r/canadaguns • u/coolwooley • Apr 13 '26

Misc Quick PSA for crown land shooters

With summer approaching, many of us are going to head out and start shooting on crown land again.

If you are going to your crown land spot, please clean up after yourselves. Don’t leave a mess behind.

Remember that it’s public land. We’re not the only ones who use it. The last thing we need is more complaints about the mess from shooters. That’s how no-shoot zones start.

You should always leave the spot in a better state than when you found it. Be respectful, and your shooting spot will stay open for longer.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

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u/BritBuc-1 Apr 14 '26

It just takes a bit of planning and consideration. Lay down a tarp as a base layer, setup your shooting stuff on top. It makes clean up a whole lot easier.

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u/TheSockington Apr 14 '26

Another trick is to get kitty litter scoops from the dollar store. It’ll pick 22s and you can shake the loose crap away a bit.

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u/HappyCan7250 Apr 14 '26

That's actually a really good idea. Never thought of that. Thank you. 

I am always very good about cleaning up after but it's a pain in the ass sometimes to get all the 22lr. A tarp or old sheet would make it much easier!

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u/TheSockington Apr 14 '26

I wish I could take credit, but the old guys at my range showed me that one. We have really fine gravel at the shooting line and it sucked trying to dig them out of essentially kitty litter.

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u/I_Automate Apr 14 '26

I brought one of those wheeled magnetic brooms machine shops use when I was shooting a lot of steel case.

Worked like a charm, especially if you are shooting something that likes to toss casings into the next time zone

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u/BritBuc-1 Apr 14 '26

When the rifle yeets the brass into the future 💀

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u/TheSockington Apr 14 '26

SKS with an angled roof above, lol. I’ve lived that joy

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u/escv_69420 Apr 14 '26

Hey, that's a great idea!