I've been shot at during shotgun season a couple of times. Once was during a silent deer drive with people I hardly knew. The guy next to be started blasting his gun like a mad man. He was one of the drivers, as was I. I hit the dirt with my face baried into to ground. When the drive was over, I asked who the driver was that had the semi-automatic that was doing all the shooting, and this guy spoke up and said it was him, but that he had a pump action. Needless to say, I stopped doing drives with people I didn't know.

The other time I can recall was during a drive with family and friends, but my husband's cousin heard of our drive, and intercepted it with his two friends. They came between the drivers, (which I was one) and sitters. I was at one end of the drive as a driver when all the sudden I heard shots, and heard this noise going through the woods with twigs being broke. Then, as the person continued to shoot the shells were coming closer, and closer. Again, I hit the dirt. Flat on the ground with my face in the dirt. Drives have got to be the worst way to hunt when it comes to safety. I haven't heard many good stories about drives.

DMayer