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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Stupid to fire at anything that you haven’t positively identified. I pray that his brother heals quickly, experiences a full recovery, and beats his ass.
I thought you were supposed to wear red or orange, out hunting...
The wounded guy would have been better off had he not been field-dressed.
Tell me alcohol wasn’t involved.
And never ever goes hunting with him again.
Depends on the state
Well, OTOH, the brother is more like the hurt deer now...
> And never ever goes hunting with him again.
Well.. Maybe once more...
heh, heh, heh.
He mistook his brother for a deer...I guess there are some democrat hunters.
It also depends on whether it is bow season or firearm season in some states.
That doesn't stop many morons from shooting at movement rather than identifying their target.
When I started deer hunting at the age of 14 (the legal age for deer hunting in Michigan) my Dad gave me a pair of binoculars and told me to use them and never even raise my rifle until I knew for certain the thing I was looking at was a deer.
Reminds me of that “Family Guy” cutaway where Dick Cheney shoots Peter repeatedly and then says “Sorry I thought you were a deer.”
Could have been a democrat deer.
Perhaps the brother identified as one.
Johnny and Cletus are out in the woods hunting when Cletus falls to the ground. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are rolled back in his head.
Johnny whips out his cell phone and calls 911. Panic-stricken, he says to the operator, “I think Cletus is dead! What should I do?”
The operator, in a calm soothing voice says, “Just take it easy. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.”
There is a silence, then a shot rings out.
Johnny comes back on the line. He says, “OK, now what?”
Most States require hunters to do so...
TXnMA
Ha! A kiddie show.
The hunter became the hunted!
Yup.
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