TallPine
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One simple solution: ask the neighbors of the prospective property before you buy. Might as well get to know them now because you are going to have to be dealing with them for quite a while.
ColinthePilot
off topic, but I think it fits. Would any of you who do shoot on your own land allow others to shoot there?
TallPine
One simple solution: ask the neighbors of the prospective property before you buy. Might as well get to know them now because you are going to have to be dealing with them for quite a while.
I've been shooting on my ground far longer than any of the neighbors have lived around here.
I hadn't done any shooting for several weeks when a neighbor caught me at the fence and asked me if I have been sick. I said No, why?
He said, "I haven't heard you shooting in a while and I thought you might be sick. I like it when you're shooting. It lets anyone around here know that we have guns and know how to use them".
I believe its usually the county that would have laws on how far away from other residences you must be to shoot, etc.
That may be true, but the irony is that shooting clay will often be illegal while shooting a high powered rifle that could travel a long distance and remain deadly into a berm is legal.Is this a law? 5 acres backed up to a huge tract of farmland is probably safer than 20 acres backed up to a town line. Hitting clays is less dangerous than someone shooting a centerfire rifle and missing a berm (as unlikely as that is to happen). In any case, 10 acres is less than what I am considering.
I live in Buna, TX or southeast texas and own 30 acres. On this land I have a covered shooting platform that can be moved with my tractor, any where from 25 yds to 150 yds. I have a 12' dirt berm that is 25' across as a back stop. I have yet to deny anyone access, but as M2 said I will move the platform to about 50 yds to observe them in action before letting them take shots @ 100 or 150. Also on this range I shoot everything from 22's to my 50 BMG rifles and on weekends Friday or Saturday evenings are my favorites. In the evening hours it's tracer time, I just love watching tracers. By the way I have only had the cops show up one time and that was when I first started, since then no one else has called the cops or even mentioned anything to me about the shooting.
AF_INT1N0
Sounds like a good neighbor to me.. Anyone selling land near you?