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09-19-2017, 10:55 AM
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Be Careful out there folks. Be sure of your target! Saskatchewan Hunting Fatality
A young man lost his life yesterday it appears. Shot by another hunter.
Please, be sure of what you're pulling the trigger on!
Saskatchewan RCMP are investigating the shooting death of a 23-year-old man who was hunting near Weirdale, Sask., on Saturday.
Just after 8 p.m. CST, RCMP were called to a rural field outside of the community, which is about 50 kilometres northeast of Prince Albert, Sask.
According to police, two men from Prince Albert, ages 22 and 23, were hunting separately but in the same area. They did not know each other.
A firearm was discharged and the 23-year-old was found dead with an apparent gunshot wound, police say.
The 22-year-old called police and stayed at the scene.
RCMP said the death is not considered suspicious at this time.
They are not releasing the name of the deceased.
The incident is currently being investigated by the RCMP.
The man's autopsy will be completed this week in Saskatoon.
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/s...ting-1.4295194
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09-19-2017, 11:19 AM
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So senseless. Having had two guns swung my direction in the past and hearing the countless stories on here of people being scoped, it's safe to conclude we're lucky it doesn't happen more.
I guarantee there's many on this forum and elsewhere who simply don't take the time to glass before they shoot. Please people, invest in a bino harness and use it! I couldn't imagine trying to hunt without binos employed constantly.
My prayers for the deceased family and even the poor guy who pulled the trigger. His life is ruined. Obviously it wasn't intentional, however it was very senseless. Makes me so angry that this stuff can be avoided yet so many people don't bother to take the precautions.
We're better than this
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09-19-2017, 11:25 AM
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Sad stuff.
Is it not dark in Weirdale past 8pm? I have no idea, really; just wondering. In Peace, the sunset was at 7:59 yesterday, I believe.
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09-19-2017, 11:30 AM
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Got my own answer:
Are their regs much different than ours?
Edit: Now I see that they were called just past 8PM.
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09-19-2017, 01:12 PM
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Odd
Not sure why, but I have been scoped more in Sask. than anywhere else.
Many lives ruined by this, a shame for sure.
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09-19-2017, 01:29 PM
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Very tragic, this poor mother lost her husband a few years ago to a drunk driver now her son, I cant imagine what they're going through.
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09-19-2017, 02:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Full Curl Earl
Not sure why, but I have been scoped more in Sask. than anywhere else.
Many lives ruined by this, a shame for sure.
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Oddly enough, wearing bright clothing, and being easily seen, seems to attract the idiots that scope people.
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09-19-2017, 05:52 PM
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Yikes, it is seemingly becoming more and more common.
A few years back I was nearly shot, no idea how close it actually was.
http://outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=237212
My situation was 110% completely avoidable. Not sure about the poor fella in Sask. Condolences to his family. This could've been me.
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09-19-2017, 06:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fisherman Guy
Yikes, it is seemingly becoming more and more common.
A few years back I was nearly shot, no idea how close it actually was.
http://outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=237212
My situation was 110% completely avoidable. Not sure about the poor fella in Sask. Condolences to his family. This could've been me. |
What ended up happening to those clowns?
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09-23-2017, 12:31 AM
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Would people's views change if the shooter and his friend were slob road hunters that were known to have questionable hunting ethics? Blaze orange is in effect and the shooter never did go and look at the aftermath, it was his friend that went and checked then came back to the truck with the unfortunate news? Everyone ok with him hunting next weekend?
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09-23-2017, 01:26 AM
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Terrible.
Just makes a guy sick to his stomach. I wouldn't even think twice about pulling the trigger If I wasn't 100% sure Of what I was looking at.. just dont get it. Sad sad day.
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09-23-2017, 06:54 AM
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While sitting and waiting for elk one morning, I watched one idiot drive down the trail, get out of his vehicle, load his rifle, walk up up the trail, and scope two of my hunting partners sitting in the brush along the field. They were wearing orange caps, and I wasn't, so the idiot never scoped me, because he didn't see me. Then he walked back to his vehicle and left. A person stupid enough to point a loaded firearm at other hunters, is only a trigger pull away from shooting another hunter,
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09-23-2017, 07:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iceburg
Would people's views change if the shooter and his friend were slob road hunters that were known to have questionable hunting ethics? Blaze orange is in effect and the shooter never did go and look at the aftermath, it was his friend that went and checked then came back to the truck with the unfortunate news? Everyone ok with him hunting next weekend?
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Can we please stop with the hyperbole and hypotheticals? This has absolutely nothing to do with this situation. Furthermore nobody is championing anyone hunting next weekend.
My condolences to the victims family. I can't imagine how brutal this has been and will be.
I'm out
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09-23-2017, 08:31 AM
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First piece of hunting gear I owned was a buck knife...second a set of binoculars.
If you hunt with a firearm you better own and use a set of binos.
LC
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09-23-2017, 08:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck
First piece of hunting gear I owned was a buck knife...second a set of binoculars.
If you hunt with a firearm you better own and use a set of binos.
LC
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Never mind a firearm, a bowhunter was recently wounded by another bowhunter, that mistook him for an animal. The story and pictures are circulating on Facebook.
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09-24-2017, 02:22 PM
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Banned
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elkhunter11
Never mind a firearm, a bowhunter was recently wounded by another bowhunter, that mistook him for an animal. The story and pictures are circulating on Facebook.
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You got to believe it, if it's on spacebook.
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09-23-2017, 08:50 AM
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Banned
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck
First piece of hunting gear I owned was a buck knife...second a set of binoculars.
If you hunt with a firearm you better own and use a set of binos.
LC
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I think my first hunting gear was a slingshot made fro a tree branch. I'm glad they have not been made restricted yet.
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