Stennis buffer zone Saturday Feb. 25

[Sks985]

Would anyone be interested in meeting up, doing some shooting and cleaning up the buffer zone on the 25th this month? It is sad how dirty it has gotten in the past few months, if everyone took one bag of trash on their way out it would go a long way.

 

[ryan]

ya'll keep posting about this place it will get shut down.....

 

[Sks985]

ya'll keep posting about this place it will get shut down.....

How would posting about cleaning it up get it shut down?

 

[ryan]

How would posting about cleaning it up get it shut down?

the same way the first one out there got shut down....... your new to the forum, do your research.

 

[Sks985]

Moderators feel free to take down this thread if it is going to have adverse effects.

 

[MyTFAL]

The first rule of FIGHT CLUB.........................

 

[my-rifle]

the same way the first one out there got shut down....... your new to the forum, do your research.

Hi Ryan. The Hancock County Sheriff did push up a berm at the 100 yard mark, and we've been told explicitly that it's OK to shoot there, so other than a lot of trash piling up there I can't think of why they'd shut it down. They shut down the old range, so they could use it for the sheriff's office personnel. Unfortunately the worst trash out there is too big to take out with a trash bag.

By the way I was out there today. That damned stinking refrigerator is still there, and there's standing water in front of the berm, but other than that and the fact that my two 7mm Mausers couldn't even get all their rounds on a sheet of paper at 25 yards it was nice out there.

 

[Jack]

Do you need any paperwork or anything to get out there? Wasn't sure if you needed a hunting/fishing licence. Also, can someone get me a google earth picture, or a map or something. I have NO clue how to drive out there. This wouldn't be truck required would it? I've got a mazda 3 that doesn't have much ground clearance at all.

 

[IfItFliesItDies]

Time permitting I may come by with some Yankee friends. I we do show up feel free to scare the **** out of them.

 

[my-rifle]

Time permitting I may come by with some Yankee friends. I we do show up feel free to scare the **** out of them.

How about, "C'mon pard. Hold my beer. I want to try something."

 

[my-rifle]

Do you need any paperwork or anything to get out there? Wasn't sure if you needed a hunting/fishing licence. Also, can someone get me a google earth picture, or a map or something. I have NO clue how to drive out there. This wouldn't be truck required would it? I've got a mazda 3 that doesn't have much ground clearance at all.

No paperwork required. As for the off-road truck, I drive a 16-year-old Mazda 626 that runs fine out there. Lately the borrow trucks have been running, and they've torn up the main road pretty badly, but they fill all their holes. It's just soft sand that you sink into a few inches when you drive though it. Nothing bad. Frankly I recommend everyone who goes out there skip the first turn off hwy 604, and go to the second. It's a paved road that goes back about a mile to a right turn onto another paved or gravel road that goes straight to the range/pit. The road's got a few holes, so drive carefully, but all in all it's smoother than the one the trucks are using.

 

[Sks985]

Do you need any paperwork or anything to get out there? Wasn't sure if you needed a hunting/fishing licence. Also, can someone get me a google earth picture, or a map or something. I have NO clue how to drive out there. This wouldn't be truck required would it? I've got a mazda 3 that doesn't have much ground clearance at all.

 

[Jack]

Cool, I'll have to see if I'm working that saturday or not. I've got a few new toys I want to try out

 

[Trey@IG]

the gun show in slidell at the harbor center is that weekend too btw. i'd go and help yall but i'll be in belle chasse doin my weekend warrior thang

 

[Rakkasan]

Hey Rifle. Let me know next time you head out there. It's spippin from the AKfiles. I found this post while googling the location of the range. I did'nt even know it was there. LOL. I used to go to honey island but hate all the red tape. So havent been in years.
Shannon

 

[Unspecified]

Can anyone PM me how to get there I am new to the area

 

[Bosco]

Can anyone PM me how to get there I am new to the area

There's a sticky thread in the shooting range forum about this place - http://www.bayoushooter.com/forums/showthread.php?2949-Buffer-Zone-Suggestion-Thread-**-Official/page9

It's pretty easy to find. Just get off the interstate at the Mississippi welcome center exit, head down 607 until you see 604 on your right. Turn on 604 and go to the 2nd road on the right (the 1st road is unpaved and tore up, the 2nd road is further away but paved). Turn down the 2nd road and when you get to the first set of crossroads turn right. You'll stay on a paved road for a half a mile or so then it turns into a rock road. You'll see a field on your left and a small pond on your right. The pit is right after the pond as shown on the google map picture above (the one labeled NEW? 3)

Here's a direct link to google maps: http://maps.google.com/?ll=30.298945,-89.603505&spn=0.036127,0.066047&t=h&z=15

Here's my mspaint version of directions (click it to make it bigger not sure why it shrinks them and doesn't give you the option to unshrink them sometimes)


You can get a pretty good bird eye view of it using bing - http://binged.it/HGvQs9

 

[Unspecified]

Thank you Bosco