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 Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:38 pm |
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| Slavia |
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I just got my quarterly edition of the "Hunter Education News & International Hunter Education Association Journal." Here's how hunting accidents in Minnesota broke down for 2007:
32% were self-inflicted (leaning on the gun with the muzzle on your foot, etc.).
32% the victim was out of sight of the shooter.
12% a dog was the shooter (yes, that's right folks - a dog pulled the trigger).
4% trigger caught on brush.
4% victim mistaken for game.
8% victim covered by shooter swinging on game.
8% other.
Happily, there is a statistical correlation between the accident rate and the pool of hunter safety class graduates. Things are getting better, and the classes are worth the effort. But man, there are still some dumb bubbas out there. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:56 am |
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| Rogerflat |
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| leaning on the gun with the muzzle on your foot, etc. |
I don't even know how you would do that. Not to mention, even if you did, what would compel you to put your finger on the trigger of your COCKED AND LOADED gun?
The people in those stats I feel sorry for is the victims of other peoples carelessness. The people who shoot themselves get what they deserve. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:50 am |
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| The people in those stats I feel sorry for is the victims of other peoples carelessness |
I agree - "out of sight of the shooter" was mostly deer drives where they either didn't have a plan, or someone departed from the plan. Even in a controlled situation like a rifle range I count heads so I know where everyone is. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:16 am |
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| The great thing about deer is that they look a lot like deer, and very little like a hunter. So if you shoot a hunter and mistake him for a deer...you weren't even trying to identify what you were shooting. |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:54 pm |
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| Roy |
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Saliva,
Hmmmmm... I wonder if those dogs actually shot their owners BY ACCIDENT. I mean, it is entirely possible that a few were just fed up with years of enduring a subordinate role, and acted in retaliation. Maybe they were tired of jumping into freezing water, living in cramped kennels, and being forced to perform demeaning tricks.
Seriously, the percentages indicate a minimum of 25 accidents, probably exactly twenty-five given the fact that all are multiples of 4 and the unlikely occurence of two sets of equal percentages. Thus, at least 3 accidents were dog induced ! Amazing, if true. But I suspect falsified reporting. Some of these hunters will not admit that they almost killed their hunting partner. It's easier to blame the dog ; "The dog ate my homework" or "the dog shot him", etc.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:55 pm |
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I was wondering if I loaded and cocked four rifles and set them on the ground or against the wall, then got my three dogs to play right on top of them by throwing their balls and toys at the rifles, if I could intentionally get them to discharge even one rifle. I bet it would be difficult.
So how some dumb hunter gets shot AND killed by his dog accidentally discharging his rifle is beyond me. |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:27 pm |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:12 am |
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