outdoor shooting range etiquette
Ok so i need input from everyone. I went out shooting on some land with some guys the other day. So its a nice day we all go set up targets at different ranges starting at 50 yards. As the day go’s on there is this black thing hanging from the tree out at about 70 yards so i draw down and hit it on my 2nd shot and it starts swinging in the tree. Feels great i hit a small hanging target out on the shooting range, (AGAIN OUT ON THE RANGE). So after i say i hit it one of the guys say, you did what!? and i say i hit the hanging target, turns out it was his handheld rangefinder hanging out there. At first i think and say no way, why would you put that on a range?? So we walk out there and sure as hell it is a range finder, no at 70 yards this looks like a black hanging target to me. Now he tells me i have to go buy him a bran new one. Im looking at it this way, why in the hell would you hang a range finder that looks like a hanging target out on a shooting range!!!! Am i missing something here or was this a really bad move on his part. I do not feel like i am to blame fully for this and don’t think i should have to cover the full cost of this, i really don’t think i should have to cover any of it because i still cant believe the thinking behind this stupid move but i want to put it out to everyone here and see what others have to say on the matter. I in no way shape or form knew it was a range finder and fully thought it was a hanging target. So whats your take on it, do i owe him a range finder, do i owe him half or should he not have hung it and he should have known better. I value the input of other shooters.
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My other observation would be that you don’t shoot someone else’s target without asking. In any case, it seems pretty clear you didn’t know what you were shooting at. The guy that left his range finder hanging in the target area was stupid, but you are the one that shot it. A ricochet would have been his fault; your shot was yours.
Lastly if i left my cellphone on the range and it got shot that is my fault and i am going to have to buy myself a new one.
birdman, yes i shot it. The thing you are mis reading is that it was on the range and was a normal target to me, it was not off to the side of the range it was on the range. I put up hanging targets all the time, tennis balls, steel dingers, water bottles and wood. I have been an avid and safe shooter all my life and would never put something on a range i did not expect to get shot. it is in the shooting line, what about a ricochet. I cant find the logic of leaving that on the range in that position and not saying anything.
Steel , first of all you decided to shoot at an object that was not in a normal target position regardless that it was down range
and by your own admission you really could not recognize it as a normal target and shot at it anyway without asking anybody
if it was a hanging target . You never shoot at an object that you can not identify . You are at 100% fault and should replace
the range finder period . Time to pony up and be a man for fucking up . After all you would expect no less if it was your range
finder hanging down range and someone shot it , there isn’t any markings or bulls eye on it , why would you shoot it ? :butkick:
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Not exactly it was on the shooting range and I was sure it was a target because it was put out with and at the same time as the targets. No one ever said hey this is not a target on the shooting range.
You shot something when you didn’t know what it was? Stupid move by the guy who left it hanging in the area where you were shooting, but my 2 cents is that if you shoot something without knowing exactly what it is, you are responsible.
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It sounds to me that he wanted it shot, that’s why he left it there……