Since I have established myself as a non-gun person, I now need to turn to the gun experts for advice. The family who bought the property next to my future home in Okeechobee have been shooting, and I think they're doing it wrong.
I know there was at least one extensive thread on this subject a few months ago, but I couldn't think of the right search words to find it. If anyone remembers, I'd like a pointer to that thread.
Here's the situation. My property is 5 acres, long (780') and narrow (280'). The property next door is 2.5 acres, long (we share the 780' property line), and half as wide (140'). They are to my South; to my North is a state highway. The property to my West is my daughter and son-in-law with two dogs and two small children (1 and 3 years old).
In this satellite photo, taken in 1999, my property and my neighhbor's property have been extensively cleared since the photo was taken (my neighbor's property was clear cut). When they were shooting, they were standing at the base of the red arrow, shooting in the indicted direction. They set up a 5 gallon pail and placed bottles, etc. on it, at the head of the red arrow. There is nothing between their property and mine except field fence, and all of the land is flat. They were shooting rifles, pistols, and bow & arrows.
On my daughter's property, the building closest to my property is their garage and the house is to the West. The garage is about 20' from the property line; the house is about 100', perhaps 140' from the "target" they set up.
The state highway is a major East-West route (State Road 70) with a good deal of traffic.
The owners recently purchased the property and live out of town. I don't know their names as the sale hasn't been posted to the public records, yet. I have not seen them; the reports of the shooting (two different days) were from my daughter, who was fearful of confronting them. She hustled the kids inside and stayed there while they were active.
I am willing to speak to them in a neighborly manner before taking any other action, if I see them on the property. I'm not there all the time. But, I want to be sure of my facts before I speak to them. I'd appreciate any advice, comments, rules, laws, etc., or references to look them up.
I know there was at least one extensive thread on this subject a few months ago, but I couldn't think of the right search words to find it. If anyone remembers, I'd like a pointer to that thread.
Here's the situation. My property is 5 acres, long (780') and narrow (280'). The property next door is 2.5 acres, long (we share the 780' property line), and half as wide (140'). They are to my South; to my North is a state highway. The property to my West is my daughter and son-in-law with two dogs and two small children (1 and 3 years old).
In this satellite photo, taken in 1999, my property and my neighhbor's property have been extensively cleared since the photo was taken (my neighbor's property was clear cut). When they were shooting, they were standing at the base of the red arrow, shooting in the indicted direction. They set up a 5 gallon pail and placed bottles, etc. on it, at the head of the red arrow. There is nothing between their property and mine except field fence, and all of the land is flat. They were shooting rifles, pistols, and bow & arrows.
On my daughter's property, the building closest to my property is their garage and the house is to the West. The garage is about 20' from the property line; the house is about 100', perhaps 140' from the "target" they set up.
The state highway is a major East-West route (State Road 70) with a good deal of traffic.
The owners recently purchased the property and live out of town. I don't know their names as the sale hasn't been posted to the public records, yet. I have not seen them; the reports of the shooting (two different days) were from my daughter, who was fearful of confronting them. She hustled the kids inside and stayed there while they were active.
I am willing to speak to them in a neighborly manner before taking any other action, if I see them on the property. I'm not there all the time. But, I want to be sure of my facts before I speak to them. I'd appreciate any advice, comments, rules, laws, etc., or references to look them up.