Dodging Bullets on the Kentucky River

[DJD]

Brian,
Wow, good to hear your ok.....We put in at Highbridge a few years ago and watched some guys shooting a high powered rifle into the river from the hillside and the bullets were flying into the far side of the river. Some of these guys are living in a different world.

[Cobra190]

Glad you weren't caught deeper into a major problem. Very evident you were within the presence of idiots. Anyone with an ounce of common sense when it comes to firearms, know to never fire into water. The larger percentage of any caliber weapon will richotet instead of going into the water.

[MrSplitshot]

I felt pretty sure that the range would be firing away from the river, into the hillside...anything else is just too dumb to make sense.

I think we were dealing with some moron sitting somewhere on one of those hillsides practicing for dumbass of the year award by shooting the water. There were two orange kayaks sitting up on an old dock, just downstream from the shipwreck, and I saw several bullets hit the water a foot or so from them. Maybe that was the bullseye.

[WacoWildcat]

I'm from Richmond and I fish that area from time to time mainly because it's close. In the evening after work it's the only place to go. I've never had any bad experiences on the water there other than catching little dinks. It can hold some good fish though, mainly boone and howards creek. I did however have a similar experience on cave run one evening. We heard gun shots and then something flying through the trees and hitting the water. If you've ever heard the sound you know right away what it is. Needless to say we got the %^*& out of there. Glad to hear your alright though.