Shooting Sports

Southeast Regional Park Shooting Range

11296 S. Harrison Road
Tucson, AZ 85747
(520) 724-5760 (Thursday - Sunday)
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Hours

May 1 – September 30:
7:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Thursday – Friday
7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Saturday – Sunday
October 1 – April 30:
8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Thursday – Friday
8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Saturday – Sunday
Closed on all Pima County holidays and Easter Sunday

Facilities

18 Positions 5 to 50 Yards
12 Positions 100, 200 Yards
Eye and ear protection are required.

Daily Range Fees

Shooters 16 and over $8.00/shooter/day
Youth 15 and under are free but must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
Cost of Discount Passes

Retail Purchases

Bullseye and Sight In Targets: $0.25/each
Large Silhouette Targets: $0.50/each
Hit and See Targets: $1.00/each
Chamber Flags: $1.00/each
Safety Glasses: $2.00
Ear Plugs: $1.00
Water: $0.50

Rental Equipment

Earmuff: $1.00
Firearms Sight-in Rest: $3.00
Spotting Scope: $3.00
Sandbags and bench blocks provided.

Fees and Purchases: Cash or Check ONLY

Our Goal is to provide Safe and Responsible Public Shooting and excellent customer service.

Shooting range staff supervises the shooting with the assistance of approximately 60 volunteers. The staff and volunteers enforce range rules while helping shooters. This all enables all participants to have safe and enjoyable shooting experience.

Firing periods will be 15 minutes in duration followed by a cease fire for shooters to change or retrieve targets. There is no gun handling allowed during a cease fire period. Firearms may only be moved to the shooting tables during a firing period.

All uncased and unholstered firearms must be carried with the muzzles pointed up at all times.

Southeast Archery Range

11296 S. Harrison Road
Tucson, AZ 85747
(520) 724-5760 (Thursday - Sunday)
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Hours

May 1 – September 30:
7:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Thursday – Friday
7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Saturday – Sunday
October 1 – April 30:
8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m Thursday – Friday
8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Saturday – Sunday
Closed on all Pima County holidays and Easter Sunday

Daily Fee

$3 per archer, youth under 16 years of age may shoot free (must be accompanied and supervised by an adult)
We also honor the Annual Archery Range Pass which is available for $25.00 per calendar year online, and it must be in your possession while using the range.

Archers visiting the range will pay their day fee at the main shooting range. Cash or Check ONLY; OR Annual Archery Range Pass

Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation Department welcomes archers to Southeast Archery Range, the range is located at Southeast Regional Park Shooting Range at 11296 S. Harrison Road. The Southeast Archery Range offers 30 shooting positions from 10 yards to 100 yards.

Southeast Archery Range Safety Rules

1. Archers must pay prior to use at Range Tower if they do not have a current annual pass. Archers who have already purchased a current annual pass must have it in possession, and may proceed directly to the archery range. Failure to pay or have a current annual pass in possession will result in enforcement action pursuant to State Trespass Laws.
2. This range is closed to all uses other than archery target shooting. This includes no hiking, bicycling, hunting, horseback riding, shooting of firearms or off-highway vehicle use.
3. Use of hunting broadheads is prohibited.
4. Crossbows may be shot at Southeast Archery Range from designated shooting positions and into targets provided for crossbow use.
5. All shooting must be perpendicular from shooting positions into archery targets provided by County.
6. All range users are personally responsible for range safety and safe shooting. No shooting or drawing a bow is permitted while archers are down range. 
7. All shooting will be from the firing line into the target backstops only. Archers may only go down range when coordinated with other shooters and it is safe to do so.
8. All children under 16 must be supervised by parent or responsible adult.
9. Alcohol and drugs are prohibited. Anyone under the influence of drugs or alcohol is prohibited from shooting.
10. All trash must be placed in containers provided.
11. Glass containers are prohibited at this facility.
12. No shooting arrows over berms; anyone doing so will be expelled immediately.
13. All applicable state and local laws and rules are enforced at this facility.

This facility is closed to the taking of wildlife.
All laws and rules are enforced at this facility.
All laws and rules will be enforced per A.R.S. 13-1501.

