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Reckless gun use is behind the provincial government’s controversial decision to update the Wildlife Act and create “no shooting” zones within 400 metres of many popular forest service roads in the Fraser Valley Regional District.

The announcement was met with both outrage and understanding by B.C. gun enthusiasts, some of whom went online to tell stories of close calls in the woods around Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Mission.

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A Calibre Magazine article posted Thursday said the “news was not a surprise” to those who frequent the backwoods, where it has become commonplace in some areas to see “trash and targets ranging from shotgun hulls to propane tanks and junk cars.”

The writer of the unattributed article went on to recall being shot at and having bullets pass through the vehicle of a family member. A commenter blamed an “army of idiots” for leaving garbage in the woods, adding “I was ashamed to shoot lest I be associated with the disgusting fools that have torn the land, left their huge piles of burned skids, nails by the millions, couches, car batteries, fridges, paint and millions of shell casings.”