Can i shoot in flathead national forest

Only one card displayed a bullet hole. A cleanup volunteer quipped that the aim of the shooters who had lugged in and then abandoned the door was roughly equivalent to the ethics of their behavior.

Coors and Miller Lite beer cans and the cartons that once contained them joined an eyesore collage that included plastic water bottles, bullet casings, a gallon milk jug pocked with bullet holes and much, much more. People favor the location, a former gravel pit screened by trees from the road, for sighting in their rifles in preparation for hunting season or for recreational shooting. The site, contained within the Flathead National Forest, offers safety and seclusion and a rustic table for resting rifles for hunters adjusting scopes.

It is not an officially sanctioned shooting range, but the Forest Service says it understands the site is a safe and popular spot for rifle sighting. Josh Clark, a co-owner of two regional businesses, Hunt Montana and Glacier Values, is an avid hunter. He organized the cleanup by spreading the word through social media. Brothers Kevin and Craig Wolf arrived from Columbia Falls and brought a small Kubota tractor and a trailer to help scoop up and haul trash.

As the morning progressed, the temperature dropped and a wind coming off the snow-covered Apgar Mountains to the east carried a deep chill. The workers built a bonfire that served two purposes — consuming flammable trash and debris and providing a source of warmth.

The site cleaned up is within the Glacier View district. He said that although the site is not a sanctioned shooting range it meets requirements for a target shooting location on the National Forest.

Other volunteers included Jessica Bousquet and her son, Connor, 2. He seemed to find special joy in retrieving shotgun shells from a mud puddle. Bousquet works as a licensed practical nurse at Kalispell Regional Medical Center. She said she appreciates the North Fork and noted her employer offers incentives for volunteering. Irina Moore, a registered nurse at the medical center, and her husband, Harry Moore, also joined the effort.

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