Someone can put the article on here it is in the Star phoenix this morning,but the guy that got shot was with the landowner and a group pulled up on the road talked to the posters and were told there was pushers coming through the bush they then drove ahead and apparently shot anyways,it was an inexperienced hunter and one dumb S.O.B.
Sask Hunter Shot
- Thread starter casterpollox
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- Saskatchewan
Come sit in a tree stand in Saskatchewan, you'll need to find a tree first in the middle of that stubble field and then pray that those bucks chasing does will come anywhere near you.
Pushing bush or spot and stalk are really all we have to choose from when it comes to rifle season. It's not like we have an abundance of forest here in the south. Where there are trees suitable for a tree stand, the area is best for early season, not rifle season in my experience.
I prefer spot and stalk but I do push bush from time to time. Most of the bush that does get pushed is about 6-8 feet tall and is more bush than trees. What we do is go through the trees and bushes slowly, watching for movement. Most of the time, if one flushes we can follow it to the field and get a shot. They don't always take off right away and will sometimes stop to see what's going on. That's when we get a shot.
It's not like you post indicated with people flinging bullets at the first thing they see and gut shooting everything.
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- Saskatchewan
This just makes it even worse. If it was that foggy, then he really shouldn't have taken the shot.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
Just found this LeaderPost Story today.
What started out as an ordinary hunting trip for Robbie Ripplinger ended with him being rushed to hospital after being shot in the gut.
On Monday, Ripplinger, 32, who lives on a farm near Montmartre, was out with a hunting party of 10 about 16 kilometres south of Candiac. They were hunting white-tailed dear, he said.
"We organized a push on a quarter of land," he said. "Three of us walk through the trees. The other guys basically surrounded the perimeter. We pushed all kinds of deer out to the south, where my wife was sitting."
Ripplinger said a group of vehicles pulled up and asked his wife why she wasn't shooting. He said she told them it was because all that was coming out were small deer and does. She also told them they shouldn't be shooting into the bush because walkers were coming through.
"So the guy drives away and drives down the road," he said. "He passes another one of our point men and turns around and parks behind one of my friends, jumps out of the truck and shoots me. There was lots of deer running."
Ripplinger said he didn't realize the other vehicles had approached so he wasn't sure what was going on then. He described getting shot as "10 times harder than a paintball."
"I stood there, holding my gut, but there was no blood on my hand," he said. "I thought, 'Well, what if he shoots again. I better lay down.' I didn't know if somebody was trying to kill me or what and then I thought if I'm laying down and my friends don't find me right away, I could bleed to death here, so I stood up."
Ripplinger said he yelled for about five minutes before a friend found him and called a truck over so Ripplinger could be loaded in it.
He was rushed to hospital in Regina. RCMP received a 9-1-1 call about the incident at about 3:15 p.m. on Monday. EMS picked up Ripplinger on Highway 48 between Odessa and Kendal. He didn't need surgery or stitches, he said.
Ripplinger described himself as "very lucky," noting the other hunter was shooting a large calibre gun. The bullet entered in the centre of his gut and exited in front of his ribs, he said.
He also said he is frustrated about the other hunter's lack of safety and hunting etiquette, noting the distance between him and the hunter who shot him was about 200 metres and that Ripplinger was wearing red-coloured clothes.
"He had to have seen me," he said. "You don't just point at a deer and shoot. You identify it. He had no reason to be there. He was told not to be in there. There was no etiquette being used at all. We were hunting with the land owner. They had no permission.
"I know the guy was sorry," he continued, noting the man told him he was not an experienced hunter. "He was crying. I just don't understand what people are doing hunting when they don't really have a clue. I hunt all the time with groups of 10 or 15 guys and I've never seen anything like this. I would say that, if you're inexperienced, you better be identifying what you're shooting at. A white-tail is just a white-tail. You don't have to get all excited. I saw the deer he wanted to shoot at — it was a tiny little rat."
In a media release, Indian Head RCMP said they took several witness statements as part of their investigation and also seized a rifle.
The RCMP Forensic Identification Section and Police Dog Services out of Regina were on the scene on Tuesday to help in the investigation. No charges had been laid as of Tuesday.
Bonnie Green, a conservation officer with the provincial environment ministry, offered some general hunting safety tips on Tuesday.
"You always assume your firearm is loaded and ready to shoot," she said. "Never point it at anyone even if you think it's unloaded. Target directly in front of you at all times. Clearly identify your target and know what is exactly beyond that. Not every time is going to be a hit. Keeping in mind that your bullet travels two miles, be prepared for what might be beyond what you're shooting at."
She also advised hunters to keep firearms unloaded when climbing into tree stands, blinds or over fences. Hunters also should know the range of their firearm and know how accurate they are as a marksman.
