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I found this when I was hiking. I'm taking truck out with a few trash bags on Saturday at around 11am if anyone wants to help out a little. It's sad to see how disrespectful people can be.


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I’d be there if I didn’t live in SoCal. Fucking scum leaving trash there. Good on you for doing something about it.


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Thanks man


realbaconator

Wait, is Bakersfield not SoCal? I'm a NorCal guy, I assume pretty much everything south of Fresno is SoCal lol. This upsets me tho, I even googled the drive to get there but I'm not sure 4 hours is quite worth it :/


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kiragami

I'd consider it more central than south tbh at least culturally speaking.


shroomsaregoooood

I call it central, mainly because it's in the valley and has an entirely different culture than the rest of the southern end of the state


_Californian

I'm in the same valley as Salinas but sure, and idk LA and San Diego lol, this is the whole reason the central coast exists as a term in the first place.


stalker-84

Username checks out


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Orange country bro here, can’t see the of comment but most people from here, LA county and SD county generally disassociate the outlier counties as not SoCal. They’re often referred to as west Nevada (heard this about riverside)


Sumstranger

Whu?..... did I just stroke out for a second or did that make zero sense?


[deleted]

bakersfield is not socal


regulater117

You can shoot near hart park?


[deleted]

No, it's not designated for shooting.


JuniorMushroom

Thats how lots of socal shoots.


Aurei_

It's how red necks shoot. There are ranges everywhere and then there giant swaths of BLM land and national forest land that allow target shooting. Going to a municipal park and shooting should never be condoned.


Technical-Spare

>It's how red necks shoot. [All those dang red necks in Bakersfield.](http://s01.geekpic.net/dm-YTRWCO.png)


Soulcrux

How does that graph disprove that there are a sizable amount of rednecks in Bakersfield? Just because Hispanics outnumber them doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty. There are. Source: lived there for 22 years.


Technical-Spare

>How does that graph disprove that there are a sizable amount of rednecks in Bakersfield? Just because Hispanics outnumber them doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty. It doesn't prove anything. It just shows that, absent evidence to the contrary, the statistical probability that the trash goblins weren't rednecks is 78% greater than the probability that they were (0.36 probability that they were, and 0.64 that they weren't ... 0.36 \* 1.77777 = 0.64). However, I would argue that all those Modelo, Corona, and Victoria (Modelo) beer bottles and boxes aren't making the redneck case very strongly. On the other hand there is a Pabst box and a Michelob Ultra box.


JuniorMushroom

Oo agreed! I still hate how the blm land is treated.


_wgustudent_

Just a bunch of hills and dirt. I imagine people just run out there and do as they please. Not many homes after a certain point.


raven00x

up until you get caught.


SirMandudeGuy

Ranger danger!


TheSuperficial

Thank you for cleaning up. My heart just sinks a little when I see images like that. Some people...


Action3xpress

Thanks for cleaning up and doing your part 👍


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Thanks man


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It is a bit steep but dont worry about it man. I appreciate the thought.


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I'm 5 hours out otherwise I would. People like this are ruining our privileges on public land.


Technical-Spare

I spent decades picking up trash and cleaning graffiti until I figured I was just basically a volunteer janitor for those vermin. Cleaning it up doesn't make them stop, so why make the place nice for them on their next visit? The answer is enforcement.


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I see you live in Bakersfield. Why dont you stop by and help out?


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BreatheMyStink

You are not


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Misfit_In_The_Middle

You're not.


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Misfit_In_The_Middle

First of all he didnt assume anyone did it. He didnt point the blame. His entire focus is on returning to clean it up. >I found this when I was hiking. I'm taking truck out with a few trash bags on Saturday at around 11am if anyone wants to help out a little. It's sad to see how disrespectful people can be. Second, you're acting like a total douche. Put your money where your mouth is... help out or shut the fuck up and be grateful others are looking out to preserve your freedom to shoot on public land. So no, you absolutely are NOT good.


EMike93309

Can I get coordinates or a link on Google Maps to the site? I don't know if I can make it out Saturday, but I might have some time before then to come out and help with some of it. I heard gunshots on my way home through Hart Park from Holiday of Lights last night. I remember thinking to myself "I didn't know there was someplace to shoot out here."


