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re: Matt Branch, former LSU FB player, seriously injured in hunting accident
Posted on 1/3/19 at 12:11 pm to tigerfoot
Posted on 1/3/19 at 12:11 pm to tigerfoot
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It will only get worse as fewer fathers and grandfathers are knocking knots on kids heads for not being safer with firearms. More and more hunters are learning as adults from friends and the friends arent as harsh on them as they should be.
This. My dad beat it into our brains as kids to always treat every gun like it was loaded and he wasn't even that big of a hunter. You gotta treat your friends who are new to the sport the way your father taught you.
Sad that this happened to the guy and I pray that everything makes out okay for him. But like others have said, it was a very avoidable situation.
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Posted on 1/3/19 at 12:11 pm to LSUballs
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. Just swapping spots may not trigger the same thought process
It does me.
We moved segments running dogs Saturday. When I left my spot a d got on the four wheeler to move I took the round out if the chamber.
When I got to my new spot I cycled a round in.
I've seen a few "accidental discharges" with one where the person "was sure the safety was on". A little girl from someone we know was killed in one such discharge.
I look at it differently than I do my carry weapon. A shotgun as such will be sat down or leaned up again something at some point in a hunt where I might walk away. My concelead never leaves me and does not come out of it's holster eaven when I take it off and put it straight away into it's locked home where I can trust it's safe.
As another poster said, you can't reel back in a fired bullet.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 12:17 pm to Mr. Hangover
Similar for me. If I'm hunting out of a stand, I don't load until I climb up and get situated and unload before I climb down. If I'm hunting from the ground, I'll load up as I'm walking away from the truck then unload as soon as I can see the truck...even if I'm just moving to a new spot. When I'm at home, all my guns are stored unloaded in a safe except for my home defense pistol. Even on that, I keep the mag in but don't leave a round chambered.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 1:46 pm to Tiger Prawn
quote:the same for me.
When I'm at home, all my guns are stored unloaded in a safe except for my home defense pistol. Even on that, I keep the mag in but don't leave a round chambered.
I understand that chambering acround takes extra time, in that case I am dead. I have assessed that the minimal threat of that happening is less risk than having a round chambered. I understand that people differ.
Killing an extra deer or duck because I am locked and loaded is not worth the risk of transporting a loaded firearm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:04 pm to baldona
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Man thoughts for him. I’m honestly surprised he lived to make it to the hospital alive.
This accident has taken center stage for most everybody that duck hunts up here in NE LA. We were talking about it last night actually. Somebody said he coded multiple times while being transported via LifeFlight. Like you said, he is lucky to be alive. I hate it for the guy because everybody that knows him said he is a solid dude but this is the exact reason we always case our guns after unloading them/leaving action open/declaring clear when we are moving from a pit, boat, or blind to vehicle.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:06 pm to MWP
quote:whatever became of that boat incident with that young fella at wham last year?
This accident has taken center stage for most everybody that duck hunts up here in NE LA. We were talking about it last night actually. Somebody said he coded multiple times while being transported via LifeFlight. Like you said, he is lucky to be alive. I hate it for the guy because everybody that knows him said he is a solid dude but this is the exact reason we always case our guns after unloading them/leaving action open/declaring clear when we are moving from a pit, boat, or blind to vehicle.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:14 pm to choupiquesushi
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whatever became of that boat incident with that young fella at wham last year?
Not sure. I heard about it (mostly via the OB) but that was before I moved back to Monroe this Summer. I didn't really know much about the people involved in that accident, but in this situation with Matt, lots of guys I know are tight with him. We actually heard about it right after it happened because somebody asked for prayers for him through our GroupMe retreat page.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:15 pm to choupiquesushi
Neck almost blew my head off in about 1981 walking to our spot in the dark. So may questions.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:17 pm to AlxTgr
quote:yes..
