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Old 01-26-2009 | 10:33 AM
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blasted_saber
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Default RE: .22 For Duck Hunting

Absolutely not!

http://www.kctv5.com/news/14872351/detail.html

AMERICUS, Kan. -- An Emporia State University freshman died during the weekend after being shot by someone in a passing vehicle while he was hunting for geese.

Beau Arndt, 18, of Americus, and two friends had placed several dozen goose decoys in a farm field Saturday and were lying in the snow waiting for incoming birds, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's Department.

Arndt's companions told police that a pickup truck stopped along a nearby road and fired a rifle shot into the decoys, but hit Arndt instead and then left the scene.

Shooting waterfowl with a rifle is illegal in Kansas, as is shooting from inside a vehicle or onto someone's property without permission.

This is only example of a few in recent years where hunters have been killed by idiots shooting at decoys with rifles. Another involved an Avery Watefowl Pro Staffer killed by a .22 bullet which hit him above the eye. The shooter was also shooting at goose decoys.

Not saying you're an idiot, but this is why it is dangerous.
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