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Shooters should show consideration for others waiting for an open bench. It is common, especially leading up to the bear and deer seasons, to find an adult teaching a youngster how to shoot, or to find someone having difficulty sighting-in a rifle. Please be patient in such circumstances, and if it seems appropriate, offer assistance. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by someone 18 or older.

The Game Commission has completed lead remediation and safety upgrade projects at all public shooting ranges. Routine maintenance, including rebuilding target-line stations, cutting grass and other clean-up activities, often required the closure of ranges for several hours every month. More than $200,000 is spent annually on shooting range maintenance. To help keep costs down, and allow these funds to be diverted to other projects and programs, users should:

1. Avoid shooting up the framework used to hold the backstop material and
2. Clean up spent cases, remove targets from backstops, keep shooting benches clean and dispose of all other litter.

Groups may reserve ranges from January 1 through October 1 by calling the Region Office at least 20 days in advance. The range is closed to other individuals when it is reserved.

Scotia Range 
Scotia Range is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. A clay target range and two auxiliary target ranges are located outside the fence and are not restricted to operating hours. Please call the Northcentral Region Office at 570-398-4744 to inquire about extended hours from April through November: Monday through Thursday 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Friday through Sunday 10:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.

The road to access Scotia Range—Range Road—has two entrances and is not a through road. There is a gate on Range Road in front of the range that is open 2 weeks before and through hunting seasons (from the beginning of archery deer season to the end of the extended deer seasons in January plus Spring Gobbler season). Outside of hunting seasons and operational hours, the gate on Range Road is closed. During this time, to access the two auxiliary ranges by vehicle, enter Range Road from the North (Greys Woods) side, and, to access the clay target range, enter Range Road from the South (Gatesburg) side. If you happen to enter Range Road from the side of the gate opposite your range of choice, you will have to walk approximately 100 yards from the gate to the range.

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