Re: US hunters shoot down Google fibre

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

On 9/21/10 2:10 PM, Michael Painter wrote:
> David DiGiacomo wrote:
> > Instead of a rifle, how about a shotgun? It fires a nice wide spread
> > shot pattern. I think you would be much more likely to do
> > some damage (ie: knock fiber off a pole) with something like that.
> > Here in New Jersey it is illegal to use a rifle to hunt deer,
> > so typically you will find hunters using a bow/arrow or Shotgun and
> > you will see a lot of road signs (or other abandon junk) that
> > has been victim of a shotgun blast.

you don't hunt deer with buckshot...

the shotgun consideration is due to the range, and the expectation is
that your target is under 100 meters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_slug

> > ~Dave
>
> Birds like to sit on wires and assholes like to shoot them.
> 50 years ago I carried around the .22 slug I dug out of the
> lead-sheathed cable while troubleshooting the outer marker for McClellan
> AFB in the middle of a rainy night.
>
> --Michael