Posted: 11/17/2015 5:14:08 PM EDT
| Hey everyone. I'm buying a new home with 10 acres of land. It's not a whole lot but more than I have ever had before. It is out in the country so I don't have a neighbor to my left or right within a 1/4 mile or more and no one behind me for a mile or more. I really want to set up an area to shoot so I need some advice. The easiest way to do it would be just to cut a lane in the woods and put a berm of some sort at the end but I want to be able to move and shoot, and preferably at steel targets. I'm just looking for ideas on how I might do that safely and yet still have freedom to move around. The lot is rather heavily wooded with maybe 8 acres of woods and around 2 acres of clearing. The house sits on about 1 acre then there is another cleared acre or so in the back of the property. I know this is kind of vague but any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. |
You're going to have a great time on acreage, it's addicting. Congrats! 
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I have 20 acres, 18 of which is heavily wooded. First step will be to cut some trails if they don't already exist. I have a section of trail where I've put up steel targets on both sides so that I can move and shoot. No backstops are needed as the dense woods will catch any fliers, plus no close neighbors anyway. I only shoot handguns on these.
I've also cleared a very straight and narrow lane 200 yards long for rifles. That one does have a dirt pile backstop. I like to go on 3 mile runs on the trails then start shooting while I'm sucking wind and the heart rate is high. |