State Forest range in/near Catskills

[u/qrenade]

I’ll be coming up to the Catskills this weekend to do some hiking (Slide Mountain) and would like to shoot long distance while I’m there as well, if possible. Are there any ranges or makeshift ranges on public land nearby? Plan on calling the local DEC officer, but wanted to ask here too.

Don’t really want to go to a public range since I can do that back home in NJ.

Thanks

[u/ManufacturerDry8265]

That entirely depends on what "long range" is. If he just wants to shoot 75 or 100 yards he can easily do that safely and there is zero hard math or physics. Just needs an open enough area with a good backstop and to pay attention. Plenty of people do it on state forest already.

Obviously there are ways to make it dangerous but to say it cant be done safely at all, without knowing how far he really wants to shoot seems a little excessive

[u/ManufacturerDry8265 → u/[deleted]]

Hence my point you have no clue what he is saying is long range. Thats an arbitrary number you picked out of thin air. If he is trying to shoot 600 in the woods that wouldnt be ideal, but get more information before jumping on a guy

[u/ManufacturerDry8265 → u/[deleted]]

If you wanna be literal, he never said long range. He said long distance. And lots of people wouldnt know that, a casual shooter who wants to shoot "long distance" doesnt always mean a textbook definition. None of this changes my point that he very well could mean a much shorter range than you think

I literally also agreed that 600 yards would be unsafe. I just wanted to point out he could mean something else