I've been in that same position myself! I had a slug miss me by about 2 feet, it hit directly above my head! I got down and marched over to the gun hunter and chewed his ass. He then preceeded to tell me i was an idiot and i better watch my mouth or he was going to let me have it. To make a long story short my hands did the talking very quickly and easily! I've never had trouble with these neighboring land owners again firing where they knew they shouldn't of been! Some of these gun hunters just don't think when they get a deer in front of them, they get to damn excited and loose all common sence! When i'm pheasant hunting i'm very carefull where i'm shooting and my surroundings! There's no excuse for this stuff! None what so ever! These are the gun hunters that make all of the othergun hunters look bad!I'm glad your boy is fine!

[:@]Ya know ive been around and seen alot os s...............t,but that just blows my mind,people like that are what ruins it for others,just blows my mind...................[:@]

I do not believe anyone said they would support hunters that disregard safety instructions, laws or did not hunt using generally accepted ethics .

What ever happened to clearly identifying your target and making sure that things are clear before pulling the trigger? I'm not the brightest bulb in the chandelier but i can usually do that. But then again I grew up rabbit hunting with beagles and with several other hunters. So, you have to learn very quickly to pick your shots carefully.

Well this guy:

1. Was not a few bricks shy of a load, but a few loads shy of a single brick;
2. Heard a mind was a terrible thing to waste, so he is saving it for later;
3. Was still shook up that his parents divorced, but happy they remained siblings.

I do believe (know for a fact)that on the post I was referring to some said that we should support ALL hunters (that would include our fat friend with a sore jaw).I was simply stirring the pot to make the point that to simply say "support all hunters" is foolish. Just like every other group in the world not all hunters are created equal.

I don't want to hijack this thread, so if there are any other comments about my comment just pm me. To get back on track I'll share a story of a lapse in judgement.

A few years ago I was gun hunting at our camp in Somerset County, PA. Opening day of gun season in PAis fairly infamous thanks to the million hunter orange army that hits the woods. Well my dad and I have stands that are within sight of each other if you lean past the trees just the right way. Well, he got lucky and got a buck early in the morning. As I sat, I saw a hunter decend the hill, cross onto our property (Posted) and climb into my dad's stand. I was a little ticked, but not too worked up because I knew my dad was done for the day, so he really wasn't hurting anything. That is, until I picked up my binoculars and looked up the hill to see him looking back at me...through his SCOPE!!! I pointed to him and made a motion to get out of the stand. I then got down out of mine and made my way up there. He was wise and got down and headed off of our property before I got there. I don't know what I would have done, but in the state of mind I was in it would not have been rational.[:@]

I guess it all depends on your definition of a hunter. Anyone can buy a bow but that doesn't make them a bowhunter. Same with a gun or any weapon. I don't think anyone would mistake the guy with a sore jaw for a hunter .

Wow!! I don't know if I could have held my temper if someone sent one wizzing by my head like that.

Some folks just don't belong in the woods with guns in their hands.[:@]Whatever happend to "know your target and what's beyond it".[:'(]

Glad nobody was hurt.

A few years ago, after about an hour drive and another hour to get to my stand site and set-up, a group of bird hunters came by my stand and I heard one of them tell the others "there is a bowhunter". They all looked in my direction, and walked in theother direction. Then all of a sudden shots started to ring out and the trees around me were showered with pellets.

I will never really know if they were intentionally trying to shoot me, but I don't see how it could have been an accident. That is the kind of crap you put up with when you hunt public land. My daughter is now at the age whereshe wants to huntwith me, but its things like this that make me feel taking her to hunt with me on public land is not such a good idea!!

Better yet, just like how you need a license to hunt or drive, how about if you score lower than a rock then you should not be allowed to procreate? That would probably solve alot of problems and if not,at leastthis one for certain.