Ensuring the use of ear protection and proper ammunition also is important, as is letting people know where you're hunting.
Other tips from Greene include checking the weather, dressing appropriately in proper colours according to regulations and for the weather, using a buddy system and using a harness or rope when in a tree stand.
Also key is respect no hunting signs and other hunter ethics and never taking alcohol or drugs before handling firearms, she said.
What started out as an ordinary hunting trip for Robbie Ripplinger ended with him being rushed to hospital after being shot in the gut.
On Monday, Ripplinger, 32, who lives on a farm near Montmartre, was out with a hunting party of 10 about 16 kilometres south of Candiac. They were hunting white-tailed dear, he said.
"We organized a push on a quarter of land," he said. "Three of us walk through the trees. The other guys basically surrounded the perimeter. We pushed all kinds of deer out to the south, where my wife was sitting."
Ripplinger said a group of vehicles pulled up and asked his wife why she wasn't shooting. He said she told them it was because all that was coming out were small deer and does. She also told them they shouldn't be shooting into the bush because walkers were coming through.
"So the guy drives away and drives down the road," he said. "He passes another one of our point men and turns around and parks behind one of my friends, jumps out of the truck and shoots me. There was lots of deer running."
Ripplinger said he didn't realize the other vehicles had approached so he wasn't sure what was going on then. He described getting shot as "10 times harder than a paintball."
"I stood there, holding my gut, but there was no blood on my hand," he said. "I thought, 'Well, what if he shoots again. I better lay down.' I didn't know if somebody was trying to kill me or what and then I thought if I'm laying down and my friends don't find me right away, I could bleed to death here, so I stood up."
Ripplinger said he yelled for about five minutes before a friend found him and called a truck over so Ripplinger could be loaded in it.
He was rushed to hospital in Regina. RCMP received a 9-1-1 call about the incident at about 3:15 p.m. on Monday. EMS picked up Ripplinger on Highway 48 between Odessa and Kendal. He didn't need surgery or stitches, he said.
Ripplinger described himself as "very lucky," noting the other hunter was shooting a large calibre gun. The bullet entered in the centre of his gut and exited in front of his ribs, he said.
He also said he is frustrated about the other hunter's lack of safety and hunting etiquette, noting the distance between him and the hunter who shot him was about 200 metres and that Ripplinger was wearing red-coloured clothes.
"He had to have seen me," he said. "You don't just point at a deer and shoot. You identify it. He had no reason to be there. He was told not to be in there. There was no etiquette being used at all. We were hunting with the land owner. They had no permission.
"I know the guy was sorry," he continued, noting the man told him he was not an experienced hunter. "He was crying. I just don't understand what people are doing hunting when they don't really have a clue. I hunt all the time with groups of 10 or 15 guys and I've never seen anything like this. I would say that, if you're inexperienced, you better be identifying what you're shooting at. A white-tail is just a white-tail. You don't have to get all excited. I saw the deer he wanted to shoot at — it was a tiny little rat."
In a media release, Indian Head RCMP said they took several witness statements as part of their investigation and also seized a rifle.
The RCMP Forensic Identification Section and Police Dog Services out of Regina were on the scene on Tuesday to help in the investigation. No charges had been laid as of Tuesday.
Bonnie Green, a conservation officer with the provincial environment ministry, offered some general hunting safety tips on Tuesday.
"You always assume your firearm is loaded and ready to shoot," she said. "Never point it at anyone even if you think it's unloaded. Target directly in front of you at all times. Clearly identify your target and know what is exactly beyond that. Not every time is going to be a hit. Keeping in mind that your bullet travels two miles, be prepared for what might be beyond what you're shooting at."
She also advised hunters to keep firearms unloaded when climbing into tree stands, blinds or over fences. Hunters also should know the range of their firearm and know how accurate they are as a marksman.
Ensuring the use of ear protection and proper ammunition also is important, as is letting people know where you're hunting.
Other tips from Greene include checking the weather, dressing appropriately in proper colours according to regulations and for the weather, using a buddy system and using a harness or rope when in a tree stand.
Also key is respect no hunting signs and other hunter ethics and never taking alcohol or drugs before handling firearms, she said.
opening day here cost my kids their dog...
clowns should stay in the cities where they belong...
Isn't it illegal to hunt with a dog? Except cougars?
thats OK. Sit in your tree. I suppose its hunting. I hear some folk even bait.
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- Saskatchewan
What does that have to do with anything?
Ok I will....
