what is that pow, pow, pow sound at 7:00 AM
 

Sounds like a gun or something around Bonifay Area/Fernandina Area this morning. Anyone know what it is?

Duck season is open

I heard it too. I counted 5 bangs that sounded like shots. But I have no idea what caused them.

It woke up the cat. Checked the house and looked outside for workmen or something. I have heard duck hunting shots before, but that wasn't the sound.

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:bigbow: I believe you. Anyone named Chi-town has to be the expert on the sounds of shooting!;)

Ducks Hunters at Lake Deaton.

Hope their percentage is better than Chicago gang bangers- if not they're gonna starve

The only way they would hit a duck is if they were aiming at something else.

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Well, I am shocked hunting of any kind is allowed this close to residential area. (If that is what this is.)Even shot gun pellets travel far if fired skyward. Plus I did not sign up for an outdoor shooting range so close at 7:00 AM. Plus some shots sounded like rifle shots.

Someone maybe closer to the action than I am may need to see if The Villages discloses to buyers of gun shots in the morning.

Nail Gun??

Some of y'all aren't in New York City anymore........

Ain’t no y’alls in NYC.


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Heard same thing at sand hill early this morning. Not enough or consistent to be a nail gun. Had to be gun shot.

Waterfowl Hunting Seasons
 

Sounds like hunting. We hear it a few times a year, usually on the weekends. Listen for it again tomorrow.

Link to hunting season dates.
Waterfowl Hunting in Florida

City dwellers! Sheesh!
They are so used to sidewalks, they don't even know which side of the road to walk on.

If you don't hear it tomorrow it probably was duck hunters. I don't think they can hunt on Sundays.

Yep.


Kind of a shame though, as some of these posts...quack me up. :D






Do I need to duck?

Aren't sidewalks optional? (said with great sarcasm....)

And here i thought it was my neighbor and his wife playing Giddy-ap

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My neighbor is from New York and he always comments on my accent. I always say, honey this is the South. I don’t have an accent...YOU DO.

I bet it was people taking shots at snowbirds

NYC guns have to bee verified accurate @ 2" behind the left ear

Hunting on Sunday’s in Florida is legal

There goes that pop, pop, pop again.
Oh no! I just heard the train whistle!
Are they shooting at the train?

So many frightening things.
I've still got my eyes on the microwave and refrigerator. They look mighty sketchy.

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Duck Dynasty, The Villages Version.

Since you are close to golf course it was probably one of the worker shooting at something on the golf course......wild boar,coyote etc.

On my police scanner they announced there was a Bigfoot sighting in TV. Maybe the police had to terminate it.

Yep... duck hunting but only at the larger ponds!

Ohiobuckeye
 

In The Villages?

Pretty sure at Lake Miona.

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Ohiobuckeye
 

You can't mix up the sound of a shotgun with a loud bang. Shotguns have a distinct sound. I rabbit & pheasant hunted for 50 yrs. I would know the difference between a shotgun, rifle or any other loud bang. CWGUY, don't be to rough on somebody that has never hunted & doesn't know the sound of guns going off!

I think it was nail gun noise but it started at 6:30 AM Lake Deaton this past Saturday. I thought I had read a noise ordnance in place for the villages which prevented even landscapers from mowing before 9:00 AM???? It woke up our entire household and started again Sunday at 7:00 AM. Wish someone would get to the bottom of it and stop it. Maybe it is only temporary???? Need some sleep here.....

Well, the noise was absolutely, 100% shotguns being fired at Lake Deaton. And they were automatic, not pumps. And there were at least 100 shots fired in all from 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM. I guess all ducks and waterfowl left the lake after that. I guess any fishermen had to watch out for flying pellets with that many shots. There had to be a ton of hunters or just a few that were really bad shots. I am still shocked hunting is allowed within feet of The Villages. (Not opposed to hunting, just not within sight of 100's of houses.)

Shooting hours: One-half hour before sunrise until sunset.
2017-2018 Florida Migratory Bird Hunting Season: Bird Regulations

So you want the generations of hunters, who have hunted (lawfully) on Lake Deaton, to stop now because you bought a house built near the lake? Keep in mind, the world existed in this area long before The Villages was built.

I am just telling ALL FUTURE Village home buyers that there are real bullets flying around and lots of gun sounds right in the heart of The Villages.

Wouldn't want to offend the duck hunters. Killing ducks in 2017, buying a license, plucking feathers, gutting them and cooking the taste out of them is their U.S. given right. Lots of fun. Just as our forefathers.

The shot that comes out of those shotguns you hear does not travel long distances like bullets from a rifle or handgun.