never needed a scope let alone a rifle, my Ithaca is all thats required plus the stooopid asses come here from the city and shoot horses and cows as it is... they don't need a rifle to do that.
Posted on 09/10/2008 5:53:16 PM PDT by SJackson
Once the projectile leaves the barrel, you don't know where it is going to wind up, especially in an area where you have a lot of development....in which case you don't pull the trigger.
Seems to me that the typical rifle bullet having traveled three miles would be left with the velocity of an asthmatic jogger and not be real dangerous except to a dinosaurus liberallus who would be frightened to death. This is kind of like that old nonsense about shots fired in the air.
Identify the herds with CWD. Let EVERYONE know that on ‘this particular weekend’ there will be snipers out with rifles culling the herd. Put up barriers to the area, post signs, whatever.
Cull the herd; switch back to shotguns for the regular season.
‘Tain’t Rocket Science. ;)
BS. Modern sabot rounds (12 & 20 ga.) are ACCURATE and DEADLY beyond 200 yds when properly applied. Same for my muzzleloader.
No self-respecting deer is gonna give anyone a wide open shot for a mile or 3.....gonna be lucky to have a 100 yard clear line of fire! if'n ya miss, that tree right past the deer is gonna take care of things. Bet those bureaucrats had a field day talking about it tho'!
Problem is - too many people ....
>Once the projectile leaves the barrel, you don’t know where it is going to wind up, especially in an area where you have a lot of development....in which case you don’t pull the trigger.<
This sounds like a politician who doesn’t have the courage to say that he’s gets upset the way the Hispanics empty their magazines up in the air as a way of celebrating an event.
The poor tree
It's also worth noting that in Wisconsin much of the hunting is done from tree stands, drop not being much of a safety factor.
I think I'll go laugh my butt off at this one for a while.
They can be fatal.
Participant at KKK initiation wounded after shots fired into sky
JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee (AP) -- A bullet fired in the air during a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony came down and struck a participant in the head, critically injuring him, authorities said.
Gregory Allen Freeman, 45, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the Saturday night incident that wounded Jeffery S. Murr, 24.
About 10 people, including two children, had gathered for the ceremony. The man who was being initiated was blindfolded, tied with a noose to a tree and shot with paintball guns as Freeman fired a pistol in the air to provide the sound of real gunfire, Sheriff Fred Phillips said.
A bullet struck Murr on the top of the head and exited at the bottom of his skull, authorities said.
Freeman fled the ceremony but was arrested near his home, authorities said. He was released on $7,500 bail.
More likely he's a politician who'd love to ban shotguns too, and hates seeing things move in the other direction.
Hunter safety 101
The only way a rifle bullet can go three miles is if you fire it at about a 45 degree angle. Since the average deer is about 4 to 5 fee tall to miss the deer and go 3 miles would mean you couldn’t even see the deer in your scope or open sights when you fired. There is no evidence that shotgun slugs cause less accidental injuries than rifles during hunting season.
Yes, even the article acknowledges that, and it's not like they haven't been looking. As 50cal Smokepole correctly noted upthread, there's no longer any practical difference between rifle/shotgun/blackpowder in the context of the town chairman's concern.
Many types of rifle, if fired at the correct upward angle, would have lethal velocity when they hit the ground a couple miles away. Aiming at such distances would be impossible, but as has been observed, sometimes the danger isn't the bullet that has your name on it, but the one addressed "to whom it may concern".
Nonetheless, if hunters shoot from tree stands and exercise reasonable discipline such as unloading or at least opening the action when they are climbing up and down trees, I wouldn't think shots would be fired upward at angles likely to cause long range injuries.
LOL... I'd like to see a demonstration of this.
“This is kind of like that old nonsense about shots fired in the air.”
The skull can be penetrated by bullet-sized objects with a velocity of only 200 FPS. The terminal velocity of falling bullets is in the 300 to 500 FPS range, so yes they can kill. There are many documented cases, particularly in countries where shooting into the air is a common activity for celebrations.
never needed a scope let alone a rifle, my Ithaca is all thats required plus the stooopid asses come here from the city and shoot horses and cows as it is... they don't need a rifle to do that.
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