I shoot at a private club, and dont' really have to worry about my rifle leaving, because it goes over my shoulder when I walk to the target when i'm alone. But i've got a story or two about a public range at a gamelands near my brothers college in Indiana, PA.
The ranges are open during deer season on all public ranges at pa game lands, which is the most stupid crap i've ever heard of. Just invites people that the locals say are there every year during the season at 3:30 pm to shoot clip after clip...animal rights activists. Which at first, I was like comon guys, animal rights ppl? with guns? Probably some kid blastin off a semi auto hand gun, or some guy rippin off a clip in his AR. Turns out, 2 seasons i've hunted in the same area, never fails from 330-430pm guns are blastin non-stop. I have no idea how they do not run out of ammo. The scary part is, unless they're really bad shots, the mats are held up with steal pipe, which are hung effectively pretty low from the pipe. Somehow these guys are hitting this pipe and having bullets flying into the woods, directly behind the range. I know this because I hunt the ridge right above the range and watch and hear the bullets bouncing off pipe and then trees. It's a little scary. Why have the range open during deer season? If you didn't shoot your rifle by then too bad imo. Funny thing is, they're emptying clip after clip, and the deer walk right behind the range and right up to me. If I wasn't scared of gettin popped be accident walking up to the range, i'd drag that dead deer right out in front of them with a grin, "hey thanks for all the shooting, this one ran right up to me"