That_FNG
.308 Win
Alabama swamps closed, no more shooting
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Birds have more rights! Unreal!
GOYABEAN
.950 JDJ
Birds are racist 
That_FNG
.308 Win
So here’s a question, if you went to the swamps and did target shooting there after February first, would you receive a greater penalty for doing so than if you committed armed robbery in nyc using a gun? Since armed robbery is now treated as a misdemeanor.
dwa12479
.338 Win Mag
Never shot there, but from several guys I know that have, it sounds like there was some dickheads that would regularly trash the place and leave their mess. Old shot up appliances, broken glass, and other assorted trash.
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
lead abatement activities .. wonder how much that will cost .. and will it spread more lead around the area while trying to clean it up .. LOL .
but hunting still allowed .. poor birds .. have to hear gun blasts ..
but hunting still allowed .. poor birds .. have to hear gun blasts ..
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
there is a state land place here kids like to party at and leave a mess .. yrs ago my GF and I flagged down a DEC officer and wanted to have the gate there opened so we could pull the pop up camper in the area and spend a week camping and clean up the area up .. fix the fire pits ..
nope we cant allow that . .. so FKOFF DEC ..
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
Good news, everyone!!!
DEC..."is exploring additional options to provide safe and ecologically sound target shooting at alternative locations throughout the state."
DEC..."is exploring additional options to provide safe and ecologically sound target shooting at alternative locations throughout the state."
I used to go there every once in a while before I joined a club. It was always a shit-hole, and you had to watch what others were doing. I saw people shoot while others were down range a bunch of times. The last time I was there I had backed my pichup truck down to the berm and was filling it up with all the trash that others had left there. Bowling balls, television sets, pots and pans, cans, bottles, all kinds of shit. As I was doing this a NYSP Boyscout stopped and told me I had toget my vehicle back on the road or he was going to arrest me. He clearly saw what I was doing, but didn't care. No good deed goes unpunished, so before I moved the truck I pushed all the shit back out of the bed. Never went back there.
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
same feelings when i was told i cant camp for a week with popup and clean up a area .. fkthem ..
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northny
.40 S&W
So I have to ask. What does this have to do with Alabama?
livingston
20×102mm Vulcan
Alabama, NY 14013
Alabama is a town in Genesee County, New York, United States. The town is in the northwestern part of the county. New York State Routes 63 and 77 intersect in the town. The population was 1,869 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the state of Alabama.Wikipedia
livingston
20×102mm Vulcan
The primary purposes of Oak Orchard and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are to provide wildlife habitat and wildlife-dependent recreation. Tonawanda and Oak Orchard WMAs are part of a 19,000-acre state and federal habitat complex that also includes the 11,000-acre Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) (leaves DEC website). These two WMAs are composed primarily of wetland habitat, but also include upland forest, shrubland, and grassland habitats.
The 5,600-acre Tonawanda WMA is the westernmost of the two State waterfowl areas. The 2,500-acre Oak Orchard WMA is located east of the Iroquois NWR in a historic wetland, the "Oak Orchard Swamp," created by a natural barrier across Oak Orchard Creek. This restriction is an outcropping of dolomitic limestone located at Shelby Center that resisted the cutting action of the creek and created a huge wetland upstream.
The Tonawanda area is located in the Tonawanda Creek flood plain situated to the southwest of the Oak Orchard Swamp. Historically, spring flooding by Oak Orchard and Tonawanda Creeks provided temporary water areas for migrating waterfowl, but by late spring water levels would drop, leaving only scant nesting habitat. After the WMAs were acquired, water levels were stabilized by constructing several miles of dike and more than 60 water level control structures. To date, approximately 3,000 acres of permanent marsh have been developed which is used extensively by waterfowl for nesting and as a resting and feeding area during the spring and fall migrations.
www.dec.ny.gov
The 5,600-acre Tonawanda WMA is the westernmost of the two State waterfowl areas. The 2,500-acre Oak Orchard WMA is located east of the Iroquois NWR in a historic wetland, the "Oak Orchard Swamp," created by a natural barrier across Oak Orchard Creek. This restriction is an outcropping of dolomitic limestone located at Shelby Center that resisted the cutting action of the creek and created a huge wetland upstream.
The Tonawanda area is located in the Tonawanda Creek flood plain situated to the southwest of the Oak Orchard Swamp. Historically, spring flooding by Oak Orchard and Tonawanda Creeks provided temporary water areas for migrating waterfowl, but by late spring water levels would drop, leaving only scant nesting habitat. After the WMAs were acquired, water levels were stabilized by constructing several miles of dike and more than 60 water level control structures. To date, approximately 3,000 acres of permanent marsh have been developed which is used extensively by waterfowl for nesting and as a resting and feeding area during the spring and fall migrations.
Oak Orchard And Tonawanda Wildlife Management Areas
The primary purposes of Oak Orchard and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are to provide wildlife habitat and wildlife-dependent recreation.
holdover
.475 A&M Magnum
It was free, and a I met a lot decent people there, because I was always willing to share my lane , I got to shoot a lot of cool guns too.
Now I have to find somewhere to shoot.
Now I have to find somewhere to shoot.
Sucks it closed, but I haven't gone there in a long while. People are way too disrespectful of the land there IMO. So much garbage from people not cleaning up after themselves. Can't help but feel that was a part of it too.
This was it looking clean (from google maps):
This was it looking clean (from google maps):
holdover
.475 A&M Magnum
Lots of young kids,