Farragut Shooting Range scheduled to open May 4

The Farragut Shooting Range and archery course will open Friday, May 4 and will be open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. until November.

Located off Perimeter Road on the east side of Farragut State Park and approximately 1.5 miles north of the traffic circle on Highway 54 before entering the park, the range is managed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

It has been the recipient of several grants from the National Wild Turkey Federation, the NRA, and the state’s range improvement program for safety and facility upgrades.

A 3-D archery course was added in summer 2017 with archery targets purchased with grants from the National Wild Turkey Federation and NRA. Only target points can be used (no broadheads) on the new range, a standard practice for archery ranges.

In the next few years, lighting will be installed in the shooting bays.

An IDFG shooting range grant will provide funding to develop classroom space and flush toilets by next year in an effort to provide a facility for hunter education classes, gun safety, marksmanship training and organized shooting events.

The range provides handgun, small-bore rifle, high power rifle and shotgun shooting venues to accommodate a broad range of shooting sports interests.

The range can be reserved. The user fee for the range is $5 per person per day. Additional charges apply for reserved use.

All range activities are monitored and supervised by an NRA Certified or similarly credentialed Range Safety Officer (RSO). RSOs are there to educate and enforce the range rules.

For more information, contact Dave Leptich at the IDFG Regional Office at 208-769-1414 or the Farragut State Park Visitors Center at 208-683-2425.

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Information provided by Phil Cooper of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.