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As the great American philosopher, Donald Rumsfeld, once said, “Stuff happens.”
So even death is a joke to you Pete?
From what I gather from the coverage on wwnytv 7, this particular hunting party where hunting after dark and with shotguns instead of the required muzzle loaders. I have to wonder if the victim was all decked out in the latest camouflage or instead was wearing at least some orange clothing.
Correction: “were” instead of where…..
It’s always sad when someone dies unnecessarily
he’s very disapointed because he let himself down, not for killing?
You do have to reflect on how many things this hunting party apparently was doing wrong leading up to the accident.
For reasons that aren’t important I used to get a newsletter for private pilots (I’m not). P1 usually had a feature story that began with the pilot insisting on taking off at dusk ignoring the forecasts of storms ahead and the fact he wasnt instrument rated in his new 2-engine plane and you’d say, “I know this isnt going to end well..”
This story reminded me of those.
No joke meant. Mean only that accidents do happen and always will. No amount of laws will ever prevent accidents.
The article said they wore no orange. Unfortunate and avoidable. But besides the misteps the whole party took, the shooter says he was diabetic and his vision was blury, and despite that he shot at something because he saw it move?
“He said he walked for about 10 minutes and then saw something in a ditch near railroad tracks.
“I pulled up and put my gun on it. When I did it started to move back from the high grass to the ditch and I fired one round,” he said.”
I am not abut hunter, aren’t you supposed to aim for a particular spot on the deer. This seems like a more straight forward case than the hunter from Keene who was just tried. In that case, it was dense woods and the bullet hit several trees before the victim. Total negligence and should get a fair amount of time in jail.
I’m not familiar with the details of the story, but I do wonder about this urge to dress in camo. When duck or varmint hunting I understand it, but when in public lands or driving I think it’s common sense to wear a visible color. I’m and old red and black check kind of guy myself.
My thoughts and prayers to the families of all involved. No matter how one loses a friend or relative it’s always painful.
Bret makes a good point. The problem with dressing in camo is that it may work TOO well.
Deer are color blind and so the need to be COMPLETELY decked out in camo gear when deer hunting has always perplexed me. I suppose it’s the need some among us have for having the latest and greatest equipment, looking the part, etc.
never shoot at anything you can not identify as the intended target, in this case a deer. basic hunter safety course. deer are colorblind. absolutely wrong to wear complete cammo for deer. a common problem is when turkey and deer season overlap. you need complete cammo for turkey, the gun barrel too. gloves, hat, face screen etc…but-absolutely no orange when hunting for turkey they have great eyesight– however being so camo’ed up the deer hunters shoot you while your sitting for the turkey.
want a morose laugh? google how many hunter safety course instructors have shot themselves- and others- while giving the course.
ps red is no good. looks black at dusk. that’s why “hunter safety orange” was invented. check your hunter safety book, bret.
Last time I took the hunter safety course Gerald Ford was President.
Pulling the trigger is not an accident. First rule of hunting is to positively identify your target. The NRA likes to say “Guns don’t kill, people do.” Well, walk the walk. Plus, a number of hunting law violations were involved. Yes, it is a tragedy. But this should be felony murder charge to send a message to all hunters there are no accidents when you pull the trigger on an unsure target.