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Bow Hunting Accident - Rather Graphic Pictures
Kegan:
I dunno about a skill's test... perhaps an IQ requirement? At this point it's not even about how good you're.
"And this is?"
"That's a deer!"
"No, this is your friend Roland."
"Naw, that's a deer!"
"No sir, this is your friend. He drove with you here today."
"You SURE that ain't a deer?"
"Yes sir, I'm sure it's not a deer."
"Looks like a deer to me...."
Cacatch:
Yep, a hunter's IQ test. LOADED with trick questions like
"What would you do in the following scenario: You are in your tree stand during the heaviest part of the rut deer season with your 12GA. You are blowing on the call periodically. Suddenly, to your right, about 30 yards out, you hear what sounds like a huge buck answer excitedly. Soon you begin to hear footsteps nearing the tree line. You get into position, and click off the safety. Just before the big buck steps out of the treeline, you catch a glimps of brown as he brushes the leaves on a low-hanging beech limb. You are sure you can see the brown of what has to be his front shoulder and the white of his chest through a small open spot in the leaves, as he stops just before exiting the tree line. You fear that maybe he has stopped because he has winded something, maybe you. You don't want this one to get away - he sounded HUGE coming through there! He has to go at least 220. Where would you aim and fire at this point?
A. Aim right for the open spot where you think his shoulder is
B. Aim just under what you think is the shoulder
C. Aim for the spine so you are sure to drop him
D. Other, explain _____________________
And they had better choose "D) Other", and in the explanation line write "I wait and I DO NOT FIRE til I can clearly identify what is on the other side of them leaves. Up til this point it does not say that I have seen the head or any other part of the body of the animal, so I cannot be sure that it is not another hunter who was blowing a call and thinking he was stalking a deer in my area.
If you do not chose "D", no license.
Swamp Bow:
One of the things that the G&F officer that came to school and taught the class did was show a movie reel with certain situations and ask if it was a shoot or no shoot situation. One of the scenes that made an impression on me was filmed out west in the mountains. It showed the view through a rifle scope of a deer trotting in the bottom of an open valley with woods on both sides. Shoot or no shoot? After we answered he showed the clip in slow motion, it showed not one but two hunters in really good blaze orange stepping out of the woods as the deer went past, in both cases they could be seen just over the back of the deer. No one saw them the first time. To my credit I did say no shoot the first time, but I did not see the hunters. The officer went on to explain that the woods were starting to get crowded (25 yrs ago), and don't be stupid like the other hunters and put yourself in the position to GET shot.
I could see a "field trial" set up designed to get the adrenaline going. With the big screen interactive projection systems these days it would be easy, the problems are the MFG. lobby and the $$$. We'll see a boating operating license first, and I don't see that happening either.
Swamp
Steve Cover:
--- Quote from: mullet on February 11, 2010, 11:13:45 pm --- That's about 6 years old or older. The guy was shot by his buddy in Canada.
--- End quote ---
Quite so.
This is from my saved picture archives.
I thought it could spark a safety oriented discussion.
Steve
mullet:
I live in the state where deer hunting with dogs is still legal and a family and Southern tradition. People shoot each other every year. A lot of them have the attitude of, "if it's brown it's down", or ground check. :'( A few years ago a father shot his 9 year old son, thinking it was a hog in the palmettos. It was a sad situation, he probally never hunted again.
We had another one in the Mngt. Area I hunt in where a hunter shot another hunter wearing blaze orange, riding a mountain bike, at a hundred yards with a 30-06. The shooter was using a scope and swore up and down it was a deer. No charges and he is still hunting there.
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