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Post by Toby Benoit on Feb 3, 2010 9:11:10 GMT 12.75
I did an interview/article about a young man from GA and his family who went through quite an ordeal after a hunting accident. You can read the story here www.woodsnwater.net/articles/february-2010/shotOr turn to page 24 for any of you that receive the magazine in the mail. Just thought I'd share his story with you guys.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Feb 12, 2010 9:04:02 GMT 12.75
No comments?
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Post by Paws on Feb 12, 2010 9:56:21 GMT 12.75
Whos is the chick in "Vote for me here" ?? ;D
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Post by Two Tales on Feb 12, 2010 17:12:57 GMT 12.75
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Post by Mars on Feb 12, 2010 17:51:31 GMT 12.75
Since you asked,
The article is good but I completely disagree with the conclusion.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Feb 12, 2010 19:49:14 GMT 12.75
Not for the sake of argument, but rather out of genuine curiosity. What disagreed with you, Mars?
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Post by Bro. Freddie on Feb 13, 2010 0:56:50 GMT 12.75
Not a bad article but I would have liked to have seen the author conclude the piece by stressing the importance of hunter safety a little more in the last paragraph. Maybe drive the point home more?
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Post by Snake Eyes on Feb 13, 2010 3:32:52 GMT 12.75
Toby, Yep,I have a couple.What is the problem that Mars and Bro.Freddie have with the article.Seemed pretty straight forward and direct to me...but I can be at times.
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Post by Mars on Feb 13, 2010 5:10:17 GMT 12.75
AARRGGHH! I've replied twice only to lose it when I lost my dial up connection. Our phone lines are having problems or they are working on the lines. I'll have to copy to wordpad before I hit post reply. Toby; The article was well written as well as presented. The issue I have deals solely with the hunter safety conclusion. I understand many of my views including hunter safety are unpopular with hunters. Nothing new,huh! The fault,as I see it, lies completely at the feet of the shooter and not the victim at all. The basic rule of hunting and shooting is to know EXACTLY what your target is AND what is beyond it. Irregardless if there is visible orange or not is NEVER a reason to not know. Hunter orange never overrides the other rules of shooting nor makes an unsafe shot suddenly safe. !) Not everyone in or around an area being hunted is a hunter or hunting. 2) Not everyone is required to wear orange. Hunter orange has become a scape goat to excuse shooters taking unsafe shots.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Feb 13, 2010 10:47:20 GMT 12.75
I see. But I do wear it myself solely for the same reason I turn on my headlights on rainy days; to make myself more visible to the next guy. Purely out of self defense.
Not taking the blame from the shooter; but if the boy had been wearing the orange vest, might the shooter have taken notice and checked his fire? It's hard to follow buck in your sights and still see a camouflaged hunter in a brushy field too.
In this instance the shooter was the father; at fault for not seeing to it that the two boys wore the vests which could have made all the difference in the world.
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Post by Paws on Feb 13, 2010 11:12:59 GMT 12.75
Vest or no vest never pull the trigger if you don't know with absolute certainty where the bullet is going and what is in the way. I thought doesn't count because bullets don't come back.
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Post by Mars on Feb 13, 2010 11:29:31 GMT 12.75
Read your post and you'll see exactly what I was talking about.
Exactly! It was an unsafe shot to start with and should have not been taken. He didn't know what was beyond the buck. Completely against shooting rules.
The orange is completely irrelevant to the situation. It could have been anybody or anything that got hit by a bullet that should not have been fired.
If he had killed a farmers horse would you say the horse should have had orange on?
Or, if they were turkey hunting?
If your driving without your lights on and another driver crosses the line and slams into you is it your fault?
Sure, it can be said that having your lights on MAY have changed the situation but it May not as well. It remains the other person crossed the line and is 100% at fault and should have known that crossing that line was dangerous.
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Post by Mars on Feb 13, 2010 11:39:15 GMT 12.75
By the way;
I found the source of my phone line problems when I went to the gym. Somebody had hit the pole and split it in half about a half mile from my house. We lost power for a bit as they replaced the pole. Fortunately they were already in the process of replacing all the poles along the road and the crew and a new pole were only a mile further up the road.
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