Outdoor Shooting In Nor Cal

[glockfu]

Does anyone know of an outdoor place to shoot within reasonable distance from San Francisco? I'm not talking about an outdoor range but more of a free public place to shoot.

There is this place in Santa Barbra, in the mountains where you could bring what ever you wanted to shoot. People would bring things ranging from bottles to fruit to refrigerators. Is there anything like that around here?

[ldivinag]

Search for "panoche" here.

[TheBundo]

Panoche Hills, Tumey Hills, etc., all BLM land administer by the Hollister Field Office

[chiefcrash]

what about for someone up in petaluma? not a range, but some BLM land...

kinda new up here...

[climber]

what about for someone up in petaluma? not a range, but some BLM land...

kinda new up here...

try Cow mountain east of Ukiah, has a unsupervised rifle range out to 3-400 yards. local BLM office in Ukiah can provide maps, etc. or do a google search.

[DDRH]

How about Santa Clara County? San Jose, Fremont, Milpitas Area?

[beenawhile]

what about for someone up in petaluma? not a range, but some BLM land...

kinda new up here...

Try Circle S out past the Coast Guard station.

http://www.sonomashooting.org/circles.html

[chiefcrash]

Try Circle S out past the Coast Guard station.

http://www.sonomashooting.org/circles.html

thanks. already know about that one. Was more interested in BLM land offerings. I know knoxville's closed. Anything closer than cow mountain?

[bill104]

People would bring things ranging from bottles to fruit to refrigerators. Is there anything like that around here?[/QUOTE]

I hope youre not looking for a place to shot up and leave more reasons to close BLM land for shooters.

[chiefcrash]

I hope youre not looking for a place to shot up and leave more reasons to close BLM land for shooters.

I know that I, and i'm sure the OP, has every intention of leaving any place we go to shoot in a better condition than when we found it.

RIGHT, GLOCKFU???

[glockfu]

Of Course.. I'm not destroying anything. I'll guarantee that. I think it's allowed at the place in Santa Barbara because there was always stuff up there people would leave and TONS n TONS of shells on the ground but if it's not like that at these places I obviously will NOT do it there. I only brought that up because it seemed like it was okay to do that there. You'd see everyone there bringing something up there to shoot, excluding paper targets!

What does BML stand for and what is BML land?

[glockfu]

Panoche Hills, Tumey Hills, etc., all BLM land administer by the Hollister Field Office

How far are these places from San Francisco?

[Salty]

What about the North Los Padres National Forest just south of Monterey? Any good?

[JDay]

Of Course.. I'm not destroying anything. I'll guarantee that. I think it's allowed at the place in Santa Barbara because there was always stuff up there people would leave and TONS n TONS of shells on the ground but if it's not like that at these places I obviously will NOT do it there. I only brought that up because it seemed like it was okay to do that there. You'd see everyone there bringing something up there to shoot, excluding paper targets!

What does BML stand for and what is BML land?

You can haul your crap out to shoot up but don't leave it behind. Just because an area is littered with junk doesn't give you permission to do the same. You should always haul out more trash than you bring with you, this includes spent shells/casings.

[glockfu]

You can haul your crap out to shoot up but don't leave it behind. Just because an area is littered with junk doesn't give you permission to do the same. You should always haul out more trash than you bring with you, this includes spent shells/casings.

I get it, back on topic please...