Southeast Clay Target Center

11295 S. Harrison Road
Tucson, AZ 85747
(520) 724-5758 (Saturday and Sunday mornings)
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Hours

May 1 – September 30:
7:00-11:00 a.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday
October 1 – April 30:
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Closed on all Pima County holidays and Easter Sunday 

Facilities

The range has 7 fields:

• 2 for regular trap shooting
• 1 for regular or wobble trap shooting
• 3 combination fields for shooting either trap or skeet
• 1 for shooting 5-stand sporting clays

Only shotguns 12 gauge and smaller are allowed and shot must be size 7.5 or smaller. Eye and ear protection are required.

Rangemasters are NRA certified as both rangemasters and instructors. Rangemasters are available to answer questions and give some instruction.

Daily Range Fees

Day Pass: $8 per 25-target round
Discount Multi-Use Pass: $140 - One 20-round purchase onto target card ($7/round of 25 targets each)

Retail Purchases

Safety glasses: $2.00
Ear plugs: $1.00
Water: $0.50

Rental Equipment

Ear Muffs: $1.00
Shell pouches: $1.00

Fees and Purchases: Cash, Check or Credit Card

Clay Target Center Safety Rules

1. Obey range rules and Range Master commands at all times immediately.
2. All shooters must sign in at the office before shooting.
3. Only shotguns fired from the shoulder may be discharged on CTC fields.
4. Only shotguns designed to use shotshells no larger than 12 gauges shooting lead shot and fired from the shoulder are permitted.
5. Maximum lead shot size is limited to No. 7-1/2.
6. Shotshell loads must be standard trap or skeet loads. Hi-velocity or magnum loads, incendiary or tracer ammunition are prohibited. 
7. All shooters are responsible for their firearms and safe shooting.
8. All shooters are responsible to immediately correct any unsafe conditions. 
9. All shotguns must be unloaded with actions open. Non-break action shotguns must be carried muzzles pointed up. 
10. Shooters and observers must wear hearing and eye protection.
11. Shooters must be sure your gun is safe and operational and only the correct ammunition is used. 
12. Shooters keep your finger off of the trigger until you are in position and ready and it is your turn to shoot. 
13. In the event of a malfunction, when a live round remains in the gun, the shooter must keep the gun pointed in a safe direction and seek assistance.
14. Deposit all trash in containers.
15. Respect others and their equipment.
16. Smoking is permitted only in designated areas.
17. Alcohol is prohibited at this facility. Any persons who have been consuming alcohol or are under the influence of drugs are prohibited from shooting.
18. Guns must be unloaded and actions open at all times, until the shooter is on the proper shooting position and it is their turn to shoot. 
19. All firearms unloaded and actions must be opened immediately after shooting and before the shooter turns to leave the station.
20. Trap shooters only load one shell at a time, unless doubles are thrown.
21. Skeet shooters may load doubles except on station 8. 
22. Picking up empty shotshells during a round of trap or skeet is prohibited until the squad has concluded shooting and firearms are unloaded and placed in a gun rack. 
23. No one is allowed past the most forward shooting positions at any time while the field is in use. 
24. Shotguns with Damascus or twist steel barrels are prohibited. 
25. A range officer may inspect ammunition and reject its use if it does not conform to range rules. 
26. Tracking targets with an unloaded gun is prohibited, unless the shooter is on a station and ready to shoot. 
27. The retrieval of unbroken clay targets is prohibited. 
28. Food is not permitted on any fields. 
29. Wash your hands after shooting. 
30. Please follow these rules while using the range. Violators may be asked to leave.

Tucson Mountain Park Rifle and Pistol Range

2405 S. Kinney Road
Tucson, AZ 85735
(520) 883-5646 (Friday - Sunday)
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The rifle and pistol range is located approximately 2.5 miles north of Ajo Way on Kinney Road, 0.3 mile from the south Tucson Mountain Park entrance.

Hours

May 1 – September 30:
7:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Friday
7:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Saturday – Sunday
October 1 – April 30:
8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Friday
8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Saturday – Sunday
Closed on all Pima County holidays and Easter Sunday

Facilities

12 Positions 5 to 100 Yards
Eye and ear protection are required.

Daily Range Fees

Shooters 16 and over $6.00/shooter/day
Youth 15 and under are free but must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
Cost of Discount Passes

Retail Purchases

Bullseye and Sight In Targets: $0.25/each
Large Silhouette Targets: $0.50/each
Hit and See Targets: $1.00/each
Chamber Flags: $1.00/each
Safety Glasses: $2.00
Water: $0.50

Rental Equipment

Earmuff: $1.00
Firearms Sight-in Rest: $3.00
Sandbags and bench blocks provided.

