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Unfortunately, carelessness of others is something you can't control effectively.
I don't put much stock in newspaper accounts of accidents, especially firearms accidents. But if what they say is true and the distance was only 30 feet, the kid should have been able to clearly identify what he was aiming at. That shotgun blast, most likely fired through a full or modified choke, undoubtably made a real mess when it hit the unfortunate gentleman. Second victim is the kid who pulled the trigger. He will have the burden of that horror on his conscience for the rest of his life.Its tough to mistake a person or a dog for a turkey, deer, etc.
Last season I was in my tree stand and a guy comes jogging through the woods wearing a white shirt... Obviously not too bright. Instead of getting pissed I pulled out the call and gave him a nice big buck grunt. I think he shat himself.
I think its a question of responsibility here gentlemen. Gotta remember, bullets travel far, turkey loads go further than a normal shotgun load... make sure you know what you're shooting at, don't spray and pray. Its called hunting not shooting. Remember ol' uncle carlos... one shot, one kill.
Its tough to mistake a person or a dog for a turkey, deer, etc.
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Set up and called, Getting sleepy waiting, then I called in a Jake and gave him a pass but kept talking w/ him to bring in a Tom and to enjoy the jakes company. Then I hear a Gobble! So the shock zips thru my body and I wide eyed now. I see the Tom dancing in the bushes 20ish yards away. So I do some coax calls and I can see a turkey but he is not closing yet but moving back & forth just to the right of a Big oak. I will raise the gun when he goes behind the tree to come. Then I see something to the left of the oak, can't figure it out, but its movement and seems odd. Then finally I realize its a Stalk Hunter! WTF! So i whistle to him and he eases his attack, but the dekes keep him convinced, then I whistle again and he can't see me even though I am in the open against a tree and he is stading up too fixated on my dekes. Wasn't until I stood up that he conceded. Now you know how stupid people get shot! I mean he was waving a deke in the bushes as he stalked in, I told he of his luck to be lead free. And off I went. Made 6 set ups only 1 jake came in, better luck tomm.
I mean I was convined it was a turkey and my eyes said it was a Tom. Thank goodness I like to play them a bit before I shoot. I am no rookie and this idiot sold me w/ that deke. He was lucky it was not somebody else or we would be reading about him in the papers today!
Not always so black and white when dealing with stupid people.
Here is a story from one of our members here that he posted on a hunting board. Scary stuff!!
The kid who pulled the trigger should be in prison. There is absolutely NO excuse for this.