re: The Public Hunting "Incidents"/Rural Legends Thread

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its a stupid city boy that wants to think hes a hunter and shouldnt own a gun.

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This!

Rednecks come out with a gun in their hand and know how to use it. they have killed enough deer to not be in a hurry to shoot what ever moves.

I've posted this before but I'll tell it again. There was an article in the Feild and Stream magazine about this subject. The author was hunting with a buddy and came very close to shooting him but decided not to pull the trigger at the last second because he wasn't 100% sure on shot placement. turns out it was his buddy walking down the road to meet up with him. He said til this day he swears he saw a deer but knows it was his mind playing tricks on him.

I read this story many years ago and it has stuck with me and I've always made sure of what I am shooting at. I usually don't use a light when walking in and out of the woods but I turn it own every once in a while just incase someone is hunting in the area that I don't know about. I always wear my orange and make sure my kids wear it even on private land. There is just no excuse to shoot at something when you don't know what it is.

I could tell ya'll two pages of stories about "unloaded" guns going off and people getting shot by stupidity.