Am I unreasonable? Frustrated.

Shooting over, or at one perhaps, but check out NYS! Yep NY! you see "highway hunters" every year there. They walk along the roadside looking for game & as long as they point away from the road its OK.
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Shooting from a public road is NOT OK! They may not be getting prosecuted (that's your local officers, and an enforcement issue) but its not ok. I grew up in NYS, lived there from 57-79.

You are required to be 500 feet from any public road, unless you are on property you own. It was the law when I lived there, and I doubt they've done away with it. Interesingly, WA (which has a lot more open space than NY,) the requirement is only 50 feet.

I'm not sure where it is in the general code (if its there), but it is in the game laws.

Yes, we had "road hunters" and even "sound hunters" back in the day, too. At best, slobs, not sportsmen, and at worst, a real danger to other people.
 
I'd forgotten the "sounder hunters":rolleyes:
I don't advocate the practice but it happens all the time in Yates & Stuben Co. I never saw anyone get popped for it in 10 years.
 
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Shooting over, or at one perhaps, but check out NYS! Yep NY! you see "highway hunters" every year there. They walk along the roadside looking for game & as long as they point away from the road its OK.
Shooting from a public road is NOT OK! They may not be getting prosecuted (that's your local officers, and an enforcement issue) but its not ok. I grew up in NYS, lived there from 57-79.

You are required to be 500 feet from any public road, unless you are on property you own. It was the law when I lived there, and I doubt they've done away with it. Interesingly, WA (which has a lot more open space than NY,) the requirement is only 50 feet.

I'm not sure where it is in the general code (if its there), but it is in the game laws.

Yes, we had "road hunters" and even "sound hunters" back in the day, too. At best, slobs, not sportsmen, and at worst, a real danger to other people.
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Like most things that all depends on the State in which you live. Totally confusing to foreigners! In NC you can still hunt the sounds, barrier islands (unless protected of course) and from a road. Again, the latter not advisable.

As this is getting off track I found another range that we are going to give a shot on Friday. Sounds more reasonable and more accommodating to kids. You would think all shooters would want more kids to shoot. They are future voters and we all know we need those.
 
I see that you mean. I was talking about the areas of the Intracoastal between the beaches and the mainland. Maybe he was talking about 'noises'. Yes that would be highly dangerous.
 
Skizzums place

Skissum that may look like a good place to shoot but you do realize that you are shooting across a high tension powerline access road.
 
Yup "Sounder"
'Didya see that buck"?
"Nope, not a hair he was a sounder"!:eek:

There was a farmer who was famous in the area every autumn he'd paint huge letters on his animals.

"COW"

HORSE

& so on.
 
The kind of "sound hunter" I am talking about is the idiot(s) who shoot into brush at the sound of "game". In other words they are shooting at something they DO NOT SEE!!!!

Stupid, foolish, and very, very, very dangerous.

This type of behavior should land people in jail, and sometimes does, if they get caught. back in the day, this kind of behavior was usually something that "city hunters" sometimes did. And by "city hunter" we meant someone who knows NOTHING about hunting, or much of anything off the pavement.

They buy a gun, a license, they may even take the NRA Hunter Safety course, but when they get in the woods, they are a danger to others. And to top it all off, they seem totally unaware at the risk this poses to other people. They don't know, and most refuse to learn. Like the guys that shoot up road signs, cut fences, and leave their trash these slobs tarnish our sport, and our reputations. They are the living justification (stereotype) for the bad image the press gives us.

I do know of a farmer who did spray paint "COW" on a cow, in large fluorescent Orange letters.

Someone shot it, anyway....:(
 
At least in NC I was told recently by a law enforcement officer that it is actually technically legal to shoot even from middle of a highway if you have permission or it is legal to shoot into the land you are shooting into
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Don't delude yourself into thinking all "LEO's" really know the laws

What he told you is WRONG

Some counties allow shooting from the right of way, but most do not, and most don't even allow loaded guns on the right of way.

Do yourself a favor and get a regulation book from the NCWRC, and stop asking LEO's who are ignorant

http://www.ncwildlife.org/

Also, ask around at some nearby farms and you may be able to find a farmer willing to lease you an area to use for shooting and maybe even to hunt
 
"...there few public ranges..." Count yourself lucky. No public ranges anywhere in Canada. It's club membership or nothing. And the MNR wonders why there are deer etc lost every year.
Make your pictures smaller.
 
Snyper he was talking about technically it was ok to shoot across or from Hwy 17 in Pender County but not hunting from it. You are correct you can not hunt from state maintained roads, but I do think you can legally shoot from them as long as the conditions warrant a safe environment. DO NOT GET ME WRONG, I am not advocating that. I am going to double check it too just for clarity. The LEO was the local Game Warden WRO and a very knowledgeable guy about our area. I would have no reason to doubt him, but it is worth a look. Again, not something I would do anyway.
 
I feel your pain baddarryl. The public range I used to shoot at was $20 per person for all day. In 2011 it went up to $25. This year it jumped to $30. The range is 40 miles away. So for my Son and myself to shoot, gas money, and maybe a bite to eat afterwards, I’m dropping close to a $100 bill. Another $50+++ for ammo. Needless to say, I’ve only been out target shooting once this year. I did find a guy I know that will let me shoot at his personal private range, but haven’t made it there yet. Unfortunately he archery deer hunts right next to the range, and the season opens in a few days, so there will be no target shooting for me until spring.
 
You might want to look on the National Forestry web site here in Western North Carolina there are several public shooting ranges set up on Forestry land.
 
OP here. We hit another range an equal distance up the road for us. $29 for all 4 of us to shoot all day. Professionally ran, firm but nice RO. Well equipped gun shop on site as well as a Pub. :) Will return. Maybe the other jerk was a blessing.

I will give a shout out for them if you are in eastern NC near J Ville.
http://flatwoodsguns.com/
 
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