North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

Outdoor Activities  >  Shooting Ranges  >  Wayne E. Smith Cold Mountain Shooting Range

The Wayne E. Smith/Cold Mountain Shooting Range is free. It is universally accessible. 
As of Aug. 30, 2018, the range features ADA-accessible sighting lanes with an ADA-accessible parking lot.

8252 Lake Logan Rd., Canton, N.C. 28716

GPS Coordinates:  -82 56.385, 35 22.841

Operating Hours:  9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and state holidays. 

Amenities Include:  100-yard rifle range with 5 shooting lanes. 

Contact:  
Ben Price  
ben.price@ncwildlife.org 
(828) 648-1500
 

Range Rules

Temporary Range Closings

Shooting
RangeSorted By Shooting<br>Range In Ascending Order		CountyClosure
Dates		Reason for
Closure
R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Shooting RangeCaswell Oct. 11-12, 2019Permit Hunts
R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Shooting RangeCaswell Nov. 7-9, 2019Permit Hunts
R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Shooting RangeCaswell Nov. 14-16, 2019Permit Hunts
R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Shooting RangeCaswell Nov. 28-30, 2019Permit Hunts
R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Shooting RangeCaswell Dec. 12-14, 2019Permit Hunts

Lead Reclamation Project

Lead reclamation from front.   Lead reclamation from overhead.

   

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.