An unfortunate circumstance

[u/Florida_Man42069]

I went to one of my favourite shooting spots yesterday and was sad to see the sheer amount of garbage left at the spot. There were literally thousands of shells on the ground. There was a car door in the field riddled with bullet holes, wooden and paper targets left in the field and endless brass. I know the vast majority of people on this subreddit are the people who clean up their brass at the end of their session, but please next time you go out shooting bring a garbage bag. Me and my friend only shot about 30 shells and a 150 .22 rounds, but I took home probably 500 shells in a garbage bag and that didn’t even cover 1/10 of the place. There is a spot nearby here that was shut down recently due to unsafe firearms use, and people leaving garbage behind. I have only been shooting for about a year and a half and I would hate to see my hobby go down the drain because people don’t want to take 10 minutes to clean up. About 45 minutes before we left, 2 other people came to our spot to shoot and saw that we were cleaning up other people’s shells. One guy thanked us and said it’s a good thing we were doing that. We already have a government who wants to target our hobby, don’t give them a reason to do so.

[u/Imaginary-Leading-49]

I stopped shooting with people that litter tons, it’s one thing if a shell launches into the bushes and you can’t find it… but this is ridiculous!

I always bring in more than I bring out, we all meed to do this unfortunately and we also need to call out idiots!

[u/rofl3030 → u/Imaginary-Leading-49]

Same here, I went shooting with a buddy once, he was appalled I was cleaning up my brass after a box or two. Literally after a couple hours he packed his guns up and left, well I was shooting, he left all his targets. All his brass. After cleaning up after him I told myself I would never go shooting with him again. Once in a while he reaches to asking if I want to go shooting and show him a new spot (cause his will be closed for littering)

But it took me a while to realize as well that he is the most entitled person I have ever met, so it does not surprise me that he just expects others to clean up after him.