I went on another quickie bird hunt this morning. This time I was on BLM land so there isn't any questions or concerns about the legality of it. There still is five hundred feet minimum distance from dwellings law.
I was on a rise. I was a good 700 feet from these homes on the edge of the public land. My dog flushed some birds, unfortunately they flew towards those houses. Even though I was a legal distance from them I decided not to shoot.
If someone was looking out their kitchen window and heard a shot and saw someone pointing a gun towards them, they might become unnerved. I wouldn't blame them.
Anyway, here is my question.
Our county mandates five hundred feet for shotgun shooting. Do you all thing that its enough distance for birdshot safety?
I was on a rise. I was a good 700 feet from these homes on the edge of the public land. My dog flushed some birds, unfortunately they flew towards those houses. Even though I was a legal distance from them I decided not to shoot.
If someone was looking out their kitchen window and heard a shot and saw someone pointing a gun towards them, they might become unnerved. I wouldn't blame them.
Anyway, here is my question.
Our county mandates five hundred feet for shotgun shooting. Do you all thing that its enough distance for birdshot safety?