ORIGINAL: mike bell
Nodog,
Do you bow hunt near Manassas or gun hunt??
I grew up in Woodbridge which was probly fifteen minutes north of Manassas, 15 minutes north of Woodbridge is DC, and I lived in a big neighberhood too. I learned how to shoot a bow in my backyard. We had a nice backstop of plywood with five or six sq. bales of hay infront of it. We never had any problems when shooting. How big is a backyard, 25 30 yards max? Not alot of room, but enough to learn and get all the basics for hunting.
If I couldnt shoot in my own yard, it would be a big deal to me. It wont be long before you wont be able to hunt where you do. I have family in Stafford, they own enough land to hunt on, but its getting crowed around them there too. And it wont be to long before bow hunting is the only thing they can do because of no shooting laws.
But hey, I guess if you dont stand up for your rights, you dont have a right to complain when you cant shoot anywhere unless you pay somebody to shoot on their range.
Well, I try to get there for both the archery and muzzleloader season. My brother is a UPS driver and a member of a hunt club there. He sets up the spots. They are all outside of town at least a 45min. drive. He has lost alot of hunting ground around there to development that's why he joined the club.
I can't blame anybody for not wanting to be able to use there back yard to shoot. There have been post on this board from guys that live in areas like that and what they've done.
I think it would be better for hunters in those area's to restrict themselves through legislation. It would cut the legs out from under any anti hunting effort, but I don't live there or in an area that would be affected by such legislation.
Feel free to call me an idiot. Couldn't blame you.