Sounds like you may know more Steve. From the news reports I've read, the guy was shot, is now dead and no-one is owning up to the shooting. Seems like it he's done a runner to me
Just shows it can happen to the "top" of the hunting comnuity. It's easy to say people look nothing like deer but if a couple of people that are known and respected hunters can shoot someone by mistake it can happen to anyone.
He was an ex wellington Deerstalkers president and im not sure it was his mate.And making us all join up to a drivers club isn't going to stop car crashes is it? Ebf is right about one thing this argument is going to happen every year.The best advice I was given by an old head was this.
Worry about keeping your own shit in order before fixing others.
Jasen
Very true kawekakid. It seems all caliber of hunters are making the mistake which is starting to scare me. I won't shoot unless im looking at that deer in the eye at close range and with 100% of the animal exposed.
Correct (kind of), as pointed out earlier he was ex president and the victim was in another group
If you read what I said carefully, you will notice:
Bottom line is hunters need to change, this is not happening with the same frequency in other firearms sports. And before you get all excited, I am both a hunter and sport shooter, so would be subject to any new safety scheme as well...something like NZDA (if your intended firearm use is hunting). For them to radically change their approach to safety training and vetting
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I'm far too new to the sport to make any comment on stricter licensing or anything but it should serve as a reminder to treat firearms with the respect they deserve and identify the target. Thoughts are with the families of those involved, what a terrible situation. You can never be too careful.
You'll find that everyone's opinion is valued here @square1.
You should speak up if you have an opinion ... It's often the newer comers to any sport who have the most refreshing perspectives on things.
Tim
Spot on IMO.
I see far to many people on forums after incidents like this slagging off whichever stereotype of hunter they think is responsible - maybe because blaming someone else is easier than accepting that any of us can make mistakes and need to do whatever we can to avoid them. Treat it as a reminder to be careful, and if/when it becomes clear what happened then learn from it! Learning from other people's mistakes beats the hell out of making the same ones yourself.
If anyone on here thinks they're so good that it could never happen to them... please stay home instead.
Im starting to think what other times of the year do we have hunters shooting each other? and coming to the conclusion to really pick my areas around the roar ie not if there will be deer there but if and when there will be other hunters.
I play a ton of paintball every week and the roar is seeming more each year to take on the aspect of paintball but with bullets.
Only two hunters down sure.. but I gotta wonder how many close calls go on. You here enough on the forums about people looking through their scopes etc for ages trying to figure out if that object is in fact a deer only to see after a few mins that's its a person.Bloody Good on them for having the right attitude to take the time and patience to really identify their target.. but how many out there during the roar would really go to those lengths to identify what they are shooting ?
I've personally known half a dozen people who would just go Bang as fast as they possibly could if they thought it was a deer.Last year I asked one how he got on and was told something along the lines of he hadn't scored anything but got a few sound shots off.....
You only have to note the numbers of illegal spotlighters and the odd bush longdrop with bullet holes about body height to know there's retards with the wrong attitude out there in force.
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