Shot/Shot at while hunting?
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Actually, in the Sierras where I used to camp/fish, one could carry openly. Handgun or long gun.
If you call the ranger station at the area in which you plan to stay, they can give you necessary info.
Now, if it's a Corps of Engineer area, such as in Knight's Ferry, no guns allowed.
A friend of mine got shot a couple years ago during muzzle loader season. Him and his dad split up and ended up stalking each other from different sides of a thicket, he was kinda bent over rattling some antlers and reached up to scratch his head and his dad shot him in the leg. Luckily he lived to tell about it.
In 1967 I was hunting jackrabbits with my deer rifle (great practice! If you can hit jacks, deer are easy!) walking just be low a ridge when a fellow with a .22 began peppering the ground a few feet in front and behind me. Yes, this was his idea of deliberate fun. I had my rifle slung on the off side to the shooter, so perhaps he was unaware that I was armed. I unlimbered my .30-06 and put a round between his feet which convinced him to flee the jurisdiction.
I was 16 at the time and glad of the non-lethal resolution, but have since come to consider myself lucky to have survived some poor tactics: he was, after all, a much easier shot than a running jack. As was I.
(Ah, don?t you miss the days when 16 year olds could walk into gun shops and buy guns or wander the public lands with them, unmolested? *sigh* (Sorry, Lawdog, that *sigh* is just too good not to steal!))
I was 16 at the time and glad of the non-lethal resolution, but have since come to consider myself lucky to have survived some poor tactics: he was, after all, a much easier shot than a running jack. As was I.
(Ah, don?t you miss the days when 16 year olds could walk into gun shops and buy guns or wander the public lands with them, unmolested? *sigh* (Sorry, Lawdog, that *sigh* is just too good not to steal!))
Realistically, the chances of being accidentally shot at while hunting are hundreds of times more than being shot at on purpose. (The Wisconsin incident notwithstanding). Therefore, I think shooting back not knowing the exact circumstances would be a tragic mistake. And if you were hit, shooting back sure isn't likely to get you help from the guy who accidentally shot you.
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Yup, had a shotgun slug whistle past me when I was deer hunting. Was on top of a ridge, steep hill downwards covered in evergreens (zero visability past a few feet.) I musta spooked a deer, and someone in the field below took a shot, upwards into the pines. Couldn't tell how close it came, but it sure got my attention!
How did you even know he was shooting at the ground for fun, and not at you? I would've put that shot in his head. Nobody would convict you when some lunatic has fired a bunch of rounds at you.I was shot at once
while hunting in Maine. Was standing and taking a compass reading and I heard something hit the tree I was nect to about head high. Befor eI could look at what it was I heard the shot. I instinctively pulled my 1911 (don't have the gun anymore) and emptied a clip in the direction I thought the shot came from. While I was reloading I heard someone beat feet through the brush. I was more pissed then anything. I was shot once at a McDonalds in El Paso, which is the reason I now carry.
while hunting in Maine. Was standing and taking a compass reading and I heard something hit the tree I was nect to about head high. Befor eI could look at what it was I heard the shot. I instinctively pulled my 1911 (don't have the gun anymore) and emptied a clip in the direction I thought the shot came from. While I was reloading I heard someone beat feet through the brush. I was more pissed then anything. I was shot once at a McDonalds in El Paso, which is the reason I now carry.