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We have 53 Arizona rifle, pistol and shotgun ranges listed
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Where can we Shoot in Arizona?

We have two options for where to shoot in Arizona,

Privately Owned or Club Operated Public Shooting Ranges

or

Open Public Land (where legal).

There are many privately owned or club run shoting ranges in Arizona. The benifits of an organized range are the safety, education and low environmental impact

    There are many privately owned or club run shooting ranges in Arizona. The benefits of an organized range are the safety, education and low environmental impact

New shooters would do best to visit a public range to learn how to shoot. Having the experience and patience of a safety officer is invaluable to a new shooter.

Public ranges collect the brass cases and contain the lead bullets in one area to result in a much lower impact on the environment. In fact most ranges recycle the brass left behind by shooters so shooting at a public range can actually help the shooting sports

Click here for a list of all Arizona Shooting Ranges

You might not know it but Arizona is only about 17.6 percent privately owned.

     You might not know it but Arizona is only about 17.6 percent privately owned.

More than a quarter of Arizona is owned by 21 Indian tribes

More than half of Arizona is held by the federal and state governments, administered through federal and state agencies

  • Bureau of Land Management
  • Arizona Game and Fish Department
  • U.S. Forest Service

Keep our public lands clean and available for the next guy. Pack out all your trash, police your brass, Don't shoot at clay birds in the desert.


Arizona Shooting Ranges

How to Shoot in Arizona

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:

  1. In or within 150 yards of a residence, building, campsite, developed recreation site or occupied area, or
  2. 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.
  3. 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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