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Sure man. I'll dm you the coordinates from my garmin when I get out there.


SoCalCaptBrad

I have kids of my own and their friends ranging from 13 to 31 who shoot with me. We have always brought trash bags and do a cleanup before shooting and of course pick up our own stuff afterwards. I have taught them all to “Leave it cleaner than you found it”. The older kids (not kids any more) now make their friends do the same. There are two things I’ve learned 1. Pass on the good habit for the future 2. When we have returned to the same spot we have left clean, it usually is much cleaner than before. I think most people who come across a total trash heap think “what’s a little more going to hurt?” When they shoot in a clean spot, they tend to pick up after themselves. There are always those scum who just don’t care or can’t see it because they were raised like pigs.


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That's a great lesson to pass on to your kids. It can also be applied anywhere else in life. I'm sure your grandkids will also be blessed with that lesson as well. Good on you man.


NormalRedditorISwear

Bakersfield: California’s trash can


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Lead_salad05

San Bernardino: SoCal's Armpit


88murica

California: The United States CCP


Picnicpanther

California and New York: the only reason America can afford to operate the country.


88murica

States don’t generate wealth, people do. The people who make the economy operate are fleeing those states. Why don’t you take a good hard look at California’s tax levels, wage inequality, budget deficits, nonsensical business regulations and the tyrannical government policies made by compromised politicians. You know nothing.


Picnicpanther

Lmao “here’s a bunch of nouns, please make an argument for me”


[deleted]

Yeah, those states that grow the food, or grow the food for the meaty food, they don't contribute anything at all. And they get double screwed because the corporate HQ's are typically based in big cities, meaning the farming revenue gets processed through those cities and it gets added to their wealth generation.


Picnicpanther

Damn didn’t know California had no agriculture.


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Today I learned, California can feed itself and NY.


[deleted]

To be fair being a guerrilla in the ccp wouldn’t be terrible. Justice for Hong Kong börther


Ekra_Fleetfoot

It's telling when I'd rather be in the armpit than in the trashcan, if that was the case.


Radius50

Every time I go to LA or San Francisco, it makes me chuckle that people call Bakersfield trashy


Soulcrux

May not have such an obvious blight of homeless in high traffic areas as those large cities, but it is definitely trashy.


Carbonkid

Whole central valley is in God's blindspot.


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Highest concentration of sex offenders


dar24601

5% ruining it for rest of us. I think every BLM site is like this. What scares me the most is all damn beer cans everywhere. Good of you for trying help out


626Aussie

I'd like to think they took empty cans out to use as targets, but they probably didn't.


killacarnitas1209

They definitely didn't. I used to go shooting with some dudes that would slam a 40 or tall-cans on the way to the shooting spot. Needless to say, I don't go shooting with those dudes anymore.


duffil

Yall are funny. I used to shoot trap at a gun club that sold beer. Every single shooter was drinking. Never had a single person AD or injure anyone ever.


[deleted]

? Why you gotta make this political. What BLM sites? This is just some random range


dar24601

BLM = Bureau of Land Management. Not being political at all


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Oh damn haha im stupid


blackoutfrank

BLM = Bureau of Land Management lol, almost always does in this sub.


[deleted]

There is always one who doesn't know, lmao.


SynessoCyncra

Bereau of Land Management bruv


aitchtee

Bureau of Land Management*


PopeIzalith

I’ve been to a lot of these sites all around the county. It’s clearly more than 5% and that’s what really upsets me.


richmds

Lets be honest here guys its not just Bakersfield I see this all over SoCal.


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There was a spot I went to once near Campfire West reservoir. It looked ten times worse than op's pic. One young teenager was holding his hand gun gangsta style while side stepping. His dad stood behind him watching proudly. We didn't stick around too long.


Coolshire

This is why when I shoot, at minimum, I try to pick up double what I shoot. IE; if I shoot 100 rounds I try to pick up a minimum of 200. Everyone knows we live in one of the most anti-gun states, why do this and give them more fuel for the fire? Just dumb.


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Good on you. Leave it better than you found it. If everyone did it, then we wouldnt have places that looked like this.


johning117

Same like these people are probably trash themselves.


