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WEST not EAST, sorry.
So over the weekend, wifey and I decided to go Santa Ynez the long slow way, stopped at Winchester Gun Club on W. Camino Cielo for a while then took the dirt road to Refugio (where Reagan's Ranch is) and then down the road to Santa Ynez, all back roads. Why ? just because we have not done it in a few years. The road is much worse than I remember, I scraped my skid plates twice, never needed 4x4 of course but much rougher than it used to be.
Ok, shooting question. Decades ago, there were some legal shooting areas on that road well past Winchester, I heard they were closed down a good decade ago. Is that true or is shooting legal there now ?
We found 2 groups shooting guns, one was with his wife and shooting trap, his wife was throwing pigeons and he was trying to hit them with a shotgun. Ok, looked like fun and he was doing it in a old area where I know it was legal decades ago, I didnt see any signs saying no shooting.
But later on in the road, we found a group of shooters that had a target up on the hill, parked in a open spot and shooting at the target ACROSS the road, isn't that a no-brainer illegal ? shooting across the road ? granted its a really bad dirt road, only a few brave 4x4's or taller 2 wheel drive trucks will make it and they were in a area that had a few hundred feet in each direction so they would absolutely see any oncoming traffic. They had quite a pile of rifles with them in the bed of the truck and were shooting handguns as we drove up, they stopped and said hi as we drove past.
I would not mind shooting in some areas of that road if its legal, I stopped at least a decade ago when they made it illegal so with 2 groups I am wondering if they are just risking it or its legal again. Granted, I doubt there is a ranger that patrols that road ever.
So over the weekend, wifey and I decided to go Santa Ynez the long slow way, stopped at Winchester Gun Club on W. Camino Cielo for a while then took the dirt road to Refugio (where Reagan's Ranch is) and then down the road to Santa Ynez, all back roads. Why ? just because we have not done it in a few years. The road is much worse than I remember, I scraped my skid plates twice, never needed 4x4 of course but much rougher than it used to be.
Ok, shooting question. Decades ago, there were some legal shooting areas on that road well past Winchester, I heard they were closed down a good decade ago. Is that true or is shooting legal there now ?
We found 2 groups shooting guns, one was with his wife and shooting trap, his wife was throwing pigeons and he was trying to hit them with a shotgun. Ok, looked like fun and he was doing it in a old area where I know it was legal decades ago, I didnt see any signs saying no shooting.
But later on in the road, we found a group of shooters that had a target up on the hill, parked in a open spot and shooting at the target ACROSS the road, isn't that a no-brainer illegal ? shooting across the road ? granted its a really bad dirt road, only a few brave 4x4's or taller 2 wheel drive trucks will make it and they were in a area that had a few hundred feet in each direction so they would absolutely see any oncoming traffic. They had quite a pile of rifles with them in the bed of the truck and were shooting handguns as we drove up, they stopped and said hi as we drove past.
I would not mind shooting in some areas of that road if its legal, I stopped at least a decade ago when they made it illegal so with 2 groups I am wondering if they are just risking it or its legal again. Granted, I doubt there is a ranger that patrols that road ever.
It would not have made any difference if I packed up and left, they would have just landed and waited until I drove up. So if it happens that the area you are referring to is ok to shoot in, I personally would get something on paper/in writing, before I took that chance. As always, just my .02.
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