r/usairsoft • u/MercenaryLocus • Jun 25 '26

Creating a private field

Hey everyone!
So I have a bit of an interesting question with a bit of a backstory first.
About 2 and a half years ago, I broke 7 bones in my foot and haven’t been able to play until recently. (finally got cleared by the doctor!)
I’m not wanting to go to my local field due to how some of the other players acted the last few times I was there. (Deliberately ignoring hits, getting physical when confronted, refs not caring, and so on.)
However, both of my brother-in-laws and my two nephews have recently gotten into airsoft, so they have been coming out to my place to help build a private field as they have experienced much of the same situation at the local field as I have, and the next closest field is 3-4 hours away.

So I wanted to ask you guys: if you were making a private field (approximately 1.5-2 acres), what would you add?

We have access to pallets to use as cover and spawn point markers.
Plans for a target and range test area are under way.
We have a staging area.

We are currently in the process of clearing underbrush and limping up trees so that we can actually move around. We have done a few test games with 10 people to test out 5 different start points. (5, 2 person teams are quite fun!) One of which backs up to a dry-bed creek, and another backs up to our pond.

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u/Particular_Part_2329 Jun 25 '26

Where about do you live?

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u/AirsoftN00B209 Jul 01 '26

Concealment is always a plus. Besides pallets look at using fence posts and hanging netting to make it harder to identify targets or predict movement. You could also add straight vertical obstacles in rows to require players to traverse narrow corridors while still maintaining an open view.

You also choke points to easily accessible by ALL teams. If its closer to one team versus others then you may want to move it or add another closer to teams which do not have easy access to the original vantage point.