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Hunter shoots shoots foot, loses toe in Shutesbury
recorder.com ^
| 12-30-13
| Chris Curtis
Posted on 12/30/2013 7:49:08 PM PST by smokingfrog
SHUTESBURY — This weekend was the end of black powder deer hunting season, and an Amherst resident shot more than he was looking for Saturday when he put a .50-caliber bullet through his foot.
The 50-year-old man was hunting in the woods east of the Town Hall on Cooleyville Road with a group of other hunters when the accident occurred, said Shutesbury Police Chief Thomas E. Harding.
“(He) was unloading his black powder, .50-caliber rifle when it discharged into his left foot,” Harding said. The man ultimately lost his toe. The mechanics of the accident were unclear.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 50cal; banglist; blackpowder; hunting
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To: smokingfrog
That’s one way to unload a muzzloader!
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:50:53 PM PST
by
Dogbert41
(Up yours NSA !)
To: smokingfrog
To: smokingfrog
The mechanics of the accident were unclear. Mm hmm.
I wonder about the chemistry of the accident.
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:51:14 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: smokingfrog
1/2” ball through your foot. I bet that felt good.
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:52:51 PM PST
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:56:23 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Dogbert41
“That’s one way to unload a muzzloader!”
So what’s wrong with having a real gun?
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:57:53 PM PST
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
To: smokingfrog
Shutesbury. Ironic name for the town.
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:58:01 PM PST
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: smokingfrog
I wonder if the phrase “hold muh beer” came up at all?
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:58:18 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
To: fidelis
After the incident, they patched him up at Doctorville.
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:59:20 PM PST
by
Defiant
(Obama is The Bard of Canard.)
To: smokingfrog
Shot himself in the foot and all he lost was a toe?
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:02:38 PM PST
by
Gamecock
(Celebrating 20,000 posts of dubious quality.)
To: smokingfrog
I think there are shooters that haven’t had an AD, like there are are pilots who haven’t landed wheels-up. Yet.
It’s important to always think you’re capable of landing wheels up, or else you invite it. Same with an AD, IMHO. The best way to invite an accident is to assume that you’re incapable of it.
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:03:33 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: Jimmy4Toes
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:04:53 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
Something about keeping the muzzle pointed in a safe direction?
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:08:47 PM PST
by
Standing Wolf
(No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
To: smokingfrog
Is “shoots shoots” like shooting green shoots or more like “rape rape”???
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:09:31 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: fidelis
Shutesbury. Ironic name for the town.My first thought, too.
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:10:39 PM PST
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:11:31 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: Jack Hydrazine
I don’t write the headlines. Maybe someone is celebrating the new year a bit early.
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:19:42 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
Did they call a toe truck?
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:22:48 PM PST
by
umgud
(2A can't survive dem majorities)
To: smokingfrog
“(He) was unloading his black powder, .50-caliber rifle when it discharged into his left foot,” Harding said. The man ultimately lost his toe. The mechanics of the accident were unclear. Did the procedure begin with hold muh beer?
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:33:11 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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