Recent Fires by Target Shooters!!! Help Us Prevent a Shut Down!!!

[Cogs]

Need to get me a 5 gal jug for water. They had pile of em behind the Chinese restaurant I was at yesterday. I should of asked for a few.

We'll be handing out gallon jugs at the next Information Booth in Mt Hood Nat Forest, just for those who didn't bring any fire safety gear. Save up a milk jug or two and drop it off at the booth! Ha! That'll be a nice little drive for you!

 

[edslhead]

Wish I could, that would be a nice drive. Pops back in the hospital ( 93 ) and I like to go sit with him a couple times each day. Maybe when he gets out.

 

[Cogs]

Wish I could, that would be a nice drive. Pops back in the hospital ( 93 ) and I like to go sit with him a couple times each day. Maybe when he gets out.

We could sneek him out to shoot at Larch Mt! Bet that'd put a smile on his face! Wish you and him well!

Bill

 

[CoastRange57]

Of course when a bunch of idiots like this do this then we pay the price.

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We can only hope the C felony charge holds and they do not own guns again. Probably plead down though. The no bail hold is interesting though.

Complete f idiots.

 

[CoastRange57]

Heard on the ODF frequency about a ODF worker catching some guys target shooting and using Tannerite up above University Falls today. He was waiting for OSP to come "contact" them.

Idiots.

 

[Cogs]

 

[CoastRange57]

ODF contacting multiple target shooters up in the University Falls Browns Camp area today. Also some party animals last night had a fire still going this morning.

 

[Cogs]

ODF contacting multiple target shooters up in the University Falls Browns Camp area today. Also some party animals last night had a fire still going this morning.

hmmm... What were they contacting shooters about?

 

[CoastRange57]

Encouraging them to go to certain areas to shoot, not kicking them out at all. They are having more trouble with the campers having fires where they should not.

I am hearing them on the ODF radio frequencies, the shooters all seem to be very cooperative. ODF is very clear about where they want them to shoot.

 

[Cogs]

Thanks for the report, CoastRange!

 

[CoastRange57]

Heard on the ODF frequencies that the August Fire at Banks Hwy 26 today was caused by shooters. Shooting in the late afternoon in the woods. Brilliant.

 

[Stealth-X]

So I'm trying to imagine how shooting causes a fire. I saw tracers and tannerite mentioned, and okay-no offense- but wtf are you shooting tracers for anyway?

Sorry, side tracked there. How would "normal" shooting cause a fire? I don't think brass gets hot enough to ignite dry grass. Am I wrong? Also, muzzle flash isn't usually in the bushes, it 5+ feet off the ground for standing and maybe 3 ft off the ground for sitting. Are people firing prone from the boshes? I don't imagine there are that many sniper wanna-bes out there.

So I guess my question is are all these "target shooting related fires" really just tracer related fires? How about a no tracer rule during fire season?

-Nate