Poll: Official NWFA Larch Mountain Cleanup - April 12th

[Cogs]

Yes a great time had until the cop showed up they always have to ruin things.....

Nice to meet everyone and yes lets do this again sometime.

I think we all felt that the berm we were shooting into was at least 15 feet above the targets, to the horizon. One target, way in the distance, was certainly less than that, but still about +/- five feet of berm above. The officer felt none of it was a berm. I think we may need clarification of the definition of a berm.

Still, when the officer says Cease Fire and no more, ya gotta go with the guy behind the badge. Everyone was polite and all was well. We were surprised and a little disappointed. He was a nice guy and once he talked with our DNR rep, he understood the situation. NO TICKETS!

Bill

 

[spectra]

Yes he was nice about it. And yes the targets were fine where they were at. You could see dirt fly up behind them. Where were the projectiles going???? into the ground

 

[GunRightsCoalition]

 

[GunRightsCoalition]

 

[nastybynature]

A few more...

 

[GunRightsCoalition]

 

[GunRightsCoalition]

Last bunch for me.

 

[GunRightsCoalition]

Note the second and third pic in my last bunch. That's Joe Link there with Steve Rhodes from the DNR.

 

[Cogs]

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The hand shake is NWFA Administrator Joe Link and WA State DNR Education and Enforcement Forester Steve Rhodes, confirming a new volunteer relationship. I hope we can all help continue and cultivate this relationship.

Bill

 

[GrpCapMandrake]

It was a good time. Thanks for setting this up. My girls had a great time. One of my daughters said that people should treat these areas like their guns. You have to take care of them so they stay in good shape.

That is a shame about the fuzz showing up. Was it just that front area off limits to shooting, had the shooting been down around the bend would it have been more acceptable?

 

[Cogs]

That is a shame about the fuzz showing up. Was it just that front area off limits to shooting, had the shooting been down around the bend would it have been more acceptable?

Yes, just that first site. He also said most all the sites on the right side were not safe. So, we disagree and move on. Others are still going to shoot there. All the time.

Love your daughter's comment! She's right!

 

[nastybynature]

Not to beat a dead horse, but funny how you can see many of the clean up crew setting up targets, getting ready to shoot obviously, and you can see Steve from DNR is still there and he said nothing to us indicating we could not shoot there. Makes me wonder about the rules and how they seem to be more subjective than objective. Lots of officer discretion it appears....

 

[Joe Link]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate Bill (@Cogs) for setting this up for us. Overall, I'd say this was a great success. Meeting people during events like this really is my greatest motivation to make this site great.

Really looking forward to expanding our relationship with DNR and other government organizations. Without representation and getting involved we're sure to lose what precious outdoor locations we have left.

Thank you to everyone who came out

 

[GunRightsCoalition]

Not to beat a dead horse, but funny how you can see many of the clean up crew setting up targets, getting ready to shoot obviously, and you can see Steve from DNR is still there and he said nothing to us indicating we could not shoot there. Makes me wonder about the rules and how they seem to be more subjective than objective. Lots of officer discretion it appears....

Yes, he was well aware that we were setting up the targets. Like Bill mentioned there seems to be some confusion as to what qualifies as an earthen berm (or whatever it says in the rules). With the direction we were shooting there clearly was plenty of earth behind it with the exception of the farthest target and even that had plenty unless the sites were way off on the rifle used. (125 yards or so and you would need to be shooting several feet high to go over it)

"(ii) Areas with an unobstructed, earthen backstop capable of stopping all projectiles and debris in a safe manner."

 

[Peteralexander78]

It might of been one of the people who lived down the road called the cops and complained and the cop was just kicking us off to please the complainer.

 

[Cogs]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate Bill (@Cogs) for setting this up for us. Overall, I'd say this was a great success. Meeting people during events like this really is my greatest motivation to make this site great.

Really looking forward to expanding our relationship with DNR and other government organizations. Without representation and getting involved we're sure to lose what precious outdoor locations we have left.

Thank you to everyone who came out

Thanks, Joe. My pleasure.

It may not have been what it was without the help of @GunRightsCoalition (Rick) who came on board immediately and began offering promotional help. He stuck with this all the way through and had around 30 people signed up in the Yes column just from his contacts and the Facebook page. A BIG 'OL HAIRY THANKS to GunRightsCoalition!

I found out that several folks, from the FB page, got lost on the Mountain and couldn't find us. Hats off to them as they had true hearts and made a positive effort. Sorry they were confused about the location.

Bill

 

[Joe Link]

Thank you Rick!

 

[GunRightsCoalition]

Thanks for the kind words. I really see it as a team effort though. Each of us adds what we can and the result is a multiple of the efforts. For this it was a no brainer. Bill had a great idea that anyone that cares about the community could get behind. I just plugged that into the local network of people I've built up that care about gun rights. A perfect combination.

Rick

 

[nastybynature]

I think we should start planning the next one so we can have something to look forward to. Meet and greets at a pub are fun and all but during the nice weather, i say we try to plan another clean up party to solidify our newly acquired DNR relationship and make sure this wasn't just a one time thing. I am impressed with the turnout for such short notice and not everyone was able to find us even. A little more time for planning and i am thinking this could turn into a huge successful event.

 

[GunRightsCoalition]

I think we should start planning the next one so we can have something to look forward to. Meet and greets at a pub are fun and all but during the nice weather, i say we try to plan another clean up party to solidify our newly acquired DNR relationship and make sure this wasn't just a one time thing. I am impressed with the turnout for such short notice and not everyone was able to find us even. A little more time for planning and i am thinking this could turn into a huge successful event.

Already in the works.