AR-News: (US MN) "Fishermen" using pistols, shotguns and assault rifles

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http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/entertainment/8999761.htm

DuluthNewsTribune.com Posted on Thu, Jun. 24, 2004
 




LEAD STORY

By Chuck Shepherd

BY CHUCK SHEPARD


 
"Fishermen" using pistols, shotguns and assault rifles are permitted on two 
U.S. lakes (in Vermont and Virginia) for a few weeks each spring to fire at 
pike and several other species, according to a May report in the New York Times. 
Sportsmen (who wait in tree "fish blinds") aim just in front of their prey to 
kill by concussion because a direct hit renders the fish inedible. Describing 
the fascination, one shooter struggled in awe: "It's something that once 
you've done it..." The relatively few shooters are so avid that attempts to ban the 
activity have gone nowhere.

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