i shoot back...
Posted on 01/06/2018 12:35:01 AM PST by nickcarraway
Is it common practice for hunters in Maine to shoot at targets that are not clearly identifiable?
State law says hunting within 440 yards of an occupied property requires permission of the occupants. Meaning if someone is hunting on a road or neighbors property within 440 yards (1/4 mile) of an occupied home, that hunter needs the occupants permission.
Many people up here enforce this rigorously. It prevents accidents, the kind the article is about.
I’ve let many hunters on or near our property that ask permission and appear intelligent enough to keep the weapon pointed away from our home.
Depends what state your my sate I don’t need any permission from the neighbors no matter how close their house is too my property line.
Does that mean that your neighbor has to get your permission to hunt on his land if he is less than a 1/4 mile from your property?
Technically yes, but generally speaking, neighbors get along well enough where there is perpetual permission.
My neighbor nails beaver & coon all the time. Another one gets deer. I never worry about these guys because they aren’t stupid enough to point their weapons at people and homes. Whenever I fire a gun, especially at something in a tree where I have to elevate, I always wonder where the projectile will end up if I miss. If I know there is a home say a mile or so away, I will not take the shot, but reposition myself so a miss will be a miss.
We live in the woods and it is not possible to see homes or people on land you are not familiar with. In the case of neighbors, I know what direction their homes are, same goes for their knowing where my home is.
It’s common sense, if you do not know where people live, you have no damn business shooting a gun. Always be familiar with the territory you are hunting.
Do you hunt deer?
That question is below my dignity, I'l not be bothered with stupidity.
Well, Excuse Me! Sorry I took up your time.
You’re forgiven just don’t do it again.
A bunch of years ago a guy was shooting a semi auto rifle from his back yard at a target he had set up in a large field. Unfortunately myself and my two buddies were rabbit hunting the woods beyond the field when the bullets started whizzing thru the trees. That was it, we high tailed it out of there then stopped at his house to have words with him about shooting safety.......
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THIS MATTER WILL BE DROPPED NOW!
Bye control freak.
Just Damned!!! I’m glad Y’all got out safe.
Just the other night I was watching the show North Woods Law.
One of the Game Warden aka Wildlife Officers was out for Spring Turkey Season.
He was sitting with His back to a tree, His buddy calling for Toms and some idiot “hunter” comes up behind Them and ripped off a round of 20GA spattering the tree and both of the GW’s left/right shoulder and back.
He was one lucky Man. The pattern was very heavy on His wounds and if He had taken it full load at minimum He would be paralyzed or worse Dead.
As Forrest Gump says: Stupid is as Stupid does.
i shoot back...
Do you own any property?
The principle applies no matter where you are hunting. You are responsible for the rounds you fire. If you can’t sign up to that, you shouldn’t be handling firearms.
“State law says hunting within 440 yards of an occupied property requires permission of the occupants.”
440 yards, or 440 feet?
This is from the Maine hunting rule book....
“Minimum Shooting Distances
Shooting within 100 Yards of Dwelling:
It is unlawful to discharge any firearm, muzzleloader, or crossbow, or cause a projectile to pass as a result of that discharge, within 100 yards (300 feet) of a building without permission from the owner or, in the owner’s absence, an adult occupant who dwells in that location.”
At 200 yards
You have to go back to my very first post in this threads conversation where I was talking about our property in our state.
In my state, ND, it’s 440 yards. That’s the state I was referring to.
I can see where if someone picked up the conversation a few comments later it could be interpreted as Maine.
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