Vern Humphrey
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I live in Arkansas. I bought 160 land-locked acres in 1969, when I returned from my second tour in Viet Nam. When I retired from the Army, I had to work to put my kids through school, but by the late '90s I was able to fully retire and build my house.Land for personal shooting "range"
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Hello, my wife and I are discussing where to settle down when I retire from the Navy. I am from AZ, she is from WA. We are currently in NC and I am stationed in VA. I am currently looking into states to retire to in 8yrs. The goal is to purchase land to either build on or use for a personal range.
For those that live and have the land to "walk out your back door" and shoot, how much land, what areas (state/county) and did you have to do something to prep the land?
Very little of my land is cleared. What I did was take a chainsaw and cut a "tunnel" through the woods ending up against the side of a steep ridge. I made a portable target stand from wood at first, and later from PVC pipe. I marked my ranges with stakes, so I can shoot 50 feet, 25 yards, 50 yards, 100 yards and 200 yards. Over time, with regular applications of brush killer, the tunnel is a bit wider and the shadows are gone.
I use a picnic table as a shooting bench -- but I only use a bench for zeroing and testing loads. Most of my shooting is from field positions, usually standing and sitting.