I used the term 'whistling' in my Beda report as an adjective not a noun, but you gun guys can interpret it any way you wish. My fishing partner that day is a also a duck hunter and commented that the sound we heard probably the wad, not the shot.
Kent Lufkin >you know... I was gonna comment on shot "whistling" yesterday too. > >Shot doesn't whistle as the usual velocity of shot is below the speed of >sound. A shot column usually slows to below the speed of sound at about 9 >or 10 yards from the muzzle. Further than that it's slower than the speed >of sound. > >If you did hear shot "whistling", then it was probably some yahoo with a >centerfire rifle. > >Definitely not a hunter. > >signed > >(sticks up for hunters) Bill Warner > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: steblina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 7:45 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Nunnally/Lenice/Merry Date Closed > > >I use to hunt Beda all the time prior to it becoming a fly fishing lake. > >Of course, now all the cover is getting trampled down pretty good around the >lake....... > >Shot doesn't whistle....unless your real close. There's no excuse for that. > >Of course, one needs to be careful. Saw a bumper sticker that >said....If its tourist season....why can't we shoot them?? > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kent Lufkin >> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 8:48 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: Nunnally/Lenice/Merry Date Closed >> >> >> When Sean Ransom and I were at Beda last Tuesday, a guy in an orange >> vest with a guy was wandering around the blind on the point along the >> west corner of the main lake. Most of the hunters seem to congregate >> at the other parking area just north of Beda on Dodson Road. I was >> there last year before Halloween and heard several shots nearby > > including one that whistled over our heads out on the lake. > > > > Kent Lufkin > >
