Some time ago while at the range with a friend a turkey walked out of the bush right across our targets. As it was not turkey season and everything else that goes with it we watched him take his sweet time getting to the other side before we resumed shooting. My question is, has anyone been at the range and legally harvested a game animal that just happened to show up at the wrong time and place, or is this practice frowned upon.
hunting at the range
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Avalonthas
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- Toronto ON
if its not in season, its frowned upon regardless where it is
Adhere the law and there is no reason to further restrict the community
Adhere the law and there is no reason to further restrict the community
i know a guy that shot a 6 point bull elk on the range in bc(in season)...i was at that range a few weeks ago and there was a tone of tracks from deer/a hurd of elk/ pair of moose that clearly walked across the range and even stoped for a bite to eat on the way
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- London, Ontario
Never harvested anything at a range before...but had these little guys(another one just out of frame) wander onto part of my range AS we were shooting
unstableryan
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Deer wander through the Oliver range all the time, it's actually annoying because gunshots don't scare them off.
rustysdream
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- Estevan, Saskatchewan
I eat what I shoot. The black part of the paper target is really tasty but I don't like the gongs.
Never killed anything at the range and I still wouldn't, even if it was perfectly legal. I like hunting and that's simply not hunting.
Never killed anything at the range and I still wouldn't, even if it was perfectly legal. I like hunting and that's simply not hunting.
DragonFire
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Fall of 68. Bull moose, Bulkley Valley Rod and Gun Club, Smithers B.C. Had the tags, Dad and I were sighting in the rifles when the moose stepped out at the 100yd marker. All was legal...Bang Flop.
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DF
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- Smithers B.C
You're from Smithers? Whereabouts? Im only five min from the range...Fall of 68. Bull moose, Bulkley Valley Rod and Gun Club, Smithers B.C. Had the tags, Dad and I were sighting in the rifles when the moose stepped out at the 100yd marker. All was legal...Bang Flop.
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The rule at my range is only paper targets, so even if it was in season and I had a tag for it, I wouldn't shoot an animal that was on that range.
If it were allowed, before deciding in any instance I would have to think about whether I'm going to get in the way of other shooters who want to use the range for its proper purpose.
If it were allowed, before deciding in any instance I would have to think about whether I'm going to get in the way of other shooters who want to use the range for its proper purpose.
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- Ft. Mac. Alberta
Shooting any kind of animal on our range will get you a permanent suspension and charged. We have signs up stating so.
Our range is a game sanctuary, NO hunting permitted, except when we have to clear beavers out of the creek, then it is done with a damage permit, and the range is closed .
All shooters are named on the damage permit.
Even so it still happens.....
Cat
About 25 to 30 years ago when deer were still quite rarely seen down here I was on the 1000 yard point at Stickledown Bisley. I saw through my spotting scope what could only be a small family group of Roe Deer sprinting far enough behind the butts to be seen and engaged. Sadly though too far to be sensible and everyone stopped and watched them run across!
ninepointer
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First off, check what your range's policy is.
Secondly, picking off an animal that walks out in front of the firing line is not hunting. If you really need that animal's meat that badly, they you probably can't afford the cost of range shooting to begin with. I hunt for meat and also for the experience of having hunted. Take the experience out of the equation and I'm not interested.
Secondly, picking off an animal that walks out in front of the firing line is not hunting. If you really need that animal's meat that badly, they you probably can't afford the cost of range shooting to begin with. I hunt for meat and also for the experience of having hunted. Take the experience out of the equation and I'm not interested.
I eat what I shoot. The black part of the paper target is really tasty but I don't like the gongs.
Never killed anything at the range and I still wouldn't, even if it was perfectly legal. I like hunting and that's simply not hunting.
Good for you. Excellent attitude.
It is written in the rules of our club that no shooting of game on the grounds, whether it is legal or not.
Years ago there was far more ethics and fair chase in hunting than, unfortuneately, there is now.
the spank
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Never harvested anything at a range before...but had these little guys(another one just out of frame) wander onto part of my range AS we were shooting
Aha!!!!!!!!!! One of those guys who stands targets(the numbers) on top of the target frames and blasts them all to hell, the frames that is........then wonders why the target frames are always in need of repair. j/k......
Our club is located as the crow flies about a half mile from a municipal landfill so we have a steady stream at times of bears passing through. It is quite the sight to be on one of the ranges and watch a bear casually stroll by, look at you and continue on w/o a care. We also have alot of deer as well feeding on the berms and moose wandering through, in fact one took a look in the window at it's own reflection one day and took ou the televeision antenna with when it turned and left....
One of the best clubs I was ever involved at was a club in Lewiston New York, the 3F Gun nClub(Fin, Fur, Feather). They had a huge rifle range(outdoors), indoor rifle and handgun in the basement of the clubhouse, bar, dining room and dance/party hall, if memory serves 20+ skeet fields, a few trap fields, 350 acres of property, a 3D Archery course, bass ponds,duck ponds with nest boxes, deer stands and pheasant pens. They had a draw system for the members for deer, wild turkey and duck hunting and you drew your stand/day for hunting. You could purchase membership with or without pheasant hunting and if you purchased the pheasant membership you had so many hours of volunteer service to help with the feeding, raising and releasing of birds. You could also volunteer your services to guide on the pheasant hunts, ie: run the dogs. A friend of mine a few years older than I at the time( I was 16-18) was a paid member and we used to work there on weekends loading skeet machines, setting targets, feeding pheasants etc. it was a great time and a real fun place to hang out. I never had issue with hunting on the ranges and always thought it would be an awesome idea to develop the club I belong to now in that way. It was conducted in a very safe manner with areas that were off limits to hunting and hunting and shooting took place on different days to allow huntin g in some of the areas where there was an overlap in activities. I'd still love to see our club develop into this kind of format but doubt I will ever see a membership large enough or strong enough to support such an endeavour...dare to dream.
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Northman999
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- Southern Yukon
It's going to be different at every range.
My range has no rules against taking a legal animal that decides to wander into view.
I guess that's one of the benefits of only having about twenty members...
My range has no rules against taking a legal animal that decides to wander into view.
I guess that's one of the benefits of only having about twenty members...
