burn State Forest!

I saw the dumped tires on Sunday, called Rich at Gunderson Les Schwab on Monday morning and he did not hesitate to say YES, BRING THEM IN! I really appreciate that!

So I jumped in the truck after work and went to get them.

Special thanks to who ever stacked those tires and picked up the trash around them! It made the mission much easier for me!

Please stop by
Gunderson Les Schwab at
2375 SE 8th Ave in Camas, WA.
to say a big THANK YOU for their contribution to quality recreation in the Burn!

As Trash No Land hosts cleanups in forests throughout the Northwest, I know I can count on a Les Schwab Tire Center in a nearby community to be there if we need them. Thank you!

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(Maybe I should get a bigger truck, eh?!!!)

Thank you for doing this

 

[VanDM]

There used to be a place near Estacada / Damascus, outdoor pit, is that place still there?

 

[Cogs]

There used to be a place near Estacada / Damascus, outdoor pit, is that place still there?

If you're thinking the 36 Pit, on hwy 224 East of Estacada, it's been closed for a few years now. All shooting along 224 is closed.

 

[trash panda]

Hay I love it when people don't police up their brass and I'm the next one out there keep leaving me free brass