Another reason to be careful...

[l00k]

Young Wis. deer hunter has hat shot off but isn't injured
by The Associated Press
published November 21, 2007 8:33 am
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THERESA, Wis. — A 13-year-old boy out deer hunting with his father had his hat shot off his head but wasn't injured.

Jeffrey Trepanier, 32, called the sheriff's office Monday to report someone shot the hat off his son's head while they hunted on public lands just north of Theresa.

"That was way too close for comfort," said Dodge County Sheriff's Deputy Chief Blaine Lauersdorf. "We searched the area and where unable to determine where the shot came from."

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Lauersdorf said the incident only reinforces that hunters must make sure of their target before pulling the trigger.

He cited a case last weekend in Waushara County in which a man inadvertently shot and killed his 18-year-old grandson, mistaking him for a deer.

Lauersdorf said rural residents also should make themselves as visible as possible when outside during the deer hunt, which opened last weekend and continues through Sunday.

"If you're out there during hunting season, make sure you are wearing something that stands out," he said.

[dtabor]

Im so sick of hearing this type of statement:

"a man inadvertently shot and killed his 18-year-old grandson, mistaking him for a deer."

Last I knew, unless his grandson was wearing a brown fur coat with a white belly and possibly some branches or antlers on his head, how in HELL do you mistake a human being for a deer. Im a hunter safety instructor in my state and we teach people to be sure of their target.

In my mind, there is NO such thing as a "mistaken for game" accident. Its not an accident, its homicide. Ive never seen a human in the woods, even if he was wearing brown carhartts, that I thought to myself, "hmmm, thats a nice looking deer, think I'll take a shot".

B..S....

Sorry for the rant.

D

[Hiller]

There was a young man shot last year on opening day of gun season only a couple miles from my house by his uncle... at 6:30 in the morning... the story was a little weird from the get go, but all I ever heard was that they were circling a woods and the boy got to the end of the woods quicker than his uncle thought he would and the uncle "thought" he was a deer, so took a pot shot in the dark and killed him...

that guy should go to the can, there's no such thing as accidentally shooting someone....

[bluedog]

Im so sick of hearing this type of statement:

"a man inadvertently shot and killed his 18-year-old grandson, mistaking him for a deer."

Last I knew, unless his grandson was wearing a brown fur coat with a white belly and possibly some branches or antlers on his head, how in HELL do you mistake a human being for a deer. Im a hunter safety instructor in my state and we teach people to be sure of their target.

In my mind, there is NO such thing as a "mistaken for game" accident. Its not an accident, its homicide. Ive never seen a human in the woods, even if he was wearing brown carhartts, that I thought to myself, "hmmm, thats a nice looking deer, think I'll take a shot".

B..S....

Sorry for the rant.

D

This is absolutely no excuse, but how stupid can a person be?

From USA today on the Wisconsin accident:

"The lone accidental shooting came in Waushara County, where an 18-year-old hunter was shot by his grandfather," the paper reports. The local sheriff told the paper the teen "was wearing blaze orange clothing, but had wrapped himself in a brown and white blanket and was walking through a wooded area when he was shot about 8:30 a.m. Sunday."


Full story here (http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/11/teen-deer-hunte.html).

[Lucky]

I heard a couple people in WV has already been killed thid year.

[BillK]

I'm guessing that those are centerfire rifles that killed those people.

Kinda makes an argument for Shotguns/slugs being safer because they don't have the ballistics of a centerfire. Forces us to take closer shots where even idiots with no business out there would have a hard time "mistaking" people for deer.

[deerhunt45]

I don't understand these kind of "accidents".

Don't care if a person wears brown duck carhardts with a white vest and toilet tissue hangin out his back pocket, I don't mistake "it" for a deer and shoot :coco: Crazy news :dizzy:

[BillK]

I'm not trying to highjack this thread or change the subject, but...

Why is it that every time you hear about an inner city shooting involving a handgun invariably describes the victim being "accidentally" shot in the head?

Nothing accidental about that in my mind. The shooter has to raise the gun to shoulder level and point it.

Some people have no business owning or even being near a firearm.

[oxmos]

Absolute carelessness. Always check your target/background before you shoot! No reason other than stupidity for these accidents.

[outdrjoe]

didnt they teach u that in class see wat ur about to shoot before u shoot it hello

[outdrjoe]

careless people wow

[swantucky]

I have to admit I almost made a horrible mistake twenty-some years ago and it still bothers me. Back then in Lucas county they had just started a drawing for doe permits, I was lucky enough to draw one. I was on a small rise at the end of a 3 acre thicket posted up at the bottleneck. I saw guys enter the thicket at the far end to try and push the deer out. I thought i was in the right place at the right time. I watched the guys work through the cover wearing blaze orange vests. About 75 yards or so ahead of them I saw brush moving, I, at that time had never killed a deer and was pretty excited!! As the "deer" moved ahead of the hunters I could see patches of brown and raised my gun. At this point the cover was no more than midsection high and I just knew it was a deer because if it were a human they would have stood above the cover. "It" was not moving too fast and I kept thinking I should shoot before it got to the end of the thicket because it would run. I could not see that it was a deer but I just "knew" it was. I knew I had to wait untill I could see it was a deer before I took the safety off and shot. Just then the "deer" stood up, it was some jackass with no blaze orange on wearing faded Carhart bibs and jacket. I felt like throwing up!! I was pissed and wondered how many other people would have shot this dumb bastard??? I yelled at him and asked where his orange was and he said he left it in the truck because he did not think anyone else was hunting there!!

It still makes my blood run cold thinking about what could have happened.

ALWAYS BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET, YOU CANNOT TAKE AN ARROW OR BULLET BACK!!!

[ohiosam]

I'm guessing that those are centerfire rifles that killed those people.

Kinda makes an argument for Shotguns/slugs being safer because they don't have the ballistics of a centerfire. Forces us to take closer shots where even idiots with no business out there would have a hard time "mistaking" people for deer.

Most "accidental" shootings I've ever heard details about happened at close range. Usually in thick cover.

[ohiosam]

I don't understand these kind of "accidents".

Don't care if a person wears brown duck carhardts with a white vest and toilet tissue hangin out his back pocket, I don't mistake "it" for a deer and shoot :coco: Crazy news :dizzy:

I agree the person pulling the trigger is ultimately reponsable to make sure what he is shooting at. However you are also reponsable to protect yourself. You are also legally required to wear hunter orange during gun season. Doing otherwise is like walking down the middle of road at night in dark clothes.

We need to protect ourselves. I keep an orange hat with me when I'm bow, squirrel or turkey hunting. I pull it out when I see another hunter, or am changing locations. I wouldn't carry a decoy exposed. Someone recently said something about putting orange on a ground blind, never used one but I had never thought of that. I've seen lots of blinds and never saw one marked, even in gun season.

Nearly 30 years ago I came across a guy muzzleloader hunting in buckskins and wearing a coonskin cap. I was only 16 at the time but realized the guy was an idiot.