Thread: Mangatawhiri hunter transported to Middlemore Hospital after shooting himself in leg

Mangatawhiri hunter transported to Middlemore Hospital after shooting himself in leg

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12113988

26 Aug, 2018 8:13pm

A young man who accidentally shot himself in the leg was transported to Middlemore Hospital in a serious condition this afternoon.

The man, in his 20s, was hunting near Mangatawhiri with friends when he injured himself in a remote bush area.

He sustained serious wounds to his leg and a tourniquet was tied around it.

The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter and police Eagle helicopter helped with the rescue shortly after 2pm.

A spokesman for the rescue helicopter said intensive care paramedic Marcel Driessen and Dr Nick Longley were dropped down into a paddock nearby.

The hill's terrain was too steep for the helicopter to land and thick bush restricted their access, the spokesman said.

The wounded man was treated by medical staff and eventually winched up into the rescue helicopter and flown to Middlemore.

It was clearly a case of mistaken identity - he mistook his leg for the target.

Originally Posted by Phil_H

And your thoughts on this systolic are ...?????

+1

Making people aware of at least one of the seven basic rules...always point your firearm in a safe direction or maybe ‘load when ready to fire..’ ....who knows..


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Originally Posted by tiroatedson

Making people aware of at least one of the seven basic rules...always point your firearm in a safe direction or maybe ‘load when ready to fire..’ ....who knows..


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I think they would all have an application.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

It was clearly a case of mistaken identity - he mistook his leg for the target.

She's pretty thick bush down there Barefoot.

A guy I knew years ago did the same thing albeit not how you would think.
He initially had problems with a dicky left elbow I think from a motorbike accident. After getting it sorted, I think from surgery, he checked with the doctor if it was alright to go hunting etc.
yes he was told.
Anyhoo here he is out hunting lining up on a pig with the 308 and the previously mentioned dicky elbow gave way.
Rifle came down and the weight came onto the trigger finger just as it lined up on the lower part of one of his legs.
Big hole and about a 3k walk out to transport. He is a bit of a hard looking thing and obviously has a fair ticker on him too
Short story made long surgeons operated heaps of times trying to save the leg. Lots and lots of pain.
After some advice from an amputee with similar experience he made them chop it off and with a bucket on the stump he was driving a bulldozer within the week.
Nickname was pegleg.
Not all accidents are straight out negligence.

Originally Posted by systolic

Mangatawhiri hunter transported to Middlemore Hospital after shooting himself in leg

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12113988

26 Aug, 2018 8:13pm

A young man who accidentally shot himself in the leg was transported to Middlemore Hospital in a serious condition this afternoon.

The man, in his 20s, was hunting near Mangatawhiri with friends when he injured himself in a remote bush area.

He sustained serious wounds to his leg and a tourniquet was tied around it.

The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter and police Eagle helicopter helped with the rescue shortly after 2pm.

A spokesman for the rescue helicopter said intensive care paramedic Marcel Driessen and Dr Nick Longley were dropped down into a paddock nearby.

The hill's terrain was too steep for the helicopter to land and thick bush restricted their access, the spokesman said.

The wounded man was treated by medical staff and eventually winched up into the rescue helicopter and flown to Middlemore.

The standard of English and punctuation is atrocious among journalists. Did he also shoot off one of his balls?

aye a new version of "man scaping" ?
i think Darwin referred to this as natural selection

Originally Posted by chainsaw

aye a new version of "man scaping" ?
i think Darwin referred to this as natural selection

@chainsaw

You mean left vs right?