We learned years ago when shooting on the outskirts of Piccatiny Arsenal in New Jersey to ALWAYS leave an armed buddy behind on the line while out setting up targets.
I got tired of watching groups of "undesirables" show up there with ONE Mini 14 they all chipped in for at Sears, or Walmart, or K Mart, (yes, it was that long ago). These duffuses ended up shooting at the insulators on the high power lines over time, (Our "shooting pit" was along a high power line trail up the mountain behind Piccatiny Arsenal) that it was eventually closed to everybody.
Unless I am absolutely confident of where I am, (and I shoot very expensive Title 2 Firearms), we always leave a "minder" back at the firing line.
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