easterndog said:
Is it legal to shot from or across roads that are closed to motorized vehicles except for disables on SGL? I noticed some new roads in place for access to gas wells and the workers travel these roads every other day to check the tanks. Do the laws still apply to these access roads that wind and weave through out the SGL to those wells?
Below is the applicable Title 34 code. Key words/phrases are "
public highway", "
highway open to use or used by the public", and "
roadway". In your example, for roads open to disabled hunters, it sounds like "
roadway open to use by the public" would apply, depending upon the specific road.
Sec. 2504. Shooting on or across highways.
(a) General rule. - It is unlawful for any person to shoot at any game or wildlife while it is on a public highway or on a highway open to use or used by the public or to shoot across a public highway or a highway or roadway open to use or used by the public unless the line of fire is high enough above the elevation of the highway to preclude any danger to the users of the highway. It shall be unlawful for any person, after alighting from a motor vehicle being driven on or stopped on or along a public highway or road open to public travel, to shoot at any wild bird or wild animal while the person doing the shooting is within 25 yards of the traveled portion of the public highway or road open to public travel.
