Stump Shootin

BigBucksnTrucks · October 25, 2012, 02:33:00 PM

Howdy all, just wondering where you guys stump shoot. I live in the city and have a nice little yard, but no stumps or woods. Is it okay to go out to WMA's and stump shoot? Do you guys do that? The guys I know Up north and where I hant have several acres, so they just stump shoot in their back yards and walk through their woods. Now that it's cooling down here, and after my trip I'd like to take the kids out and do some stump shooting to make it more fun for them. Thanks!

Bowwild · October 25, 2012, 02:43:00 PM

You'll need to check with your Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission regarding WMA rules and "target shooting". Many states have regulations against it, mostly because the ones who make the rules don't know what stump shooting is and haven't had input requesting it.

Target shooting with firearms is commonly disallowed except on public shooting ranges designed and situated for that type of concentrated fire. Often times archery gets treated the same way even though there is little threat to other users or WMA neighbors.

From time to time a regulation against target shooting outside the hunting season might be imposed to remove cover for a poacher being out and about. Personally, I don't like those kinds of laws that punish the many in order to box in the few violators.

BigBucksnTrucks · October 25, 2012, 02:46:00 PM

Thanks Bowwild, I'll check with FWCC.

Brianlocal3 · October 25, 2012, 03:21:00 PM

In Illinois it is illegal by rights, BUT make sure you have a current hunting license and something is in season then you can be "hunting" legally, but just stiumpshoot if that's what you are wanting to do.

southernarcher · October 25, 2012, 07:05:00 PM

Target shooting is illegal in SC on wma land. But most of the year something is in season. Usually smallgame, aren't stumps small game ?

emt137 · October 25, 2012, 11:45:00 PM

Sometimes I'll just work around my backyard if I'm just wanting something different to shoot at. I can get a 10-20 yard shot depending on the location in my yard. I'll either just use leaves on the ground or grab a soda can, milk jug, whatever out of the recycle bin.

wooddamon1 · October 26, 2012, 12:05:00 AM

Yup, just read up on the rules and if legal, have a license for "whatever" and kill some stumps.

McDave · October 26, 2012, 12:18:00 AM

Actual "stumps" are pretty hard on arrows, unless they are old and rotten. Pinecones, twigs, plastic bottles, tennis balls either thrown or stuck on broken arrow shafts, or the colorful fletches on your buddy's shot arrow all make good targets. I carry two arrows: one with a judo point for shooting in the weeds, and another with a plastic blunt for shooting at harder things that might break the other arrow. I love to stump shoot and do it almost every morning.

BigBucksnTrucks · October 26, 2012, 09:02:00 AM

Yeah, I've got an orange tree in my yard and I'll toss them around and shoot at them. I've also got an old rotten stump in a wood pile that I'll shoot, but decided that's a bad idea since I missed and hit some good wood and it shattered my carbon arrow. I normally shoot alum's but set up some old carbons with judo's and blunts for this stuff so I don't destroy my good arrows. I also learned the hard way about shooting jugs, at first i though it was a good idea bc with every shot the jug flew in the air and when it landed would be at a different distance so i'd shoot it again, this was great except the previous arrow that I shot with was now at an odd angle in the jug and when i shot the jug again, I shot the arrow right in half...d'oh! oh well, live and learn. Well, what I've learned from this is one day...once the kids are off to college and what not, I'll have to buy a house with a few hundred acres of woods to shoot in!