Highland Lofts
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Not to hijacked another thread, How far will a bullet travel through the woods I wanted to kind of switch gears a little.
I have had a few myself in the last fifty years.
One vivid memory was deer hunting in Upstate New York close to the Pennsylvania border about thirty years ago. The area at that time was shotgun only with slugs. I was standing just in the woodline across a small cow pasture off of a dirt road.
Some one on the other side of the road opened up on a running deer. Looking at the road the shooting started from the right side and they shot carelessly across a 180 degree arch. Their third shot was directed right in to my location. I heard tick, tick, tick, tick and seen small branches and twigs falling to the ground and Zing sound and the deer slug hit the maple tree I was standing by about two feet above my head. The next two shots went to my left. The guy had no idea where anyone else was sitting or standing. Very careless plus he was trespassing and hunting on clearly posted private property.
Another close encounter I was deer hunting in Pennsylvania with two of my brother's. It was the end of the day and getting dsrk. We were heading back to out trucks walking down the road. Two of use were hunting with Remington bolt action rifles. We took the magazines out and extracted the cartridges out of our cheers. My other brother was hunting with a Savage pump rifle. He was in the center and we got several steps ahead of him. Instead of stopping and empty his rifle he kept walking behind up and was cycling his ammo to empty it.
Well he must of had his snot hook on the trigger when he closed the action and a bullet hit the road right between myself and my other brother.
Another close encounter happened about ten years ago at a gun show. I was sitting down on a bench waiting for my brother inlaw. A old guy had a bunch of old 22 rifles on a table he was trying to sell. Someone picked one up to look at it. He had it pointed down under the table and pulled the trigger. It went off and hit a plastic tote underneath the table. After that shot you could hear a pin drop. Needless to say the vendor was escorted out and barred for the gun show for life. If by chance he had the gun above the table and leveled out i would of been right in line of the bullet.
I was going deer hunting with my oldest brother about forty years ago and we came upon three guys with a old jeep wagoner with a flat back passenger tire.
They gust got there and were outside of the jeep and were getting loaded up to go get into the woods.
The driver was loading up his 30/30 lever action and must of had his finger on the trigger and it went off going under the jeep and hitting his passenger side back tire.
His two friends were both on the passenger side when the round went of.
Ever year stuff like this happens throughout the entire United States and not just during hunting season.
I'm sure you guys have stories to share and some did not have a happy ending.
Some are accidents and many are out of stupidity.
Once the lead flies it can not be stopped.
I have had a few myself in the last fifty years.
One vivid memory was deer hunting in Upstate New York close to the Pennsylvania border about thirty years ago. The area at that time was shotgun only with slugs. I was standing just in the woodline across a small cow pasture off of a dirt road.
Some one on the other side of the road opened up on a running deer. Looking at the road the shooting started from the right side and they shot carelessly across a 180 degree arch. Their third shot was directed right in to my location. I heard tick, tick, tick, tick and seen small branches and twigs falling to the ground and Zing sound and the deer slug hit the maple tree I was standing by about two feet above my head. The next two shots went to my left. The guy had no idea where anyone else was sitting or standing. Very careless plus he was trespassing and hunting on clearly posted private property.
Another close encounter I was deer hunting in Pennsylvania with two of my brother's. It was the end of the day and getting dsrk. We were heading back to out trucks walking down the road. Two of use were hunting with Remington bolt action rifles. We took the magazines out and extracted the cartridges out of our cheers. My other brother was hunting with a Savage pump rifle. He was in the center and we got several steps ahead of him. Instead of stopping and empty his rifle he kept walking behind up and was cycling his ammo to empty it.
Well he must of had his snot hook on the trigger when he closed the action and a bullet hit the road right between myself and my other brother.
Another close encounter happened about ten years ago at a gun show. I was sitting down on a bench waiting for my brother inlaw. A old guy had a bunch of old 22 rifles on a table he was trying to sell. Someone picked one up to look at it. He had it pointed down under the table and pulled the trigger. It went off and hit a plastic tote underneath the table. After that shot you could hear a pin drop. Needless to say the vendor was escorted out and barred for the gun show for life. If by chance he had the gun above the table and leveled out i would of been right in line of the bullet.
I was going deer hunting with my oldest brother about forty years ago and we came upon three guys with a old jeep wagoner with a flat back passenger tire.
They gust got there and were outside of the jeep and were getting loaded up to go get into the woods.
The driver was loading up his 30/30 lever action and must of had his finger on the trigger and it went off going under the jeep and hitting his passenger side back tire.
His two friends were both on the passenger side when the round went of.
Ever year stuff like this happens throughout the entire United States and not just during hunting season.
I'm sure you guys have stories to share and some did not have a happy ending.
Some are accidents and many are out of stupidity.
Once the lead flies it can not be stopped.
