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New Shooting Range

NMDGF Department Updates, Editions: Recent, Vol 61 #1 – Winter 2018

The department recently opened the Tres Piedras Primitive Shooting Range located 3 ½ miles west of Tres Piedras on commissioned-owned property. The Tres Piedras Wildlife Management Area is approximately 3,200 acres purchased in 1940 to provide a restoration area for sage grouse and pronghorn.

The department developed a 200-yard, 10 firing-point range on the property to provide area hunters and out-of-state hunters a place to sight-in their rifles before they venture out into the field. The range is open seven days a week from dawn to dusk. It is unmanned; therefore, shooters must coordinate with each other.

Directions

For directions to Tres Piedras Primitive Shooting Range, visit: www.wildlife.state.nm.us/
recreation/shooting-ranges/.

Image: Shooting range rules.

About NMDGF

It is the mission of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish to conserve, regulate, propagate and protect the wildlife and fish within the State of New Mexico, using a flexible management system that ensures sustainable use for public food supply, recreation and safety—and to provide for off-highway motor vehicle recreation that recognizes cultural, historic and resource values while ensuring public safety.