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Is a small chicken barn considered to be a building according to Michigan’s laws about hunting Safety zones?
By adminThere is this hunter that shoots just fifty feet from our chicken barn. The barn is only the size of a regular shed used for a lawn mower. I do know that there are safety zones in which you can’t hunt. The law is that you can’t shoot anything within 150 yards of any building. I live in michigan so the laws must be for michigan. Thank you for your time.
Categories : Hunting States
3 Comments
July 29th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
It is a building. An outbuilding, to be specific.
Does the law say residential building, occupied building, or just building? If it says building, then your shooter is breaking the law.
July 29th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
I’m not an expert and suggest you look into the legality of this further by contacting your local DNR conservation officer.
I was able to find this information. Please note the word occupied is repeated and that this only pertains to hunting not shooting.
July 29th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
The law does not say; 150 yards, that is incorrect, formerly it was 500 feet, and unless it has been changed it most likely is still 500 feet.