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davemccarthy707

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Was hunting with my uncle today. Across the valley were 2 more hunters approximately 600 yards away. They decided it was cool to look us over through their rifle scope. Needless to say we got back out of the way nice and quick. Why are people so stupid? Wal-mart sells binoculars that are sufficient for big game hunting for 50 bucks. People are the worst.......
 
I have a couple of buddies that were bad for that.Last year I gave them the ultimatum,quit doing it or find someone else to hunt with. Their wives bought them binos for Christmas and I bought them harnesses.They love em'.I'm sure if a C.O. or a cop seen you doing that you could be charged with careless use of a firearm.
 
Ah, I hunt that area for ptarmigan, going down this weekend actually. PM if you know any good areas. ;) I'm kinda new (2nd year) and still trying to find places.
 
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Now begins the story: Not many years ago - I was out on the edge of a field - behind a dead evergreen tree which had fallen onto the field - a youngster beside me - occasionally calling - scoping the end of the field - 180 yards away - it was pure thick brushy bush - when right into my crosshairs - out of the dark bush, steps the biggest buck .
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Stupid thing to do and disappointing that some do it and post it on an open forum.
 
I once stepped out onto a cat trail and had a hunter have his rifle shouldered and looking at me through the scope. I asked him what the He!! he was doing and he replied that he thought I was a deer coming!!! Didn't want to yell right off the bat for fear he had his finger on the trigger. The hunter looked pretty sheepish after I had a chat with him.
 
aylandacres said:
I once stepped out onto a cat trail and had a hunter have his rifle shouldered and looking at me through the scope. I asked him what the He!! he was doing and he replied that he thought I was a deer coming!!! Didn't want to yell right off the bat for fear he had his finger on the trigger. The hunter looked pretty sheepish after I had a chat with him.
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Shame you didn't kick him in the nuts. he deserved it.
 
davemccarthy707 said:
People are generally stupid as a rule.
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Agree...

I was in the same situation last year moose hunting with my buddy in area 36-southern shore...Only it happened within 200 yards.. We're crossing a somewhat of a large bog, walking close to eachother, orange vests and the regular hunting attire. Stopped at a small clump to spruce tucks to cow call. Heard a few limbs cracking downwind of us after about 10-15 minutes. Never knew anyone else was in the immediate area. So i made a few bull grunts, you know, thought there may have been a bull coming our way. With that, 3 guys step out of the woods, all 3 rifles drawn, swaying from one side of the bog to the other. I stand up to let them know were hunters in the area calling and not moose. One guy yells "over there" I freeze up, thinking this is it, I'm dead...They all swing their rifles toward us, me specifically, and stand in position like they are about to shoot. After what felt like an eternity, probably only seconds, I yell out, put your f***in' rifles down, and start waving my arms. They stay there looking at us through the scopes for another few moments, drop rifles down, turn, and head back through the woods where they came out. Needless to say, when we lost sight of them, we grabbed what we had and headed back for the truck.

Scariest time i've ever been hunting...I honestly didn't know if they were gonna shoot or what..I was afraid to move until i yelled.. even then, kinda sketchy...I know how you feel..Idiots, complete and utter idiots. Shouldn't be allowed in the woods with a firearm, let alone own one for that matter.
 
Point taken...But I have called out many nice bulls over that last several years. When I hunt moose, I call. We normally hunt in thicker stuff, that was out first license for the southern shore..and was our last as well.
 
it's hard to believe that these guys have taken and passed a test where you have to prove that you have the least little bit of commonsense, but then I took that test with people that didn't have a clue how to hold a rifle and made mistake after mistake and they still passed.

goes to show that these tests and so called training is about the money and have nothing to do with keeping the idiots out of the woods,

GOD HELP THE FIRST KNUCKLEHEAD THAT POINTS HIS RIFLE AT ME
 
ShootSavage said:
it's hard to believe that these guys have taken and passed a test where you have to prove that you have the least little bit of commonsense, but then I took that test with people that didn't have a clue how to hold a rifle and made mistake after mistake and they still passed.

goes to show that these tests and so called training is about the money and have nothing to do with keeping the idiots out of the woods,

GOD HELP THE FIRST KNUCKLEHEAD THAT POINTS HIS RIFLE AT ME
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Yep, the hunter'll have to kill me to keep me from phoning the CO with a full description of the event and the idiot, wanting him charged.

I'm a hunter, and that rifle doesn't come up until AFTER I've verified and decided that "yep, I'm going to take that one". Mind you, I'm a ground-based hunter, not a tree-stand type. Tree stands might be a bit different.
 
While I'm glad this doesn't happen often, I'm not surprised this still happens. When I was writting my Hunter Safety course test here in Ontario (about 2006), the kids beside me were all allowed to have their Dad sitting behind them during the test "in case they needed a question explained". It was brutal. Most of these kids would get an obvious poke in the back if they circled the wrong answer. Absolutely brutal.

I'd never want to go hunting with a crew full of guys that didn't have to think at all when they wrote their safety test.
 
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