Has anyone seen this woman. Maybe she looks like a deer.
panzer
Has anyone seen this woman. Maybe she looks like a deer.
panzer
Some people can barely drive, others can handle multiple tasks. It's the same in the pilot world. Some folks are tasked flying their 150 and yet our 'average' fighter pilot monitors 30+ systems while trying to complete a mission, ie they ain't your average folks. I'm a little more anal. I can't stand when folks take their attention away from driving to light up and smoke. But then I grew up trapped in a back seat with smoke and ashes hitting me in the face. Just the price of being a child of the 60's. Last I heard the NTSB wants to ban the use of all cell phones including hands free. Somehow running a CB is still ok though.
As far as not fully identifying his target, I'm sure almost everyone has done their best to identify their target, but friendly fire accidents kill our service men all the time. They're trained professionals. I
If you're hiking in a hunting area, you are a possible target even wearing blaze orange. I'm sure the hunter is not trying to shoot a person. It's a shared responsibility. If you can't go hiking in a no-hunting area, where I'd still wear the blaze, then consider if it's truly worth the risk. It's kind of like swimming across a lake where there aren't normally swimmers. Might be legal but your at the mercy of the boaters to spot you. They don't mean to run you over either and will feel terrible the rest of their lives.
Frankly, I'm a little surprised though that the racist attack above has been allowed. 'Hicks' while certainly not as offensive to most of us as the good ole N bomb, F bomb, C bomb and any other letter you want me to use so that you must use the actual word in your mind and I can say I wasn't trying to be offensive, is still being used in a racist manner and should be reprimanded.
In his defense, she looked an aweful lot like a moose.
If you don't have something nice to say,
Be witty in your cruelty.
All, keep it civil and relatively on topic here. This is not a thread for discussing racism, gun laws, insulting each other and insulting their character, etc etc etc.
IOW, play nice.
Don't take anything I say seriously... I certainly don't.
An accident is missing your target, not shooting what you aimed at.
My point was that hikers share in the responsibility to keep themselves safe during hunting season by wearing blaze orange.
As for after dark and the close of the season, it was pretty close. The 911 call is the first actual record of time in the incident, so I'll let the authorities investigate and bring charges.
This post was an FYI to fellow hikers, to help them make the decision to hike more safely during hunting season.
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
Hi...
That trooper is incredibly stupid, ignorant, careless, and self-centered...thinking he could shoot at something that "looked like a deer". And ending up shooting an innocent civilian.
He should be arrested...just like any civilian probably would be...and be convicted...and sent to prison...in with the general population.
Then shot.
The decision not to wear blaze orange when its not required, but when it's smart to do so, comes down to this - - Do you want to be right? Or do you want to be dead right?
And I agree the shooter should be prosecuted, just like anyone else. Being a law enforcement officer should not give him a pass.
Some people take the straight and narrow. Others the road less traveled. I just cut through the woods.
I would totally wear blaze orange if I was off trail or on a trail that didn't see much use. It shouldn't be required in any way on superhighway trails like the PCT or AT.
You have the right to express your opinion, and much of it is probably shared by many of the posters here, but I disagree wholeheartedly about the "shot" part.
It may well be that the hunter had the type of ego that gave him a pass to not follow the rules. If so, I agree with the main body of your comment.
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
Re: As to being a LEO - absolutely agreed. One of my friends from church is a local LEO who pulled over a drunk driver after the guy took off on him and blew through a red light. The drunk argued that he was the nephew of a big-shot retired public official and should be "given a break". After conferring with several other officers on the scene, my friend issued him a ticket, telling him that he'd already had two previous "breaks" and his luck had run out. Kudos to him. When it comes to reckless endangerment who you know should never be a factor.
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11
Here are a couple of links to additional articles on this "accident"
http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/01...KIM/story.html
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/reg...took_for_deer/
Below is the Legal Definition of Hunting in Massachusetts
The verb “to hunt”, in all of its moods and tenses, includes pursuing, shooting, killing and capturing mammals and birds and all lesser acts such as disturbing, harrying or worrying, or placing, setting, drawing or using any device commonly used to take mammals and birds, whether or not such acts result in taking; and includes every attempt to take and every act of assistance to any other person in taking or attempting to take mammals and birds.
The accident occurred on the last day of muzzle loader (black powder) season, with a single shot 50 cal. muzzle loader - just think of what he could have done with a repeating weapon?
When I was 6 my mother enrolled my brother and I in an NRA gun safety/target course. I hunted for years both with a gun, black powder and bow, although I do not hunt anymore, I am not anti hunting. It is my firm belief that this hunter should be charged period, the fact that he is a state trooper makes his defense all the more damning.
Note: I underlined and bolded the type above.
M. Bird
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Hey Tinker after a argument on a previous thread this year... I called the game lands authority and discovered the blaze orange is required of the hunter the woman or person walking "It is strongly suggested" it is not unlawful not to wear blaze orange.
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
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Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
Why do you insist on repeating this false information? On PA State Game Land between Nov 15 and Dec 15 you are required to wear at least 250 sq in of orange. The actual Law was posted in the previous thread, along with the link for verification, by ki0eh, which I will include below. There is no such thing as a "game land authority". What was the title of the person you talked to? Was it an actual WCO (wildlife conservation officer)? Either way, they were wrong. Please take the time to read ki0eh's quoted post below.
I don't remember arguing. Discussing and disagreeing, maybe.
I don't care if I'm wrong or right as per my thoughts on the news link that I gave when I started this thread.
I just know that it's right to care about everyone, and, in this case, it means fellow hikers. And your life is more important than my ego.
As I live, declares the Lord God, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn back from his way and live. Ezekiel 33:11