Neck almost blew my head off in about 1981 walking to our spot in the dark. So may questions.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:31 pm to choupiquesushi
I'm not first hand, but the guy that was hit is still paralyzed and the guy that hit him got a new boat. Someone else may know more details.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 2:48 pm to oleyeller
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mehh, use muzzle safety. Never point it at no one or youself. My gun stays loaded. in the house, in the truck, walking to stand, etc. Safety on.
This reminds me of a story a buddy of mine told me. He comes to work and tells us that his son shot a hole through the roof of their house with his Remington 700 .270. We asked him how it happened and he said his son (high school age) was showing the gun to his girlfriend and couldn't remember which way the safety went, so he pulled the trigger to see if it was on safety or off. So I said, he should have checked to see if it was loaded before doing that. To which he replies, Oh he knew it was loaded. We keep all the guns loaded so we know they are loaded. You can't fix stupid!
I agree muzzle control is an essential part of gun safety. But I also know a guy that was shot in his driveway by a ricochet from a gun that obviously was not pointed at him. They were unloading their vehicle after a hunt and one of the guns was left loaded.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 3:05 pm to Huntinguy
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I'm not first hand, but the guy that was hit is still paralyzed and the guy that hit him got a new boat. Someone else may know more details.
think you're in the wrong thread
Posted on 1/3/19 at 3:29 pm to SportTiger1
He’s talking about the boat accident on wham brake that posters were mentioning. I would like to hear more on this particular story as I don’t recall what happened
Posted on 1/3/19 at 3:30 pm to Tigerhead
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so he pulled the trigger to see if it was on safety or off.
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We keep all the guns loaded so we know they are loaded.
I love the 2nd amendment and never want it amended or repealed. But there’s no way the founding fathers knew there would be such idiots in this country when it was drafted.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:00 pm to SportTiger1
quote:i can verify that a loaded gun on safety can slide down the rocks of a railroad trestle and have the safety switched off and bump the trigger to discharge the gun.
are probably correct, but i dont think its impossible for a dog to step directly on the safety clicking it off while simultaneously pulling the trigger with its claw.
It makes a sound you don’t forget. That was 33 years ago
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:00 pm to chinese58
I know the guy that wrote the post and David. Both are good dudes and are more than capable of lift him as both are big dudes themselves.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:21 pm to Tigerhead
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Remington 700
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couldn't remember which way the safety went,
Gee, you’d think the F and S stamped into the receiver would’ve provided a clue.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:38 am to ChadJones4Heisman
I talked to the duck hunting vuctim’s SIL during the holidays.
The man has put his life back together and still works, mostly from home. While he still can’t walk properly he has feeling in his legs.
His brother rigged a boat he could sit in to hunt . SIL showed me a pic of him sitting in the boat in a hunt this year. I almost lost it....
The cretin and his aiding and abetting dad have gone their merry way.
He got a new boat last year not long after the “accident”. Not sure what repercussions resulted. Karma will be a bitch.
The man has put his life back together and still works, mostly from home. While he still can’t walk properly he has feeling in his legs.
His brother rigged a boat he could sit in to hunt . SIL showed me a pic of him sitting in the boat in a hunt this year. I almost lost it....
The cretin and his aiding and abetting dad have gone their merry way.
He got a new boat last year not long after the “accident”. Not sure what repercussions resulted. Karma will be a bitch.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 6:48 am to SportTiger1
There’s a lot of stupid in a post of just a few words. Congrats.
Posted on 1/4/19 at 8:34 am to rattlebucket
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Also a buncha know it alls in here. Yes, safety and muzzle discipline has got to be first but we’ve all had a loaded gun pointed at us one time or another whether you know it or not. Just a freak accident. Quit running to say how you wouldve done it differently. Im sure Matt would damn sure unload the gun if he could go back.
Nah. That’s the wrong way to take this and an unhelpful attitude to have.
Things like this should be used as teachable moments. It’s not a show of disrespect to the man that got shot. It’s a show of respect to everyone else to try to prevent these things from happening in the future.
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