Hunter Sight-In Days
@ Weeping Water Gun Club
Hunter Sight-In
Days
@ Weeping Water Gun Club
A $5.00 fee will be charged for those attending for the specific purpose of hunter sight-in activities in which participants utilize hunter sight-in targets and framework. The fee includes the necessary targets. We start putting the gear away at 4:00PM-shooting stops at that time.
Hunter sight-in activities held on these dates will be done under open-range conditions. A small segment of the range will be restricted to hunter sight-in activities so that Club members who may wish to use the Outdoor Shooting Park for other normal shooting activities will be able to do so, so long as these activities do not conflict with the Hunter Sight-In program. However, all shooters will be changed a $5.00 fee per gun if they use the Hunter Sight-In portion of the range.
Again, targets are included in the fee.
The Range Officer for these dates is Duane Haugen who can be reached at (402) 618-3005. Call me if you have any questions or would like more information.
Bring a friend or two!
Duane Haugen
Targets are set at 25, 50, 100 & 200 yards.
Each target array is color coded to assist the shooter and the spotter.
Shooting benches, spotting scopes, sand bags and spotter targets are provided.
Push pins are used by the spotter to mark shots on the target.
Each shooting position is provided with a small placard to assist the shooter and spotter
in selecting targets.
Helpful Hints
Firearms should be brought to the range
cased, unloaded and with the safety ON.
Also, make sure the headstamp on the
cartridges match the caliber stamped on the barrel of the firearm.
Start @ 25 yards
If you have a new firearm or have done
any work with the sighting system, even if it has been bore sighted, you will save time by
firing it at 25 first.
All firearms will be safety checked and
a release form signed by each shooter at the check in table.
Recycle your empties:
If you do not reload and do not need your fired cartridge cases, bring them to the check in table for recycling.
STAND AWAY – DON’T TOUCH
Any uncased firearms must remain
benched & may not be handled when anyone is down range “forward of the firing
line”
SINGLE LOAD PLEASE
Only load one round at a time in your firearm while shooting.
A quirk in Nebraska Game Laws pertaining to the .357 Magnum:
Most shooters coming to hunter sight in are looking forward to the
big game season either in Nebraska or out of state.
On medium to small thin skinned big game the general recommendation
is to use a caliber that will deliver 1000 pound feet of energy at the range you plan to
shoot the game.
Nebraska requires 900 pound feet at 100 yards for Deer and Antelope
for rifle hunters; the requirements for Big Horn and Elk are different.
Pistol shooters are permitted to harvest Deer & Antelope with
handguns producing 400 pound feet of energy at 50 yards.
Most good 357 loads from a long barreled handgun will meet the pistol requirements, However—It is not possible to load a 357 carbine or rifle to product the required 900 pound feet a 100 yards as required by Nebraska’s Big Game Rifle specifications.