re: Tragic accident in Rapides, hunter shot and killed

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How does one shoot and kill another hunter thinking he is a deer. I truly have no concept of how this happens

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There was an article in F&S 15 or so years ago about this. There were many stories of guys seeing "deer" that turned out to be someone or something else. It talked about inexperience hunters getting excited and even veterans being too confident in what they were seeing. The mind can sometimes play tricks on you when you want to believe your are seeing a deer.

One story was about a guy hunting a logging road and his buddy was hunting in the same area. Right at last light he saw something walking down the road and was 100% it was a deer in his scope and at the last moment he held off from shooting it, "it" turned out to be his buddy.

This article stuck with me over the years and now I use a light and wear orange no matter where I am hunting.