legal to shoot at night?

[Dark&Good]

http://www.hunter-ed.com/ca/course/c...egulations.htm

[Mike's Custom]

Target shooting I believe is legal but you need to look it up. Hunting is illegal after dark. 30mins after sundown if I remember right.

[AngelDecoys]

Call locally and clarify for your area. Generally ok in the sticks/non-incorporated areas. Night shooting is fun so long as you are sure of your back stop.

Try it with steel, and flares behind the steel.
Its also a good time to practice with your light, malfunction drills, etc.

Have fun, be safe

And I hear some ranges have night shoots (though not the club I belong to).

[CavTrooper]

Target shooting I believe is legal but you need to look it up. Hunting is illegal after dark. 30mins after sundown if I remember right.

Generally, hunting at night is illegal unless you are hunting within the provisions set by DFG. There are 12V and 9V light restrictions in certain parts of the state and cartain animals that you are allowed to pursue at night, along with other general restrictions you must follow.

Heres the DFG regs. read em if you are so inclined.

http://www.fgc.ca.gov/regulations/current/mammalregs.asp

[Cpl. Haas]

22.014 Prohibition of Night Shooting.
It shall be unlawful to shoot or discharge any firearms between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour
before sunrise of the following day in all areas of San Bernardino County described in Section 22.011 (a) through (j).
Adopted Ordinance 2499 (1980)

22.011 (h) DESERT AREA.
Beginning at the southeast corner of Section 33, Township I South, Range 7 East, said
southeast corner being also on the County boundary between San Bernardino and Riverside Counties; thence north
along section lines and their prolongation, through Township I North, Range 7 East, to the northeast corner of Section
21, Township 2 North, Range 7 East; thence west along section lines to an intersection with Joshua Tree Road;
thence northerly along said Joshua Tree Road to the north line of Section 31, Township 3 North, Range 7 East;
thence west along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 36, Township 3 North, Range 6 East; thence north
along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 23 of said Township and Range; thence west along section
lines to the southeast corner of Section 16 of said Township and Range; thence north along section lines to the
northeast corner of Section 21, Township 4 North, Range 6 East; thence west to the northwest corner of Section 19
of said Township and Range; thence north along the range line between Range 5 East and Range 6 East to the
northeast corner of Township 5 North, Range 5 East; thence west along the north line of said Township 5 North,
Range 5 East, to an intersection with the range line between Range 4 East and Range 5 East; thence north along
said Range line to the northeast corner of Township 7 North, Range 4 East; thence west along Township lines to the
center line of Barstow Road; thence northerly along said center line of Barstow Road to the center line of Townsend
Street; thence westerly along said center line of Townsend Street to the center line of Interstate 15; thence
southwesterly along said center line of Interstate 15 to the south line of Township 8 North, Range 4 West; thence
west along said south line to the southwest corner of said Township 8 North, Range 4 West; thence north along the
range line between Range 3 West and Range 4 West, to the south right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 466; thence
westerly along said right-of-way line, following its various courses, to an intersection with the County boundary
between San Bernardino and Kern Counties; thence southerly along said County boundary, following its various
courses to an intersection with the County boundary between San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties; thence
continuing southerly along said County boundary to an intersection with the north line of Section 31, Township 4
North, Range 7 West, said point being on the north boundary of the San Bernardino National Forest; thence easterly
along said San Bernardino National Forest boundary, following all of its various courses to the northwest corner of
Section 22, Township 3 North, Range 2 East; thence easterly along section lines to the northeast corner of Section
22, Township 3 North, Range 3 East; thence south along the east line of said Section 22 to the northwest corner of
Section 24; thence east along the north line of Sections 24 and 25 to the northeast corner of Section 25; thence south
along the east line of Sections 25 and 36 to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 2 North, Range 4 East;
thence east along the north line of Sections 6 and 5 to the northeast corner of said Section 5; thence south along
section lines to the northwest corner of Section 16, Township I North, Range 4 East; thence east along the north line
or said Section 16 to the northeast corner of said Section 16; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner
of Section 33, said Township I North, Range 4 East; thence west along section lines to the range line between
Ranges 3 and 4 East; thence south along said range line to the southwest corner of Section 31, Township l South,
Range 4 East, said point being also in the boundary between San Bernardino and Riverside Counties; then easterly
along said County boundary to the southeast corner of aforesaid Section 33, Township I South, Range 7 East, being
the point of beginning.

Looks like a no go in those areas covered by 22.011 (h)... is there BLM land there? If so, I wonder if that is considered SB County?

[CavTrooper]

Looks like a no go in those areas covered by 22.011 (h)... is there BLM land there? If so, I wonder if that is considered SB County?

Yes and yes.

[GrayWolf09]

Use tracers!!

[ZRX61]

Use tracers!!

Russian surplus steel core & a Mosin M44...at night it has a muzzle flash like a Howitzer

[r1viking]

Yes and yes.

looks like I might be SOL in that area... anyone know the closest area to go to where it might be legal?