You cant judge a whole state based on one persons actions Mom. I dont know the full story of what has happened with your neighbor and their target shooting or the damages you say has occurred. But not everyone is like that with their weapons. I dont know if it was their fault of the damages you say happened or not but that isnt the point hunters education trains hunters before they go into the woods and clearly expresses how they are responsible for every shot they make be there a backstop or not. Know what is beyond your target.
I have been through hunter education...more than once as I went through it with my kids. My dad was an instructor for several years. I am just pointing out that not everyone in this state is a safe hunter/shooter as your post would imply. We do not have hills in our area to stop loads that are capable of carrying a good distance. There are enough deer slaughtered without adding rifles to the mix. I know it is muzzleloader season currently, but it is amazing how many shots I am hearing in the past week that appear to not require reloading. Bang Bang Bang....doesn't sound like a muzzleloader to me. Not all hunters are ethical or safe. I know many are, but here they are already blasting at deer beyond the distances that they can safely make sure they have a good clean shot. If a hunter can't take a deer with the options currently available, I would have to question why they are hunting at all. Scout first and know where they are traveling and then be safe about how you are hunting and KNOW your target before you shoot...pretty basic. Those rules have put plenty of venison on our table over the years. Our neighbors all seem to be pretty good at maiming deer that then need to be tracked all over our property. I'd like to get more calls that ask for permission to pick up the deer that were shot and dropped on our side or ran a short distance and fell over. It seems like most times I hear a shot, it is followed by a call that it is somewhere in our woods and now they want to wander all over our hunting space to find their poorly shot deer. Most are never recovered because they leave our property in their injured state and just keep going. I'm not judging the whole state...I'm concerned for my own safety and basing my comments on what I see happening in my own back yard.