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 Is honey hole Oso/Darrington 1 any good? 
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Post Is honey hole Oso/Darrington 1 any good?
Hey guys,

Just moved to Washington a few months ago from Nevada and until now was SUPREMELY disappointed in the lack of open outdoor free shooting areas... that is until I found this site. It took 3 months of googling to find this place but I think it was well worth it. That map of shooting sites is THE BEST thing I have seen in months! Congrats to whomever put that together. Now... for my question. Has anyone been up to the Oso/Darrington 1 honey hole lately? I was hoping to find out if it was 1) still open, and 2) is it a good place for me to take my son to learn to shoot? I've been dying to take him out but wanted to make it a semi private father/son thing where we don't have to put up with a bunch of people in a range and probably some foul folks. A quiet place where we could spend some time and not feel rushed or him feel out of place. So, can anyone give me this info or any other useful info on this place? I'd really appreciate it.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:50 pm
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No, don't go.

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Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:56 pm
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Dang... that was a very definitive response. Is it closed or just not a good place for my kid?


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Sounds like Elk doesn't want to share....

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It's down right dangerous at times, I'd stay far away.

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Dang! That really sucks. Anyone else know of a similar place that might be good?


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I go up there sometimes. Just watch out for Garbage while up there!


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Post Re: Is honey hole Oso/Darrington 1 any good?
I got a pretty nasty email from Green Crow Corp regarding our map listing in Oso (he didn't mention WHICH listing). Went on a slight rant about it being private property and how their lawyers were going to get involved... yadda yadda.

I'll keep you guys apprised of the unfolding events. If in fact one of the listed locations IS on private property, it will be removed from our map.

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Yes, please. I was thinking of going up there alone first before dragging my kid up there. Don't want to get into any trouble.


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I did have a sheriff drive by while I was in the pit last week. I wasn't actively shooting as he passed (thank you electronic earmuffs), but he had to have heard/known I was in there. He didn't stop this time, but it does make me second guess going back... Personally I'd like to avoid a violation of some sort, and having firearms in the mix just adds a level of paranoia for me.

I'll stay tuned to hear what comes of the potential private property situation.


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I did have a sheriff drive by while I was in the pit last week. I wasn't actively shooting as he passed (thank you electronic earmuffs), but he had to have heard/known I was in there. He didn't stop this time, but it does make me second guess going back... Personally I'd like to avoid a violation of some sort, and having firearms in the mix just adds a level of paranoia for me.

I'll stay tuned to hear what comes of the potential private property situation.



Most times if a Deputy stops by where you are shooting, unless you are in a closed area, or just being an a-hole both in your shooting behavior or interaction with the Deputy, they're pretty cool. Most times they'll just tell you to move on after checking your information for a regular field contact report. If the area's not closed many times they'll just BS a while, admire your guns, and then go on with their patrol.

I've had the State DNR cop stop in while I've been shooting and BS about guns and stuff for an hour. Sometimes they just want to break the boredom of the back roads patrol.

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Here is the email that I received last night that I am following up on. I am choosing to leave the persons name out of it since he was a douche and I have already replied appropriately.

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I discovered that you have posted our company's property in the Oso area as a shooting area. THIS IS COMPLETELY AGAINST OUR POLICY. Green Crow Corporation has owned the property shown on your map since 1989 and we have NEVER ALLOWED TARGET SHOOTING on the property. We have a no trespassing letter filed with the Snohomish County Sheriffs Office which allows us to have violators arrested at any time for trespassing. Our watchman has to constantly stop people from shooting here and your people continuously tear down our signs and protest being told to leave. All of the neighbors in the surrounding area complain vigorously to us about the constant noise on the weekends and our company has had to spend a great deal of money picking up broken glass, shell casings, targets, metal, etc. YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM OUR ATTORNEY ABOUT GETTING THIS MAP OFF OF YOUR SITE IMMEDIATELY

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That guy can go eat a bag of Dicks.... And choke on them.

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Aaaaaannnddd.. His response:

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I find it incredible that our company needs to "verify" that we own property that other people are trespassing upon. Ok jerk, look it up on the county assessors records yourself. Our company is the LEGAL OWNER, TAX PAYING, ETC. FEE SIMPLE OWNER ON THE FOLLOWING PARCELS DENOTED ON YOUR F#*king little map as the Honey Hole 1 and Honey Hole 2. There are also no open public lands in this area managed by the either the county, state, or federal. Our fee ownership along the Lake Cavenaugh road is as follows:

Parcel # 32070500100200
Parcel # 32070600100100
Parcel # 32070700100100
Parcel # 32070700100200
Parcel # 32070700100400
Parcel # 32070700300200
Parcel # 32070800102100
Parcel # 32070800200100

If you can read a real map you will discover that we own almost all of the property along the road for almost 2.0 miles. Then after a person leaves our property you are on Department of Natural Resources land that is off limits to shooting and trespassing as well.

I will be contacting as many other commercial forest land owners, the sheriffs office, and state agencies that manage forest land about your reckless rouge website that provides irresponsible information to the general public.

Mark Gallison
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aaaand. my response:

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Mr. Gallison,

I never asked you to prove you owned the property, but merely verify which location on our map was the one you owned, so we could remove it from the map. I am not going to stoop to your level of immaturity when it comes to communications but I will tell you this, and I hope you can listen and comprehend on a legal level. Threatening to slander or libel us will, as shown in your writing below, will not exactly bode well in your defense.

As I explained in my previous email, the locations listed are populated via the internet and word of mouth. Your anger directed at us for having that information on our map is about is about as childish as threatening to sue Google for locating a McDonalds that has since gone out of business.

On a personal note, I am concerned about your apparent anger issue when it comes to attempting professional and legal communications on behalf of the company you are employed with. On the level of honest communication, I have CC’d some managers and the President of your company in hopes that the threats to cause our online community harm will cease and desist. An apology would be nice, yet not expected.

I will remove the two shooting locations, as asked, this afternoon.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions or concerns.


So, I am going to verify the parcels with the locations on the maps. If it turns out that it IS privately owned property I will remove it... or maybe just leave them there with a note that this WAS a shooting area and the private property owners do not like us.... Have not decided.

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