Thread: Rangers escorting those in blue...

Originally Posted by Munsey

They will have to leave the cop at the gate for all the private ponds will they not? A Fish and Game ranger can let himself in to check the place out, a cop can not............. I would have thought privite ponds would have been the target ? . You would have to be a complete muppet to play up on public water !

Can the Ranger come onto private property? Without an invite

Originally Posted by Maca49

Can the Ranger come onto private property? Without an invite

Yes they can. I'm not sure about the police.

I agree it would be ideal to have only licensed shooters but I see no harm if they are completely competent ( and that's not a call I make lightly) to let them shoot their own gun as well as shooting nearby. These boys have done more shooting by the age of 15 and can handle a firearm better than a heap of adults I have seen. Safety is paramount.

Originally Posted by Tussock

Thats how I started duck shooting. Next to Dad when I was 13, with a Baikal single shot that near tore my shoulder off. I got yelled at if I even looked the wrong way with it and I never got a duck.

It was awesome!

Same here, I was shooting since 4yrs old shooting the clothesline pole with an air rifle with my grandad at my side and was well and truely versed in shooting safety by the time I went on my first duckshooting trip. I was shooting with with my much older cousin and can remember knocking down 3 ducks-2 for me one for him on the first flight. Absolutely magic. So was being able to think " I'm glad he missed as well" on a few! It would be a real shame if the police cracked down on something so harmless. Alcohol, absolutely fair to be hard on it in my opinion.

I think being able to have my own gun back then left out a lot of pressure I could have felt if I was the only shooter.