Not sure this is the right forum, so if it is not, feel free to move this thread.
Basically, my fiance and I are going to be moving to a new location because she will be in private practice starting middle of next year. She's asked me about areas in the US that I would want to move to and have pretty much told her Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Oregon, Arizona.
The main reasons for this were A. I'm a German mountaineer, and the flat lands of Florida just aren't doing it for me. B. I want to shoot without having to travel 1+ hours, one way, to a rifle range.
Here is where I am venturing into uncharted territory; how does this work in regards to shooting? I see countless pictures from members here showing them shooting in an open desert or open range area where you can see for miles around. Can you simply find a place like this, away from roads, set something up with a backstop and start to shoot? Or how does this work? I have also seen people post pics/stories of how they go out and shoot prairie dogs, coyotes, moles, etc and it seems once again, that they are in the middle of nowhere. This would be a DREAM for me.
The areas we have been looking at are very rural and open areas. No metros; some of these towns have populations of less than 15k people.
I guess my main question that I can't answer is, can I simply find a 'safe' area to shoot in in most states, or how does one go about this in sparsely populated areas?
Thanks
Basically, my fiance and I are going to be moving to a new location because she will be in private practice starting middle of next year. She's asked me about areas in the US that I would want to move to and have pretty much told her Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Oregon, Arizona.
The main reasons for this were A. I'm a German mountaineer, and the flat lands of Florida just aren't doing it for me. B. I want to shoot without having to travel 1+ hours, one way, to a rifle range.
Here is where I am venturing into uncharted territory; how does this work in regards to shooting? I see countless pictures from members here showing them shooting in an open desert or open range area where you can see for miles around. Can you simply find a place like this, away from roads, set something up with a backstop and start to shoot? Or how does this work? I have also seen people post pics/stories of how they go out and shoot prairie dogs, coyotes, moles, etc and it seems once again, that they are in the middle of nowhere. This would be a DREAM for me.
The areas we have been looking at are very rural and open areas. No metros; some of these towns have populations of less than 15k people.
I guess my main question that I can't answer is, can I simply find a 'safe' area to shoot in in most states, or how does one go about this in sparsely populated areas?
Thanks
