PLEASE NOTE: Effective 11/5/2024, the range is operating on winter hours and open on Friday through Sunday.
Hours of operation at the range differ between summer and winter.
- Summer hours are Friday through Monday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. These hours are in effect approximately mid May through mid November each year.
- Winter hours are Friday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. These hours are in effect approximately mid November through mid May each year.
- The range opens for shooters at 9 a.m. - no shooting before 9 a.m.
- No shooters will be signed in after 3 p.m.
- An airhorn sounds at 3:30 p.m., at which time all shooters must prepare to vacate the range
- The range closes and the gate is locked promptly at 4 p.m.
All scheduled closures due to reservations or unscheduled closures due to weather or other will be posted here and on Facebook. If you have any questions, please call the range office directly at (208) 683-1499 or call the Panhandle Regional office at (208) 769-1414.
Upcoming closures:
- November 29 - Black Friday
What you will find at the range:
- 50-Yard Range: 12 shooting points limited to handguns and rimfire rifles. The range accommodates 7-yard through 50-yard shooting distances.
- 100-Yard Range: 12 shooting points limited to rifles, shotgun slugs and scoped handguns. Normal shooting distances allowed are 50-yards through 100-yards. Shorter distances can be accommodated with permission and under direct supervision of a Range Safety Officer. Typically shorter distances are only allowed to ensure a new gun/scope is “hitting the paper” and then normal shooting distances are reinstated.
- 200-Yard Range: 12 shooting points limited to rifles. Normal shooting distances allowed are 100-yards through 200-yards.
- Shotgun Trap: 4 shooting points with manually cocked mechanical throwers. Shot size at the Farragut Range is limited to #7.5, #8, and #9. Participants must supply their own clay targets.
- Archery Range: 20 shooting points along a 1 mile 3D target loop. Crossbows allowed.
- Amenities: Vault toilets, covered shooting. For sale: eye and ear protection, reloading brass, shooting clays and bottled water.
Reserved Use: The Farragut Public Shooting Range hosts activities that enhance and strengthen the shooting sports. The range is available for reserved use to groups of 10 or more limited to 7 hours of shooting activity between the hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clubs, shooting teams, sanctioned and informal competition events, gun safety and marksmanship training events, family reunions, scouting groups, church groups, and all others are welcome and encouraged to consider hosting a special event at the Farragut Shooting Range.
In addition, the Hunter Education Classroom reservation fee schedule will take effect beginning Jan. 1, 2023. For one of the shooting ranges or for the classroom, there is a NONREFUNDABLE reservation fee of $50 plus tax per half-day of use, plus a $50 refundable security deposit. There is a NONREFUNABLE reservation fee of $100 plus tax per full-day of use, plus a $100 refundable security deposit. The individual in charge of the event must pay the reservation fee and refundable security (cleaning/damage) deposit (half-day total $103; full-day total $206) at the time the reservation is made. The classroom can easily seat approximately 30 people while offering plenty of parking space, a television and projector screen, indoor restroom and warming kitchen. The range use reservation is separate and in addition to the classroom reservation. Both may be available at the same time.
Contact the range office if interested in reserving space: 208-683-1499.
Directions: From US-95, take exit for ID-54 in Athol. Drive east on ID-54 for 3.8 miles toward Bayview and Farragut State Park. Look for posted range signs. At the traffic circle, take the third exit to travel north on Perimeter Road for 1.7 miles. Range entrance is located on the right (east) side of Perimeter Road. Follow the gravel road approximately 0.4 miles to the range and check in at the Range Office.
Address is 33644 N. Shooters Road (currently unavailable on Google Maps).
This is the official web site of the Idaho Fish & Game Farragut Public Shooting Range. All data here within is the most current and correct information regarding the range.
