No, no, no. There are very strict laws against discharging firearms
within x feet of a dwelling. You're no farther in the woods than I am
in Jefferson County, West Virginia, and nobody around here would stand
for that. There are very valid reasons not to allow this behavior.
Jan. 1, 2010: Boy most likely shot by a rifle fired into the air
http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/boy-most-likely-shot-264997.html
Yes, yes, yes!
Where I live people hunt all year around. Laws? What laws? They do
target practice in their back yards. They use each other for target
practice--really. BTW, most of these neighbors are from WV, VA, KY, but
now live in MD. I was out for a stroll in the woods one day and a scary
looking character jumped out from behind a tree, holding his rifle,
yelling, "ya scarrd muh skwarrl"--luckily all he was shooting that day
was squirrels and possums--in July.
Noise? There are at least 4 quarries around here, plus target practice
at Aberdeen Proving Ground, noise that carries over the water about 20
miles, and those low-flying Air Force planes practicing reconnaissance
missions. I'm used to it. Doesn't bother me. Skunks don't smell so bad
any more either. Almost forgot about the woodpeckers that hammer on the
metal downspouts at dawn.
When things are too loud, I wear good quality earplugs or use noise
canceling headphones with my iPod, or breathe deeply for about 5
minutes. County, city, 'burbs, all can be noisy in different ways.
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