Hobbs State Park Shooting Range

I like how the video here on google shows a kid shooting then pointing the gun towards people at other benches . That sums up my experience here. While I was there a kid kept playing with his gun while people were down range setting targets. I finally had to tell him to stop doing that when his dad was down range and he was pointing his gun at him. What’s even worse is apparently his dad works for the police force and couldn’t teach his own kid gun safety.

Not safe at all. Teenagers shooting like gangsters.

Update on shooting ranges for nwa. Hobbs is all we got right now. Sad to think of how many ranges are in the Little Rock area, and this is it for us. 5 benches for all the shooters in nwa that dont belong to a orivate range which is impossible to get into right now. So I heard from my local state rep. The Waltons gave Game and Fish 145 acres of land just east of Bella Vista for a state of the art shooting range. Bad news the legislature has to vote on it and they are keeping it very quiet. Probably want to make bike trails. Dont we have enough. If you can help put pressure on your representative that is the only way they might build on. Otherwise its hobbs. Its a great range serving too many shooters. Help me get us a new range. Happy Shooting

Crowded

Pretty sweet setup. I would reccommend getting here early for the best chance of getting a spot(during the weekend). Has sturdy seats with cover and movable targets out to 100 yards. Pretty good for a free range!

its a free range with 100 yards. you do have some range nazis but as many times as i have gone to this range ive only encountered one. he was an old man so i just let him say his piece about prior military, and blah blah.. otherwise i would have told him to shut up and let me shoot. range nazis arent the problem. im not afraid of confrontation. i am however, concerned with younger people that dont act like they know how to handle their own guns..ie loading them. or people that do stupid stuff like point their gun anywhere but down range. ive never been there when stupid people are there other than the young guys that didnt know how to load their own gun. they ask that you sign in on the sign in sheet so they can keep track of how often the range gets used. everyone and a while a park ranger may come by and ask the patrons to police that people dont shoot shotguns. because he said they will close the range if they dont get cooperation for that because they find the shotgun shells. i dont get too worked up about sweeping the shells because ive seen guys come down and dump the brass people sweep up in their buckets. i assume to use to reload their own stuff. it does get busy. so you may have to wait. its free so people are going to show up. what i dont get is how people are able to be there so early on a workday and it get as many visitors as it does through the work week. when i was on vacation and i saw the amount of people there i was like do people not have jobs anymore or are these the work from home remote workers "working" just dont be stupid and there should not be any problems. there is also a little port a potty shack if you nature calls. there is no dividing walls so you may get brass to the face from the people next to you. i just use a cardboard target to divide us if room allows it so i dont get their brass hitting me in my face.

Very nice clean public shooting range

Only range in nw ar. Well kept

Practice makes a Perfect goal

This is an excellent shooting range. However, there is no range safety officer (RSO) so you'll need to be cautious and patient with new shooters. They may not know range safety rules and protocols. Help teach them in a kind manner. Also, be sure to bring your own targets. There are target stands which can be set at 25, 50, 75, and 100 yards.