As said before, not legal on state land. It is easy, however to have a range on your own property.

I have an almost 100 yard range (97 but who's counting) on my property. I built a backstop out of 6x6 5'high and 11' wide, and built an earth berm in front of it. It backs up to a lake, with a pasture that rises 30' above the lake on the other side. Nearest building on the axis of my range is 2020 yards or 1.15 miles.

My neighbor, who has 5 acres, built a backstop with containment wings, a 1" piece of steel and 3' of earth. He's only got 30 yards, but still can shoot safely.

Cops and sheriffs here understand that country people shoot, and unless you are an idiot, aren't going to give you any shit if you are on private land.

I understand that folks do lots of shooting on public land in the Liberty City area, mostly undisturbed.

True, its not vastly unpopulated, but still.

Moved away nine years ago but those areas were drying up pretty quick.

I really miss the Port Malabar Rifle and Pistol Club. (12 ranges on 122 acres) They let me keep my membership when I moved to VA as I will likely return to my home state when I retire. It's probably pretty close to the 2/3 line. I wouldn't plan on living anywhere in the lower 1/2 of the state, too crowded and too expensive.

My earliest memory of shooting was in the Everglades, about 20 minutes west of Miami off Tamiami Trail which was 2 lanes with crushed oyster shell shoulders. It was a bolt .22, I don't recall the make, but I remember there was a big population of those jumbo grasshoppers/locusts that year. I probably went through a 500 round brick and could have kept going, they were very satisfying game for a bloodthirsty hunter, 5 or 6 year old me.


"IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Welcome to the home in cyberspace of Port Malabar Rifle and Pistol Club. Our 122-acre facility off Malabar Road in Palm Bay, FL, offers our members more than a dozen shooting ranges, including a practice pistol range, Action Area, Action Minibays, trap and skeet fields, and the only certified 600-yard rifle range in the state. It's open seven days a week, and members can shoot from 8 a.m. in the morning until the sun sets.

To access this website, you MUST be a member of the club. If you register for a new account, it will not be approved unless your membership can be confirmed. Non-members can only access a few pages including the calendar of events. For any questions, contact Chief Instructor Tom Kehoe.

The range is located at 610 Hurley Blvd., Palm Bay, FL. 27.98763N 80.71354W

Information on meetings can be found here."
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I have to 1/2 suspect a donut FLA man on YouTube video might be behind this … just sayin’

My oldest son is a sophomore at U of F. Having driven around that area extensively, once you get outside of Gainesville it’s really, really rural and undeveloped.