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Advice on setting up a private shooting range
Captdad17:
I live on 40 acres in Otoe county and I built my own range. Access to it is strictly controlled. It's surrounded by pine trees, so noise is somewhat cancelled. For the backstop, I stacked some old railroad ties and blocked them in with T-posts. Set up metal targets, paper targets, plinkers on the ground, even a pendulum-style moving target that plays "peek-a-boo" behind a "hostage". An old truck bed toolbox collects the brass. It's all hidden away pretty well and roughly 1.5 miles from any civilization from the firing line range. Attached a pic for a better idea. Happy to share any thoughts or answer any questions.
JTH:
--- Quote from: Mudinyeri on July 18, 2016, 09:15:19 AM ---From a statutory perspective (hunter safety), you must be more than 300 yards from a home or structure that may house animals.
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Statute link?
bullit:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on July 19, 2016, 08:49:58 AM ---Statute link?
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I surmise what Mud may be THINKing about is this i.e. Game & Parks distance ruling during hunting season.
https://outdoornebraska.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Deer-regs-2015.pdf
IIRC during pheasant season i.e. shotguns ... the rule is 50 yards from a dwelling ... but don't count on my recall
Mudinyeri:
--- Quote from: jFader on July 18, 2016, 06:36:05 PM ---Mudinyeri, I read somewhere yesterday that it was 200 yards but it wasn't an official site...just a blog post. Is that 300 from where I setup to shoot, the targets, or does the entire range need to be that far away?
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Sorry, I fat-fingered that. It is 200 (making sure I hit the right number on my keyboard) [two hundred] yards of an inhabited dwelling or feedlot. And it is specific to rifle. A land owner or lease holder may hunt (shoot) within 200 yards of a dwelling or feedlot on his or her own (leased) property.
The 200 yard rule is a regulation established by the Game & Parks under Title 163 of the Nebraska State Administrative Code.
Now, because it is a Game & Parks reg, it may or may not apply to a range.
bullit:
Can you shoot from your snowmobile at targets on your own range? ;)
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