No Shooting in National Forests Now? (Merged)

[Byte Stryke]

I love camping, shooting, BBQing, etc!! But where I live and going through that last fire BS!! On Evac notice for a week!! MX'r had to Evac. not knowing if one has a home to go home too??? FNG SUCKS!!! I support any thing for any type of fire restriction ban they dish out!!

Only takes one STUPID MOTHER FUCKER too screw it up for all. And the last few were "FOREST SERVICE FNG PEOPLE!!!"

Don't be "That Guy"!! The Stupid Mother Fucker that had to shoot some thing, or just had to flick a smoke out the window because they don't want to stink up their car, or it was just a small camp fire!!
If you are that stupid. Stay the fuck home and burn down your own FUCKING house! Not mine or any one elses!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave if you continue to hold back you are going to burst something...


Let it all out Brother, tell us how you truly feel!

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Dave if you continue to hold back you are going to burst something...


Let it all out Brother, tell us how you truly feel!

Shit Guy, since I lost my Tasha and you lost your Dad. You know the feelings I'm talking about! WELCOME to the Dark Side!!!

[anomad]

Going camping this weekend and my buddy said he heard somewhere that all the national parks in Colorado were banning shooting because it might spark a fire. Sounds like B.S. to me, but thought I would see if anyone else heard of this nonsense? I mean, it's dry out there, but hell I was just at Guanella this past weekend in a torrential downpour!

Make sure you understand the difference between national parks and national forests and other land management agencies.

The local agency for the area you wish to camp should have plain advisories posted on their web page.

www.geocommunicator.gov or the Colorado hunting atlas http://ndis-flex.nrel.colostate.edu/HuntingAtlas/
can help you determine the appropriate land management agency for your area with an online mapping interface.

[Fmedges]

I love camping, shooting, BBQing, etc!! But where I live and going through that last fire BS!! On Evac notice for a week!! MX'r had to Evac. not knowing if one has a home to go home too??? FNG SUCKS!!! I support any thing for any type of fire restriction ban they dish out!!

Only takes one STUPID MOTHER FUCKER too screw it up for all. And the last few were "FOREST SERVICE FNG PEOPLE!!!"

Don't be "That Guy"!! The Stupid Mother Fucker that had to shoot some thing, or just had to flick a smoke out the window because they don't want to stink up their car, or it was just a small camp fire!!
If you are that stupid. Stay the fuck home and burn down your own FUCKING house! Not mine or any one elses!!!!!!!!!!!!

One person or nature

[DSB OUTDOORS]

One person or nature

If you know "Mother" nature. Tell her to STOP FUCKING CREATING FOREST FIRES!!!!! And tell her I said to quit that SHIT!!!!

[GilpinGuy]

If you know "Mother" nature. Tell her to STOP FUCKING CREATING FOREST FIRES!!!!! And tell her I said to quit that SHIT!!!!

Man, I feel your ffear in regard to fires. I had one just last week 1/2 a mile from my house caused by lightning. Scared the shit out of me. Throwing stuff in the Jeeps, making decisions about what to take and what to leave behind, etc. was nerve-wracking to say the least.

The greenies would say, "Mother nature says 'Stop building homes where I may start a forest fire. That's what I do time to time, ya know."

And while it sucks, they do have a point. Fires that are caused naturally like lightning are part of the cycle and we just have to accept the fact that they might happen if we live in the forest. Yeah, it fucking sucks if it happens. So does getting struck by lightning, but you can't control that either. I've simply accepted that I might lose my home to a fire one day. And I will do nothing to risk starting a fire myself. All you can do is be responsible.

Fires cause by some stupid prick are another story completely. Fines/jail time for these asshats should be VERY steep indeed.

[Ranger]

Outside of shooting tracers, which I never have a reason to shoot, I just can't imagine plinking into a dirt backstop is going to cause a fire, particularly with low caliber weapons. I'll call around and see what I can find out tomorrow and report back so we all know.

[Uberjager]

Wasn't one of them started by someone shooting a propane tank?

[GilpinGuy]

Wasn't one of them started by someone shooting a propane tank?

You might be thinking of the one that started when a guy backed into a propane tank in the foothills near Boulder. Might have been a guy filling the tank, but I'm not sure now. That was the one last summer that started near Boulder and got HUGE I believe.

If it was a guy SHOOTING a propane tank, that would have been blown up on the DLEMM instantly.

[Irving]

I thought this latest one near Lake George {Stringer Fire?} was from someone shooting some type of fuel tank.