CANCELLED: Stevo's Youth Rim Fire Day - RANGE CLEANED & PAINTED!

[Haskell_Hunter]

I grabbed this from the "site that shall not be named" to post here regarding the conditions of the range.  Quote from Stevo.

 

 

 

Well I went out to the Range at Colliers Mills yesterday. I was embarrassed to say the least. There was so much garbage you couldn't even get in one station. It looked like there had been a rock concert there the night before. Then as my wife and I started to clean it up I walked in front of the shooting building only to find it had been hit with paint. Everything from Gang related graffiti to "If you want a good F*&K call" The entire building has been tagged in Obscenities.

I cannot bring a group of kids to this place. It is a shame. Most of the garbage has been left by fellow hunters. It looks like a dump. Someone actually brought a box used to transport a kitchen stove and left it. Even though it is not to be used for shooting Clay's they did and left every shell on the ground. My wife turned to me and said "You can't bring kids here". And she is right. What would they be learning? That the Hunting and Shooting Community are a bunch of slobs? Well guess what....... they are. I have no more time this morning but I do have photos. I will post them later.

I am truly disgusted.

[RPK0620]

They ride dirt bikes throughout Colliers and tear it up and a few times when I was there they were throwing clay birds and didn't care when I mentioned that it was not allowed.  I know for a fact that many who go there and shoot do not hunt or have hunting licenses which you are supposed to have. Once when I was there 2 correctional officers (in their uniforms) came with plastic milk jugs, set them out, shot them up with their pistols and left, leaving the milk jugs behind.  Not bragging but when I shoot there I put all my garbage in the cans or pack it out and usually pick up other peoples and put it in the can.  This is extremely sad and for the most part those of us who complain are now in the minority.

[NorthNJHunter]

They need law enforcement to check the ranges once in awhile.

[Stevo]

Sorry gang. I was so looking forward to this weekend. Some people just suck. I could not take a group of good kids to see what a bunch of derelicts did.

 

 

 

[Tarhunt]

Sorry gang. I was so looking forward to this weekend. Some people just suck. I could not take a group of good kids to see what a bunch of derelicts did.

They probably all have Obama phones too.

[BowhunterNJ]

Stevo if I go paint that tomorrow will you still have the shoot?

 

 

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[Haskell_Hunter]

I too would be keen to do some cleanup there, do before-and-after photos, and send them to the state as well as other folks.  If the state can't maintain these areas, I'd like to encourage other hunter or shooting organizations to help pick up the slack.

[Nanuk]

Trying to get a couple of my guys to help and use it as a service project , I pronised to let them shoot afterwards lol

[BowhunterNJ]

I am planning on getting there tomorrow sometime prob midday to paint it.

I have to pick up the paint and some rollers.

If there's people shooting, I'll just paint it between pauses to go downrange.

[wanabuck]

I'm tagged out so I'd love to help you fellas paint and clean it up..

[wanabuck]

Bowhunternj lmk what time

[Rusty]

You should start a new thread for the clean up project, more people will see it.  

[bill43]

As crazy as this sounds. I would check with the state before I went painting anything out there. This is the state of nj your dealing with.

[Stevo]

I can't get over there until Sunday. We have cleaned it up before. Every time we do the next time it's worse. We need a long term solution to this. I am going to make F&W send a warden over. And I am going to call the local PD and have an Officer drive over. I am going to be the biggest PIA you ever saw until they start patrolling this area. We have some other ideas I don't want to post on here but believe me the next time we want to take kids over there that Range will be clean and orderly. 56 degrees. You guys should be in your tree stands not cleaning up after a bunch of hoodlums.

 

I've had enough. It's on now.

[Nanuk]

Well I guess they got the phone calls and emails sent to them.... RANGE IS CLEAN , I repeat range is clean !!!!!

I'm here now doing some touch ups generally is very Clean , wall needs painting which BHNJ said he has covered , but looks good.

 

Thank you to all that got involved !!!! Good Job