mljdeckard
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Let me start by saying, I am a recovered litterer. I've done it all. I have vaporized glass bottles, shredded cars with M855, and exploded propane tanks with API. I have made divots in the desert that will last for decades.
I am NOT a tree-hugger. FAR from it. BUT, what I see, is that where I live on the developed front of the Wasatch Mountains, there's nowhere to shoot anymore. It's all being developed. You have to drive to the edges of the four-county area to find anywhere you can go to shoot what you want, how you want to. The worse news is, when you locate a place, everyone else does too. This is where you have mountains of everything that people think is fun to shoot. This is where the tree-huggers and ANTI-GUNNERS unite against us. If you want shooting zoned and fined out of existence, keep it up. Not included in the link I posted, is a story where the BLM found some shot-up monitors in the desert, and traced the serial #s back to the owner and kicked him in the gut with a fine.
I don't stop having fun, but I do invest two ounces of effort in keeping people off of our backs. MY RULES have formed as follows.
Use biodegradeable clay birds. They cost about the same now and are sometimes the only kind I can find anyway.
Use plastic milk jugs full of water, and pick them up when you are done.
Pick up your brass and hulls. This is just a good idea anyway in case they decide to match up the shooter to someone ELSE'S garbage.
Spread it out. Don't go to the same place every time, and if there is a place that is an obvious litter spot, don't go there at all. Go another 20 minutes into the desert.
Use steel targets you can take with you.
Watch your manners and rules especially when you aren't alone. You don't know if that other shooter has a brother-in-law working for the BLM.
If you must destroy a car, drain the fluids first. If that is a stretch, I suppose it's ridiculous to ask you to remove the glass. Just remember, that lasts forever.
My dad wasn't particularly destructive in raising me, but he never picked anything up either. It was part of his idea of getting out, to be able to do what you want and not worry about a little bit of trash. I had to shake it off and admit that my little contributions are part of the mountain.
We are making good progress. DON'T screw it up by making it easy for the antis to label us littering a-holes.
Let me start by saying, I am a recovered litterer. I've done it all. I have vaporized glass bottles, shredded cars with M855, and exploded propane tanks with API. I have made divots in the desert that will last for decades.
I am NOT a tree-hugger. FAR from it. BUT, what I see, is that where I live on the developed front of the Wasatch Mountains, there's nowhere to shoot anymore. It's all being developed. You have to drive to the edges of the four-county area to find anywhere you can go to shoot what you want, how you want to. The worse news is, when you locate a place, everyone else does too. This is where you have mountains of everything that people think is fun to shoot. This is where the tree-huggers and ANTI-GUNNERS unite against us. If you want shooting zoned and fined out of existence, keep it up. Not included in the link I posted, is a story where the BLM found some shot-up monitors in the desert, and traced the serial #s back to the owner and kicked him in the gut with a fine.
I don't stop having fun, but I do invest two ounces of effort in keeping people off of our backs. MY RULES have formed as follows.
Use biodegradeable clay birds. They cost about the same now and are sometimes the only kind I can find anyway.
Use plastic milk jugs full of water, and pick them up when you are done.
Pick up your brass and hulls. This is just a good idea anyway in case they decide to match up the shooter to someone ELSE'S garbage.
Spread it out. Don't go to the same place every time, and if there is a place that is an obvious litter spot, don't go there at all. Go another 20 minutes into the desert.
Use steel targets you can take with you.
Watch your manners and rules especially when you aren't alone. You don't know if that other shooter has a brother-in-law working for the BLM.
If you must destroy a car, drain the fluids first. If that is a stretch, I suppose it's ridiculous to ask you to remove the glass. Just remember, that lasts forever.
My dad wasn't particularly destructive in raising me, but he never picked anything up either. It was part of his idea of getting out, to be able to do what you want and not worry about a little bit of trash. I had to shake it off and admit that my little contributions are part of the mountain.
We are making good progress. DON'T screw it up by making it easy for the antis to label us littering a-holes.
