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banditt007 · February 24, 2008, 05:41 PM

first, find out if it is legal where you live, in season ect. In NY even if you are shooting something like a groundhog for instance that has no size/bag/season limits ect. you still must have a hunting licence, back tag, and be following the basic rules. For example not shooting from a road, 500ft or more from a dwelling ect.

I have no problem if you have an over population of turtles and need to cull a few to make the rest of the habitat better. meaning having less competition for food, allowing there to be more/bigger fish in the pond ect. however for some reason i feel like your friends are not doing this.

the problem i have is 1) you are most likely shooting at or around water which is known to be one of the most easy surfaces to get a ricochett (sp?) and 2) you arent eating it and you are just shooting it for fun, no real purpose. people like this not only make our hobby/sport whatever you want to call it, look bad, but its morally wrong. in my opinion of course.

February 24, 2008, 05:41 PM	#3
banditt007 Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2006 Posts: 694	first, find out if it is legal where you live, in season ect. In NY even if you are shooting something like a groundhog for instance that has no size/bag/season limits ect. you still must have a hunting licence, back tag, and be following the basic rules. For example not shooting from a road, 500ft or more from a dwelling ect. I have no problem if you have an over population of turtles and need to cull a few to make the rest of the habitat better. meaning having less competition for food, allowing there to be more/bigger fish in the pond ect. however for some reason i feel like your friends are not doing this. the problem i have is 1) you are most likely shooting at or around water which is known to be one of the most easy surfaces to get a ricochett (sp?) and 2) you arent eating it and you are just shooting it for fun, no real purpose. people like this not only make our hobby/sport whatever you want to call it, look bad, but its morally wrong. in my opinion of course.