Thread: Not again!

Pains me to say it, but I agree with some of the non hunting factions comments. They have every right to be alarmed when people are getting shot in high use areas.
It might be just me but I seriously doubt I would tramp at this time of year if I was a Scroggin eater and not a hunter. But each to their own.

My hunting pastime started as shoot everything you could as it was money in the pocket.
However you got substantially less money if you couldn't clean shoot an animal.
It took patience and observation to ensure you could be deliberate enough to get a good paycheck.
I was also fortunate to live in an area where I could hunt every spare moment I had.
Doing possums as a hobby also helped tune me in to my environment I spose.

I can honestly say I have never seen something in the bush that I mistook for something else after properly observing it.

I note in some accounts that experienced hunters that have shot other people say they seen a deers head bob up and down. To me if they were experienced they would know that a deers head rarely bobs or that it has a much different cadence if it does.


I reckon there are a number of ways to reduce the risk of these things happening in NZ but they would be considered drastic.

But for 2 months of the year I reckon it would seem minor if it saves lives.






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I have started a new thread here http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...-safety-26407/ based on a couple of discussion points from this thread.