etiquette - sighting in a rifle

[Ryan 09]

Hello everyone. I hope your hunts are going well.
I realize this past weekend that my rifle need to be sighted in. The only range near me that allows non members to use their ranges only allows hunter sight in on the 50 yard range. i would like to sight in for 200 yards. Would it be appropriate for me to go to crown land and do it? There is a moose season happening now until sunday and i was thinking of going up on saturday. I don't want to ruin anybody's hunt. this WMU 47.

[finsfurfeathers]

Guess only you can answer that question. If you are going to sight in your rifle where you intend to use it I'd say less of an issue. If you are not sighting in your rifle at the place you're going to hunt because you don't want to disturb the area than you have your answer. Not only moose but you'll have uplanders and other general use people out there so have too consider that too. In the end as long as you have a safe location with a proper back stop a shot or two won't matter however a box or two will irk anyone.

[Sam Menard]

Depends if there are people around. Less likely to bother people if you do it at midday.

[gbk]

You can properly sight in your rifle at 50 yards.
Actually-if you are zero at 25-you will be zero at 200(with most calibers and rifles).
At 50 yards you just need to verify the "drop"(rise actually at that range)and if you group very well at 50 y-you should be good enough out to 200y.

It sounds more like bullet selection and practice if you must shoot out to 200 y.

This method is not preferred, but doable.

[sabmgb]

I have never really worried about the noise as I would sight in rifle at cousins farm field across the road from the area I'd be hunting. If you are actually sighting in rifle in the bush all the reasons mention above come into play, safety being the number one concern. I personally would never start target practice shooting into a bush.

[Ryan 09]

Thanks for the replies. I think I will go to the range. I've used the 50 yard range to sight in before. Really, I think I was just looking for an excuse to give the wife to let me go up. Again.

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

I'm pretty lucky because I can sight in at my daughter's farm when the cops come off. The range is out to 500 yards...

[overyonder]

Some Crown land might not actually be crown land. For example there is some land around Ottawa but some of it isn't actually crown land. Marlborough Forest over by Kemptville is actually considered Ottawa and they actually don't allow target shooting , you can hunt but not target hunt. There is some land around here that is crown.

[Found]

I have had deer come in right after a shot or when field dressing a deer. At least once there were deer on range that made us stop shooting until they left. As long as no one is in the area go for it, deer also love the sound of chainsaws.