You were "certain it was a deer" and "nearly shot another hunter" even though you "couldn't quite make it out yet". You my friend are a dangerous individual and shouldn't be carying a firearm.ABSOLUTELY DO NOTpoint a firearm in the direction of anything much less something that is moving and presumably alive unless you know for surewhat it is. Any hunter safety course will even stress how important it is not to use a scope on a gun for the purpose of identifying your target. What you are telling us all is that even if a bo law passes somebody like you is apt to shoot somebody just out for a walk in the woods that isn't even hunting. Sad. I highly recommend you re-take the hunter safety course!