Posted by manualblock [ 69.112.43.172 ] on February 17, 2006 at 19:56:01:

In Reply to: Re: There are no hunting accidents posted by akhilesh on February 17, 2006 at 18:58:45:

Well; he admitted to one beer at lunch; but why wait 24 hrs to report it? Time enough to clean out.
All hunters are trained; they must take a training course to get their liscence; and they learn from other hunters who teach them the rules as per the posts at the beggining of the thread.
Your analogy regarding driving and hunting just doesn't fly. Thats what I tried to make clear.
Driving puts you in a setting with lights and stop signs and two way traffic and all of the other rules of the road along with countless others who speed and make illegal turns and run stop signs and cut you off. The roads are crowded and conditions are not controlled and organised but in reality people dis-obey the driving rules all the time.
Hunting is done in a closed system out in the open with a very small group of companions all aware of the conditions and the rules. Except for the possibility of a small group of other hunters which is highly unlikely since the hunting party was on private land; they were in effect all alone with their small and very experienced party of very experienced long time hunters.
As I said he was either drunk or careless; no excuse for either condition for experienced hunters.
So again; there are no hunting accidents only carelessness or stupidity or alchohol.

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