No Shooting In National Forest ???

[TINCUP AL]

I know that there must be more to this story that I am not being told, but here is how it was told to me. A friend of mine called me last night and told me that some friends of his were camping over in the Taylor park area this past week-end, and they were doing some shooting. They said that park rangers and 2 ATF agents (????) showed up in theie camp and issued them tickets. They said the tickets were for shooting a gun that is larger than a .22 caliber in a national forest. ????????????????????? WHAT !!?? I have never heard of such a thing, and I have been shooting here all my life. Like I said, there must be more to this story, but has anyone ever heard of this ? What would ATF agents be doing in Taylor Park anyway ? Sounds kinda funny to me, But he said they recieved a 400 dollar fine. I am now calling the forest service to see what they have to say. I'll post back later.

[PhL0aTeR]

interesting to see what comes of this.... all this time, i thought it was OK....

[PsyKo]

i thought forest was ok to shoot and parks were a no-no......

[michael_aos]

Last time I was shooting at Taylor Park, the forest-ranger came over to visit.

Actually, he seems to come over to visit every time I've been shooting there.

Anyway, he had his ticket-book in hand. He said they have a new policy to issue tickets to people shooting, for tracking purposes. He said if they find shot-up trees or litter or general-damage, then they can track down who did it.

As I said, I've talked to this particular guy several times now. Although I didn't catch his name, we recognize each other and he didn't even bother to take any of my info.

He had his ticket-book out, but put it away after we started talking.

Mike

[Colorado Osprey]

There are multiple areas posted in the National Forest that clearly state..."No Shooting, June, July and August" There is one such sign, just south of the South Shooting Site. I believe they do this because of the high volume of people using the National Forest during these peak times. I know of people who have recieved tickets while shooting near, but not next to Eleven Mile and Ramparet Reservoirs.

[KarlPMann]

Those signs are posted anywhere there is high traffic in the summer. Areas such as campgrounds, lakes, heavily used hiking trails and such. The ones you refer to, are for the Manitou Lake area. There are many hiking trails all around there. Karl.