Thread: camo in the bush

interesting thing to think about. 2 of us were out in the wop wops looking for deer. we saw nothing but on the way back on the river bed we saw a couple of goats so thought why not. we lay down and took a few shots. 1 missed and I hit. as we got up a guy in full camo (even face all comoed up) emerged from the bush past the goats we shot. he was angry and swearing etc that we were trying to shoot him etc. question is- who would be in the wrong? this was up the lake and there were no other boats around, no notes/entries in either of the hut books, the shot we took was from one side of the river to the other, maybe 100m. he would have seen us cos we were on the bushline but wearing orange. he was just in the bushline aswell but all camo so we didn't even know he was there. infact if wed shot him we wouldn't have even known. we left and took the boat back and there was no cars in the carpark-no sign of anyone else at all. dunno how he got there even. so is it us for not checking where we were shooting? or him for not making himself visable?
same sort of question, if someone was on a riverbed say, and dressed in a guille suit, and was shot, whos to blame? to the shooter it was just a tree lol. just wondering anyway, cheers guys

he was a muppet

I had an unexpected hunter stroll through a clearing I was looking over one morning and his blue blaze top stood out like the proverbial dogs bollocks

If he was in camo & "not visible" how could it be the shooters fault ????

If you can't see him, he can be "in your firing zone" & near your target without your knowledge

It's one thing to opt for being camoed up, quite another to loose your cool when someone can't see you!

Idiot, I blame the clothing company's with there desperation to sell the next product, spouting drivel about hunting clothing, question them about how animals see in shades of grey, real tree was invented for Turkey hunters, as turkeys see in colour, and before the usual people jump in sayin more people are shot using blaze ( American statistics) it's because you have to wear blaze in most states while hunting, wearing a face veil is actually one of the most important things when hunting, apart from being down wind, as it's the first thing animals recognise, it's as bad as silent clothing, you will make far more noise walking than your clothes will make, again silent clothing only comes into use when tree stand hunting with a bow, jeez if a deer can hear your clothing from 150mtrs away you have no hope , RANT OVER

In fairness you wouldn't be taking potshots at trees so unlikely to happen.

A ricochet off a rock is a possibility when shooting in rivers but i wouldn't stress it

Tell him to pull his head out of his ass

ive been in the same situation, was looking at a deer in the tararaus years ago thru binos , it was out of range, and a guy stood up or moved into what would have been the line of fire and he was all camoed. I didnt see him till he moved

Was the camo hunter rifle or bow hunting? I can understand bowhunters being camo d up more than one with a rifle. A shooter still needs to take into account and study the possible impact area though.

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he had a rifle with him, and that was also cammo taped lol

Originally Posted by Feral

Was the camo hunter rifle or bow hunting? I can understand bowhunters being camo d up more than one with a rifle. A shooter still needs to take into account and study the possible impact area though.

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na he had a rifle. also probly 50m into the bush was a steep hill so weren't really shooting into nowhere. had a backstop as such, was just weird haha

To answer your question, in my opinion I'd say if you'd hit him you'd be at fault unfortunately. The responsibility to properly ID your target (which you did on the goats), but also check your firing zone is yours as the hunter/firearms license holder.

Originally Posted by JoshC

To answer your question, in my opinion I'd say if you'd hit him you'd be at fault unfortunately. The responsibility to properly ID your target (which you did on the goats), but also check your firing zone is yours as the hunter/firearms license holder.

I do understand that. if we had shot and killed him though-we wouldn't have even known he was shot or even there. the firing zone is a hard one in the bush too. its not like you can quickly run 1000m past the target to check for people. we had already checked the area for boats/huts for gear and the hutbooks and there was no mention of other hunters/people at all in the area

This is probably another point where quality optics come into there own.

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Originally Posted by deepsouthaussie

This is probably another point where quality optics come into there own.

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And thermal optics?