Hi guys,

I want to go do some shooting sometime on public lands.  Where is a good place in central Oklahoma (I live in Yukon) to go shooting that doesn't violate any laws.

The only place I know of is the range on the Lexington WMA, you do have to have a valid OK hunting license though or no pew pew pew.

Canton Lake has a WMA range as well.  Well, I assume they still have it. Haven't been there since 2005.  Might be closer.

I just don't get it. We own more guns than any other state in the country, but we have some of the crappiest, most expensive ranges. It seems like our tax dollars should buy us a place to shoot guns legally without having to sell a kidney. Ammo is expensive enough without having to pay absurd range fees.

There's an outdoor range between Yukon and El Reno, assuming it's still there. It's pretty terrible, but a day pass is only ten bucks. It's also a hundred yards, which probably makes it the longest range in the OKC area. The old guy who owns it is pretty grumpy. No rapid fire (meaning 2 full seconds in between shots, even on the pistol range), no class III, no shotguns, no fun. The only bonus is you can shoot steel ammo to your heart's content.

There's a gun club I went to with a friend way out in the boondocks, somewhere NE of Edmond. It's pretty nice and the fees are very reasonable, but it's just so far away from me. You do have to volunteer to work once or twice a year, like mowing the weeds and stuff, but that's to be expected since it doesn't cost much. I don't know what their rules are though.

The WMA range is okay, but it's one hell of a drive to get out there from Yukon. They have about a 75ish yard range and an area just for skeet, which is nice. Just don't wear sandals or flip flops; the broken glass out there is about ankle deep. You have to bring your own target setup, no steel allowed.

The outdoor range between Yukon and El Reno is Banner Road range.  Far from terrible.  I like it, its just a bit of a drive.  Old guy was never grumpy to me.  And they were class III friendly, at least with suppressors.  

The gun club NE of Edmond is nice too, but private.

Also an outdoor gun club just south of Norman, I think its called Tri City.  Private, but nice.

Dan probably still has his membership there and he took me shooting there quite a few times a few years ago.   The pistol range with steel plates was nice.

That's not what I'm talking about, I've never been to the Oklahoma City Gun Club. The one I'm referring to isn't nearly that nice, but it's okay for the price of membership. It's off of a long dirt trail, and it doesn't have any targets. It has a few covered bench rests, but that's it. You have to bring your own targets, certainly no steel or interactive targets. I wish I could be more specific, but it's way out there and my friend (actually one of my father's clients) was driving so I wasn't really paying that much attention. Once we were out of Edmond area, we were on back roads for a long time. If I had to guess I'd say it was directly east of Guthrie, maybe five miles or so east of Sooner road. If it has a name, I didn't see it. There was a gate, but no signs or anything posted. I didn't even see any no trespassing signs. I asked the guy the price for membership and it was like 100/year plus you had to volunteer for cleanups two weekends a year. We were there all day on a Saturday and were the only ones there, so I don't think many people use it. It's basically just a field where you can shoot. Don't think there were any bathrooms, but there were plenty of trees

I was out there a couple of years ago. It was getting pretty trashed up and I haven't been back since, but it was there.

My favorite thing about the WMA ranges is reading the no alcohol/glass sign while standing knee deep in exploded Budlight bottles

Oklahoma is pretty pitiful in that respect compared to other states I've been.  We are famous for wide open prairie but good luck finding a place to shoot more than 50 yards that doesn't cost you a handful of money and half a tank of gas.  It's ironic and unfortunate but that's Oklahoma (should be our state motto lol).

It's because of our liberal state and local governments, as well as all the people moving here from Cali. They want to turn us into some kind of haven for progressives in the Bible Belt. That's why they're spending so much money developing the South side of I-40 in the ghetto. That river walk trail is nice, but I sure as hell wouldn't go on foot South of the river without a pitbull and an AK 47. It would have been nice if they had taken the loose change from the MAPS project and set aside a few acres of public land for people to shoot, like they do in other states like AZ or NV