Long range shooting on Crown land in Ontario
- Thread starter Arif
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I know of a 124 acre property for sale just west of Espanola that would be perfect for long range shooting. It was a 160 acres at one time, now there are three sets of hydro lines that go through the property making it ideal for long range shooting, cross country skiing, and snow machining. I think the asking price was around $60,000. If your interested let me know and I'll dig up some more details for you.
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Hey Camster, I am about the same distance from Tamworth myself, I have an idea where some serious long range shooting could be done, drop me a PM if you are interested.
How often do you get to use CFB Kingston?
Where are crown lands maps located on the MNR website?
- Location
- Winnipeg,Man.
The only concern I have on using crown land for great distances, is that many other people use the tracts also. They walk paths, hydro accesses and such. When they should walk out of the bush, they would not be expecting a bullet to whiz by. Maybe you should be looking for an area that does not have any public access, perhaps land of a relative, friend etc. Many people may want to use "your shooting range" for their recreation ( walking, 4 wheeling, critter shooting etc.), why risk putting someone else in danger? In the bushy areas, shooting sounds seem to come from every direction, just because you are shooting there should not decrease their access.
My 2 cents worth.
My 2 cents worth.
I have exactly what you want. Unfortunately I live in Eastern Ontario.
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I have never had issues safely shooting in this location. I have encountered 2 Conservation Officers outside of hunting season that seemed more interested in my equipment than how far I was shooting. I don't shoot in the fall as the roads pictured are constantly run by 4 wheelers during hunting season. So my respect to them to not cause problems.
There are 3 valleys that you can see. The measured distance out to the farthest point where the road goes over the last hill is 2.4km.
AWESOME!!
Please enlighten me and let us know what your shooting and what distance your shooting at. .
I'm sure with the wide cut of this powerline that our friend here has a good look out for visitors.
i'm sure that hes doing this in the safest possible way, some thing like when your out hunting. same idea really would'nt it be
Only my .02
and it doesnt work the other way around???
its crown land, if you dont like it too bad. he has the same right to be there as you or someone else does
My set up in this photo is a Bushnell 1500 rangfinder. The rifle is my semi-custom remington 700 chambered in 6BR, wearing a Leupold VX III 6.5-20x50
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I am only shooting 550 yards.
Before the flaming starts this photo was only to see if I could actually take a pic of my target through my rangfinder which is slightly visable to the lower left of the center circle. I was NOT shooting from this location as we can ALL see that the back stop is the Tower. From my actual shooting location the target sits to the right of the tower.
My 6br is not set up for long range as it won't stabalize bullets heavier than 85 grains. I wanted to see just how far I could push it that day.
I haven't actually pushed anything beyond 1200 meters. That was done with my 7 twist Savage LRPV with 75gr A-Max pills.
I have driven out to this spot a few times and there were people on four wheelers and dirt bikes tearing up the trails. I simply ask them if they are going to be here in this area for a while. If they will be a while, I leave and come back another day, or if they don't mind, I turn and shoot in safer direction and at a much shorter distance. Sometimes it turns out to be a wasted trip since I drive an hour to get there, but I look at it as first come first served.
I don't have a GPS....yet. From Ottawa it would be 3-3.5 hours drive to get in.
The following picture is from an atv trip out of Algonquin Lodge in Lake St. Peter on the southeast side of Algonquin Park. North of Hastings Highlands and Maynooth. It was a couple of years ago so I cannot remember what trail it is on nut the resort could probably tell you. It is very similar to the previous photo.
The following picture is from an atv trip out of Algonquin Lodge in Lake St. Peter on the southeast side of Algonquin Park. North of Hastings Highlands and Maynooth. It was a couple of years ago so I cannot remember what trail it is on nut the resort could probably tell you. It is very similar to the previous photo.
OOOHH The fun you could have there
Terry Perkins
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Bruce County
If I'm not mistaken, it's the same transmission line that Barks shoots on. The line goes from the Ottawa River south through Algonquin Park.
Yup, I believe that it is the same one. It runs above algonquin park and crosses some of Algonquin parks access points. I looked it up via mapquest's terrain function, an overlay of an algonquin park map, and a map of Canada's hydro lines.
Cool place to go.
Cool place to go.
