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Chuckster Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2303 Location: Colorado Joined: May 15^th, 2008	Re: Amazing things we have seen at public ranges Reply #30 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 12:10pm	Print Post
	For several months a fox had a den in the 100 yard berm. Shooters were careful to avoid it as it went back and forth. One day someone shot it and bragged about it. Thought I was going to see a lynching. Shooter was expelled from the club. Chuck


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17877 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Amazing things we have seen at public ranges Reply #31 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 12:25pm	Print Post
	Chuckster wrote on Mar 26^th, 2026 at 12:10pm: For several months a fox had a den in the 100 yard berm. Shooters were careful to avoid it as it went back and forth. One day someone shot it and bragged about it. Thought I was going to see a lynching. Shooter was expelled from the club. Chuck We have deer and the occasional elk wander across our range. It's an immediate cease fire when we see them, and sometimes they take their sweet time grazing across the green grass between the line and the targets. But it is fun to watch them feel so comfortable around all that gun fire.

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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2251 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Amazing things we have seen at public ranges Reply #32 - Mar 26^th, 2026 at 2:23pm	Print Post
	Many years ago, I belonged to Brea R&P Club, which was owned by Union 76, one morning the target boys came running back 'cause they told us that there were two crazy deer in the pits. What had happened was that two bucks were fighting and had fallen into the target pit and were wildeyed. What the boys did was to tie a rope onto the pit door so they could pull the door open at a distance and run. When they opened the doors the two bucks shot out of the pit in a big hurry!
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Old Soldier Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 352 Location: North Pole, Alaska Joined: Oct 17^th, 2015	Re: Amazing things we have seen at public ranges Reply #33 - Mar 29^th, 2026 at 12:18am	Print Post
	I was on a range in HI. when a wild bore came down the right limit, took a right and started meandering down the firing line. There was a guy there firing a pistol, concentrating so hard he did not see the pig until it almost ran into him. He did a good job keeping his muzzle up and down range, while jumping 6 feet into the air and vacating the AO.

	"White man have very strong Medicine. Shoot today maybeso kill you tomorrow." Esa-Tai Commanche warrior
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12256 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Amazing things we have seen at public ranges Reply #34 - Mar 29^th, 2026 at 8:59am	Print Post
	Another amazing thing I saw at a range was at Tacoma. The day Roland Groppe claimed an alibi on a deflected bullet caused by hitting a honey bee. Roland actually found the remains of the bee in the grass in front of his bench. I remember Roland holding it in front of Chuck Bordmans face as they yelled at each other. That was back in the days when we had two or three relays, started at 9 AM and shot till it got so dark we couldn't see the targets any longer.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3689 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Amazing things we have seen at public ranges Reply #35 - Mar 29^th, 2026 at 3:01pm	Print Post
	I saw this. Scary

	ASSRA # 11318 Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12256 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Amazing things we have seen at public ranges Reply #36 - Mar 29^th, 2026 at 4:56pm	Print Post
	Another amazing thing that happened at Tacoma was when Jack won a King target with a big ole BP musket rifle. I would guess that every year for five years Jack would bring that target to the matches and show it to me. Every year he would track me down, show me that King target and say "look at the size of that hole Joe" real loud. I bet he still has the target. Show us that big ole hole in that target, Jack.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3689 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Amazing things we have seen at public ranges Reply #37 - Mar 29^th, 2026 at 6:17pm	Print Post
	Way back in 2007. I was only shooting BP back then at the Tacoma Single Shot matches. I must have been shooting my 45-90 high wall. I did have an 1884 trapdoor for the BP military match. I forgot about the king target and when I was reminded, all I had left was a couple of the Trapdoor 45-70 rounds. That rifle had a terrible trigger, but balanced well at 200 yds. This is Joe Carr's last hand painted king target. It just got the boot from the bedroom closet and now hangs in my man cave.

	ASSRA # 11318 Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12256 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Amazing things we have seen at public ranges Reply #38 - Mar 29^th, 2026 at 7:19pm	Print Post
	My God! Look at the size of that bullet hole, Jack!

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2251 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Amazing things we have seen at public ranges Reply #39 - Mar 29^th, 2026 at 8:22pm	Print Post
	Hmmm...."Don't read too much into our meeting—it was after all, quite possible that it was bound to happen." ¿Quién sabe?
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