“The hunter was within his rights.”
I’m glad you guys were OK.
The hunter had no “right” to shoot at your house. The irresponsibility was his and he should rightly be held accountable for it. The first thing taught in hunter ed was “be sure of your target and what’s beyond it.”
He was shooting into trees at a lower elevation and far enough away that he probably couldn’t even see the house. He did have the right to hunt squirrels. I agree he was careless, but it was likely he lacked training or understanding that his bullet could go so far. When you are down where he was and look up towards our house, it is not visible. All you can see is trees.
I was angry about it and a little nervous for a while. I understand the people in the article who were anxious over hunters on the neighboring land, although birdshot isn’t nearly the problem .22s are. But, the pheasant hunters were behaving properly.
I guess I was just trying to present both sides.