UPDATE: Ghost PLUZ Cleanup Day

[u/Florida_Man42069]

Yesterday, I made a post about my experience at Ghost PLUZ earlier this week. The place was an absolute mess, and I was disgusted to say the least. I posted about how bad the place had gotten and asked if anyone in the Calgary area would like to volunteer to clean up the area, to help keep our spots open and available. I was pleasantly surprised to see the sheer volume of amazing people, willing to volunteer their labour to help clean up.

As a personal side note, I am 21 years old and have only gotten into shooting recently. I was 19 when I bought my first real gun, and since then I have had a ton of fun exploring this hobby. My immediate family doesn’t hunt or shoot, so I’m the first in my household to get into guns. This hobby has the most amazing and respectful community. Almost everyone I have met on public land while shooting, has been a friend to me. They are kind, respectful and eager to welcome the younger generation into this sport. However, day after day, I see our hobby become more of a political scapegoat. I see higher ups in the government, blatantly lying about their actions and intentions, targeting the most law abiding citizens in Canada. This, combined with the horrendous state of public land I witnessed, makes me very fearful for the future of our hobby.

If you are passionate about sport-shooting, hunting or other activities, and want to keep this hobby available to you and future generations, it would be greatly appreciated for you to join us.

If you live in or around the Calgary area, and want to do your part, please comment/upvote a day when you are available. If we can even get a few people out here, it would make a huge difference.

EDIT: How would Saturday, May 23rd work for everyone? Let me know in the comments :)

[u/ActCompetitive1171]

Just out of curiosity what is being used as a backstop here?

[u/Murray3-Dvideos → u/ActCompetitive1171]

Vegetation literally. Shooters that use these high traffic spots dont care about the mess, why would they care about backstops....

[u/Mirin_Gains → u/Murray3-Dvideos]

The ground slopes upwards. You hit dirt at ~200m. Yes low effort. But when I make high effort my shit gets trashed by OHVs so I just imagine all the PLUZ being shut because there is no enforcement of anyone or anything.

I picked up a garbage bag full at another secret camp spot I frequent yesterday.

[u/Murray3-Dvideos → u/Mirin_Gains]

If your shooting were OHVs are a consideration, then your already breaking the law as its Illegal to discharge a firearm in a non hunting scenario within 400m of a Provincal Trail.

[u/Mirin_Gains → u/Murray3-Dvideos]

Read between the lines... These areas are closed to OHVs since 2014. It doesn't stop them.

[u/Murray3-Dvideos → u/Mirin_Gains]

Then the OHVs are breaking the law.

[u/Mirin_Gains → u/Murray3-Dvideos]

Sure, but with the 400m rule you also observed it leaves for few areas now. So much that I have given up really in Southern Alberta.

CDTSA is nice, but no ringing steel at 100m and only 1 guest 1 shooter leaves some things wanting.

Anyway. With the increase in the CoC population it feels inevitable with our lackluster F&W department. I would gladly pay a crown target fee and truck 4x4 fee to go into rehab and cleanup but they aren't interested.

[u/Murray3-Dvideos → u/Mirin_Gains]

It leaves plenty, u just need to explore North of 579. High effort is driving that far, then another 30min further and carrying your steel targets and kit a few hundred meters off the road into clear cut so gnarly that basically the only vehicle capable of traversing it is a snowmobile on 5ft of snow haha.

[u/Mirin_Gains → u/Murray3-Dvideos]

Yea you're right. I just need to make everything full day events again barring long overland trips.