Hunters Looked Through Scope Before Shooting Man

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"Okay guys, nobody has substantiated that there was a busload of workers in the woods or if the shootee was an immigrant or not. If there had been a busload of workers, I doubt there would have been a shooting as they would have been making too much noise.

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The residence of the deceased is listed as Marshall, NC.
I live in Marshall.
Rest assured, a 50 year old guy named Luciano Martinez is a recent immigrant from south of the border.
Rest assured this statement is wrong. Martinez had lived in Marshall since 2000 and lived in Burnsville several years before that. I would not call 8 years of residence "recent" by any stretch.
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pb...=2008812170339

Not only that, the guy had been picking for some time, apparently, and had a permit to pick. No, he probably was not wearing blaze orange.

So how about cutting all this stupid immigration discussion since it doesn't pertain to the issue at hand, a hunter who failed to properly identify his target and killed a human being. It does not matter if that human being was a resident, alien, or tourist."

"Nobody has substantiated as to whether he is an immigrant."
Listen, Mr Know It All, I live here in Marshall, and there are no fifty year old locals named Luciano Martinez. Just from the name I know he is a recent immigrant.
Your own link states that he has seven children living in Mexico.
Do you assert that he was born in Marshall, and his seven children moved to Mexico?
Yes, his having lived here just 8 of his 50 years makes him a recent immigrant.
Compared to a local who was born here 50 years ago, having lived here just 8 years is recent.

Anyway, you have utterly missed my point.
I never said there was a busload of Mexicans picking plants.
My point was, that, as a Latino immigrant, Mr. Martinez is most likely not familiar with local cultural traditions such as deer hunting.
Thus in his ignorance, he was in the National Forest, at a time in which most locals would not go into the National Forest.
A local Marshall citizen would know that it is dangerous, due to the risk of being shot by a deer hunter.
If a local did go into the National Forest during deer season, he would probably wear, at least, an orange baseball hat.
A $2 orange baseball hat would have saved this man's life.

If you would have read what I wrote, Mr. Self Righteous, you would see that I called for jail time for the shooter.

To explain my views further, the behavior of these hunters is inexcusable.
Whether this was a doe, a buck, or the Governor of North Carolina, these guys didn't know the difference. So, for wantonly taking human life the shooter deserves a lot of jail time.
I never said the shooter deserves to walk because the dead guy is probably an illegal Mexican, but you seem to have inferred such.
Please get down off your high horse, Double Naught Spy, it will make you dizzy up there.
 
When you sit in the woods for a long time, not seeing anything, your mind can play tricks on you. We are so atune to seeing movement and judging perspective, sometimes wrongly. I have mistaken a distant truck going down a country road for a running deer - not that i shot at it! Throw in dusk/dawn and fog/rain/snow and clumps of bushes can come to life and look like deer. How many of us have heard hunters shooting well before/after legal time and asked how the heck they could see what they were shooting at! The hunter must always be vigilant of these mind games. I can only say the hunter with a scoped rifle was somehow impaired - really wanting to see a buck - or otherwise impaired (booze, medication). Very tragic but unfortunately the ultimate responsibility is with the guy who pulled the trigger.
 
As a long time hunter in Indiana that must wear blaze orange during deer season, let me tell ya in the dark blaze orange is about as bright as a gray sweatshirt. It is not Flourescent orange, it only works during daylight hours. I have never hunted deer without blaze orange AND a flashlight as I walk to and from my deer stand. A flashlight can be a real lifesaver in low light conditions. I still think this is a tragic situation, and those two hunters have given all of us hunters a bad name.
 
Yes, his having lived here just 8 of his 50 years makes him a recent immigrant.
Compared to a local who was born here 50 years ago, having lived here just 8 years is recent.
Yes, anyone born in Marshall more than 8 years ago is less recent than Mr. Martinez. Got it.

Anyway, you have utterly missed my point.
I never said there was a busload of Mexicans picking plants.
I never claimed you did. I quoted you after that statement and that statement was made further up and discussed by more than one person.


A local Marshall citizen would know that it is dangerous, due to the risk of being shot by a deer hunter.
Because y'all shoot at each other a lot? Actually, IHEA data indicate that while helpful, blaze orange doesn't stop determined idiots.

If a local did go into the National Forest during deer season, he would probably wear, at least, an orange baseball hat.
Probably? So even knowing the local customs and dangers, would not absolutely wear orange?

A $2 orange baseball hat would have saved this man's life.
$2 of common sense on behalf of the shooter would have gone further.

If you would have read what I wrote, Mr. Self Righteous, you would see that I called for jail time for the shooter.
I never claimed you didn't.

RIF
 
Having attempted ..

to shoot a deer with a 4X scope @ 12 yds and seeing only trunks and not being able to discern the deer. So 50yds with brush maya be POOR visual situation.
Also regarding the Washington incident, the weather was extremely poor, they were @ 4500+ elevation and the area was subjected to low clouds/fog until 1PM before lifting. This occurred on the first day of bear season.
Other outdoor users do not recognize any "Opening day" of hunting seasons.
More use a "blaze orange" is best solution.
 
This is very sad but could have been prevented simply wearing orange. I think it's also sad there are so many folks wanting to judge before knowing all the facts, how many times have we read things the press printed to find out later it was totally different then what was printed. Then there are other things like seeing what we want to see even if it's not what we are looking at simply because we want to see so bad it becomes what we want it to be. I have heard of this being a factor in some accidents in the past and yes it sounds false or fake but true none the less.
 
You aren't going to believe this,but it is true.I recall an incident in Colorado in the late 60's or early 70's when two boys who using a trail bike in the national forest were shot and killed off the motorcycle. They were on a hunting trip with their father.As I recall,they were wearing orange.The shooter got his hand slapped.
 
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