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Offline SWHUNTER

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« on: February 04, 2009, 11:36:53 AM »
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Re: Legal?
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2009, 12:18:11 PM »
Just curious if any one knows if this is legal.     

A few years ago while I was watching a legal buck from Canyon Road, two hunters stop and start watching some other deer on the hillside.After about 10 minutes they spot the buck.They scramble to their trucks and grab their rifles.One guy grabs earmuffs and a tripod. The buck is probally 500 to 600 yards away. The two guys go down to the river and start blazing at this deer. They are shooting across the river, across the railroad tracks and over top of a herd of bighorn sheep. On about the 10th shot they hit the deer in the front leg and it runs over the hill and out of site. This sequence of events made me sick. I don't know if they ever finished the deer off or not but I could find nothing in the game laws that said they broke the law. What are your thoughts?

As far I I know its legal to shoot over a river and railroad tracks. It is also legal to shoot over other animals. Sounds like a poor experience but not illegal.  :twocents:

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Re: Legal?
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2009, 12:25:27 PM »
About the only thing the game regs talk about are shooting across improved roads and powerlines.  :dunno:
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Re: Legal?
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2009, 12:26:44 PM »
I think it is illegal to shoot across a navigatable waterway!!! That is what I have always been told but have never seen it anywhere!!!!  Good question..

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Re: Legal?
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2009, 12:29:01 PM »
The Yakima isn't navigable as far as I know. Well, I guess it would depend on where he was.

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Re: Legal?
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2009, 12:30:59 PM »
I think it is illegal to shoot across a navigatable waterway!!! That is what I have always been told but have never seen it anywhere!!!!  Good question..

But you are allowed to hunt ducks on the Columbia River as far as i know?

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Re: Legal?
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2009, 03:16:23 PM »
that is definately unethical but i dont think it would be illegal

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Re: Legal?
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2009, 03:47:34 PM »
that is definately unethical but i dont think it would be illegal


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Re: Legal?
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2009, 04:03:52 PM »
I was told by a game warden it is illegal to shoot over,accross or standing on any railroad tracks. I specifically ask about the canyon tracks. :dunno: This was a few years ago. Don't know if the laws have changed but i'll never do it.

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Re: Legal?
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2009, 04:33:59 PM »
It's illegal to shoot across a body of water also.
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Re: Legal?
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2009, 04:37:35 PM »
Oops.  :o I've been breaking the law just for a few ducks?! :P
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Re: Legal?
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2009, 06:53:38 PM »
i dont know if it is legal or not but im sure a game warden would ticket them for being complete unethical idiots

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Re: Legal?
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2009, 08:33:28 PM »
It's illegal to shoot across a body of water also.

Not to be an ass but id like to know where you find it to be illegal to shoot over a body of water, please show me because i dont believe thats true

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Re: Legal?
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2009, 09:24:21 PM »
My angle on it is this:

They risk getting nailed for intentionally wasting wildlife, if they had no reasonable way to pursue the injured game.
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Re: Legal?
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2009, 09:32:51 PM »
bad move all the way around.sucks to see
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Re: Legal?
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2009, 03:59:39 PM »
It's illegal to shoot across a body of water also.

what about duck hunting? how do you figure?
unethical- :tup:
illegal- nope.
the yak above rosa dam is not considered navigable water.
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Re: Legal?
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2009, 04:42:37 PM »
If you google it and look at hunter saftey class regs it is clear that you can't shoot across a body of water because of the chances of ricoche.
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Re: Legal?
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2009, 05:17:18 PM »
That may be the case but is there a LAW that says you can't do it? I don't think so. Besides there are different scenarios where you may be shooting "across water" and some may be safe and others not. It would be stupid to have a law for that.

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Re: Legal?
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2009, 06:17:45 PM »
If you google it and look at hunter saftey class regs it is clear that you can't shoot across a body of water because of the chances of ricoche.

Wrong. You can even shoot a rifle from the water in a boat, to the land, as long as the motorized motion has stopped.

You can shoot across water. With rifle, shotgun, pistol, muzzle and bow. BB gun too. Slingshot.
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Re: Legal?
« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2009, 07:01:07 PM »
yeah the rules of hunter safety say not to shoot at a flat hard surface like water because of ricochet but there is no law about it

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Re: Legal?
« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2009, 07:02:51 PM »
You can shoot across water without shooting "at" it. Nothing really dangerous about that.

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Re: Legal?
« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2009, 03:10:55 PM »
Glad we settled that!

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