Crown Land near and around Calgary

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I know about Waiporous. I am looking for a place to shoot my non-restricted rifle. There is a lot of land to the east that is barren and not in use. Is any of that crown land?
 
I too am looking for a nice place away from our crowded Sybil Creek range!

I called the Alberta commission of renewable resources Or whatever they call them selves, and got the run around on this issue, It's sad that there is no info online for finding crown land! Or its so hard to come across any! I heard that You can get maps at canadian tire about crown land and hunting area's but I wouldn't want to go to an area and Get charged with Poaching.
 
If you go south of Black Diamond you get to the Porcupine hills which is crown land. Also west of Longveiw and then south on the Forestry trunk road will get you to lots of open Crown land. You will find a big gravel pit down that way and just off the road in places is a few open clearings with hills to the west of them.
 
Specifically you are supposed to be on the way to and from a range to its storage. If a cop finds you *shooting* your restricted firearm anywhere else it is not being transported, it is "in use" and you are breaking the law. When you apply for the ATT you are asked to specify which range you are a member of. This is because aside from storing the firearm as a collector, the only purpose for a restricted firearm (besides if it is your job as law enforcement) is target shooting at a recognized range.

But don't take my word for it, you can interpret for yourself. See below:

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/fs-fd/restr-eng.htm

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-11.6/page-6.html#h-11

and there is no specification that it has to be an indoor range. A restricted firearm can also be an AR rifle. So shoot it at an outdoor range that allows ARs and black rifles.

The reason why people seek AR-type rifles that have been classified as non-restricted is so they CAN take these firearms up to the bush (and possibly hunting). The legit ARs that are classified restricted they have to leave at home.
 
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Porky is great! Camp there all the time. awesome area

Raton57 said:
If you go south of Black Diamond you get to the Porcupine hills which is crown land. Also west of Longveiw and then south on the Forestry trunk road will get you to lots of open Crown land. You will find a big gravel pit down that way and just off the road in places is a few open clearings with hills to the west of them.
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Bump. Just wasted my morning driving to the Sibbald Creek range. So I get up the road and to my right is a gate, some Bench something or other Rosebud I think it said, and a closed sign, and just a bit further up to my left is a small parking lot looking area littered with shotgun shells and a car door. Wtf?? I wanted to shoot my Mosin at 100 yds maybe more. Where the f*** is a decent outdoor range not hours away from Calgary? I go alone all the time like every other f'n hobby and sport I do so I'm not into driving halfway to Radium to squeeze off a couple hundred rounds... anything?
 
Nomurica said:
Bump. Just wasted my morning driving to the Sibbald Creek range. So I get up the road and to my right is a gate, some Bench something or other Rosebud I think it said, and a closed sign, and just a bit further up to my left is a small parking lot looking area littered with shotgun shells and a car door. Wtf?? I wanted to shoot my Mosin at 100 yds maybe more. Where the f*** is a decent outdoor range not hours away from Calgary? I go alone all the time like every other f'n hobby and sport I do so I'm not into driving halfway to Radium to squeeze off a couple hundred rounds... anything?
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Keep driving past the SG range. Another few hundred feet and it ends in a parking lot. Walk through the gate and up the gravel trail and you arrive at the public range. Blast away just remember to toss your targets in the garbage bins provided and collect your brass.:cheers:
 
steamy teabag said:
Keep driving past the SG range. Another few hundred feet and it ends in a parking lot. Walk through the gate and up the gravel trail and you arrive at the public range. Blast away just remember to toss your targets in the garbage bins provided and collect your brass.:cheers:
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Thank you! One of my 2 real life shooting friends told me the exact same thing... I turned around too soon!
 
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