There's a lot more wildlife now than when I was young. Hunting must be a dying sport.
Thank you Larry.
by John Duffield » Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:11 pm
by mrchad9 » Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:56 pm
by Fury » Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:34 am
by bluffview » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:56 pm
mrchad9 wrote:Well this is the second post 1000pks has put up recently that I agree with completely from beginning to end.
And I did not even catch that there was no adult present. Only another minor. Yes. Such an activity should be illegal without an adult present, or give them adult time. There's no excuse for what happened. You either know what you are shooting at, or it's murder.
by bluffview » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:25 pm
1000Pks wrote:1000 pks what the he!!?
A person was killed, shot by a weapon meant to kill. Maybe legally an accident but nonetheless, in the grand scheme of things, I'd say some negligence. Is it ever worth bagging a bear and firing at what you see as a bear, in actuality not?
On seeing it, many will say war is murder. Just my feeling about what then may happen to any of us!
by mrchad9 » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:18 pm
bluffview wrote:mrchad9 wrote:Well this is the second post 1000pks has put up recently that I agree with completely from beginning to end.
And I did not even catch that there was no adult present. Only another minor. Yes. Such an activity should be illegal without an adult present, or give them adult time. There's no excuse for what happened. You either know what you are shooting at, or it's murder.
It's not murder. It's not premeditated nor is there a motive. It's an accident, a very tragic and traumatic accident, but still an accident.
by NW » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:51 pm
by fatdad » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:41 pm
FortMental wrote:NW wrote:Also apparently a kid almost got shot because she was wearing white mittens and someone thought it was the tail of a deer.
This was a real case in suburban Maine, where a young mother was hanging clothes IN HER BACKYARD, and was wearing white mittens. She was mistaken for a deer, shot and killed. The case went to court where the hunter was tried for manslaughter. A jury of his peers (old, feeble minded hicks with poor vision) found him .............drum roll.................. not guilty.
The lesson here? Come hunting season, stay in your house til it's over. Unnerstand, son?
by mrchad9 » Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:00 pm
Peter Anderson, his hunting companion that day, heard Rogerson cry out, "I've shot a human being! Oh, God! Why does God allow this to happen?" Rogerson saw the wound in her chest and tried to stop the bleeding with some kind of compress. It was too late.
In the wake of the tragedy, customers would make a point of coming by to offer him support. "He's probably one of the most sensitive, sincere persons I've ever known," says Brown
by Cascade Scrambler » Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:27 am
Mountainjeff wrote:A couple years back a lady was killed on a popular trail in the N. Cascades by a teenage hunter. It was a case of an inexperienced hunter shooting at whatever slightly deer colored thing moved. It was a pretty isolated case and usually it is hunters shooting each other, not hikers.
I will hike, but not bushwhack during deer season, except for SAR related activities, but it is usually only the dogs that get shot at (and I think those shots are not accidental...)
by dskoon » Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:37 am
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