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Where
Can I Shoot on Public Lands & What are the
Rules?
Bureau of Land Management Public lands managed by the Bureau of Land
Management are open to shooting (and hunting),
unless otherwise designated. To ensure that
you are on public land, it is recommended that
you obtain a land status map, available from
the BLM online from the Arizona Public Lands
Information Center at www.publiclands.org, call 602.4177.9300
or e-mail az_plic@blm.gov.
Maps are also available from the Tucson Field
Office, 12661 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ, 520.258.7200.
Public room hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Shooting and possession and use of firearms
are allowed on public lands managed by the
Bureau of Land Management provided that the
specific shooting activity involved:
- Does not create a public hazard, public
nuisance or direct threat to public safety
and use. (Title 43 CFR Sec. 8365.1-4.)
- Does not damage or destroy natural features,
native plants, cultural resources, historic
structures or government and/or private property.
(Title 43 CFR Sec. 8365.1-5)
- Does not facilitate and create a condition
of littering, refuse accumulation and abandoned
personal property. (Title 43 CFR Sec. 8365.1-1)
- Does not violate an existing use restriction,
closure order or supplementary rules notice.
(Title 43 CFR Sec. 8365.1-6)
USDA Forest
Service - Coronado National Forest Shooting is allowed on National Forest System
Land providing,
- It does not create a public hazard or serve
as a direct threat to public safety.
- It does not damage or destroy natural features
such as plants, historic features or property.
- It does not create litter; refuse accumulation
and abandoned personal property.
- It does not violate an existing restriction
or closure.
Regulations for shooting on the National Forest
come from Code of Federal Regulations
36 CFR 261.10
d. Discharging a firearm or any other implement
capable of taking human life, causing injury,
or damaging property as follows:
- In or within 150 yards of a residence,
building, campsite, developed recreation
site or occupied area, or
- Across or on a National Forest System road
or a body of water adjacent thereto, or in
any manner or place whereby any person or
property is exposed to injury or damage as
a result in such discharge.
- Into or within any cave
Arizona Game and Fish Department Target shooting or any other type of shooting
not related to hunting is not permitted on
lands managed by the State of Arizona. Hunting
information is available online at www.gf.state.az.us.
Pima
County Natural Resources Parks & Recreation Pima County
Natural Resources Parks & Recreation
offers two public shooting ranges in the Tucson
area, the Southeast Regional Park Shooting
Facility and Tucson Mountain Park Shooting
Range, as well as the Virgil Ellis Shooting
Range near Ajo, Arizona.
Public shooting
is also allowed on wild land properties in
compliance with state statutes, unless otherwise
posted. Discharge of firearms is prohibited
at all parks. For more information contact
Pima County Natural Resources Parks & Recreation
at (520) 877-6000 or www.pima.gov/nrpr/index.htm or www.tucsonshooting.org.
Formal Shooting Venues For information on formal shooting venues
in Tucson, please visit the following websites:
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