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The other day my son and I were out shooting the Mini-14 and the Mini-30 at my makeshift range out in the middle of the desert. Note I've got a dirt trail that I made using my Polaris Ranger side by side, and dragging chainlink fence. The range is good for a little over 500 yards in a box canyon. Note I did get permission from the BLM officer prior to doing this and for the sole purpose of sighting in my rifles, shooting trap and just all around shooting.
Right after getting the two rifles sighted in, and getting ready to shoot at the steel plates we had set up previously before the sighting in, low and behold a red UTV came up the trail and wanted to know if it was ok to go down that trail that we were shooting down. My son and I looked at each other, and began to wonder if we heard them right. So I inquired why they would want to go down that trail, that ends at the end of huge bunch of boulders that is definitely impassable. Besides we were still in the process shooting.
The young lady driving the UTV simply stated we haven't been on that road before, then the young man stated, isn't this BLM land we should be able to go wherever we want to with this rig. I then explained to them that it goes about 500 yards or so into a box canyon, and is impassable, besides the fact that we are shooting high powered rifles down that trail, and I told my son to go ahead and shoot at the steel plates. The two took off shortly after that and the young man said something in regards to my mother, who has been deceased for nearly 20 years.
How stupid can some people be, wanting to go down a trail where two people are obviously shooting rifles, are all set up with a portable shooting bench, the bed of the pick-up open with related shooting gear. Besides there are hundreds of trails available to them to use. Dang that gets my gall.
Right after getting the two rifles sighted in, and getting ready to shoot at the steel plates we had set up previously before the sighting in, low and behold a red UTV came up the trail and wanted to know if it was ok to go down that trail that we were shooting down. My son and I looked at each other, and began to wonder if we heard them right. So I inquired why they would want to go down that trail, that ends at the end of huge bunch of boulders that is definitely impassable. Besides we were still in the process shooting.
The young lady driving the UTV simply stated we haven't been on that road before, then the young man stated, isn't this BLM land we should be able to go wherever we want to with this rig. I then explained to them that it goes about 500 yards or so into a box canyon, and is impassable, besides the fact that we are shooting high powered rifles down that trail, and I told my son to go ahead and shoot at the steel plates. The two took off shortly after that and the young man said something in regards to my mother, who has been deceased for nearly 20 years.
How stupid can some people be, wanting to go down a trail where two people are obviously shooting rifles, are all set up with a portable shooting bench, the bed of the pick-up open with related shooting gear. Besides there are hundreds of trails available to them to use. Dang that gets my gall.