Ever wanted to kill another hunter during hunting season?

[AnthonyRSS]

It will be my first time deer hunting this year, too, and these stories are infuriating. I don't know how you could keep from killing somebody like this. Good thing I will be hunting on a buddy's private land.

When I first read the title, I thought, "It is not the High Road to want to kill anybody while hunting." But when I read the story my mind changed.

 

[Lennyjoe]

Good thing I will be hunting on a buddy's private land.

Some of the more dangerous ones don't adhere to private property rights. Just remember to keep your eyes open for tresspassers as well.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Been shot over a few times antelope hunting... heard a few 'zings' during elk season... fired shots to let someone KNOW I was uphill from them trying to take cover behind a rock.

(shakes head)

I've gotten mad, but I sure as hell never got mad enough to make use of the weapons at my disposal.

 

[sumpnz]

Some of the more dangerous ones don't adhere to private property rights. Just remember to keep your eyes open for tresspassers as well.

Witness the incident last year in Wisconsin where the SE Asian guy murdered 6 hunters, and wounded 2 others. They caught him trespassing on their land, and following the confrontation he turned and opened fire on the initial group of four. Then he laid in wait for the four other members of that hunting party to show up and ambushed them.

 

[Cosmoline]

Walk away and contact law enforcement.

If you are under rifle fire, walking away is a good way to get your head blown off or your backbone broken in half. Whether or not a covered retreat away from the shooters or an offensive flanking move is best depends entirely on the terrain and situation. Unless you can get to a covered, concealed escape route within a few seconds, I would suggest fighting back. If someone is really trying to kill you with a hunting rifle you are in as imminent lethal danger as it is possible to be, and you should take advantage of any weakness to end matters in your favor.

In other words, not only are you justified in storming the other guy's camp, if you hear multiple snaps overhead and can get a bead on the guy with your own rifle, you're completely justified in blowing him away. With a rifle involved you may only have a matter of seconds before he gets his range right and kills you instantly, and if he didn't mean to shoot at you he'd better throw his rifle down and hold his hands high.

 

[rich636]

I'm sorry you got tied up in that mess H&H and I'm glad you and your family are doign well. I don't think the title is appropriate though...it sounds kind of twisted to me.

 

[warriorsociologist]

I understand your feelings on that one...

I've got a scar on my forehead from a shotgun pellet. It was fired from a trespasser/poacher at me while I was bowhunting (and thankfully behind *some* cover). Once he figured out that I was not a turkey or whatever he thought he was shooting, he took off. I was too busy trying to figure out if I had just lost an eye (lots of blood running into it) to do much for a minute or two...good thing too in hindsight as I would probably have launched an arrow or three in his direction. FWIW, no long term damage but the scar (thick headed I guess). The shooter was about 40 yds away and fired at me through brush. He was sitting against a tree and fired at my movement.

Never saw evidence of him again in our woods...

 

[Balog]

I just find it almost impossible to imagine firing at a sound or movement in a hunting context. Hell, even in a war zone that's a bad idea 90+% of the time. Too much chance of blue-on-blue.

 

[pete f]

we have quit hunting most public lands when i took three shots to the tree blind i was in. we blame most of it on alchol. too many times when we have had slob hunter incidents, in fact all but one i can remember involved booze.

we have found guys passed out in the back of their truck, lost and drunk on our land found a truck with at least a couple cases of empty beer cans laying on my road. we have let the air out of tires to prevent drunks from leaving called sheriffs on others.

two years ago i had a big 12 point or better deer that i shot and felled in our pasture get hauled off by some slobs on 4 wheelers. while i was getting out of my stand they came on my land grabbed the antlers and took off left via a rail road easement that cuts our corner,

nephew was on the FIL's land and came back to truck and found a 3 inch group on the passenger door.

father in law has had pigs and horses shot.

a good friend has gotten shot dragging a deer out .

Just a note H&H.... quote"... narrowly missing my horses my wife and my children. "
I would suggest not letting your wife read the order in which you listed your assets.

 

[Matt G]

Maybe he listed the misses chronologically.

Or by likelyhood.

 

[The Drew]

With stories like all those being told here, is it any wonder that many areas are going shotgun only?

Not that I agree with it but you can see the reasoning...

 

[duckslayer]

It is hard to understand the gall of some "hunters." I have never hunted big game on public land, but I duck hunt a lot. I cannot count how many times I have been set up with dekes on the water and some moron comes motoring through them, while we are flashing lights at them to warn them off, and then they have the nerve to set up about 20 yds from us, with the whole shoreline available. Arrgghh! Then they are invariably what we call "skyblasters." They never seem to understnad they can't hit ducks with a shotgun at 200 yds while they are flying away from us due to the horrid attempts at duck calling perpetrated by these buffoons. Glad you and yours weren't hurt H&H.