Ore. hunter sentenced to road work for shooting

[schadenfreude]

Scary thing to happen, everyone was lucky in this one. Also, the stupid local news uses a glock graphic on their website for a hunting accident? That's fair and balanced

http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_011604_news_hunter_shot.1f6bff71.html

Ore. hunter sentenced to road work for shooting
07:23 AM PST on Friday, January 16, 2004

Associated Press


EUGENE -- A hunter who critically wounded another hunter in November after mistaking him for a deer was sentenced to 20 days on the sheriff's road crew.


Lane County Circuit Judge Doug Mitchell also banned Trevor Kory Foster, 20, of Eugene from hunting during two years of probation and ordered him to pay $865 in attorney's fees and court costs.


He was convicted of misdemeanor assault and negligently wounding another.

The victim, 21-year-old Nicholas Lee Peterson, said he hopes the case encourages hunters to be more careful. He still cannot straighten his left arm, after being shot in the elbow and ribs with a .270-caliber rifle.


Peterson said he feels lucky the high-powered rifle shot didn't kill him.


Foster fired the shot around dark on the final day of deer season as Peterson was in a wooded area. Peterson was rattling deer antlers at the time, a technique used to attract bucks. After he was shot, Peterson walked and crawled to within shouting distance of his home, where medics were summoned.


In court Tuesday, Foster also apologized to Peterson

 

[mummac]

After he was shot, Peterson walked and crawled to within shouting distance of his home, where medics were summoned.

So he shot the guy and left him there?

 

[Brigrat]

Oh My Goodness!!! Talk about giving the rest of us a bad name. I wish I was supervisng that road crew. Sure it was an accident, but really, you must know what you are shooting at when you pull the trigger!

 

[mete]

NO, it was not an " accident". It was totally irresponsible, criminally negligent, violating all safety rules. The punishment is absurd ,and I hope he is sued in civil court.

 

[George Hill]

How do you mistake a guy wearing blaze orange as a deer? This guy should have been charged with attempted manslaughter.

 

[thumbtack]

Peterson said he feels lucky the high-powered rifle shot didn't kill him

He should feel lucky.

 

[El Tejon]

"I don't need to know The Four Rules, I got . . . [wait for it] common sense."

No, you don't. It is not common and your uneducated ramblings are not making sense.

The Four Rules are life. Learn them, live them. They will save you.

 

[BluesBear]

You have to join and sign in to read the article.

Was the entire article posted or only part of it?

 

[Smoke]

How do you mistake a guy wearing blaze orange as a deer?

Did the article say he was wearing orange? It's not required in many places. No one hear wears orange...full camo is the dress of most of the hunting crowd....so they can go sit in a fully enclosed stand. :banghead:

The shooter deserves worse than he got.

Smoke

 

[schadenfreude]

You have to join and sign in to read the article.

Was the entire article posted or only part of it?

Yeah thats the whole article. I forgot you have to join.

 

[BluesBear]

So the

"I don't need to know The Four Rules, I got . . . [wait for it] common sense."

wasn't really a quote?

 

[4v50 Gary]

A shot in the dark? Talk about reckless.

 

[GigaBuist]

Does anybody find this odd that his sentence is less than a 1st time drunk driving? How do you get away with _shooting_ somebody like that?

 

[rdbrowning]

"Foster fired the shot around dark on the final day of deer season as Peterson was in a wooded area. Peterson was rattling deer antlers at the time"

Around here shooting is supposed to stop at sundown. An hour latter is stretching the season for both of them a bit isn't it? Sounds like both of them may have been a little guilty of gross stupidity.

 

[nico]

here the law is half an hour before sunrise and after dusk. Granted I don't have much (any) hunting experience, but why would the moron fire his gun when he can't see a deer? This idiot gives all of us a bad name.

 

[Valkman]

Man, this guy got off way too light. But if you think that's bad, check articles where people kill motorcyclists with their cars. A simple " I didn't see him" usually gets them off.

They oughta give the victim one shot at Foster when he gets well!

 

[Redlg155]

The shooter deserves worse than he got.

He probably did in sense. He'd better hang on to that .270 if it hasn't already been surrendered. I suspect this incident will affect any future weapon purchases.


Good Shooting
Red

 

[zahc]

NO, it was not an " accident". It was totally irresponsible, criminally negligent, violating all safety rules. The punishment is absurd ,and I hope he is sued in civil court.

MTE