Re: Hiking in hunting season
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:57 pm
Tanngrisnir3 wrote:And potentially those below them.
Is that a physics pun?
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Tanngrisnir3 wrote:And potentially those below them.
mrchad9 wrote:The issue is hunters endanger others. Significantly. Climbers endanger themselves.
Fury wrote:mrchad9 wrote:The issue is hunters endanger others. Significantly. Climbers endanger themselves.
I suppose it depends on what you mean by "significant". Is there a high probability (i.e. significant) that a hunter will endanger you? No. Is the potential consequence of a irresponsible hunter high (or significant)? Yes.
Fury wrote:Note that climbers can endanger that SAR workers when they are called upon.
mrchad9 wrote:I was talking about severity, not frequency. Get your ankle broken, big deal. Get executed, bigger deal.
Fury wrote:For what it's worth, I believe that anyone handling a firearm should be held accountable for their actions.
mrchad9 wrote:The issue is hunters endanger others. Significantly. Climbers endanger themselves.
lcarreau wrote:
MoapaPk wrote:This is a very meaty thread; lots of good points all around. But before I make a decision, I want to hear Darija's opinion.
Cascade Scrambler wrote:There's an enormous difference between being lumped in with someone who got lost or injured, and being lumped in with a group of people where one or two idiots has shot someone. Call me wreckless if you must, but because I don't carry in the mountains, I'm in no danger of shooting someone.
simonov wrote:mrchad9 wrote:The issue is hunters endanger others. Significantly. Climbers endanger themselves.
Careless or negligent hunters endanger others, just like careless or negligent drivers endanger (a hell of a lot more) others.
Careful and thoughtful hunters endanger no one.
Some perspective: I betcha there are more careless or negligent drivers contributing to this thread than there are careless or negligent hunters.
Here in the west, to get away from the asshats, you climb. The hunters who actually walk or pack miles into the wilderness, rather than stick to the highway-side campgrounds, are generally the more conscientious ones.
Nitrox wrote:simonov wrote:mrchad9 wrote:The issue is hunters endanger others. Significantly. Climbers endanger themselves.
Careless or negligent hunters endanger others, just like careless or negligent drivers endanger (a hell of a lot more) others.
Careful and thoughtful hunters endanger no one.
Some perspective: I betcha there are more careless or negligent drivers contributing to this thread than there are careless or negligent hunters.
Here in the west, to get away from the asshats, you climb. The hunters who actually walk or pack miles into the wilderness, rather than stick to the highway-side campgrounds, are generally the more conscientious ones.
No no no, there's only one type of hunter and they shoot hapless kids in trailer parks. Didn't you read the three or four article posted here? Its a fact.
Now then, I just got a new bottle jack and there's some trundling to be done.
Nope- Not one person said that. I simply said that I though the penalties for shooting someone should be greater than they currently are.
And I'm not talking about hunters killing those they hunt with (so the climbers killers partners is not analogous). I'm talking about hunters killing someone else doing a different activity.
If you or anyone else here is a careful hunter, then why should you have an issue with harsher penalties for those that shoot a person?
mrchad9 wrote:I simply said that I though the penalties for shooting someone should be greater than they currently are.