Thread: SOMEONE DIDNT IDENTIFY THEIR TARGET

A friend of mine a long time hunter told me of the time he nearly shot a tramper, He and a mate were hunting in the Southern Alps in the early 80's when my friend saw what he thought were deer coming towards him at about 400m he set himself up to take a shot his mate spotting for him through binos called to him to stop they are trampers, my mate waited and sure enough at 200m he saw that the deer he had a bead on was wearing a red Swany, I've seen this dude shoot Hare's at 400m there is no doubt that he would have hit that tramper, he was a Mountain safety firearms instructor and very experienced hunter, he said he wanted to see a deer so bad that's what he saw, the mind plays tricks on you be vigilant out there.

Wise words shooternz. I try to keep this in the back of my mind every time I hear something in the bush ''Assume everything that moves is a human before identifying as otherwise''. At long distances the eyes can play tricks on you.

A quote from someone who knows the guy

It seems the young fella was up and about today ...

Thank goodness for that. There are times I am happy to be wrong!

''Assume everything that moves is a human before identifying as otherwise''

I like that one. Very good advice. I shall make it my mantra.

Me and my old man and bro did the Hollyford a few years back, we were slugging along the lake edge one day, I was the only one with a gun an it was strapped to my pack at that stage. I saw two objects just up in the bushline that were obviously moving at walking pace, my first thought was what are a couple of trampers doing up there, but when we got about 30m from them I saw they were a couple of deer. In the end I think its just how you train your mind and "assuming its a person until identified otherwise" is an awesome practice.

I also used to do a lot of goat shooting on a farm that also had sheep on, me and another fuller got up close on a mob in some thick dead gorsey shit, had a bit of a blast up and were just reloading when another animal popped out, my mate just up shot, I was like "fuck man are you sure that was a goat?" he was just like "yea I think so" turns out it was a fluffy goat with short legs and a daggy arse and I was right to be mistaken, I just dont think he'd taken the time make sure it wasnt a sheep.

I just dont get the big problem with just waiting another couple of seconds to be sure? personally I think its a mixture of ego and carelessness.

I fear that some people, no matter what is taught, told or trialled are just not cut out to own and operate a firearm. We can all voice our opinions of how easy it is to be safe but some people just cant get it. We all just have to hope like hell we are not there when their brain farts.

This is a show about Fire Arm Safety, From last week


EP5 - Fire Arms Safety with Nicole McKee from the the Mountain Safety Council 04/21 by The Hunting Show | Hobbies Podcasts

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This is a show about Fire Arm Safety, From last week


EP5 - Fire Arms Safety with Nicole McKee from the the Mountain Safety Council 04/21 by The Hunting Show | Hobbies Podcasts

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