Fish Hunting in Vermont

Posted by 65.216.254.226 brandsxb on April 25, 2008 at 14:10:06:

I am not sure if this is a joke or is real.

ST. ALBANS BAY, Vt. - The hunter's prey darted into the shadows, just out of reach of Henry Demar's gun.
"Come on, stand up and be counted," Mr. Demar whispered
excitedly. "There was a ripple that came out of the weeds. There's something out there."

Dressed in camouflage, gripping his .357 Magnum, Mr. Demar was primed to shoot. But this time, no such luck. With a flick of its tail, his quarry - a slick silvery fish - was gone.

Fish shooting is a sport in Vermont, and every spring,
hunters break out their artillery - high-caliber pistols, shotguns, even AK-47's - and head to the marshes to exercise their right to bear arms against fish.

It is a controversial pastime, and Vermont's fish and
wildlife regulators have repeatedly tried to ban it. They call it unsportsmanlike and dangerous, warning that a bullet striking water can ricochet across the water like a skipping stone.

But fish shooting has survived, a cherished tradition for some Vermont families and a novelty to some teenagers and twenty-somethings. Fixated fish hunters climb into trees overhanging the water (some even build "fish blinds" to sit in), sail in small skiffs or perch on the banks of marshes that lace Lake Champlain, on Vermont's northwest border.

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