Opening weekend

[likethebeer]

I like Jay's observations. I can just hear that 14 yo.

SHIOCTON, Wis. -- A careless hunter almost caused a tragedy on Saturday morning.

A wayward bullet from a deer hunter's gun sliced through the windshield of a parked car and shattered the rear window, nearly missing the head of a 14-year-old boy sitting in the front seat.

Jay Blink, of Oshkosh, said there was glass everywhere.

He said that if he'd been leaning 12 inches over, he probably wouldn't be here.

Blink said he scrambled out of the car in time to see a buck head into the woods across the road. But he didn't see any sign of the hunter who might have fired the shot.

Warden Mike Young of the state Department of Natural Resources emphasized that hunters have to be sure of their targets and should never shoot toward roads.

Jay said he's never taken a hunter's safety course, but even he knows that.

He suggested the unknown shooter take the safety course again.

Unfortunately, another victim of a stray bullet didn't fair as well: an 18 yo was shot to death by his grandfather who mistook him for a deer. Man, that just sucks really, really badly.

Comments

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

I thought everyone knew not to shoot toward a roadway. At least that's what I was thinking yesterday when I went for a run without blaze orange...

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

"Aim below the horizon" is what I've heard. I'm would think that, "aim below the horizon unless you can see a house or road then don't aim in that direction" is the assumption.

[nadine-a.livejournal.com]

this is why i hate that B hunts. (besides the fact i won't eat any of the meat). considering my emotional vulnerablity (sp?) as of late - it was especially nerve-wracking this year.

he came back alive. with a bunch of yucky meat in our camping cooler.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Ooh--I was hoping I wouldn't upset anyone w/that stuff. You're good to go now for at least a year, I hope.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

nearly missing the head of a 14-year-old boy sitting in the front seat.

The bullet nearly missed him?

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Gotta love those reporters.