06-25-2014, 05:15 AM
No you dont shoot into the air in a residential area not with a rifle (rim or centerfire)you dont shoot rifles in the air or pistols unless your nuts. Legal safety zone in P.A.(distance you must be from a home to discharge a firearm) is 100 yards far enough to render any shotgun harmless 25 yards from a roadway. You are however responsible for damage caused by your projectile no matter where it was fired from. Back to the rooster, does he belong to a neighbor? ( dont want to kill a neighbors anything around here} If not is it legal for you to kill this rooster in a humane way? If so will you eat this rooster? maybe use his hackles to tie some flies if so, I say cook him up. Otherwise I have seen lots of other solutions mentioned in the previous posts. I have even found people to take the groudhogs I shoot to feed their families or I wouldnt shoot them. You cant make enemies much quicker around here than by killing and not using wild animals. Though most people arent concerned with coyotes rats or ground hogs and I havent found any one to eat rats and coyotes. This is in no way directed at oneself just my opinion on the O.P.