Desert Shooting

[lone_wolf]

I know it’s still hot with temps still being 100+ at times. When does the desert typically open for shooting?

[Doc]

He thinks we really shoot our guns

[thom]

Prescott is nice

[tunnug]

The Desert never closes for shooting...............

[WhiteDragon]

Ha! He thinks the desert "closes".

[Suck My Glock]

I'm guessing he is from elsewhere.

SOME of the forests close due to fire restrictions, but that never really encompasses the deserts because they typically are not part of any of the protected forests. There is usually less foliage that can burn. Even though the grass and bushes may be dry, it simply is not as easy to set the desert on fire accidentally as it is the forested lands. (Not impossible. Don't take that as a challenge. Just not as easy.)

[Ballistic Therapy]

I'm guessing he is from elsewhere.

SOME of the forests close due to fire restrictions, but that never really encompasses the deserts because they typically are not part of any of the protected forests.

What about all the BLM land that closes for fire restrictions ?
I do believe there is some desert in there somewhere.

[BigTub]

State Lands are closed to target practice.

[Ballistic Therapy]

State Lands are closed to target practice.

State land yes.
Forest and BLM are different.

[YNOTAZ]

BLM plans to permanently close all BLM land to recreational target shooting. They have already closed thousands of acres near lake pleasant, they have a plan for 99% of the Sonoran Desert (viewtopic.php?f=39&t=21383), they have a published plan for the Table Mesa, area, and the Bidet administration issued an executive order that their first priority is the ecology. Where do you think putting lead back in the ground falls on their ecological protection list?

National forest service will happily follow BLM's lead if BLM gets away with it.

When almost 4 million people in the Phoenix metro area are regulated down to 2SQ miles where they can shoot, soon it will be like deer hunting in the Midwest, you will have to pain JEEP on the side of your vehicle, so it doesn't get shot. Then that area will be closed due to the "danger".

[xerts1191]

We’re from the government and we’re here to help

[thom]

Don't they have to put cops out all over the land

[YNOTAZ]

Don't they have to put cops out all over the land

Nope, all they have to do is publish the fines and penalties. They or campers, or hikers can hear gunfire from a mile away and call. A couple folks arrested, their firearms seized and maybe their vehicle, publish it big time, and all recreational shooting will stop.

[Creeker]

I'm guessing he is from elsewhere.

SOME of the forests close due to fire restrictions, but that never really encompasses the deserts because they typically are not part of any of the protected forests. There is usually less foliage that can burn. Even though the grass and bushes may be dry, it simply is not as easy to set the desert on fire accidentally as it is the forested lands. (Not impossible. Don't take that as a challenge. Just not as easy.)

There’s thousands upon thousands of acres of desert that’s in several different National Forests in the state and it catches on fire regularly. How many times has Bartlett been on fire just this year?

[Doc]

One time I was out wandering on a spirit journey. I met a wise sage and asked about this. The sage smiled and said “Hunting permit & say you saw a coyote”