Thread: Who the hell writes this stuff

If you can’t see him, you probably won’t shoot him

Originally Posted by Maca49

If you can’t see him, you probably won’t shoot him

Most deaths are shots at movement or colour.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Most deaths are shots at movement or colour.

Ahhh, no - a lot of hunting accident related deaths are, but there are still the odd shot at a hunter carrying an animal, a duckshooter clipping the guy they don't know on the other side of the trees at the back of the pond, the mis-identifying a human as an animal (target fixation where the brain is expecting to see YYY and the brain fits the eyeball signals into this pattern) and the good old shooting the headlamp in the spotlight job. Just about lost a mate a while back where the two parties had no idea the other was there and one shot at an animal that both were stalking in on. The shot missed me mate by a few meters, and both parties got a hell of a shock as neither knew the other was there and it wasn't public land. Both had permission to be on the land, but had come in from opposite access points and met at the middle of the block. Unlikely/uncommon situation but it happened.

Originally Posted by No.3

Ahhh, no - a lot of hunting accident related deaths are, but there are still the odd shot at a hunter carrying an animal, a duckshooter clipping the guy they don't know on the other side of the trees at the back of the pond, the mis-identifying a human as an animal (target fixation where the brain is expecting to see YYY and the brain fits the eyeball signals into this pattern) and the good old shooting the headlamp in the spotlight job. Just about lost a mate a while back where the two parties had no idea the other was there and one shot at an animal that both were stalking in on. The shot missed me mate by a few meters, and both parties got a hell of a shock as neither knew the other was there and it wasn't public land. Both had permission to be on the land, but had come in from opposite access points and met at the middle of the block. Unlikely/uncommon situation but it happened.

Whatever. Still supports "if you cant see him you wont shoot him" as being a fallacy.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Whatever. Still supports "if you cant see him you wont shoot him" as being a fallacy.

But you saying saw colour?

Personally i wouldn't shoot an animal if i didn't know exactly where my mate was. My family knew a fella who shot his nephew that way as the pig ran back between them all.
He tragically ended up dying in their arms. Just freaking horrible.
That's just not gonna be me i decided. If that loses me a bunch of animals then its worth it imo.

Matter of fact it did cost me what i think was a rusa. It had the same whistle as my mates deer call he made and demonstrated in camp. I was in a ravine and just told the guy with me to unload and freeze. I ended up calling out as i dint want to get shot and the deer i couldn't see bounded away. Ah well.

Originally Posted by T.FOYE

Personally i wouldn't shoot an animal if i didn't know exactly where my mate was. My family knew a fella who shot his nephew that way as the pig ran back between them all.
He tragically ended up dying in their arms. Just freaking horrible.
That's just not gonna be me i decided. If that loses me a bunch of animals then its worth it imo.

Matter of fact it did cost me what i think was a rusa. It had the same whistle as my mates deer call he made and demonstrated in camp. I was in a ravine and just told the guy with me to unload and freeze. I ended up calling out as i dint want to get shot and the deer i couldn't see bounded away. Ah well.

That comes back to rule #5, often overlooked: Know your firing zone......
Completely agree with your sentiment.

As far as the questions, this was raised as soon as the old MSC people were removed from the training process. The replacement types I think didn't have the experience to understand the confusion they were creating in the questions as they wrote them down.