• Important Shooting Range Updates!
Save the date for the 2013 Demonstration Days for Mentored Youth. This free event will give young hunters a chance to try a variety of firearms and archery equipment and get fitted with help from range officers and hunter education instructors. Staff members will be available between 4-8 p.m. on August 6 at Pontiac Lake, August 7 at Ortonville, August 13 at Sharonville, and August 14 at Rose Lake.

In partnership with Action Target and MGM Targets, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has announced a new Steel Target Grant Program to provide support for shooting ranges that plan to begin or expand Ruger Rimfire Challenge target-shooting events. A total of 26 steel target grant packages worth $30,000 are available. Qualifying ranges must host public Ruger Rimfire Challenge events. Range managers interested in applying for a steel target grant should visit the Steel Target Grant Program website.

Governor Rick Snyder signed House Bill 5322 on October 16, 2012, which allows citizens to carry unloaded, uncased firearms at sporting clays ranges. The previous law disrupted the flow of events because shooters had to case their guns between shooting stations. Public Act 340 of 2012 takes immediate effect.

There are new accessible shooting stations and pathways at 10, 25, 50, 100, and 200 yards at the Ortonville shooting range in Lapeer County. This project was funded from a combination of sources including federal Pittman-Robertson and state restricted funds (shooting range program income). See photos of the Ortonville shooting range improvements.

Learn about the DNR handgun ranges

Dansville Shooting Range update

• Bald Mountain Shooting Range

• Island Lake Shooting Range

• Ortonville Shooting Range

• Pontiac Lake Shooting Range

• Rose Lake Shooting Range

• Sharonville Shooting Range

• Map of Shooting Ranges

• What are the Shotgun Sports? For descriptions of the various shotgun sports (Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, 5-Stand, and Crazy Quail) follow the link above.

View a demonstration of a sporting clay shoot.

• Bald Mountain/Island Lake Shooting Range Instructor Featured in National Magazine World-class shooter and All-American sporting clays competitor Pat Lieske - who operates the Bald Mountain and Island Lake shooting ranges and offers shooting instruction at the ranges - was featured in the March 2013 issue of Sporting Clays magazine. Lieske finished in second place overall for the silver medal at the 2012 World Sporting Clays Championship. Follow the link above to the Sporting Clays article, or visit www.mishoot.com to learn more about shooting instruction at Bald Mountain and Island Lake.

• DNR Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW)

• DNR Hunter Education Classes

• International Hunter Education Association

• Mi-HUNT

• Purchase Hunting and Fishing Licenses

• 2010 Michigan Shooting Range Survey Results 

• 4-H Shooting Sports in Michigan

• DNR Archery in the Schools

• DNR Everything Crossbow

• DNR Explore Bowhunting

• DNR Recreational Archery Program

• Firearm Safety Videos

• International Shooting Sports Federation

• Long Distance Shooting Ranges 

• Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation

• Short Distance Shooting Ranges 

• USA Shooting

• DEQ BMPs (Best Management Practices) for Active Shooting Ranges 

• EPA BMPs for Outdoor Shooting Ranges

• Generally Accepted Operation Practices for Sport Shooting Ranges 

• NRA Shooting Range

• National Shooting Sports Foundation