Suggestions for a lake?

[Irving]

Is that legal? I doubt you'll find a place where you can do this.

[mcantar18c]

Is that legal? I doubt you'll find a place where you can do this.

Not really sure on that, can't find any info about it... but bowfishing is legal, and I don't see much of a difference between shooting them with an arrow and shooting them with a bullet. I can't think of any other game that's legal to hunt with a bow but not a rifle...

[BPTactical]

I don't see much of a difference between shooting them with an arrow and shooting them with a bullet.

Other than the fact an arrow ricochet goes maybe 100 yards, a rifle ricochet who knows. Cardinal rule NOT to shoot at water.
To the best of my knowledge it is unlawful to take fish with a firearm.(Or Dupont lures)
Check the Game and Fish website.




(Silly me-I see what you are doing-setting the stage for another tragic "I lost all my firearms in a boating accident" story. You sly fox, Brer Rabbit got nuttin on you! (Tar Baby joke not implied)

[Irving]

I think that other people around you are way more likely to freak out about the rifle though.

[twitchyfinger]

Interesting idea for sure! From what I could find it looks to be legal only in Vermont:

"New York and Vermont were the only states in the country where fish shooting was popular and legal for more than a century until Albany banned the practice in 1969. It remains legal only in Vermont, for two months in the spring, but a bill in the State Legislature may be bringing an end to the sport."

LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/05/sp...red-sport.html


Couple of other related:
http://www.ammoland.com/2010/03/24/f...-season-opens/

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/us...t-bullets.html

[earplug]

Then try Pueblo, its legal to hunt from a boat and the fishing is decent.