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From: plains!hiv.med.umn.edu!kamp@uunet.UU.NET (Lisa Kamp)
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: another thought on hunting accidents
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.055221.6099@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: 11 Jun 91 10:52:21 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Microbiology, U of MN, Mpls.
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a turkey hunter from minneapolis was shot while hunting in missouri
this past spring.  the shooter was a friend of a friend hunting with
the minnesotan.  this hunter fired at a target he could not see and
very seriously injured the victim.  a cardinal rule is never shoot at
a target you cannot identify and i am still amazed that this guy took
the shot.  i passed up a turkey this spring because although it was
only about 20 yards away the sun was glaring and i could not be sure
it wasn't a hen.  it is totally irresponsible to fire at sound or
movement when the hunter has no idea of what he/she is shooting at.
at least for a great many of us, hunting is not about killing.
addendum: did anyone have any luck during the spring gobbler season?
(getting birds i mean :-] ).