Where I live it is considered discharging a firearm in the city limits.

That is the one thing I hate about me moving into a trailer park. I used to live in the country and could shoot my bow anytime I wanted. Just walk out the door and fling some arrows. Now I am going to have to find a club to join or something.

I couldn't handle it this weekend. I set up a target in my bedroom and shot the length of my trailer. I can get about 15 yards from my living room to my bedroom.

Paul

I live in town and have neighbors all around me and their backyards are open to my backyard where I've practiced for several years now. I put up a 6ft privacy fence around part of it last year and the rest has a 4 foot wood fence. I can take a 48 yard shot from one end to the other. I don't practice when the neighborsare out at 40 yards but I will shorten it up to 20 yards. They don't like it but don't complain either. I purposedly draw my bow so it faces downward in case of a misfire or failed release which has happened.
I hope you can find away for the lawto exclude archery equipment since the schools are now introducing it as a legit program.

I live in a sub division where they certian ordinance's and I've been shooting in my backyard for a long time.
Never had a problem with any nighbor until one summer , some crazy yahoo saw me on top of the roof of my garage shooting my bow.
He called the cops on me and when they came out , they told about the ordinance and left it with that.
When the forth of july came around and he was shooting his shot gun off , I returned the favor on called the cops on him.

I also had the cops come by and talk to me because my neighbor didn't like it, even though there was no law against it. To make a long story short the cop, who was also a devoted bowhunter, said that I can shoot in the backyard. The caveat to that is that if I missed and hit a house or a person, I would be going to jail for a felony. It was basically a catch 22 for me. So I joined the local archery club and I hate this neighbor and wish him the worst every single day.


I might add that joining a club was the best thing I have done to become a better shooter. There is an abundance of targets at all practical distances.

I have 3 acres so there is plenty of room for me to fling arrows. Most of my neighbors are fine with it because I kill the deer that eat their gardens and flowers.

The majority of responses here seem to be restricted in their shooting because of neighbors/nearby houses. That can surely be a problem and one would have to be really careful to keep pointed in a safe direction at all times. Probably all of us have had an arrow launch unexpectedly and go the wrong way at one time or another. I guess I'm in the fortunate minority, living rurally and having a few acres.

In fact, the neighbors on either side are quite happy to let me set up a 3D coursewhich traverses our3 properties and I have a couple shoots here every spring. On my own place, I range out to 80 yards, which is handy for practicing 1200-round distances.

Here is one of the local residents strolling by. Fawn do?

I shoot from my driveway into my garage. Sometimes I'm in the street or even across the street. I have several people stop and watch for awhile & all seem to be amazed that a bow is that accurate. Its not me because I am not a great shot. Kids like to stop by and talk for awhile & it seems to be good as they do seem to be interested and maybe someday they will pick it up. I do live in a relatively small town plus I am 59 so people probably assume I am more responsible than you young bucks. It does come with the grey hair wether justified or not.

I'm lucky. We have 3 acres on a hill.....and we can't see another house from ours. our house also sits directly between two 24 acre tracts that aren't inhabited. 17 acres behind me.........with one house on it (my closest neighbor at +/- 1000').

We can shoot in just about every direction.

When the officer pulled up he showed me the ordinence on his laptop so I know that it real. Since I live in the in a busy subdivision I can live with the law for now. The real problem that I have is that my 7 year old daughter shooting her recurve can't shoot anymore. Her bow is no more a weapon then a father throwing a baseball at his son who can't catch.

I know I said that I didn't think the front yard was the best place to be shooting and still do but I assure you I would find some place in the back yard (that can't be seen by the neighborley Commies) for my daughter to shoot. No options, no backyard fence?? Good luck.