nativetexan Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,308337,00.html At least four hunters were injured in Minnesota during the opening weekend of the deer season, leaving one dead and at least one other in critical condition. Click here to read story on MyFOXTwinCities.com Craig Rupp was shot in the chest Saturday while he and his party were hunting near Elbow Lake, in western Minnesota. Shots were fired after a deer jumped up out of tall grass. In another incident, Duane Kaster was shot Sunday by another member of his party. Kaster was later airlifted and transferred to Hennepin County Medical Center where he is in critical condition. Two other hunters, Brooks Lee Marti and Jeffrey Pike, both suffered non-life threatening injuries. Marti was hit by another member of his party and Pike accidentally shot himself. Police are investigating all of the shootings and all appear to be accidental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 In stead of just calling them accidents, why don't that at least call them preventable accidents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativetexan Posted November 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 I dunno. I hate when the press gets their mits on these stories. More negative press from within our inner circle. Even though the stats still speak for themselves, hunting is an amazingly safe practice. With the exception of a select few who don't watch where they are pointing their firearm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 That is just plain carelessness! All those hunters are doing is seeing a deer or something moving and shooting! Never taking the time to check to see if there is someone in harms way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Make Positive I.D. Of Your Target!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 most accidents are not only preventable, but plainly stupid. sorry for these folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Hate to hear that. Like already said none of that had to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 That is just plain carelessness! NO EXCUSE! Know your target and what is beyond it. Very very sad that carelessness like this leaves fellow hunters dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 This type of story really chaps my hide. Except for a handful of true accidents, these are negligence pure and simple. The 'accident' is what the guilty tries to use to absolve themselves of responsibility. I see many of the same things in the local hunting rag with the poachers hall of shame section. Night hunting without permission, from a public road, with no license, while drinking and having pot in the car, followed by a chase with the wardens....$1,000 fine and revocation of hunting rights for a year! If you want to solve this problem or at least cut down on much of it, you make it a felony with mandatory jail time if you shoot someone while hunting. That would stop all but the dumbest offenders of the bunch. New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampRAGS Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 it is sad that that had to happen, and four in one weekend,,, careless to say the least, and one guy shoots himself.....out of the other 3 I wonder how many had orange on? not that it make the incidents any less tragic but at least give yourself and added chance wear orange......gun season i am like a big pumpkin and i still have taken many of nice deer in orange.....feel sorry for the families..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 I know in the area of Minnesota I lived in most of the hunting was done by drives.I did it a few times,but prefer stand hunting.A few guys would push through groves,treelines,or thick patches and other hunters would surround it and shoot at the deer running out.It seems like the odds of something bad happening would be increased by this.Regardless there's no excuse for tragic things like this happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 This is why I hunt ALONE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 some people shouldn't be allowed to handle a firearm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HoppeMan Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Sounds like some people were a little trigger-happy...Have to agree with what you all have said. I've passed up on many shots because I don't have a good look at what I'm shooting at, or because I don't know whats behind it. Take care, Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 some people shouldn't be allowed to handle a firearm. Without a doubt. Like everyone said, stories like this are definitely in the minority of hunters. These people were just plain careless and reckless for allowing this to happen. All this does is bring more negative press on hunters around the country and gives anti-hunting groups more fuel for the fire to try and ban hunting and get rid of hunting. This is definitely sad news for the hunting community and another round of criticism of hunting on the way.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Some may agree with me or disagree but this story is exactly why I think EVERYONE should be required to take a hunter safety course and maybe required to have a refresher course every 5 years. I've heard too many old codgers telling stories of going hunting while crocked from a party the night before to celebrate shotgun season. They tell stories about deer slugs whizzing by them as a hungover idiot almost fell from his stand and either killed himself or somebody else. They actually take pride in hitting running deer from over 100 yds away with open sights. All this takes place on public land with hundreds of other hunters within 5 square miles. That's why I have only shotgun hunted once and prefer the safer woods of bowhunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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