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NH hunter shot while using rope to hoist rifle
AP on Yahoo ^
| 10/31/09
| AP
Posted on 10/31/2009 7:46:11 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
OSSIPEE, N.H. – A New Hampshire deer hunter has accidentally shot himself in the right hand while trying to lift his loaded rifle into a tree stand using a rope tied around the weapon.
A state conservation officer says a branch or stick apparently got stuck in the trigger of Robert Lapointe's .50-caliber muzzleloader, setting it off at around 1:45 p.m. Saturday.
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..Lapointe is expected to survive, but "shouldn't have been doing what he did."
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To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:47:03 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
(Git Out The Way)
Safety first, Kids!
3
posted on
10/31/2009 7:47:39 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
To: NormsRevenge
4
posted on
10/31/2009 7:47:48 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
To: NormsRevenge
5
posted on
10/31/2009 7:48:48 PM PDT
by
Karma Police
(Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
What a moron,he at least could have uncapped his smoke stick.He probably had the trigger set too.
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:49:44 PM PDT
by
nomad
To: NormsRevenge
“Hold muh beer and watch this!”
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:49:47 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Clyde Shelton is my hero.)
To: Karma Police
Aren’t most Muzzle Loaders .50?
8
posted on
10/31/2009 7:50:05 PM PDT
by
downwdims
(It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority)
To: NormsRevenge
Anyone who would attach a rope to a charged and capped muzzleloader is an idiot.
He deserved to die, not to just suffer a flesh wound.
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:51:36 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: NormsRevenge
Darwin Award for this clown. Too many yahoos that have no clue about gun safety.
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:51:57 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Judge David Carter - democrat & dishonorable Marine like John Murtha.)
To: NormsRevenge
Lots of accidents with muzzle loaders . Many fail to remove the cap , when they know they would remove the round from the chamber of a modern weapon . Take an extra minute and show a new hunter , even one with some experience , but new to black powder . Shot in the hand ? bad enough , but could have been a lot worse .
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:53:22 PM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know F/8 Cav)
To: Frantzie
No Darwin Award, he can still reproduce
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:53:44 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com .... I am a rogue nobody. One of millions.)
To: downwdims
Aren’t most Muzzle Loaders .50? Mine is a .54. Proven killer for all North American game animals at 200+ yards.
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:53:48 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
(Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: Frantzie
Famous Last Words:
‘Hey Y’all , Watch This!’
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:54:47 PM PDT
by
bravotu
(Have a Nice Day !)
To: elkfersupper
He deserved to die, not to just suffer a flesh wound.
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It t’wasn’t his time, I reckun, .. doesn’t sound like he hit anything too vital.
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:54:51 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. May yur bandwidth exceed your girth)
To: downwdims
Many flavors , but only a few more .50s than .58s in my neck of the woods .
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:56:55 PM PDT
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know F/8 Cav)
To: nomad; Slings and Arrows; Markos33; Salamander
What a maroon!
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:57:56 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
To: NormsRevenge
LOL, A fellow in Kingsport Tennessee went out west week before last on a hunting trip, walking in a bunch of saplings, one pulled the hammer back on his pistol and shot him in the foot. Guess the old boy didn't know the one about a live round under the hammer.
The headline should be "man ambushed and assaulted by sapling".
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posted on
10/31/2009 7:58:35 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
To: NormsRevenge
And that’s why daddy said “never point the barrel at anything you don’t wanna kill”.
To: nomad
He had to have the hammer cocked, smoke poles are not double action.
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posted on
10/31/2009 8:00:14 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
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