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Fatal shooting of young soldier reminder to identify target when hunting - National - NZ Herald News

That is a bloody hard one eh! You have to feel sorry for both parties (well I do anyway).

Solid reminder to us all however!

At 67 with a cataract in my right eye I would still remember a deer is not going to hang near a dog.

"He took significant time with glasses on and off, scope at wide and close magnification, roaring at the target and seeing how the dog was reacting - this shows a degree of care that was insufficient but reduces the carelessness."

Maybe I got it wrong.

If the day comes that I am roaring at and watching a dog at 42m and think its a deer someone put me out of my misery.

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Na no excuses throw away the key. If you're too old and your eyesight is too shit to be hunting then you shouldn't be hunting and the very fact that you are proves you're reckless and have no regard for other users of the outdoors.

Personally, I think 6 months is a joke. Bad eyesight, no hunting permit and shooting near the track...

are the rules no hunting within 500mtrs of any track ?

Originally Posted by Dynastar27

are the rules no hunting within 500mtrs of any track ?

My latest DOC permit says:

No firearm shall be discharged:
• In the vicinity of huts, tracks, campsites, road-ends or other public places.
• Within 500m of a Great Walk Hut or track.
• In a manner that endangers, frightens or annoys members of the public.
• In a manner that endangers any property.

Also, DOC signage at a few of my hunting spots says "Keep to the tracks" (due to Kauri die-back).

So... Hunting is allowed, but keep to the tracks, and don't discharge a firearm in the vicinity of a track. Good one.

Originally Posted by stretch

My latest DOC permit says:

No firearm shall be discharged:
• In the vicinity of huts, tracks, campsites, road-ends or other public places.
• Within 500m of a Great Walk Hut or track.
• In a manner that endangers, frightens or annoys members of the public.
• In a manner that endangers any property.

Also, DOC signage at a few of my hunting spots says "Keep to the tracks" (due to Kauri die-back).

So... Hunting is allowed, but keep to the tracks, and don't discharge a firearm in the vicinity of a track. Good one.

Is the Sparrowhawk track a "Great Walk Hut or Track"?

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by P38

Is the Sparrowhawk track a "Great Walk Hut or Track"?

Cheers
Pete

No, Great walks are Milford, Routeburn, Heaphy and a couple of others.

Un fucking believable !!! 6 months is a joke.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

If the day comes that I am roaring at and watching a dog at 42m and think its a deer someone put me out of my misery.

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Let me know the day and I will take care of that for you VC. Ha ha ha ha sneaks up behind and goes GOTCHA!

Originally Posted by P38

Is the Sparrowhawk track a "Great Walk Hut or Track"?

Cheers
Pete

If buy "great walk track" you mean painful then yes it is.😁

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I can see how this would happen with buckfevwr and a rushed shoot,

At 42 meters takeing your time roaring at a person just sitting there eating his lunch wtf this guy must be blind as a bat give him an eye test and then charge him with murder

If someone has any eye concerns they should be tested at the optomitrist before aloud to shoot,

If Mc Currach took all the time looking at his potential target that he states,then his eyesight must be so bad I'm surprised he managed to get where he was.
"Positively identify your target",there's been a few failures with this rule over the years.
Sure the guy has gone through some angst since the incident but 6 months prison is pretty light for taking a human life.