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Here's a link to a story of a 31 year old Iowa man who was shot while drive hunting, by a member of his party..., his dad. What a tragic story.
This is why I stopped party-hunuting about 25 years ago. I witnessed a doe run between my nephew and another guy in the party, they both started firing away at the doe in the crossfire..., I saw dirt flying about 2 feet from my nephews feet as the slugs from the other hunters shots rained down on him. (And there no doubt was soil flying around the other guy too!)
But that shook me to the core. I've went solo ever since. Don't get the massive amounts of shots off at running deer, (And that's okay by me ) but I generally get my buck every year anyway.
I know they can be a lot of fun, the whole planning the hunt and the buddy-bonding thing. And I know there are many, many very safety conscious party hunting groups that place a premium on safe hunting. So I'm not knocking the concept.
But for me, I'm glad I made the switch, and now my boy has been raised with a stand-hunters mentality so that maybe I'll not have to worry about him ever being in a group of hunters where one guy may not be as safe as you'd hope for.
That peace-of-mind isn't total however, there's always the ol' falling out of a tree thing to worry about, and other assorted things a dad worries about, but I'm still happy when the talk turns to deer season, and my boy talks about wind direction, stand placement, and movement patterns, etc.
Anyway, here's the link to a really, really sad story. If it's not enabled you might have to copy and paste it to your browser bar. (I don't know how to make it so you can just click on it and have it work)
http://www.presscitizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051205/NEWS01/512050321/1079/NEWS
This is why I stopped party-hunuting about 25 years ago. I witnessed a doe run between my nephew and another guy in the party, they both started firing away at the doe in the crossfire..., I saw dirt flying about 2 feet from my nephews feet as the slugs from the other hunters shots rained down on him. (And there no doubt was soil flying around the other guy too!)
But that shook me to the core. I've went solo ever since. Don't get the massive amounts of shots off at running deer, (And that's okay by me ) but I generally get my buck every year anyway.
I know they can be a lot of fun, the whole planning the hunt and the buddy-bonding thing. And I know there are many, many very safety conscious party hunting groups that place a premium on safe hunting. So I'm not knocking the concept.
But for me, I'm glad I made the switch, and now my boy has been raised with a stand-hunters mentality so that maybe I'll not have to worry about him ever being in a group of hunters where one guy may not be as safe as you'd hope for.
That peace-of-mind isn't total however, there's always the ol' falling out of a tree thing to worry about, and other assorted things a dad worries about, but I'm still happy when the talk turns to deer season, and my boy talks about wind direction, stand placement, and movement patterns, etc.
Anyway, here's the link to a really, really sad story. If it's not enabled you might have to copy and paste it to your browser bar. (I don't know how to make it so you can just click on it and have it work)
http://www.presscitizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051205/NEWS01/512050321/1079/NEWS