Rounds fired on open water

[CTC B4Z]

Can you shoot on open water? Say Lake Michigan

 

[PatriotPride]

It's not something that I personally would do, but as far as it being illegal I have no idea.

 

[SmileDocHill]

Keep in mind bullets can do funny things when "bouncing" off of water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc0l0lRerps&feature=player_embedded

 

[MinuteMan47]

When did you do this?

 

[CTC B4Z]

I never did anything. Just asking

 

[MinuteMan47]

I never did anything. Just asking

Haha. K. Then why edit the details in the OP?

 

[CTC B4Z]

I misspelled shoot*

 

[CSORuger]

When I was a youngster back in PA. My brother and I would shoot cooperheads with a Marlin 22LF rifle in the crick (not creek) as youans say, when fishing. Had a round bounce off the water and raddled thruogh the trees close to my Father, Lesson learned. Lost use of Marlin for a month.

 

[PatriotPride]

Haha. K. Then why edit the details in the OP?

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[SEIndSAM]

I think the laws say it's illegal to shoot across any water unless your hunting, gotta look the regs up.

 

[USMC_0311]

DNR hunting regs says you can not [FONT=Minion Pro,Minion Pro][FONT=Minion Pro,Minion Pro]Shoot across a body of water, except in the lawful pursuit of wildlife. Page 2 http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-2010_Hunting_Regulations.pdf[/FONT][/FONT]
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[snowman46919]

When I was a youngster back in PA. My brother and I would shoot cooperheads with a Marlin 22LF rifle in the crick (not creek) as youans say, when fishing. Had a round bounce off the water and raddled thruogh the trees close to my Father, Lesson learned. Lost use of Marlin for a month.

I have called it a crick for as long as I can remember. but I never heard it called that in all my travels to PA maybe you were just a displaced hoosier

 

[Armed-N-Ready]

I don't believe it is illegal.

That being said, fishing is much more sporting when you use a fishing pole.

 

[snowman46919]

That being said, fishing is much more sporting when you use a fishing pole.

It is illegal to take a fish by means of a firearm in the state of indiana.

 

[SEIndSAM]

DNR hunting regs says you can not [FONT=Minion Pro,Minion Pro][FONT=Minion Pro,Minion Pro]Shoot across a body of water, except in the lawful pursuit of wildlife. Page 2 http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-2010_Hunting_Regulations.pdf[/FONT][/FONT]

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Thanks USMC, you beat me to it. I knew that I had seen that somewhere.

 

[sharpetop]

I know a guy who took a .22 through the calf of his leg when the bullet richocet [sp] off the water.

 

[Lancem]

Remember reading about some idiot off the coast of Florida shooting at a shark with an M1, bullet ended up killing a woman driving down a highway! Really freak but it's always best to not shoot at hard things at a bad angle.

 

[DragonGunner]

As a kid my buddy an I would chase carp down ditches an shoot down at them with Ruger 10/22's......That was always funner than a pole for me.

Anyone see mythbusters, if you shoot straight down into water that bullet is going far...think a 9mm went down to 12', the slug test blew up the tank an went through the floor....but at a 45 dgree angle even a .50 cal AP bullet gets only about 2 or 3 feet. Less of an angle would probably skip but they didn't try that.

 

[CTC B4Z]

thank you

 

[dross]

Remember reading about some idiot off the coast of Florida shooting at a shark with an M1, bullet ended up killing a woman driving down a highway! Really freak but it's always best to not shoot at hard things at a bad angle.

I read that too, years ago in Readers' Digest. If I remember correctly, it was such a complete fluke it wouldn't have happened unless a bunch of events had converged.

The guy shot, the bullet traveled almost as far as it could, the woman had her rear window rolled down, which would have deflected the bullet at that speed if it was up, and it entered her head under her ear at the only spot that could have killed her.

I remember reading that story as a kid, I'd love to have the details now it was very interesting and has always stuck with me.