BOW-HUNTING MAY BE BANNED.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer BURBANK - Reports of bow-and-arrow hunting in the foothills have hikers riled rile tr.v. riled, ril·ing, riles 1. To stir to anger. See Synonyms at annoy. 2. To stir up (liquid); roil. [Variant of roil.] Adj. 1. , and city officials scrambling to enact a ban on the practice. The hunters are stalking Criminal activity consisting of the repeated following and harassing of another person. Stalking is a distinctive form of criminal activity composed of a series of actions that taken individually might constitute legal behavior. deer, which are prevalent in the foothills, their fresh footprints speckling speckling see ticking. the trails every morning, officials said. Despite ``no hunting'' signs plastered plas·tered adj. Slang Intoxicated; drunk. plastered Adjective Slang drunk Adj. 1. throughout the foothills, city laws currently allow hunting with a bow and arrow bow and arrow, weapon consisting of two parts; the bow is made of a strip of flexible material, such as wood, with a cord linking the two ends of the strip to form a tension from which is propelled the arrow; the arrow is a straight shaft with a sharp point on one as long as it is done more than 300 feet from a street or structure. ``It's a unique situation - we had some people complain that they were out hiking and they were scared by some hunters with crossbows,'' said City Manager Robert ``Bud'' Ovrom. ``Our rules seem to be somewhat ambiguous,'' he added. Ovrom says that he hopes the city will outlaw the practice completely. ``We have to clean up our act on that. Staff will recommend to city council that hunting is prohibited in the foothills,'' Ovrom said. The clash between hikers and hunters has been going on for years, but as recreational traffic gets heavier in the foothills, the hunting becomes more and more dangerous to humans, said Stough Nature Center hiking guide Mike McHorney. ``Bow and arrow hunting should definitely be outlawed - we have way too many hikers and bikers up here,'' McHorney said. Virginia Saliba, who has been hiking in the foothill trails with a group every Tuesday night for more than a year, was shocked when her husband's Saturday morning hiking group came across two men armed with bows. ``The fear for us is that although there are rules governing how far hunters can be from a road, there are a lot of small trails that are used by bikers and hikers,'' Saliba said. ``The nature center and trails were made for the public - when it was more of a secluded area. I can understand the hunting, but having the hunters there defeats the purpose of the trails,'' Saliba said. Neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Glendale allows bow-hunting with a permit granted by the Police Department, but Chief Russel Siverling said he doesn't plan to grant any permits. ``No hunting permitted - period,'' Siverling said. Bow-hunting is prohibited in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , officials said. |
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