Can't believe it. I just had a visit from the city police. They had a complaint that I was shooting a bow and arrow in the city limits. We have a little over an acre on a hillside. Our backyard is completely surrounded by a retaining wall higher than my head. I checked with the ordnance enforcement office and there is a city ordnance against discharging any kind of weapon - BB gun, bow, slingshot, you name it. I can't even legally shoot my air pistol in my basement. Ask me if I'm upset! It was so nice to take a break when working on the check book or some other tedious task and walk out the back door and shoot a dozen arrows.
The officer was very pleasant about it. We discussed my new bow, the new bow he is planning to get and his upcoming moose hunt in Canada, but bottom line is I gotta take my hobby elsewhere. I can shoot at our gun club anytime, and the good news is that I can set up at any reasonable (or unresonable) distance, but it's a 20 minute drive from here. Call me TOTALLY bummed out.