Fees and Purchases: Cash or Check ONLY

The rifle and pistol range is open for target shooting only. Semi automatic pistols and rifles, muzzleloader and center fire calibers are permitted. No fully automatic firearm shooting, .50 cal. BMG or equivalent, incendiary or tracer ammunition are allowed.

Tucson Mountain Park Shooting Range is supervised for safety. All shooters must register prior to shooting and abide by the Range safety and Gun handling rules. Eye and Ear protection is required. Targets are available for purchase.

Firearms may only be taken from vehicles and brought onto range after the shooter registers. Firearms may only be moved on and off range during firing periods. All range rules must be followed. 

Tucson Mountain Park Archery Range

450 N. Kinney Road
Tucson, AZ 85745
The Tucson Mountain Park Archery Range is located in Tucson Mountain Park, 0.4 miles northwest of Gates Pass Road on Kinney Road.
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Hours

7:00 a.m. – dusk, daily

Daily Fee

$3 per archer, youth under 16 years of age may shoot free (must be accompanied and supervised by an adult)
We also honor the Annual Archery Range Pass which is available for $25.00 per calendar year online, and it must be in your possession while using the range.

Archers visiting the range will pay their day fee at the range by completing a self-pay envelope available at the range, retaining the receipt portion of the envelope, and depositing the envelope and money in the provided fee deposit container. Cash or check ONLY (OR Annual Archery Range Pass); No bills larger than $20.00 will be accepted.

The facility includes a practice range set up with targets from 20-70 yards and three 14-target trail courses. Water and restrooms are available for your convenience. 

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TMP Archery Range Safety Rules

1. Archers must pay prior to use at Fee Station if they do not have a current annual pass. Archers who have already purchased a current annual pass must have it in possession, and may proceed directly to the archery range. Failure to pay or have a current annual pass in possession will result in enforcement action pursuant to State Trespass Laws.
2. This range is closed to all uses other than archery target shooting. This includes no hiking, bicycling, hunting, horseback riding, shooting of firearms or off-highway vehicle use.
3. Use of hunting broadheads is prohibited.
4. Crossbow shooting is prohibited at TMP Archery Range.
5. All shooting must be perpendicular from shooting positions into archery targets provided by County.
6. All range users are personally responsible for range safety and safe shooting. No shooting or drawing a bow is permitted while archers are down range. 
7. All shooting will be from the firing line into the target backstops only. Archers may only go down range when coordinated with other shooters and it is safe to do so.
8. All children under 16 must be supervised by parent or responsible adult.
9. Alcohol and drugs are prohibited. Anyone under the influence of drugs or alcohol is prohibited from shooting.
10. All trash must be placed in containers provided.
11. Glass containers are prohibited at this facility.
12. No shooting arrows over berms; anyone doing so will be expelled immediately.
13. All applicable state and local laws and rules are enforced at this facility.

Virgil Ellis Rifle and Pistol Range

Ajo Regional Park
Ajo, AZ 85321
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Hours

Daily, Sunrise to dusk

Daily Fee

No charge 

The Virgil Ellis Rifle and Pistol Range is located in Ajo Regional Park approximately 6-1/2 miles north of Ajo off of Ajo Well 1 Road. There no range staff at this range, shooters are responsible for their own safety and that of others and must communicate with other shooters before going down range to check or set up or retrieve targets. All shooting must be at targets only and must be into the impact berm.

All shooters’ range rules must be followed.
 

History

The Virgil Ellis Shooting Range in Ajo received a make-over in 2005 with berm renovations, ramada renovations, and signage and restroom improvements. The Ajo range became known as the Virgil Ellis Range in 2005.

In the early 1930s an Army camp was established north of Ajo about six miles. A shooting range was built by the military to support training exercises for the camp. The camp was soon abandoned, and then used as a Civilian Conservation Corps camp. The shooting range was used by the CCC and the community of Ajo. Later on the range was used by the Air Force, and then abandoned once again, except the shooters of Ajo kept shooting at the site.

In the 1960s Pima County acquired property near the original range site and developed a shooting range using county and community labor to construct a two-hundred yard berm, covered ramada and restrooms. Since its construction the range has been used by Ajo shooters and several law enforcement agencies.

