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Originally Posted by mountaineer magic
(Post 3882636)
That's why I prefer to hunt alone and better yet to hunt where there isn't anyone else, which is getting harder to do . hunting land opportunities seem to shrink every year.
Pretty terrible tragedy. Double Ditto.... I just hate stories like this and the effects it has on the families... Send a prayer or two |
Hunting alone doesn't mean you can't get shot.
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Originally Posted by Breechplug
(Post 3882685)
I Hunt ONLY with a Group of Friends that I have Hunted with for over 20 Years, We ALL Know where each and every one of us are at at ALL Times. We Communicate with Radios or Phone to know where we all are at all times. If someone decides to Move from there spot we know it. We Dont allow anyone else to Hunt with us because that's just the way it is. We Hunt in FULL Snow Camo during our Late ML Season and have No Worries. A Deer is a Deer and there is NO SUBSTITUTE, PERIOD!
That was No Accident, I have had Visual Parts of a Deer and Not Shot because I Did'nt see the Whole Deer and have Not Shot in a Deers Direction because I knew that one of My Hunting Buddys was in that direction. I Feel for the Guy and know how He must have felt..... We Hunt near a Thruway, the BIG Bucks like to run the Thruway Fence, I've Passed on Many Big Bucks that were EASY shots, but because there were Cars in the distance I PASSED. There's just No Excuse for what happened, there's Accidents but that was No Accident. (BP) |
I teach my son to never even put his finger on the trigger,until he's positively certain of his target, be it paper or animal.
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Was the man who was shot wearing blaze orange? Just googled up the Vermont hunting regs. The state does not require the wearing of blaze orange during hunting season: This is a badism.
Hunter orange is not required by law in Vermont, but wearing it might save your life. Almost half of Vermont’s hunting related shootings might be prevented if hunters wear hunter orange. A New York study found that 94% of hunters involved in New York hunters do wear hunter orange.mistaken for game accidents were not wearing hunter orange. This is even more startling when you consider that 81% of Hunting alone doesn't mean you can't get shot. Most of the time my hunting is done solo: i wear blaze orange coveralls when deer and turkey hunting. When we lived in WV more folks were shot in turkey season than deer season. Our neighbor was mistaken for a grouse and shot: She survived. |
I did not know that Vermont does not require blaze orange. That's scary...
There's no way I'd go into public land without it! I even wear it in ML season when it's not required. There are just too many irresponsible people out there. |
with as many people there are back east, i think they all should require blaze orange. If you cant spot someone in the woods with blaze orange, you most likely are either blind or just plain ol dumb LOL.
Either way its just a horrible accident that happened and turns my blood cold just thinking about what both went through. |
Many years ago i had a friend on a volunteer ambulance squad in southern MD. On opening day of deer season he responded to two shootings in Charles county. One hunter was shot right in the belly button and was dead when the ambulance arrived. The other hunter was shot by a guy who followed up on his shot, said nothing, then turned and left. Luckily another hunter heard the man calling for help and responded. The sheriff caught the shooter and off he went to Jessop prison.
Deer hunters in southern MD could use only shotguns and slugs. |
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