Thread: Another shooting

Originally Posted by Dundee

Nothings wrong with spotlighting............IDENTIFY YOUR TARGET

That is the biggie. And the firing zone. If the spotlight doesn't light up the back drop then think "something is wrong".

Originally Posted by gadgetman

That is the biggie. And the firing zone. If the spotlight doesn't light up the back drop then think "something is wrong".

I aggree with you 100% GM but im pretty bloody sure none of these recent cases were the result of a bullet carrying on into the darkness............................

Probably getting really excited seeing eyes glow and just shoot.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

And the firing zone.

This. The moment there's someone in front of you, esp at night when spotlighting, well it's an invitation for Mr CockUp to come and visit.

Along with his cousin Abouttoo Fuckup

Seems some a quick to pass judgement with out having all the facts ,as pop shot said it may have been an Accident.

Wonder if there is anyone on this forum who has never had an accident ?

Originally Posted by Chris

Wonder if there is anyone on this forum who has never had an accident ?

I was a t a NZDA branch committee meeting last night. We had quite a discussion on the recent incidents. One thing we all agreed on was most people that end up making a horrible mistake all believed beforehand that it would never happen to them… I am guilty of this myself, I mean I think I would never be stupid enough to mistake a human for a deer. Most of those people that have done it though swear black and blue that they were shooting at a deer – signals in their brain though…

We discussed a mindset in a lot of NZ hunters… it shouldn’t be “it moved therefore it is a deer” it should be “it moved therefore it is a human until I can prove it’s a deer”. Someone mentioned that to get a firearm license should mean you have to join a hunting club… we thought this wouldn’t be very useful cause our own club wasn’t doing much to promote hunter safety within the branch. That is going to change though, just before the roar we are going to get the club together and discuss firearm safety and a few close calls we have all been through. Try and get it to the front of our members minds.

Originally Posted by Chris

Seems some a quick to pass judgement with out having all the facts ,as pop shot said it may have been an Accident.

Wonder if there is anyone on this forum who has never had an accident ?

I'd be willing to bet theres some guys out there - both experienced and inexperienced - who have come close to doing something silly and never even realised it !!!

-or- worse

who have done something silly, got away with it and never realised it

I certainly count myself as a member of both of those categories ...


Tim

Originally Posted by Chris

Seems some a quick to pass judgement with out having all the facts ,as pop shot said it may have been an Accident.

Wonder if there is anyone on this forum who has never had an accident ?

I've never shot anyone. Nor had an AD, ever.

When there's an accident, you look at all the contributing factors that lead up to the event. Accidents by themselves are very, very rare. They're generally a combination of poor judgement, wrong decision making, wrong expectations on behaviour.

* Mears
* Dummer
* Worsp

were not accidents.

It's always going to be a provocative topic to discuss though.

I agree with you, sadly I new Cam McDonald and his hunting partner on that day!!. Dodzy was a very close friend also so two deaths that should not have happened have knocked me around a bit and now influence when and how I hunt.I have spoken to H Worsp he is aware of how I Feel. Incidents such as these should not be called accidents.

[QUOTE=kiwi39;58327]I'd be willing to bet theres some guys out there - both experienced and inexperienced - who have come close to doing something silly and never even realised it !!!

I remember a mistake I made as a younger hunter , was bush hunting with my uncle .He had gone down the side while I continued along the ridge. A movement caught my attention ahead off the ridge ,rifle up & the white patch in my scope looked like a deers bum .
Not a good shot so waited for a sight picture,finger round trigger .It turned a little & what I thought was a deers ass was my uncles day pack in the cross hairs.On realizing I threw the rifle on the ground. Good excuse for a scope even if it was only 4x40 Bushnell on top of the old .303

jeez thats scary Chris,made you a wiser man I bet.

Hell yes ,was a big wake up call that.

Originally Posted by Chris

Hell yes ,was a big wake up call that.

Big wake up call for sure, but probably one of the best things that could happen to any of us - assuming we make the right decision (as you did)


Tim

until i hear it first hand the below is rumour only.
word was the incident occurred after a deer was shot, the party approached and it tried to get up, one of the party decided to jump on the deer at the same time as the shooter put a finisher into the animal.
the screams could be heard in invercargill, but after realising the injured person had only been "grazed" in the butt cheek, they dropped into KFC before presenting to the hospital.
.270 to the arse could have turned out real bad.

greg