Thread: jesus wept

Originally Posted by Pengy

Anyone know the outcome for the little kiddy ? I hope all good.

I bought a wee semi auto 22 a while back, then while at an `ex` mates place, I thought I would show it to him.
He hunts and has few firearms. Anyway, he doesn't bother to check the state of the rifle, but proceeds to twirl it around above his head while laughing and telling me "its a fcking toy"....then he pulls the trigger. It was cocked somehow, but unloaded, luckily. I knew it was unloaded, but not sure how it got cocked.
Same guy shot a hole in the ground a meter in front of himself on hunt, while trying to lower the hammer on his 30-30 when hammer slipped. No safety on. Also bragged to me about shooting a deer at 80 meters when all he could see was a patch of orange through the bush...."But I knew it was a deer, cos I watched it for 5 minutes and could see it breathing"

I don't hunt with him anymore

Point I am making is that even people who have been around firearms for many years can make the most basic errors.

Originally Posted by Pengy

I never. Mentioned the four occasions when the same bloke has suddenly popped up in an area i am hunting when he is supposed to be in another part of the park.
"no sign there or couldnt cross river " are two lame excuses i recall

A ticking timebomb in anyones book.
You can do your best to keep away from unsafe rip, shit and bust hunters. Unfortunately there is no law of stupidity to keep them out of the bush.
Sound similar to the NZDA firearms safety guy down lower SI who recently mistook another hunter for a deer and killed him.
Another reason to hunt with a partner, at least one of you can make it out to call for help

What good sound comments here. A great thread for all newly licenced gun owners to read in entirety as they still don't receive proper hands on training 4 1/2 years on