Posted on 11/17/2019 3:42:10 PM PST by BenLurkin
The incident occurred after the men went looking for a deer that one brother had shot earlier with a muzzle-loading rifle, reported the Ionia County Sheriff's Office on its Facebook page.
The shooter, a 29-year-old man from Saranac, told authorities that he believed he saw the deer moving and fired, but after firing realized he had struck his 28-year-old brother. He called 911 immediately for help and the two siblings walked out of the dense corn field where they were hunting and were met by first responders, reported ABC Grand Rapids affiliate, WZZM13.
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The reports say that the shot guy is ‘stable’; I hope that’s so, and that they’ve both learned a good lesson.
If they didn't have drinking problems before, this could turn them into elkies.
I *knew* it -- you *were* the guy watching me from the mirror. Whoops, I mean, me either.
I don’t even believe that it is ‘outside’ at all; everything we perceive is entirely subjectively perceived. I think we just manage to see enough of the same stuff, from the same rough perspective, to keep the world - and the illusion - going.
That's a very interesting take on it!
I guess I’m just ‘interesting’ like that.
(But none of it is original, so -
Good Night! :-)
Once you see, it is well, Doe!
I'd never herd that before.
I see. Not ready to wave the white tail.
I venison thinking about this, and I'll probably quit soon.
G'night.
Just when I think I’ve got another smart-assed idea, my mind just graze out.
This thread is making me reconsider where and when I wear my camo hunting jacket when I go fishing or hiking or camping in cold weather. I love it because it is very warm without being too bulky / uncomfortable, the material is “tough”, it has numerous great pockets, and if it gets a bit soiled, nobody really notices if I stop by the store (etc.) on the way home. (In this area, nobody really takes note of the camo itself, much.)
I already don’t use it in any active hunting area.
Now, perhaps what I should have done was grab a couple of the bright(!) orange “Halloween” / Jack-o’-lantern t-shirts in XXL that Wal-Mart was blowing out for 58 cents ea. (58 CENTS!) a couple days ago. Slip one over the jacket in some cases. There’s no way anyone could identify THAT as a deer... I hope!
Granted, that would make most of the pockets harder to get to. Still, it’s a humorous and cheap “solution”. I actually did get one in “L” for working out by the road running by our place, esp. in fall, but it’s not large enough to go over me in a medium-heavy jacket...
You should be arrested and tried for puns that bad. It would be a no pun and shut case.
Jeremiah Johnson quote. “Elk don’t know how many legs a horse has”
Yeah. Orange to protect you from jerks who shoot at noises etc.
I had on a red vest and an orange knit cap and had an idiot shooting at me - I could make him out clearly and he was in camo....can’t fix stupid.
LOL!
Ooh, nice link!
Could this be a way to get away with murder? Not saying this instance is, but I wonder if it has ever been tried.
It does make you wonder.
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