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I realize this differs by locality, but generally, if you wanted to shoot on your own property, into a berm or backstop, how much land would you need? This would be a few miles outside city limits. Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice. ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ | ||
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In Mississippi it is legal to discharge firearms outside of city limits. It is pretty frequent. If we are talking a 25 yard pistol range, that is one thing, rifles quite another. Usage of a proper backstop and berm is a good idea, as well as good relations with the adjoining property owner. Not too many people here complain about the noise since gunfire is common. Even a 22lr can travel over a mile. | |||
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The land shape will really matter. I have two 36 acre parcels, adjoining. They are fairly square (+/- a hundred feet). From one corner, diagonally to the other, I was able to squeeze out a 600 yard range. Mike You can run, but you cannot hide. If you won't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them. | |||
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Around here, even in a township, you need to be 500' from another house. | |||
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4x5, this is the applicable state law:
So, to answer your question, the size of a shooting area on private property isn't regulated by state law. The only restriction pertinent to shooting on private property is that it cannot "endanger persons or property". My ranch is in Bannock County, Idaho. I shoot on it often, in many different places, sometimes just plinking, sometimes shooting varmints, sometimes hunting small and large game and birds (with a license, of course) and have never had a problem. Thanks, Sap | |||
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| Serenity now! |
Thanks for finding that information, SapperSteele - it's very good to know. We're looking at homes & land in the Shelly/IF/Rexburg area. Coming from a 1/5 acre lot, the thought of a little land really appeals to me. Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice. ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ | |||
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there's a lot of little towns around Rexburg with a LOT of land. When I was in college up there, a room mate of mine had a bonfire on his parents property out in the middle of nowhere out there, so a few of us and our girlfriends spent the night out at the bonfire. I asked how much land his family had; he said "we own the property out to that power pole, down the hill that way, and over the hill that way. it's really more than you can see from here..." It was fun. ____________________________ While you may be able to get away with bottom shelf whiskey, stay the hell away from bottom shelf tequila. - FishOn | |||
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Sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice. ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ | |||
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When we lived in Central Montana, we were a mile from town on 10 acres. We didn't have a home within 1/2 mile and were surrounded by hills. Spring was a great time to come home for a balongna sandwich and a half hour on the deck shouting gophers before heading back to work. Kinda took the edge off. Mike I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham | |||
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The problem most people have is not a lack of space , but the noise complaints by their neighbors . Some of those tree hugging , city transplants get really freaked out by gunfire . | |||
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I guess it really depends on your neighbors. | |||
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That's why God let man invent suppressors, so we don't bother our neighbors, and the fact that he loves us. It's a shame that youth is wasted on the young --- Mark Twain Anyone who is not a liberal by age 20 has no heart; anyone who is not a conservative by age 40 has no brain---Winston Churchill | |||
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Are there good hospitals and specialists in the areas 4x5 and SAP mentioned? | |||
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Yeah , the one part of the equation that is out of your control . | |||
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It's Idaho. You want to be far enough from the neighbors that they can't hear you shootin', or they will come over and ask if they can shoot too and pick up your brass. Then they'll leave a bunch of empty beer cans! "Crom is strong! If I die, I have to go before him, and he will ask me, 'What is the riddle of steel?' If I don't know it, he will cast me out of Valhalla and laugh at me." | |||
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