Hunter blows off finger while hunting squirrels, two separate accidents

[rlg]

If it was not that it could have been a lot worse, it would acually be funny.........

Regards
Robert
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gsDkgzOSKfFNKvg8NEwOS2JlRfSw

and another one added October 8, 2009

http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11277252



N.B. man out hunting squirrels blows off fingertip in freak accident
(CP) – Sep 4, 2009

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. — A man is recovering at home after a freak hunting accident in southern New Brunswick.

The man from the Chamcook area was out hunting squirrels Thursday when his hand slid down the barrel of his rifle and the trigger fired.

The tip of his finger was blown off.

The 59-year-old showed up at the Charlotte County Hospital looking for help.

RCMP Sgt. Greg MacAvoy says they're looking into the matter, but at this point it just looks like a fluke accident.

No alcohol was involved and the man is expected to recover.

Copyright © 2009 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.

 

[Wendell]

...his hand slid down the barrel of his rifle and the trigger fired...

Probably one of those semi-automatics. I hear that they're the most dangerous.

 

[rlg]

Probably one of those semi-automatics. I hear that they're the most dangerous.

Gee, that was not sarcastic at all

In fact, what was he doing sliding his hand down the barrel while his finger is on the trigger. Checking if the hole at the end of the barrel was still there.

 

[TBMH]

Short barreled shotgun anyone?

 

[MD]

I worked with a guy who had lost his little and ring fingers hunting in the snow with a shotgun and it slid through his hands and discharged.

 

[bisonhd]

Wonder how many people got hit by Golf balls this week?

 

[fbimagery]

The newspapers never identify a firearm properly....It was probably an AK.

 

[RoscoeT]

I know a guy who lost a finger in a similar way. And it was a semi auto. Maybe we should ban them ;-)

 

[JohnC]

Must be one of those extremely rare experimental German muzzeltriggershutzen rifles developed by the Germans to furnish to the French army as part of reparatioins after World War 1. A couple of years later Winchester saw an opportunity and developed the thumb trigger .22RF rifle

 

[BrotherRockeye]

I'm bettin he wasn't hitting any squirrels and put his finger over the muzzle to see if anything was coming out

 

[Nonus]

How do you slide your finger down the barrel and then pull the trigger?

Ohhhh no alcohol involved that explains everything.

 

[bck1968]

My dad lost the tip of a finger to a circular saw in a freak accident.
No alcohol (or squirrels) were involved.
There was no police investigation, and it never made the newspapers.
If Dad were alive today reading this I think he'd feel slighted.

 

[rlg]

Is there any meat on squirrels?

I'm bettin he wasn't hitting any squirrels and put his finger over the muzzle to see if anything was coming out

I have hunted many creatures, but I have never hunted squirrels. There can not be much meat on them?

I quess it is like eating perch, you probably need half a dozen for half a meal.

 

[warrenb]

My lovely, now deceased maternal grandmother, mangled the end of her right little finger in a mangle.

Do you guys know what mangles are and is it possible to mangle something as in mess it up bad?

Did he get the squirrel?

 

[Home3]

He was probably using an "Assault Rifle" for squirrel hunting!...so he deserves it.

 

[Rotorwing_Savior]

Perhaps he learned a lesson, be stupid, and pay the price. There are lots of perils in this world. Treat them with respect, or chance having bad things happen to you.

 

[Wendell]

He was probably using an "Assault Rifle" for squirrel hunting!...so he deserves it.

 

[Juster]

I feel sorry for the freak. Why are freaks so accident prone?

 

[blindman]

I like it! Thanks for the laugh!!

 

[pharaoh2]

The newspapers never identify a firearm properly....It was probably an AK.

Or perhaps a scoped sniper rifle.