Thread: Hunter shot in Kaimai Range near Te Aroha

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Yeap exactly, and they didn't identify their target did They? No they didn't, or they would have seen it was a person not a deer.

Correct,
Show me a shooting accident or incident where one of the seven basic rules haven't been broken and I'll eat my hat.
I guess my approach is accepting in the heat of the moment it's not quite cut and dry as that.

My experience with decision making and succumbing to visual illusion is industry based.
It's easy to bring on certain visual phenomena in a flight simulator, I've had a couple of instances in the hot seat too.
Having experienced my eyes seeing one thing and my brain rearranging into something else I have no doubt it can happen with a hunter.