Summit County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to reports of 15-20 shots fired Sunday, Aug. 17, at the Windy Point Campground near the Dillon Reservoir.

Lt. Mike Schilling said deputies searched for whoever had fired the weapon and found a man sitting by a campfire and smoking a cigarette near dry brush. Having a fire and smoking the cigarette both violated Summit County’s current Stage 2 fire restrictions.

Deputies spoke with the man, who admitted he had been firing a gun. While shooting a firearm is allowed on U.S. National Forest land, there are restrictions, including one that prohibits firing weapons at developed campsites, Schilling said.

The deputies issued the man court summons for misdemeanor violations and seized his firearm as evidence, Schilling wrote in a text message.

The Sheriff’s Office shared body camera footage of the deputies’ interaction with the man on its Facebook page.

The Windy Point Campground is within the Dillon Reservoir Recreation Area, Schilling said, where shooting is never allowed, except for shotguns during water fowl season.

Other restrictions for shooting firearms on National Forest land include not shooting across trails, access roads, rivers or waterways, not shooting within 150-feet of a developed area and having a backstop. For more information on shooting in the National Forest, visit FS.USDA.gov/visit/know-before-you-go/shooting.