Post by stevein on Apr 28, 2012 11:48:28 GMT -5
I believe there are real hunting accidents and each case should be treated individually. Shooting at movement or failing to identify your target is not an accident IMHO.
I called in a father/son at youth hunt at a F&W area. He was using a gobbler shaker and responded to my yelps. I spotted movement in pines at about 35 yards and could have told my son to shoot but it just did not look right. A few more steps and I got a positive ID. By what I have read on 2 of the reports this would have been an "accident". There were 2 factors in play. #1 was I am somewhat hearing impaired and I did not identify the artificial calls. The other is a hunter was using gobbler calls and responded to hen calls, what kind of lesson was that for his kid? In my 10 years of turkey hunting this is my only negative encounter.
I think some of these accidents should be treated like drunk driving. Crack down on them, prosecute the offender and heavily publicize the trial and sentencing. As the degree of severity decreases so should the penalty.
I called in a father/son at youth hunt at a F&W area. He was using a gobbler shaker and responded to my yelps. I spotted movement in pines at about 35 yards and could have told my son to shoot but it just did not look right. A few more steps and I got a positive ID. By what I have read on 2 of the reports this would have been an "accident". There were 2 factors in play. #1 was I am somewhat hearing impaired and I did not identify the artificial calls. The other is a hunter was using gobbler calls and responded to hen calls, what kind of lesson was that for his kid? In my 10 years of turkey hunting this is my only negative encounter.
I think some of these accidents should be treated like drunk driving. Crack down on them, prosecute the offender and heavily publicize the trial and sentencing. As the degree of severity decreases so should the penalty.
