The petition has been re-opened. I have been promoting this petition on FB and I am thankful to all of the people who have signed. However, some of the NY FB hunter groups have memberships in the 10's of thousands, but only a couple of hundred signed. So I am asking for support from the members of this forum. It seems that gun owners today are losing interest in protecting their rights and their sport? This petition is to support and promote target shooting on public land for all gun owners. It doesn't matter where you live or if you will ever even use this target range. What we are trying to do is protect the rights of gun owners to continue using public wilderness land that has always been available to us. If the NY DEC turns this area into a bicycle park it will not only affect the target range, it will put hunting in the entire wilderness area into question for obvious safety reasons. Who wants to be deer hunting and have a bunch of mountain bikers go zipping by you ever 5 minutes? I have nothing against mountain biking. I just think it should not be mixed into the same area that traditionally has been used for hunting. There are many state parks in NY that do not allow any form of hunting at all. Those are the places that the DEC should be looking at to create bike trails. That's my two cents. Thanks for listening. Sign the Petition
Petition to keep Vernooy Kill open for target shooting
- Thread starter pramaglia
- Start date
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
I'll do what I can.
Carlos Hathcock
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Done
oc shooter
.223 Rem
done
Steal2B
.700 Nitro Express
Done
GUNSICK
6.5 Creedmoor
Somebody is going to have to Clive Bundy that fucking place before they let you shoot there again.
I DON'T AND WON'T DO FACEBOOK. SORRY ABOUT YOUR PETITION.
poldo
22lr
James Sullivan ( a member of this forum) is working this petition. On Feb 22 he said.
FEB 22, 2019 —
I am sending the petition to NYS DEC Commissioner, NYS DEC Lands and Forest in Albany and Senator Jen Metzger. Thank you very much for everyone help. I will keep this petition open.
Wraith
.45 acp
Signed and donated.
poldo
22lr
Thank you
JamesS17
.38 Special
Hi,
I would like to update everyone on the shooting range at the Vernooy Kill State Forest. According to the updated UMP they might be relocating the shooting range.
-James Sullivan
Steward
I would like to update everyone on the shooting range at the Vernooy Kill State Forest. According to the updated UMP they might be relocating the shooting range.
-James Sullivan
Steward
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
Did they finalize the new UMP, or is that in the proposed UMP?
JamesS17
.38 Special
Sundown Wild Forest UMP was signed and approved on 10/8/2019
From UMP
RESPONSE: There are no formally recognized recreational shooting ranges on DEC State Forest lands and the Department may close specific locations or properties to target shooting due to natural resource impacts, over use and safety considerations. In this case the Department has concluded that informal target shooting in this location will conflict with our goal of improving public access to Vernooy Kill State Forest, and thus the Department will prohibit this activity in the immediate area prior to development of the parking lot and trail. Target shooting will still be allowed on the rest of Vernooy Kill State Forest outside of the Cutler road parking area.
From UMP
RESPONSE: There are no formally recognized recreational shooting ranges on DEC State Forest lands and the Department may close specific locations or properties to target shooting due to natural resource impacts, over use and safety considerations. In this case the Department has concluded that informal target shooting in this location will conflict with our goal of improving public access to Vernooy Kill State Forest, and thus the Department will prohibit this activity in the immediate area prior to development of the parking lot and trail. Target shooting will still be allowed on the rest of Vernooy Kill State Forest outside of the Cutler road parking area.