The shooting range has been used and abused for years. Illegal off-highway vehicle traffic wore deep ruts into the berm; the site has been vandalized and has even been used as a driving range. It has suffered from illegal dumping and other thoughtless acts.

An Ajo man, who enjoyed silhouette shooting and hunting, a volunteer Arizona Hunter Education Instructor who taught most of Ajo’s youth on the safe and responsible use of firearms for over thirty years took the range under his watchful eye and built steel shooting tables and silhouettes for the range, yard markers and voluntarily visited to shoot with his friends and three boys and cleaned and cared raised three sons in the community served as an example to others.

Today, the Virgil Ellis Shooting Range provides shooting opportunities to shooters who enjoy their ability to hone their marksmanship skill. The Ajo Lions Club provides several turkey shoot competitions for area shooters.

Ajo shooters enjoy the relaxed informal atmosphere and an opportunity to tune up their hunting rifles and practice their pistol skills. In the southwest Arizona setting, shooters have twelve shooting positions out to 200 yards.

Since the range is an informal shooting range, shooters must cooperate and work with other shooters to commence and cease fire to go down range. For years informal ranges throughout Arizona have functioned very well in an unsupervised atmosphere. Shooters respect others and can easily come to agreement on shooting periods and down range safety protocols.

Range Administrative Rules

1. Alcohol is prohibited on the firing ranges. Anyone under the influence of drugs or alcohol is prohibited from shooting.
2. Shooting is allowed on designated areas and at approved targets with lawful devices only.
3. The use of tracer, armor piercing, incendiary ammunition, and 50 Caliber BMG and derivative calibers are prohibited.
4. All youth under 16 must be supervised by parent or responsible adult.
5. Firearms shooting is restricted to the designated ranges.
6. Driving off paved roads or parking lots is prohibited.
7. The speed limit is as posted.
8. All trash must be placed in containers provided.
9. Glass containers are prohibited.
10. This facility is closed to the taking of wildlife.
11. All laws are enforced on this range per Arizona Revised Statutes 13-1501. Violators will be prosecuted.

Gun Handling Rules

1. Treat every firearm as if it were loaded.
2. Always keep your firearm pointed in a safe direction.
3. Be sure of your target and beyond.
4. Always keep your finger off of the trigger until you are on target and ready to fire.
5. Always keep your firearm empty and action open until the range masters give commands to load and commence firing.
6. Be sure your gun is safe and operational.
7. Know how to use your gun safely.
8. Use only the correct ammunition for your gun.
9. Never use alcohol or drugs before shooting.
10. Shooters need to monitor and store their own guns so they are not accessible to unauthorized shooters.

Rifle and Pistol Range Safety Rules

1. Obey all commands from range masters and line safety officers.
2. All range users and shooters are personally responsible for range safety and safe shooting.
3. All shooters are responsible to immediately correct any unsafe conditions. 
4. If you observe any unsafe facility condition, report it immediately to a range master. 
5. Shooters and observers must wear ear and eye protection. 
6. Firearms must be carried with the muzzle up, and actions open. 
7. Muzzles must always be pointed up or down range. 
8. Firearms will be kept unloaded until on the firing line. 
9. Firing is permitted when all persons are behind the firing line and safe conditions exist and range master commands are given. 
10. Firearms are not to be handled during “cease fire” periods, or when people are in front of the firing line. All shooters must remain behind the yellow safety line, unless going down range to set up, take down or inspect target or pick up brass in front of the red firing line. 
11. All shooting is to be into impact berms only. 
12. No shooting at unauthorized targets (cans, bottles, boxes, etc.) or anything on the ground. 
13. No shooting at target frames. 
14. All shooting will be in authorized areas only. 
15. All shooters are responsible to pick up their brass and deposit in the brass buckets nearest their shooting position and pick up and place all trash in containers before leaving the facility. 
16. Respect others and their equipment. 
17. Alcohol beverages are prohibited on all ranges. 
18. Persons who have been consuming alcohol or are under the influence of drugs are prohibited from shooting. 
19. Smoking is ONLY permitted in designated areas. 
20. Wash your hands after shooting. 
21. Please follow these rules while using the range. Violations will be enforced. Violators may be asked to leave the facility, and subject to criminal and civil sanctions.