Recreational Shooting Complex
Adjacent to Range,
23 Alpha off California Ave.
337-531-6591/5350 
 
Mon. - Tues. CLOSED,
Wed. - Fri. 1100 - 1700
Sat. - Sun. 1000 - 1700 

Transporting Firearms on Fort Polk

 

            Hunters and marksmen not assigned to Fort Polk are welcome to use the Wildlife Management area and Recreational Shooting Complex if they follow a few basic guidelines. These rules are designed to make access to available leisure activities more convenient, while assuring the safety of the post population and its visitors.

            In accordance with JRTC and Fort Polk Regulation 190-3, unloaded firearms must be separated from ammunition and will not be easily accessible to the driver or occupants. The weapon must be in the trunk of a car, in a truck tool box, camper, or bed.  The ammunition must be in a separate location.


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Shooting and Archery On Target at Fort Polk

                Until last year, Fort Polk's Recreational Shooting Range had been a consistent underachiever for over a decade. With the departure of the 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) in the mid-1990s, the post witnessed a loss of over half of its active duty population. The range went into a slide: it was not a stand-alone Rod and Gun operation, and offered no memberships, user group activities, sporting goods sales and other staples of operation. Volunteer hours had vanished. Moreover, it was plagued by hit-and-miss operating hours due to new mission operations downrange.

                That was then. But last August, about 150 archers and .22 marksmen gathered at the biggest event of the year, featuring a 3D archery match and the "Top Gun" .22 rifle shoot. Prizes included firearms, gun cases, scopes, binoculars and other sporting goods courtesy of commercial sponsors, who also provided free hot dogs, sodas and chips. The event was covered live on local radio in promotional announcements.

                What happened?

            Turns out the range had a lot going for it, if only one looked hard--nd deeply--enough. A fact-finding MWR panel and user group got the ball rolling, and today the renamed "MWR Shooting Complex" offers the gamut of shooting sports Wednesday through Sunday, with a full calendar of special events.                  

                 "It's a classic ,if we build it, will they come?'" situation, according to CRD's Jim Federkeil. "We rebuilt it, and they came.

 

 

  


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Directorate of Morale, Welfare and Recreation

6661 Warrior Trail
Fort Polk, LA 71459
Phone: 337-531-1959
Email:
damon.nash@us.army.mil

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