ButchA
Member
Good evening,
I know it's Sept 1st and opening day Dove Season. I don't hunt doves and heard plenty of *ahem* stories over the years about dove hunting at the local WMA's!
I was more or less curious about what the ol' game & fisheries (now called DWR) has done with the 100yd rifle range at Amelia WMA. I heard scuttlebutt that punks would show up, blast the place up, DGIF would fix it back up, punks would blast it all up again. Repeat... Repeat... Over the summer I went there to go fishing at the nice lake and floating fishing pier. While there I drove to the skeet range and rifle range. Everything was still there, all intact, big wooden pavilion and bench rest stations were still there. But what blew my mind, was looking out into the 100yd grassy rifle range. *NOTHING* No rebar frames w/ chicken wire, etc... like they came in with a bulldozer and leveled it all out smooth! I assume if you go there now, you're on your own, as there is nothing to use as a target and/or target holder! Wow...
Check out this image from earlier today before lunch. Look in the distance down along the rifle range. Nothing but grass now! There was a guy there, (DWR employee? Volunteer?) setting out trash bags, checking the bench rests, etc... I quickly snapped a photo from the parking lot and drove away. Hopefully people won't try to destroy it again...
I know it's Sept 1st and opening day Dove Season. I don't hunt doves and heard plenty of *ahem* stories over the years about dove hunting at the local WMA's!

I was more or less curious about what the ol' game & fisheries (now called DWR) has done with the 100yd rifle range at Amelia WMA. I heard scuttlebutt that punks would show up, blast the place up, DGIF would fix it back up, punks would blast it all up again. Repeat... Repeat... Over the summer I went there to go fishing at the nice lake and floating fishing pier. While there I drove to the skeet range and rifle range. Everything was still there, all intact, big wooden pavilion and bench rest stations were still there. But what blew my mind, was looking out into the 100yd grassy rifle range. *NOTHING* No rebar frames w/ chicken wire, etc... like they came in with a bulldozer and leveled it all out smooth! I assume if you go there now, you're on your own, as there is nothing to use as a target and/or target holder! Wow...
Check out this image from earlier today before lunch. Look in the distance down along the rifle range. Nothing but grass now! There was a guy there, (DWR employee? Volunteer?) setting out trash bags, checking the bench rests, etc... I quickly snapped a photo from the parking lot and drove away. Hopefully people won't try to destroy it again...
