North Site CLOSED!!!!

[opie011]

I was there a few months back and was talking with a deputy sheriff who told me that the locals were trying to shut it down for lots of reasons, but moslty safety(I guess the near by houses were getting flyers from idiots putting targets in the tress) and noise complaints. They did a test at the center of hwy7 with a decibal meter and it was reading at over 80 decibals which breaks the city noise ordinance!

This sucks I really liked this spot!

[brass-meister]

I was there a few months back and was talking with a deputy sheriff who told me that the locals were trying to shut it down for lots of reasons, but moslty safety(I guess the near by houses were getting flyers from idiots putting targets in the tress) and noise complaints. They did a test at the center of hwy7 with a decibal meter and it was reading at over 80 decibals which breaks the city noise ordinance!

This sucks I really liked this spot!

This pisses me off... another case of people who move in to a National Forest (is this not a public place?) and then bitch about traffic, noise, etc. The locals posted signs before about responsible shooting, which I whole heartily agree with, but I can't for the life of me figure out how they were getting flyers by their homes. The area is somewhat recessed and has a great natural backstop... were people shooting at the tree tops? I don't think so. I'm thinking it another case of I don't want people near or around me so I'll complain until they shut it down.
Again, another public access shut down by a few. Thanks Forest Service!

[rondog]

This really sucks! But we all KNOW that's there's plenty of IDIOTS in this world that would think nothing of firing up into the air, doing mag dumps as fast as they could just to make their dick feel big.

[StagLefty]

doing mag dumps as fast as they could just to make their dick feel big.

You caught the tater !!!!

[jerrymrc]

And so it goes. Everywhere that more than a few people gather will be shut down.

[crzy_one]

Last time I was up there the spot was pretty clean...

This really sucks I enjoyed going to that spot

[MrPrena]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!


Last time I've went there was about May2009. It was clean, safe, and orderly.

[sniper7]

doing mag dumps as fast as they could just to make their dick feel big.

not gonna lie...


I love to bump fire!

[rondog]

not gonna lie...


I love to bump fire!

That's cool, I'm not against mag dumps. But you know what I mean, the fools that point the muzzle into the air and fire 'em off into space like an Iraqi wedding. You know they're out there.

I wanna learn how to bump fire my M1 carbine!

[SA Friday]

I suspect this will end when the forest service decides to designate a couple of locations for shooting and hires some people to run them. Other states I've lived in have done this and then had a $25 dollar annual permit to shoot at these locations. The guy that ran the one I shot at regularly wasn't always out there, but the area was open from sun up to sun down 7 days a week. He was almost always there during peak shooting hours, but was pretty liberal about the shooting. It was a win for everyone. Shooters respected the area and cleaned their trash or got their card pulled. Conversely, if you didn't act like an idiot he left you alone. He also had direct access to call for medical or LE if they were needed for injury or altercation.

Until accomidations are made by both sides of this issue, it will continue on an adversarial circle; forest service will continue to close areas like this due to complaints and shooters will continue to find new areas to shoot. It's stupid and eventually the forest service will have to address it as the number of shooters in the front range are large enough to force the issue.