Steel Shot distance

[geralton4]

A freind and I duck hunt from a boat in the Cheasapeake bay in MD. The way you get places to hunt is to go to this big drawing. Well this year we got a bad number, and have to hunt in this cove. The MD rules is you have to be at least 150 yards away from a dwelling. That includes boats. So we hunt in a cove with houses on one side and a yaht club on the other side. We are about 200 yards away from the house and boat club.

I don't feel comfortable hunting here this year. What do you guys think steel shot will travel if shot from an 45 degree angle? Do you think it could pepper those houses or boats. Or even have enough to maybe kill someone? I am shooting 3" mag Remington steel shot number 2's. About 1400fps muzzle velocity.

 

[rijndael]

200Y is not enough distance

https://rangeservices.nra.org/media/4074/shotshell-ballistics.pdf

 

[Bill K]

Pretty close, that shot can rain down on either of them. Either make sure you shoot away from them of get further out, if possible.

 

[Knotwild]

I don't know about harming anyone (other than anything is possible), but I do know steel shot will travel 500 yards when fired at ducks. We hunt in a duck pond and sometimes have shot fall on the blind. I've measured it from the creek they hunt in to us with google maps, and that's where I got the 500 yard number.

 

[MrMajestic]

When I was younger I pushed the limits, while remaining legal, on safety zones for waterfowl. We did so because it produced. As I got older the confrontations with the less than knowledgeable people became annoying. Good luck and be safe.

 

[BillJ]

This may help

 

[6fatrat]

I use the same load for ducks.
Fired at a 45 degree angle in a no wind condition you will easily be raining shot down them.
Steve Bair

 

[laangler]

Duck season is out in my area when does yours end? We didn't have any ducks to even worry about shooting

 

[sscoyote]

Well if you hit a baby with 1 piece of shot that'll be the end of our guns in the USA.

 

[CaptainMal]

Years ago i shot at some flying doves way down in a valley in front of my house. Farmhouse near me was at least 200 yards away, up above and back out of sight. I rained 7 1/2 shot down on the lady putting up some sheets to dry.

She told me, not upset as it is a farm lady familiar with shooting. I learned though. If little shot can go over that distance and way up, Well, you decide.

 

[BillJ]

We hunt doves near a sub division. Every year the sheriff's deputies show up because the people in the neighborhood call about bird shot hitting their houses. Last year the deputies sat out in the road and watched us hunt. They ended up walking in and yelling at me to come down to my cousins stand. I had ear protection on and batteries were dead so I couldn't hear them yelling. They all said it was me that was shooting in the direction of the houses... I knew it wasn't me because I hunt a lot and know where my barrel is pointed. ( I've been on that one stand for ten years) Anyway, the deputies left and we went back to hunting and my cousin the owner of the property said don't shoot in that direction bla, bla, bla... On the next hunt I went to his stand and said you shoot towards the houses right? He said the shot would never make it to the houses.. I printed off the shot trajectory chart and handed it to him. I took my laser range finder and hit the house.. We determined that in fact it was my cousin that was doing the raining of lead on these houses...