Target shooting near Crooked River Ranch and here comes the ranger

[cheesehead]

Shooting clays yesterday on the south side of lower bridge road where it intersects with 43rd. Was way back off the road, here comes the ranger. He asks what we're shooting and proceeds to tell me this area is closed to shooting. I knew the other side of road was, it's posted as such, however the south side is not posted. The ranger was respectful and we packed up and left. Have been target shooting in there for years. Just thought I would share this info.

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[BVB]

next time, head on out SW Peninsula Dr, on the north side of the ranch. lots of area to shoot and have never been bothered. i one case, a resident came and joined us for awhile

 

[cheesehead]

Have gone off the peninsula myself, There's an old cattle pond that makes a great backstop. This area is currently under scrutiny. There's a group on the ranch who is trying to get it closed for shooting, the forest service has sent out requests for feedback to ranch residents and has a townhall meeting planned for Jan. 7th @ 6:00 PM. I have a feeling that they will roll over and close it. I'll be at the meeting and make my feelings known.

 

[BVB]

thanks for the info, i will be there myself.

 

[simon99]

Where is this meeting going to be held? I might have to show up with some other friends to lend support....

 

[cheesehead]

The meeting is to be held in the Juniper room @ 6:00PM on Jan. 7th. This is in the main ranch office building down in the golf course area.

 

[Ricky Rich]

That place sucks now my parents had land there 35 years ago and we hunted and shot guns killed many deer there what a shame it turned out like that!

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

Any result from the meeting?

 

[cheesehead]

The feedback received by the forest service from CCR residents was aprox. 70-30 in favor of leaving it as is. The crowd at the meeting was probably 4 to 1. The forest service listened to many comments from the public and said they plan to form a committee to work the issue. It was interesting that all the people who border that land said they never had any problems or felt unsafe. The ones complaining are the FANS club, they appear to be sort of a "tree hugger" group. I understand they were behind a previous effort have it re-designated as a wildness area.