Thread: How Could This Happen ?

A friend and neighbour just told me that he was shot at beside a popular DOC hut at Oxford.
It happened last January, friend was bent over checking the front tire of his mountain bike which was leant against the hut.
He felt something fly past his shoulder and heard the blast. The guy that shot at him was standing beside the Huts woodshed - 18 paces away, thought he was an easy deer. Friend was wearing a yellow cycle jacket and helmet.
I have felt uncomfortable about entering the bush since being told about that.

Allan Simmons advises to wear camo and that anyone shooting at someone wearing camo should they themselves be shot

What brainless twat! Unbelievable....

Definately a matter for the police.

how could you mistake a person for an animal at that range and by the sounds of it through an open area not bush to boot...? WTF
and rarely have I seen a deer on a mountain bike .....

Originally Posted by Ftx325

how could you mistake a person for an animal at that range and by the sounds of it through an open area not bush to boot...? WTF
and rarely have I seen a deer on a mountain bike .....

It is a rare occasion indeed. It's also a well known fact that deer are prone never to oil their chains. The resultant squeaking makes them very easy targets... squeak, squeak, bang, kind of thing.

Originally Posted by outlander

It is a rare occasion indeed. It's also a well known fact that deer are prone never to oil their chains. The resultant squeaking makes them very easy targets... squeak, squeak, bang, kind of thing.

I understand the lycra also gives them chafeing issues ... and makes their butts look fat

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I understand the lycra also gives them chafeing issues ... and makes their butts look fat

Oooooh. Living on the edge now!

Originally Posted by Ftx325

I understand the lycra also gives them chafeing issues ... and makes their butts look fat

As if 2020 has not thrown enough at us already ,now we have to be on the look out for wild MADIL.... Midde Aged Deer In Lycra

Originally Posted by Ftx325

rarely have I seen a deer on a mountain bike .....

Or checking the front tire of one I might venture!

Absolutely terrible.
Similar but with a better outcome (the dude didnt get killed), as the lady tramper with a headlight getting shot while washing stuff at a creek.
Seriously like WTF?

Originally Posted by csmiffy

Absolutely terrible.
Similar but with a better outcome (the dude didnt get killed), as the lady tramper with a headlight getting shot while washing stuff at a creek.
Seriously like WTF?

IIRC she was cleaning her teeth...

Having been shot at by some young hunters across a creek, I can understand what the guy felt.
And that was back in the good old days when everyone was firearm proficient. Yeh, right.

Something doesn’t add up with this..

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

Something doesn’t add up with this..

The young guys had just burst out of the bush to the hut woodshed and thought there was a deer by the hut. They apologised profusely. My friend, who is an experienced hunter was so shocked / stunned by what had happened that he just took himself out of the situation. Has been back to the hut twice since and stepped out the distance he was shot at from, 18 paces.

The issue is that these type of people are being licenced without proper training

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

Something doesn’t add up with this..

^^^^

Why is the internet only lighting up about this 10-11 months later?

What was reported at the time? Nothing?

If nothing, are you trying to tell me that a mountain biker that gets shot at practically face-to-face next to a hut doesn’t make a public fuss?

Sorry to sound cynical with everyone going off like Guy Fawkes but something doesn’t gel with the story.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

^^^^

Why is the internet only lighting up about this 10-11 months later?

What was reported at the time? Nothing?

If nothing, are you trying to tell me that a mountain biker that gets shot at practically face-to-face next to a hut doesn’t make a public fuss?

Sorry to sound cynical with everyone going off like Guy Fawkes but something doesn’t gel with the story.

Well not everyone is the type of person to make a fuss. Next time you are in Canterbury let me know and I will introduce you to my friend.
He only told me about it this week.
My guess is that all of us have had a terrifying near-on car crash that we only just avoided but didn't rush off and report, as an analogy