Got scoped today
- Thread starter davemccarthy707
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This thread just reinforces my notion that, while all CGNers share an interest in guns, they certainly do not share similar degrees of knowledge about guns and gun safety.
This is the umpteenth thread where unsafe practices are vehemently defended ......
This is the umpteenth thread where unsafe practices are vehemently defended ......
I accidentally pointed a rifle at someone while hunting, no scope.
Just saw this white patch going through the brush about 50 yds away.
I did not know anyone else was in the area, and I had just seen a deer and was actively hunting it. This guy walks out with no orange on, and white patches on his cap.
I told him I just about shot him but he was not concerned.
I was freaked out by the experience, because I had my finger on the trigger.
Just saw this white patch going through the brush about 50 yds away.
I did not know anyone else was in the area, and I had just seen a deer and was actively hunting it. This guy walks out with no orange on, and white patches on his cap.
I told him I just about shot him but he was not concerned.
I was freaked out by the experience, because I had my finger on the trigger.
Well fellows - it sounds like a few new laws are needed here - No using your scope until you see a deer - No bullets in the chamber until after you point the gun at a deer - Only one bullet in the magazine - and no calling it a clip - and No loaded weapons within a mile of a dwelling and no loaded weapons within a mile of another hunter - and no clothing that is any colour but orange and no blinds or tree stands that are a colour other than orange and guns must be orange - and no shooting two hours before dark or after dawn - and guns may not be pointed straight up - and if a hunter is going to do something, he must not depend on his own common sense in the situation, but must bring his proposal before a committee of people who must include every Tom #### and Harriet who have never been in that situation themselves, but might want to express their opinion to show that they are right and some guy on the internet is wrong. Okay - I'm kidding.
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- New Scotland
This is the umpteenth thread where unsafe practices are vehemently defended ......
It seems some people refuse to accept that they have made mistakes and learn from them. You're not a dummy if you make a mistake and learn from it. You're a dummy if you make a mistake, don't learn from it, then try to claim after the fact that you didn't make a mistake.
Obviously you could not possibly inform everyone that might come along. Someone might actually walk in from a place other than where your truck is parked.
It hasn't happened to me in over 30 years of shooting at ranges.
It is not an elitist attitude, I have taken out several first time hunters, but those were people that I knew well, and trusted not to endanger my life, or their own.
You can make up whatever excuses you choose for your irresponsible behavior, but it is still irresponsible behavior that could result in someone's life being put in danger.
I like bow season..the woods are empty! Seriously what kind of retard gets so hyped up they want to blast anything that moves... if this is you, take up golf or shuffleboard.
As for the poster who is in the CF and doesnt care about scoping others and similar type garbage. You should consider that hunting is mostly a "recreational" activity, the level of risk assumed during the task is far lower that what you do in the field as a soldier. Just because its acceptable to do what you do in the military, doesnt mean the same level of risk is acceptable for what amounts to a leisure activity and or sport.
I have a buddy similar to you. A highly qualified trainer for LE. He shoots thousands of rounds constantly and is top notch in skills, ive noticed out in the field he regularly takes risks that at work he wouldnt think twice about, because thats what he does for a living. I am like hey man, lets not do that, we can get the job done without incurring the same level of risk you do at work... because, we are out having fun and not at work.
Different levels for different tasks. Some people maybe forget that at times.
As for the poster who is in the CF and doesnt care about scoping others and similar type garbage. You should consider that hunting is mostly a "recreational" activity, the level of risk assumed during the task is far lower that what you do in the field as a soldier. Just because its acceptable to do what you do in the military, doesnt mean the same level of risk is acceptable for what amounts to a leisure activity and or sport.
I have a buddy similar to you. A highly qualified trainer for LE. He shoots thousands of rounds constantly and is top notch in skills, ive noticed out in the field he regularly takes risks that at work he wouldnt think twice about, because thats what he does for a living. I am like hey man, lets not do that, we can get the job done without incurring the same level of risk you do at work... because, we are out having fun and not at work.
Different levels for different tasks. Some people maybe forget that at times.
The laws regarding blaze orange are there for the purpose of preventing incidents like this. I believe the person out hunting without following the law is responsible for their own actions. I, on the other hand am intelligent and trained enough to identify my targets. I was not freaked out because I was unsafe, but because some idiot decided to walk around in the bush looking like a deer, and I, or someone else less responsible could easily have killed or injured him.
I certainly acknowledge that having the rifle to my shoulder was my responsibility.
I was at the time actively pursuing an animal that been moving off in the same direction.
I never expected a human to walk out. I'll tell you what, the point here is that when something like this actually happens to you, you learn a lesson the hard way, not from just hearing someone else talking about it. That incident happened over 30 years ago, and I remember it like yesterday because it scared the hell out me, as it should have. I have taken away from that experience a lesson that I try to share, and can acknowledge my own mistakes. I think about that incident practically every time I pick up a firearm, and not because I want to. But it reminds of the importance of muzzle control, just as getting in a car accident causes you to drive a bit more defensively.
I did not share that experience to defend myself, which I will not do any further. I know what I did wrong, and learned from it.
People get killed every year in the bush, and even at shooting ranges in the US.
Accidents happen, I'm just glad it didn't happen to me, and my point is that they can happen to anyone, even those on a high horse.
I was at the time actively pursuing an animal that been moving off in the same direction.
I never expected a human to walk out. I'll tell you what, the point here is that when something like this actually happens to you, you learn a lesson the hard way, not from just hearing someone else talking about it. That incident happened over 30 years ago, and I remember it like yesterday because it scared the hell out me, as it should have. I have taken away from that experience a lesson that I try to share, and can acknowledge my own mistakes. I think about that incident practically every time I pick up a firearm, and not because I want to. But it reminds of the importance of muzzle control, just as getting in a car accident causes you to drive a bit more defensively.
I did not share that experience to defend myself, which I will not do any further. I know what I did wrong, and learned from it.
People get killed every year in the bush, and even at shooting ranges in the US.
Accidents happen, I'm just glad it didn't happen to me, and my point is that they can happen to anyone, even those on a high horse.
Man am i glad you live in winnepeg, no blaze orange laws around here, and i don"t wear any i wear camo when hunting.
If your not able to keep your finger off the trigger till you know what your shooting at do everyone a favour and stick to the buck hunter game at the bar, FAR AWAY FROM THE BUSH.
Blaze orange doesn't work either, a friend of mine in Saskatchewan was shot wearing full blaze orange. The shooter said he was aiming at a deer past him and didn't see my friend between him and the deer. If you can't see someone in blaze orange you should quit hunting.
In Alberta I wear camo, sometimes I think it is better if other "hunters" can't see you. Oh, and buy some bino's, I always carry some so I don't point my loaded rifle at people.
Riflesmith
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Is your friend OK? I mean other than the obvious trauma? Did the shooter get charged? Super disturbing for sure.
Blaze orange can't replace common sense,if you aren't 100% sure of the identity of an object, don't point a gun at it. Alberta did away with the silly hunter orange requirement, and the number of accidental shootings did not change.
Seen a fellow yesterday, checking out an adjacent field looking through his rifle scope, sweeping the field. No binos on him unless he carried them in his pocket.
I seen him through my binos, I just backed away and carried on in a different direction. Yes, my flourescent beanie was on.
Man, get some binos and use them
I seen him through my binos, I just backed away and carried on in a different direction. Yes, my flourescent beanie was on.
Man, get some binos and use them
