With more than 600 square miles of incorporated area, the city of Buckeye offers a vast array of hunting and shooting opportunities for residents and visitors. Before participating in such activities, make sure you’re aware of state and city laws.

Shooting or Target Practice

According to code, it is unlawful to discharge a firearm within or into the limits of any municipality (ARS 13-3107) unless you are more than one mile from any occupied structure as defined in section ARS 13-3101. An “occupied structure” is legally defined as any building, object, vehicle, watercraft, aircraft or place with sides and a floor that is separately securable from any other structure attached to it, that is used for lodging, business, transportation, recreation or storage and in which one or more human beings either are or are likely to be present or so near as to be in equivalent danger at the time the discharge of a firearm occurs. Furthermore, “occupied structure” includes any dwelling house, whether occupied, unoccupied or vacant.

• View the Excluded Target Shooting Area Map

Hunting

To learn more about hunting schedules, rules, regulations and licensing, please visit Arizona Game and Fish.

• View the Excluded Hunting Area Map

In accordance with Arizona Game and Fish Department regulations, certain licensed hunting is permitted in backcountry areas of Skyline Regional Park similar to regulations in Maricopa County’s White Tank Mountain Regional Park and the city of Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The park is located in Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Region 6, Game Management Unit 42. Additional information on hunting in this game unit can be found online and in the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Hunting Regulations.

To see regulations and submit your intent to hunt in Skyline Reginal Park, please use our Declaration of Intent form.

Dove Season

The 15-day “early” season gets underway 30 minutes before legal sunrise September 1. The greatest number of doves and dove hunters, will be concentrated in the state’s agricultural areas, particularly those that produce small-grain crops like wheat, barley, oats and sorghum. 

• Hunters age 18 and older need a valid Arizona Hunting License (or Hunt/Fish Combination License) and Migratory Bird Stamp
• Hunters age 10-17 only need the Youth Hunt/Fish Combination License
• Persons under the age of 10 can hunt dove without a license if accompanied by a licensed adult age 18 or older (no more than two unlicensed children may accompany any license holder)
• The bag limit is 15 doves a day (mourning and white-winged doves combined)
• No more than 10 per day can be white-winged doves
• There is a 45-bird possession limit after opening day
• Eurasian collared doves have no bag limit or possession limit

Discharging a Firearm: Let's Look at the Law

Discharge of a firearm within one-fourth mile of an occupied structure is prohibited under A.R.S. 17-309 (A) (4), which reads this way:

A. Unless otherwise prescribed by this title, it is unlawful for a person to:
4. Discharge a firearm while taking wildlife within one-fourth mile of an occupied farmhouse or other residence, cabin, lodge or building without permission of the owner or resident.

In the event of a law enforcement perimeter requirement, hunters may be required to relocate.

A Most Frequently Asked Question

We hear it a lot. “Can I shoot a BB gun at the pigeons on my roof?” No. It’s considered discharging a “projectile weapon,” and in most cases it’s against the law. Here is the city Ordinance 10-2-7 on the matter.

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