camping/shooting/fishing eldorado national forest

[chrisf]

As you can tell from the title I'm going camping with a buddy my wife and his in ENF. I have a couple questions. How is it, Good place shooting/camp/fishing, Anything to watch out for, Speacial rules I need to know. Any tips would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance guys! I'll be going january 13th-15th.

[almaster666]

Don't shoot across roads, make sure you have a safe back drop, make sure you're outside of city limits and at least a few hundred yards from any structure (I believe the rule is 250 yards, but may be more)

[chrisf]

Don't shoot across roads, make sure you have a safe back drop, make sure you're outside of city limits and at least a few hundred yards from any structure (I believe the rule is 250 yards, but may be more)

City limits? How in the hell am I suppose to know that?

[olhunter]

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/eldorado/recreation/shooting/

[Shellshocker66]

You're going to be limited to what you can access if we start getting decent snow fall. One of the best things you can do is stop on way up and get a forest land map from the local office up there. It's right off the highway in Placerville
Eldorado National Forest
100 Forni Road
Placerville, CA 95667
530-622-5061
530-642-5122 TTY

You might be able to call and order one and have it before you leave on your trip. It will give you an idea of where the BLM land is. Private land up there is usually pretty clearly marked what little is in the forestry areas.

Just like any place certain rules apply. No shooting across roads, clean up your mess, yada yada yada..... But the good thing is you won't need a campfire permit this time of year if your not camping in a campground.

Do you know what area you are heading to?

[chrisf]

You're going to be limited to what you can access if we start getting decent snow fall. One of the best things you can do is stop on way up and get a forest land map from the local office up there. It's right off the highway in Placerville
Eldorado National Forest
100 Forni Road
Placerville, CA 95667
530-622-5061
530-642-5122 TTY

You might be able to call and order one and have it before you leave on your trip. It will give you an idea of where the BLM land is. Private land up there is usually pretty clearly marked what little is in the forestry areas.

Just like any place certain rules apply. No shooting across roads, clean up your mess, yada yada yada..... But the good thing is you won't need a campfire permit this time of year if your not camping in a campground.

Do you know what area you are heading to?

I have no idea where I will be. Thats why I was hoping to get some of your guys input on what would be best. This is our first time up there. We were just going to pick a spot hopefully find a ranger and ask if it was shootable. So if you guys can give me some good input on good spots for my needs fishing, shooting etc. I prefer the closest to the west (stockton side) as possible. Thanks guys for any additional help you can lend. I hope its not TOO cold outside lol. And of course I will clean up after myself (and others) I will not be the one to ruin this for all of us.