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Thread: Hunting fatality in BOP

  1. 22-03-2025, 07:38 AM #1
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    Hunting fatality in BOP

    Looks like another hunter lost his life this year. Sorry to hear it and while it doesn't really make a difference, hope it isn't one of the guys on here

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/alert-nat...t-in-whakatane
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  3. 22-03-2025, 09:13 PM #2
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    "Died suddenly at around 2am."

    Says it all unfortunately.
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    Quote Originally Posted by XR500 View Post
    "Died suddenly at around 2am."

    Says it all unfortunately.
    Hmmm, what does it say other than he died, and, it was 2am?

    I would imagine there is more to the story than that.
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    Let the hunter rest in peice,the truth will come out sometime.
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    Quote Originally Posted by XR500 View Post
    "Died suddenly at around 2am."

    Says it all unfortunately.
    "Police 'notified' at 2am"....not quite the same thing.
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    It is never a nice thing to learn this sort of news. Rest in peace fellow hunter.
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    Ah shit, that's no good at all
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    Reading between the lines since he was unlikely to be hunting at that hour So I think it might have been "natural" causes. Of course only speculation but thrown in with the "coroner helping with enquires" I would say an accidental shooting is less likely. Waiting for all the facts to be sure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by inglishill View Post
    Hmmm, what does it say other than he died, and, it was 2am?

    I would imagine there is more to the story than that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rugerman View Post
    Reading between the lines since he was unlikely to be hunting at that hour So I think it might have been "natural" causes. Of course only speculation but thrown in with the "coroner helping with enquires" I would say an accidental shooting is less likely. Waiting for all the facts to be sure.
    RIP
    Headline says "killed" impying not of natural causes...2am could be spotlighting but also could be fall or injury....and guessing causes like that is as much as a punt as it is believing a headline like that to start with.... 5 hours later headline has not been edited so the potential for "accidental miscommunication of the truth" is possible...

    Either way , thoughts go to the family of the person, never good news regardless of mechanisim....
    Intelligence has its limits, but it appears that Stupidity knows no bounds......
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    Could have been a gang shooting too.
    Overkill is still dead.
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