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Originally Posted By: TripleDeuce660firing across water is prohibited in most hunting regulations unless its a shotgun hunting waterfowl.


In CA the law exist for ricochet but also because game shot on an opposite side of a water body you may not be able to recover it if you can't get across.


Only time I could see shooting something on the water with a rifle is gator hunting. Isn't there laws against it in your state?


Actually beaver, snakes, turtles. As long as the turtle isn't endangered and the snake is venomous it's legal all year long. Can't shoot across a road but have read the regs and did a file search of the regs and couldn't find anything about not shooting across water. You can't hunt game from a boat. Actually gator hunting is legal with a tag.


If you've ever owned your own dam you would know that beavers will tear one up real quick by digging dens in the wall. Had a complete failure 15 years ago. They've dug into it again to where it may cost another 10 grand to have it repaired. And Snakes, enough said there. Turtles? Most people don't realize they love fish to eat. Although they also like small snakes so it's a balancing act.


I'd like to see somebody do a complete test with how much the velocity drop off after a ricochet. If it's only 50 fps that's eye opening. I'd figured after a ricochet the .22 would only go maybe 400-500 yards.


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