No problem in my neighborhood. I have several houses around me and a fairly busy street but I always shoot in the direction of the hill as a backstop. Can shoot up to 80 yards if I am at the road. Some people stop and talk a bit if I am shooting close to the road. No problems. I am a bit more careful with my 300 Blackout, I only shoot suppressed so that noise doesn't bother anyone but I have had no complaints.
When we lived in the subdivision this was my summer. 19 yds from one end to the other. Kept a path cleared so I could shoot.
We live where no one cares. The direction I shoot is going in to our timber. Hopefully no one is trespassing at the time..........
2 years ago I was shooting and the limb on by bow gave out and the string jumped the track. This caught me by surprise and I accidentally hit the release. The arrow flew over the top of my garage and hit the base of the neighbors house two doors down. I like you stood their hoping I did not just kill someone. Since I did not hear any screams I took a walk down the street and saw my arrow sticking out of the siding. So I knocked on their door and luckily the elderly couple that lived there didn't quite realize what I was talking about and when I pointed out the arrow they were just glad I didn't hurt myself and they gave the arrow back and that was that. We bought a new house last september and now we have an acre and the back side of our yard borders a huge corn field so now I shoot towards that. The neighbors don't seem to care about it.
My neighbor was cool enough to reinforce his side of the fence because my friend accidentally shot an arrow through it. He hates me shooting me air rifles or my bow. I used my brain, and I built a huge backstop since that happened. The houses in my community are VERY close together. I'm limited to 20 yards. Anyways, it seems like people are more intrigued by my bow instead of being skeptical.
I'm Lucky I can and have shot a ak47 right off the front porch. Nobody there to hear it and nobody there to complain.
Oh man! This has crossed my mind in my backyard which is why I draw with my bow down towards the ground. Great story PastorJim
Technically within the city limits, it's against a city ordnance to shoot bows or pellet guns. I know this because a group of our friends and kids were in an empty field in my neighborhood and a "concerned" neighbor called the cops. He came by and just told us we couldn't do it and we left. No big deal. What happens in my backyard the fences hide. One neighbor wouldn't care and my neighbors on the other side are hermits that you only see coming or going to work and getting their mail once in a while. Although I'm going to have to adjust my backyard range. The swimming pool being build will now be in the way.
I have trees nearest to me and state land on the other side. That state land is and open field. So nothing really to worry about unless someone is walking in the field.
Well it happens to be the largest part of the backyard and as they say..... Happy wife, happy life. I'm at the end of a culdesack so I have a pie shape lot from front to back. I'll just have to move the race tire I set my 18-1 in to the other side of the yard and the wood backstop. Not really much to move honestly. I can still get 30 yards from front to back about 40 - 45 side to side. I put a sign on the sliding glass door saying "The range is hot" if I'm back there shooting.
Close story to pastorjim, but seen my arrow sink into the county building (Poll Barn) wall and disappear into the building. It was a Sunday thank god, noone was inside working. However, they left my arrow on my potch with a note telling me it was a kill shot. Sunk the arrow into a truck tire I guess. Just thankful noone was inside working...
