Pike National Forest has long had a policy of no shooting except in their designated shooting areas in the months on June, July and August. Obviously this is very hard to enforce....and a rule that is broken very frequently by a lot of folks.

It is posted on signs in the forest as well a ticketable offense. Because of the amount of non-shooter recreational activity in the forest in those months they adopted that policy. The tickets would be for unlawful discharge as well as wreckless discharge...which by the way are federal charges...not state of local.

I know 1st hand as my buddy got ticketed on the Douglas/El Paso border about a mile off 67. It has taken him about 10 years to clear up enough to allow him to be able to buy a firearm again.....because it was a weapon violation...it makes it tough to pass the background check...they always put him on hold. He brings the court documents now to expedite things if he is buying a firearm.