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R. Wayne Bailey-Caswell Shooting Range
Caswell
11/23, 11/24, 11/25, 12/7, 12/8, 12/9
2023 NC Wildlife .22 Challenges Series
presented by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
February Challenge: Tannenbaum Challenge
Date: Starting 12-1-23 Ending 12-30-23
Time: Tuesday – Saturday, 9am - 3pm
Locations: John Lentz Hunter Education Complex
Rules
1. Participants may use any .22LR rifle of their choosing.
2. Front support (bipods, bags) and rear support (squeeze bag, mono pod) are permitted.
3. Lead sleds or vises are not permitted.
4. Participants must use targets and target stands provided by the range.
5. All range rules must be followed.
Challenge
Participants will shoot at 10 targets at 100 yards. The targets will be 40mm “ornaments”. Targets will only be shot once, and participants will be allowed 18 shots to hit all 10 targets. If there are more than 18 shots on the board, the participant will be disqualified and can try again another day.
How it works
Shooters may participate in the Tannenbaum challenge once per day until they complete it. If the shooter has completed the challenge successfully, and staff has verified the target, the shooter will be awarded a hat and a patch for the month’s challenge. Participants will also be allowed 1 attempt per day to complete previous months’ challenges they have missed. Hats will only be awarded once per year and only upon successful completion of your first challenge. All other awards will be in the form of monthly custom patches.
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The Commission’s shooting range program strives to implement best management practices that ensure exceptional environmental health and habitat conservation at our shooting ranges. Lead reclamation (or lead recovery) is one of best management practices that is implemented every six to eight years. Recovering lead on shooting ranges reduces the risk of ricochets, bullet fragmentation and lead mobilization in runoff. Once the bullets are removed from the berm soil using separation machinery, the lead is sent to a certified recycler to be smelted down and reused.
More than 15,000 pounds of lead was recovered and recycled from the Flintlock Shooting Range in Aug. 2019.