Man dies following hunting accident in Nova Scotia: RCMP

I am guessing areas with general open season makes guys lazy and don’t pack optics ? Why would you even point a gun at a noise before identifying what it is. We have to count points on most species here so everyone has good optics to identify legal game.
 
now I understand that different provinces and regions have different hunting styles but I like to think that before one starts aiming at something that they have identified it as a legitimate game animal. I also understand using a scope on the rifle to see if the animal has antlers or to identify if its the correct species of deer.

but these stories happen too frequently and in every area of the country to make me think that common sense is really common.

oh and wearing red or orange is not the answer, that's just an excuse to help the fish cops know who is hunting and who is poaching...
 
Hunters need to avoid sound shooting and know your target. It has already been mentioned that many incidents happen from very inexperienced once a year hunters. They want to believe it’s game as the brain cannot quickly differentiate if it’s two or four legged .
 
Cranky Pants said:
It isnt like out west here, binoculars are useless, most shots are under 150 feet and if you arent set up you will get busted. Ive shot many under 50 feet.

Different sort of hunting.
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Well out west here, we still have forests and many of them are as thick or even thicker than what's back east, I'm talking can't even see in let alone try to walk in. I have shot deer with a rifle at 3 yards in the timber. Still had time to verify the "brown colour" was indeed a deer, and a legal buck at that, before raising, loading, and aiming my rifle. You don't aim a loaded gun or shoot at something just because it's the right colour, that's no better than sound shooting. Everyone likes to use coyote brown gear for everything now, the colour is very similar to a deer so I myself avoid wearing anything like that and prefer actual camo as it's actually harder to pick up for most people than solid colors. As for blaze orange, I have read about studies done that said in low light conditions, such as dawn or dusk, it can actually appear very close in shade to that of a deer to the human eye. This got worse as the clothing was washed and lost some of its brightness.
 
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alberta tactical rifle said:
Interestingly Alberta used to have a rule where red/orange was mandatory. This was relaxed many years ago and the number of hunters being shot has actually decreased if you can believe what is claimed by the government.
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I don't doubt it. Me and my father were shot at the same time here in NB.

#4 buckshot in a 12 gauge. Standing in the middle of a old road. Orange hats on. I had a vest on. Dad always wore one of those full orange coats.

Orange means squat to idiots.

I get pretty pissy now if someone scopes me or aims at #### they don't know.

I would as soon not get shot again.
 
Cranky Pants said:
It isnt like out west here, binoculars are useless, most shots are under 150 feet and if you arent set up you will get busted. Ive shot many under 50 feet.

Different sort of hunting.
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that's total BS
I hunt deer in the steep thick forests of the coastal bc mountains...... most kills are well under 50 feet from the rifle.
If glass is needed to confirm a game animal is a legitimate target..... it's binoculars or nothing...... this isn't warfare, it's hunting.

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as for the hunter orange stuff. I carry a hunter orange hat and vest for dragging out animals or packing antlers but there is no mandatory regulation here in BC.

I would be curious to see the stats in the provinces and territories for hunter inflicted gun shot wounds/deaths and compare that to the regulations for hunter orange. I also think that hunters in high hunter pressure areas should be allowed to wear body armor if they choose. I've almost been shot while moose hunting and the guy that pulled the trigger was given the boot from ever hunting with us again. I was calling with a shooter 25 yards out in front of me. A new member of our crew was to sneak in and meet us at a designated time. He decided to show up an hour and a half early and meanwhile me and my shooter had been working a bull and cow with the calls and had them incoming at 400 yards but no clear shot.

I watched the bull as he came up the side of the cut trying to wind us and then came a gun shot...... and a sizzling kinda whistling sound in the air. Then another shot and again the sizzling sound and a bullet strike a few yards away. Darn near crapped my pants let me tell ya. 1/2 hour later I make my way to the rendevous spot and standing there is the newcomer to our group, drinking a beer, and grinning ear to ear. So while the group was happy to have a bull down.... this moron ruined our hunt, shot the bull me and my shooter worked all morning for. He knew exactly where we would be but when that bull showed up, he didn't even think about the fact that it was smack in the middle between us and his bullets were travelling directly towards us. We were only 200 yards from where the bull was shot. I count myself lucky and I don't like hunting with new people anymore..... makes me nervous as hell LOL
 
There is a good reason it is very poor practice to use your scope like binoculars. People can get away with BS for a long time if they or they partners are very lucky. Poor practice inevitably ends up biting you in the a$$. In this case a fatality. The frustrating aspect of this particular situation is people simply do not seem to learn. No one is starving and there is no reason for desperation in the field which should mean we can follow good safety habits and this was so avoidable. A family I know lost a member over 50 years ago in a similar situation, the devastation it caused and still does, gives one pause.
 
Cranky Pants said:
Yes we have to wear an orange vest and hat so there is no excuse for this accident.

About 10 years ago i was sitting on a log at day break near a brook with choppings either side so a lot of trees were blown down all around me. A half hr after daylight i heard cracking coming up the creek so i got ready, saw some brown motion but waited till a clear shot.

Out walked a moron in full camo with a rifle from the mess of blowdowns, crosshairs were on his head,safety off.

I had some strong words for that idiot.

There's morons everywhere
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how were you able to properly identify a head in order to put your crossheirs on it? I guess you must have been using your scope in lieu of binos. You my friend need to rethink if this hunting business is really your thing...a gun should never be pointed at...especially with the safety off...at anything without proper identification first. Truely a dumbass thing to do and an even dumber thing to post this experience online without acknowledging that you were in the wrong. I guess you didnt learn the lesson of your erroneous ways
 
Cranky Pants said:
Yes we have to wear an orange vest and hat so there is no excuse for this accident.

About 10 years ago i was sitting on a log at day break near a brook with choppings either side so a lot of trees were blown down all around me. A half hr after daylight i heard cracking coming up the creek so i got ready, saw some brown motion but waited till a clear shot.

Out walked a moron in full camo with a rifle from the mess of blowdowns, crosshairs were on his head,safety off.

I had some strong words for that idiot.

There's morons everywhere
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Using a scope to see what's coming is called "Careless hunting" under the Ontario FWCAct. It's covered at length during classes in the Ontario Hunter Education Program. Aiming any firearm at anyone constitutes "careless use of a firearm" under The Criminal Code. In your example,by your own admission,there was only one moron.
 
1963beretta said:
how were you able to properly identify a head in order to put your crossheirs on it? I guess you must have been using your scope in lieu of binos. You my friend need to rethink if this hunting business is really your thing...a gun should never be pointed at...especially with the safety off...at anything without proper identification first. Truely a dumbass thing to do and an even dumber thing to post this experience online without acknowledging that you were in the wrong. I guess you didnt learn the lesson of your erroneous ways
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Ok guys I get it.

Was I happy about it- no

Did I learn a lesson from it- yes

Did I shoot - No

I'm sorry I mentioned it and will strive to never make a mistake in the future.
 
Cranky Pants said:
Yes we have to wear an orange vest and hat so there is no excuse for this accident.

About 10 years ago i was sitting on a log at day break near a brook with choppings either side so a lot of trees were blown down all around me. A half hr after daylight i heard cracking coming up the creek so i got ready, saw some brown motion but waited till a clear shot.

Out walked a moron in full camo with a rifle from the mess of blowdowns, crosshairs were on his head,safety off.

I had some strong words for that idiot.

There's morons everywhere
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If you were the one who had his crosshairs on another hunters head, I would not calling the other hunter an idiot.
 
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