Section 30-04-02-05 - FirearmsUse of firearms on wildlife management areas is allowed, except in a reckless and indiscriminate manner, and as otherwise posted at public road entry points. A person discharging a firearm on a department-designated target range shall not be considered to be engaging in indiscriminate shooting if conducted in accordance to the below rules specified for wildlife management area rifle/handgun shooting ranges and wildlife management area shotgun shooting ranges. The use of tracer rounds or exploding targets, or both, is prohibited on all wildlife management areas.
Wildlife management area rifle/handgun range rules:
1. Range hours are from sunrise to sunset.2. Shooting permitted only from established benches to designated target stands.3. No firearms may be handled when the range has been declared "clear" and people are down range. When any person is down range, all firearms must have the muzzle pointed down range, action open, ejection port or cylinder up, and magazine removed.4. Exploding targets are prohibited. Only paper or cardboard targets are permitted.5. Tracer, armor piercing, and steel core ammunition is prohibited.6. Persons destroying target posts or other property are liable for replacement or costs associated with replacement.7. Only handheld or shoulder-fired firearms are permitted.8. Fully automatic firearms are prohibited.9. Centerfire rifles .50 caliber or larger are prohibited. Wildlife management area shotgun range rules:1. Range hours are from sunrise to sunset.2. Only use of shotguns is permitted on a shotgun range. Handgun and rifle use is prohibited on a shotgun range.3. Use of buckshot or slugs is prohibited.4. Only commercially manufactured clay targets may be used.5. All spent shells and other materials must be placed in the trash receptacles or taken away from the range by the range user.N.D. Admin Code 30-04-02-05
Amended effective April 1, 1986; April 1, 2006; January 1, 2014.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2017-366, October 2017, effective 10/1/2017.General Authority: NDCC 20.1-11-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 20.1-11-05