Thread: Hunter shot in Kaimai Range near Te Aroha

I don't think it is a particular type of hunter that does this - seems to be both once-a-year warriors as well as guys considered very experienced. If anything, I would say it is more likely to happen to experienced guys going on the incidents reported over the last couple of years.

Similar to motorcycle accidents. You get a lot of them in newbie riders, then it tapers off, and then a very high percentage in older riders who come back to riding in middle age.

I also don't think anyone specifically sets out with the intention of shooting a human being. Not saying this has not happened before, but pretty unlikely in the vast majority of these cases.

If you've been around guys with guns long enough, you WILL end up knowing someone who takes snap shots, who is suspect when it comes to safe handling or positively identifying targets.... And believing it will never happen to YOU is part of the problem - I think if you speak to any one of the guys who ended up shooting someone they will tell you they fell into that category before it happened

Every year we have the same debate, and yet nothing seems to change...