12:30AM? I like night shooting but at this time of year seems a little odd to me. It's not THAT cold but still, most of us southie locals stay indoors when its below 60...just a guess but I'll say alcohol is involved.
I like shooting in the desert but you have to be damn careful of the idiots. I only shoot at places that have berm on at least 2 sides and open desert on the other with only one easy access route and enough room for ONE small group once targets are set. Couple of desert range trips ago I was in such a place when two cars came down the road slowly trying to drive past me.. I yelled STOP as they tried to drive by. The lead car stopped, the older Female driver asked what I wanted
I told her she was driving toward my targets into the area I was shooting(should have been obvious but what ever). She then said they were just going to drive down there so they could talk about where they were going to shoot
I said no... She looked puzzled but stayed at a complete stop.
At this point it was obvious I was dealing with people that were a toy and cheese burger short of a happy meal... what the Female said next as she yelled too the other car confirmed it. "POPPA SMURF... you want we should go to the place down the way?" Poppa smurf (older man,probably a neckbeard) yelled back "YUP, I just want to shoot some 22" . Lucky for me Poppa smurf and his crew backed out and drove off... I'm not sure I could have handled any more conversation without uncontrollably laughing!