Sorry, couldn't resist :o)
Posted on 02/12/2006 12:46:46 PM PST by bayourant
Edited on 02/12/2006 2:10:43 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
You are obviously not a quail hunter.
A flushed covey often spreads out and flies at shoulder level, especially the blue quail of South Texas. Some of the birds will swing around and fly behind you.
When shooting, both elbows are up and out and your cheek is down on the gunstock. Your vision is very constricted and you are rotating rapidly to keep on a bird. The trigger pull is a trained reflex that happens automatically as you swing through the bird. If someone is where they should not be, or you are disoriented and don't know they are there, they may get hit.
I have never hit anyone, but I have come close, and close to being hit. I have seen it happen. It's a normal part of quail hunting.
So9
The stupid S.O.B. shouldn't have voted for Kerry. Everyone knows Cheney is an extremely vindictive man; a man who is not to be trifled with.
"I was thinking maybe he took Howard Dean hunting."
Maybe Cheney should head up a hunting party with a few world leaders. Like Kim (Iamso) Ill and Ahm-mad-in-de-head from Korea and Iran.
They can't be *that* dangerous -- apparently they won't even seriously injure a 78-year-old guy when you blast him with a shotgun... ;-)
More seriously, the anti-gun nuts will look silly if they try to use this as an example of the "dangers" of guns, given how the guy who was shot is pretty much laughing it off with a few band-aids.
"It's a normal part of quail hunting."
Getting shot?
He also wouldn't let you touch his guns.
Yeah. Meanwhile when you see the guy with the shotgun leading a bird and he’s swinging around to your location it’s pretty much SOP to drop to the deck. It’s an oldie but a goodie and it works too, provided the guy isn’t trying to shoot you.
Well, at least it was a lawyer. Too bad it could't be his albino looking friendly senator from Vermont.
Unfortunately, he would be labeled a RINO by quite a few FReepers were he alive today.
When the Clintons shoot *their* lawyer, he *stays* dead.
to be introduced this week (joke):
Kerry's/Hillary's Gun Contol Bill: Bill indicates that Hunters over 65 years of age will have to surrender their firearms, before they receive their check (SSoc) or Prescription discounts.
I would't put it past them.
I'd be willing to bet that JF (Where's that DOD-180) Kerry hasn't donned hunting gear nor handled a firearm since the 2004 campaign.
No, a neocon, have some respect.
Exactly........
Much as I've liked and participated in the humor here, hunting accidents are no joke. "If you don't know, don't shoot" is absolutely right. The Vice President, who probably feels horrible right now, should (and will likely) admit that he messed up and acknowledge that safety must come first when hunting.
They were too close together. Shotgun shot doesn't got that far. The whole thing could have been prevented if they'd kept at least 75 or more yards apart. I've dove hunted a few times in CA, where the fields are full of hunters. I've had shot fall on me at least a half a dozen times. Yes, it is spooky. None of this is intended as hunting advice. The number one rule of gun safety is, NEVER ALLOW YOUR SELF TO BE IN FRONT OF ANY GUN.
"From Yahoo New/AP
BREAKING NEWS: Vice President Dick Cheney Accidentally Shot During Texas Hunting Trip AP"
They were being very hopeful here weren't they? What does AP really stand for? Almost Precise... Awful Press... Abortions Preferred... Absolute Propaganda... Agenda Pushing...
- Can't quite get it right... LOL
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