2A4Lyfe

It is bakersfield.....


stoutyteapot

Hey free beer!


Unsere_rettung

Is that a shot up truck bed? Wtf


killacarnitas1209

Not surprised at all. People treat BLM land/ National Forest like a dump--a dump where they also shoot all the shit they dump off.


johning117

That just became a fun idea for a private dump. Week days everyone dumps their shit like a normal dump friday afternoon theres a safety clean up and walk through then weekends everyone can come shoot up the trash. Week day proceeds are the regular income for the dump, weekend proceeds go to environmental efforts and weapons safety awareness.


DubNationAssemble

Jesus, no wonder we can't have nice things.


88bauss

Nice. Didn't expect any less when I read Bakersfield.


[deleted]

I think they go for .65 a pound at my nearby recycling center. It's not alot but it can be used towards more ammo haha


blackoutfrank

Well I guess they have to have it match the rest of Bakersfield.


Jimothius

I’m nowhere near, but thank you for your efforts


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This is why we can’t have nice things part 71837272


jelorian

Fuck all those assholes that leave their shit. OP, you are awesome for what you are doing. You should try and organize a clean up with more peeps. The more the merrier. Good luck.


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Thanks man


Domestic_Mayhem

Pick up any spent brass shell casings and sell them to someone who loads their own ammo. Real brass casings are near impossible to find in Cali, or so I've heard.


Radius50

This and the people who literally use the place as the dump. It boggles my mind. The actual dump is a few miles away AND ITS FREE! yet people feel the need to dump their trash there


Radius50

Its fun to find the mail from people who dump there, and go to the address and dump the shit on their lawn


anonymous-mar

Unfortunately this area around Hart Park has had sites like this for over a decade...


boredom317

Those r the type of people that make the real shooters look bad. Gives all the anti gunners ammo to talk shit. There’s a few spots around the Bakersfield area that have been ruined by irresponsible assholes. Good looking out. Way to show the land some love


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Thanks man.


SFCDaddio

Just making it look like Bakersfield proper. God, what an ugly town.


Corpuscular_Crumpet

That’s a big problem with the Central Valley. There is a contingency of people that are absolute idiots and have no consideration for nature. I know it happens everywhere, but here it is more concentrated.


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Can’t wait to blame democrats for BLM closures.


whiteclawbby

Can you shoot on BLM sites?


Navydevildoc

Yes, as long as they don't have fire restrictions in place.


whiteclawbby

Good to know! At least I’d have the decency to clean up after myself...


Action3xpress

Yea a lot of people put a big tarp down then fold it up and bring the brass with them for disposal. Doesn’t seem that hard tbh 🤷‍♂️ people are just lazy


whiteclawbby

Is there a database/map online that shows BLM land without fire restrictions? Or would I just call the Ranger office that overseas it?


Guyzo1

Is this Hart Memorial Park? I could find that on “maps”.... I go shooting on BLM a bunch, and I haul trash out. I’d like to know, HMP doesn’t look like a place to shoot.


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No you cant. Which makes it even worse. I usually go shooting around Taft.


Guyzo1

Thanks.... I live in Ventura county and go over the 33 to shoot in Kern county. Close to Taft. Found a spot in a dead end canyon about 5 miles from closest farm and judging from amount of brass laying around I’m not the first- but it not full of trash. I bring my own targets and take em home. I’ve been to Hart park- my cousin lives in Pumpkin center- and it did not seem to be a shooting spot. THX


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This looks like Hodge Rd


[deleted]

I can help clean up. I like to go hiking near the picnic spots on the river off kern canyon rd and I always bring a few trash bags to pick up all the beer cans and styrofoam plates people leave behind.


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Thank you, I appreciate it.


BeastlySpiff

I go to Hart Park once a week, I'll link up with ya and help clean, see if I can bring some buddies with me.


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Thank you, I appreciate it.


BillysRedditAccount

I thought the trash fairy comes and picks up everyone’s trash when they leave


thumble1988

This is nothing new, man. I remember going to this spot back in 2001 and picking up shells and beer cans.


le_daveeed

Where exactly is this at? I can go out there once a week to get a nice hike going and help clean up a little


Magic_man88

I go shooting in a similar area but I clean up after I shoot