Post by dudley0 on May 21, 2010 18:30:45 GMT -5
Okay, I am new to the board I know but have a situation that I would like to discuss.
I live in a rural area and have a shared pond. The other day I get home from work and the wife is tearing the house apart looking for a dead mouse. Long story short I figure out the smell is from a fish kill at our pond.
My youngest counted numerous dead fish. The smell was from them and the pond is less than 20 foot from my back door. I went out and tried to gaff them, but they wouldn't sink.
I then went in and grabbed some bird shot and a 12 gauge. I was shooting straight down and knocking them out. A neighbor decided to call the not so local PD.
Not a problem as I know I can discharge on my land. After listening to the PD tell me that I needed to inform the neighbor across the pond before I shoot anything next time I started to wonder about the discharge into the water.
I was not shooting over a body of water, nor was I 'hunting' anything in my pond. I was always on my property and no chance of a round hitting someone else's property. This was also not after dark.
I am wondering if this would be a legal shoot situation... even though it cured the stink in my house.
Any help in this would be appreciated. The same person threatened to turn in another neighbor for shooting a BB gun.
Thanks,
Dudley0
I live in a rural area and have a shared pond. The other day I get home from work and the wife is tearing the house apart looking for a dead mouse. Long story short I figure out the smell is from a fish kill at our pond.
My youngest counted numerous dead fish. The smell was from them and the pond is less than 20 foot from my back door. I went out and tried to gaff them, but they wouldn't sink.
I then went in and grabbed some bird shot and a 12 gauge. I was shooting straight down and knocking them out. A neighbor decided to call the not so local PD.
Not a problem as I know I can discharge on my land. After listening to the PD tell me that I needed to inform the neighbor across the pond before I shoot anything next time I started to wonder about the discharge into the water.
I was not shooting over a body of water, nor was I 'hunting' anything in my pond. I was always on my property and no chance of a round hitting someone else's property. This was also not after dark.
I am wondering if this would be a legal shoot situation... even though it cured the stink in my house.
Any help in this would be appreciated. The same person threatened to turn in another neighbor for shooting a BB gun.
Thanks,
Dudley0