You can carry on yelling in the bush with your buddies to determine if they are still going in the right direction and maybe you can get lucky enough to put a few shots into the doe that has already been hit 5 times by the 10 guys on point out of the 20 shots fired...I hunt with a group of 8. All family. Over the last 15 years of pushing bush not one doe or fawn has been shot. In fact, no buck scoring less than 130 has been shot. Also no deer has ever been wounded and lost. We are very selective, and work together very efficiently. For us, pushing bush is very rewarding. On an average year 6 of us will get a big buck and one or two will be near or over 170. By being selective with horns, it also adds a huge safety value in that you are sure of your target before you shoot. I would never hunt with anybody that would shoot at whatever comes out of the bush, too dangerous.
Sorry if I got people excited about outhouse hunting, but I was pretty sure I wasn't on Bownutz. If you have the mental capacity to sit in a blind all day, good for you but I could never do it. Must be ADHD
Sorry if I got people excited about outhouse hunting, but I was pretty sure I wasn't on Bownutz. If you have the mental capacity to sit in a blind all day, good for you but I could never do it. Must be ADHD
I hunt with a group of 8. All family. Over the last 15 years of pushing bush not one doe or fawn has been shot. In fact, no buck scoring less than 130 has been shot. Also no deer has ever been wounded and lost. We are very selective, and work together very efficiently. For us, pushing bush is very rewarding. On an average year 6 of us will get a big buck and one or two will be near or over 170. By being selective with horns, it also adds a huge safety value in that you are sure of your target before you shoot. I would never hunt with anybody that would shoot at whatever comes out of the bush, too dangerous.
Sorry if I got people excited about outhouse hunting, but I was pretty sure I wasn't on Bownutz. If you have the mental capacity to sit in a blind all day, good for you but I could never do it. Must be ADHD
I want to put up my stand on this property
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- Prince Albert, Sk
I have a learning disability!
You really shouldn't say things about my people and our mental capacities!
I hunt with my disorder and would welcome any other CGN to come sit in my stand with me( pending mental evaluation of course)
But seriously doubt I could take a trophy with my diminished mental capacity(170 or less)
You really shouldn't say things about my people and our mental capacities!
I hunt with my disorder and would welcome any other CGN to come sit in my stand with me( pending mental evaluation of course)
But seriously doubt I could take a trophy with my diminished mental capacity(170 or less)
I hunt with a group of 8. All family. Over the last 15 years of pushing bush not one doe or fawn has been shot. In fact, no buck scoring less than 130 has been shot. Also no deer has ever been wounded and lost. We are very selective, and work together very efficiently. For us, pushing bush is very rewarding. On an average year 6 of us will get a big buck and one or two will be near or over 170. By being selective with horns, it also adds a huge safety value in that you are sure of your target before you shoot. I would never hunt with anybody that would shoot at whatever comes out of the bush, too dangerous.
Sorry if I got people excited about outhouse hunting, but I was pretty sure I wasn't on Bownutz. If you have the mental capacity to sit in a blind all day, good for you but I could never do it. Must be ADHD
A guy could wear a brown jump suit and run through the woods, and I still would not shoot, BECAUSE ITS NOT A ####ING DEER!
These things always happen when people shoot at movement or shadows. How does a man look like a deer, no matter what he has on?
These things always happen when people shoot at movement or shadows. How does a man look like a deer, no matter what he has on?
Ok I will....
we use dogs to chase, but on occasion will chase out a small corner with a few guys. In the evenings will still hunt. Sometimes from a stand.
The Indians hunt next to us and they chase. There is a lot of them so when they go through an area most young deer are taken. They have hunted like this for generations even centuries. Some people might say that the animals don't have a chance. Are they supposed to? The older deer are rarely taken this way, they will hide or work their way around the hunters. The big bucks are sometimes taken by the back watchers.
I know a guy who shoots deer on manitoulin island. He has a stand and has a couple feeders close by (something like a feed lot). He feeds them over a ton of grain, corn and lots of apples. He has a camera set up and has names for some of them. Anyways come hunting season he will harvest one or two with his 375 cal and thats that. Is that hunting or killing. Perhaps just killing to some but he eats every edible part and the kill is quick.
I have never seen a situation such as you describe. In fact I never see another hunter where we hunt except the Indians and on occasion join them and vice versa. I am the dog man and have not shot a deer for several years now. I had a shot this year at a nice doe but didn’t take it. She escaped the dogs with her fawn in the water and I watched her cross a large marsh. She was beautiful. We had two deer and that is enough.
It is enough for me just to spend some time in the woods with good company and enjoy the beauty of nature. A nice fat doe is a bonus. Anyway you hunt is fine with me.
Anyways, don’t fall out of your tree.
Mike Oxbig
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Scarborough Ontario
Kinda hard to shoot it in the vitals when you don't know what you're shooting at. Every time some idiot does this it makes the rest of us look like trigger happy yahoos.
