Camping at South Site?

[10x]

A friend and I went to the South Site on Tuesday. A guy had a tent on the first range as you drive in.
Didn't see anyone until 15 minutes later when he came over the north hill right in our line of fire on the second range.
I waved him away. He just waved back and plodded along the hill until he finally came in behind us and wanted to talk.

Besides telling him that he wasn't too bright walking around the ranges like that I said where he put his tent is a designated shooting range not a camp site.

He said he wasn't worried about being shot. Anyone can camp anywhere in the national forest.

Never over estimate the common sense of people.

Anyway, after he moved on to his tent, we had a good shooting day.

[Hotchef181818]

I'm not evened amazed anymore.

[Gunner]

I feel like there really wouldn't even be a good place to camp in that area anyway...

[HoneyBadger]

Definitely not a good place to camp, unless you were planning on shooting or you were doing a COAR-15 party.

natural selection just doesn't work like it used to.

[Gunner]

Definitely not a good place to camp, unless you were planning on shooting or you were doing a COAR-15 party.

natural selection just doesn't work like it used to.

I think we need to get a COAR party figured out for that spot soon


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[Logan]

I think we need to get a COAR party figured out for that spot soon

Jim is taking point for that.

[Colorado Osprey]

People have been camping in that meadow long before shooters took it over.
I remember over 20 years ago when you would go there and motorcycles and campers were parked all over the area that is now considered by some to be a designated shooting area.
I used to only shoot there on week days as weekends had too many campers and motorcycles at that location.

Even 4x4 camping parties where as many as 50 trucks were camped out there.
That hill with the marker designating it as off limits as a road used to be great fun... even seen a few trucks/jeeps flip on it.

[Colorado_Outback]

People have been camping in that meadow long before shooters took it over.
I remember over 20 years ago when you would go there and motorcycles and campers were parked all over the area that is now considered by some to be a designated shooting area.
I used to only shoot there on week days as weekends had too many campers and motorcycles at that location.

Even 4x4 camping parties where as many as 50 trucks were camped out there.
That hill with the marker designating it as off limits as a road used to be great fun... even seen a few trucks/jeeps flip on it.

Yep. My dad and I camped there a couple times in the early 90's

[StagLefty]

^ "The Great Kazoree Outing" ???

[hollohas]

Walking around the hill at the south site while people are shooting is a very bad idea. But he was right, people can camp virtually anywhere they want in the NF. It is a multi use area, not just for shooting.

That said, I grew up in Woodland Park and have camped dozens and dozens of different spots around the south site and rainbow falls. I personally would pick someplace a bit more "quiet" than the south site.