North Site CLOSED!!!!

[merl]

no shock there the rangers hate target shooters, and offroaders, and bikes, and campfires...

Actually I think they hate everyone who wants to do anything on 'their' land

[jerrymrc]

no shock there the rangers hate target shooters, and offroaders, and bikes, and campfires...

Actually I think they hate everyone who wants to do anything on 'their' land

Having seen how they are up close and personal years ago I have to agree. I have met some of the good guys on the ground but it seems that any of the people that pass judgment are anti everything.

Welcome to your National Forest. Activities allowed: Watching the trees grow.

[cfortune]

no shock there the rangers hate target shooters, and offroaders, and bikes, and campfires...

Actually I think they hate everyone who wants to do anything on 'their' land

I was up shooting at a spot near North Site after I found out it was closed. Ranger pulled up and I began clearing my weapons.

He got on his intercom, instructed me to finish clearing my weapon, place it on the table (I always bring a table), make my hands visible, and walk slowly towards his vehicle. He then gave me a pop quiz on shooting regulations. Then instructed me to stand there until he had reached the road and become out of sight. Needless to say, that was the last time I went shooting in the Arapahoe national forest.

[blacklabel]

I was up shooting at a spot near North Site after I found out it was closed. Ranger pulled up and I began clearing my weapons.

He got on his intercom, instructed me to finish clearing my weapon, place it on the table (I always bring a table), make my hands visible, and walk slowly towards his vehicle. He then gave me a pop quiz on shooting regulations. Then instructed me to stand there until he had reached the road and become out of sight. Needless to say, that was the last time I went shooting in the Arapahoe national forest.

Makes me appreciate the interactions that I've had with the rangers out at Pawnee.

[hatidua]

I'd like to find some BLM land that allows shooting and campfires. Contending with the constantly-changing regulations at these near-urban sites removes the fun of recreational shooting for me.

[Ed_S]

All my interactions with the Rangers in RNF have been ok to date. When they closed the North Site one Ranger gave me a map and help with finding some other locations.
Based on some of the people they must meet I’m not surprised if sometimes they may not be at their best?

[Danimal]

I was up shooting at a spot near North Site after I found out it was closed. Ranger pulled up and I began clearing my weapons.

He got on his intercom, instructed me to finish clearing my weapon, place it on the table (I always bring a table), make my hands visible, and walk slowly towards his vehicle. He then gave me a pop quiz on shooting regulations. Then instructed me to stand there until he had reached the road and become out of sight. Needless to say, that was the last time I went shooting in the Arapahoe national forest.

I get harassed all the time by parks in Arapahoe, so I load out with my battle belt and hike way the hell up in there with my slidefire stock and wait for them to come up to me. I double it as my workout and hike to this real high spot west of carnage canyon. One actually made it up to me one day and it was great the way that he tried to accuse me of something illegal. I was outside the closed area by a good margin, and had followed all laws to the t. He was so sure that I had an illegal weapon and I had to actually show him the ATF letter that came with the stock. Fortunately I had just bought the stock two days earlier and had the box as a target and the letter just happened to be in my bag with me. Everything that I do up there is the biggest inconvenience to them, and I just don't get it. I had a guy stop and tell me that I was shooting my bow too close to the road and I needed to relocate. I was about 50 yards away from the road firing directly away from the road into a deep ravine at an archery target. Jerks.