Shooting at trees

[WillysWagon]

When recently talking to a coworker about shooting in the State & National Parks, we talked about shooting at trees. I said we are not allowed (as in it’s illegal) to shoot at any tree, alive or dead. He disagreed stating he recently read it only stated we can’t shoot at ‘Live’ trees. I looked quickly to find more info and didn’t come up with much. Anyone have more info on State/National Park ‘rules & regulations’ about shooting at tree’s in the parks? Links would even be better as I want to print out the info to give my coworker so he knows. I know the rules and such change from area to area, but is there mention of an overall rule that states we can’t shoot at a tree, no matter what?

Thanks,
Kyle

[KarlPMann]

He's somewhat correct, and so are you. As it was explained to me by the then "Ranger" for the district in which we hold our 'South Shoots'....

The law specifically forbids shooting at all live trees. It does not specifically state you cannot shoot at dead trees. There is a part of the law that says you cannot 'disturb or damage' any wildlife habitat... and goes on to include trees that are dead, even if fallen. They consider shooting at these 'dead' trees as a violation of that section of the law. The penalties are the same as I recall. A few bucks out of pocket, and a short vacation at a nearby federal resort community.

As for the specific law numbers and such, I honestly couldn't say. You could always try calling the local USFS office and ask. Karl.

[PhL0aTeR]

i dont know anything about the law.... but was always taught not to shoot at anything you werent going to pack out. (targets or animals)

[WillysWagon]

The only rule/reg I found was on an 'Arapaho & Rosevelt National Forests, Pawnee National Grassland' web page that stated, you weren't allowed to put targets on trees for shooting (didn't mention live or dead, just trees in general). I'll look more tonight if I have time.

[Gman]

Don't shoot at anything you aren't prepared to eat.

Ask me for my clay pigeon recipes at the next shoot.

Try this for info;
http://michaelbane.blogspot.com/2005...-catch-22.html

[XJ]

I am not prepared to eat paper targets, or Sight-N-See stickers either.

Assclown needs a target stand, they are inexpensive or may be home-made. He must be quite a forester to be able to determine if a tree is alive or dead during all seasons.