Thread: Hunter shot in Kaimai Range near Te Aroha

I said safer not safe.

Originally Posted by Gibo

I said safer not safe.

Still think here at least safer would be 100m from state hiway than 3 hours walk in.

All we need is a picture of a person that looks like a deer. Then we will know what to look out for

RIP - Gordon Leech

Originally Posted by 300winmag

RIP - Gordon Leech

Very sobering. Rip Gordon.

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Very sad

Tragic as I have said previously. Such a waste. So unnecessary and avoidable.

It's an unfortunate fact that some people are more predisposed to filling in the blanks in a shape in a creative way.
Therefore what is a deer to one person is not a deer to another. There's been a heap of research into it. Like seeing shapes in the clouds.

Ever gone spearing flounder at night? Many people spear the sand thinking it's a flounder 10 times before seeing a flounder. They imagine the shape.

The sooner everyone thinks "I could shoot someone when hunting" instead of "I don't get how people mistake s deer for a human" the sooner the hunting fatalities will drop.

In hunter safety I firmly believe that everyone should be told that it is highly likely that you WILL mistake a person for a deer, and that it's hard to distinguish the difference. This will change attitude away from the above.

I have been hunting around 50 yrs , recreationally and commercially. I bet like many other hunters on this forum also, have seen and adapted to the nowday stalking and hunting. Gone are the days of deer hair covered swanis undies or shorts short enough so you could lift your leg higher than ur hip without castrating oneself, once hairy legs a mat of hookgrass, norsewear socks thick with biddy bidds, lace up gummys with horse shoe plates that sometimes left tell tale marks on dry rocks like a deer hoof print, oh.. and the swarm of blowflys that followed awaiting a kill, or if you stopped long enough a family gathering on your swani. "We" know from experience white in the bush sticks out like a sore thumb, or a sika bum, bright colours rather than flat to high light yourself for human eyes, it could bee that second look of disbelief that saves some ones life. Bright Blaze orange top, and if you have white hair a bright orange hat, made compulsory hunting attire. Might save a few deer as well.

Originally Posted by BeeMan

I have been hunting around 50 yrs , recreationally and commercially. I bet like many other hunters on this forum also, have seen and adapted to the nowday stalking and hunting. Gone are the days of deer hair covered swanis undies or shorts short enough so you could lift your leg higher than ur hip without castrating oneself, once hairy legs a mat of hookgrass, norsewear socks thick with biddy bidds, lace up gummys with horse shoe plates that sometimes left tell tale marks on dry rocks like a deer hoof print, oh.. and the swarm of blowflys that followed awaiting a kill, or if you stopped long enough a family gathering on your swani. "We" know from experience white in the bush sticks out like a sore thumb, or a sika bum, bright colours rather than flat to high light yourself for human eyes, it could bee that second look of disbelief that saves some ones life. Bright Blaze orange top, and if you have white hair a bright orange hat, made compulsory hunting attire. Might save a few deer as well.

Neat post, but the day that wearing blaze orange is made mandatory is the day i stop hunting, as i have said many many times before, IMO it is very dangerous.

I wish we could hear the shooters story and circumstance more promptly to take some learnings from it.. What was the guy wearing, what happened etc. But then again they are probably going to say what ever keeps them out of jail anyway.
If the guy was wearing blaze orange I'm going to be selling a brand new blaze orange huntech gillie thats for sure. Are you guys against blaze orange reckoning its worse to wear than a normal camo?

Originally Posted by huglife

I wish we could hear the shooters story and circumstance more promptly to take some learnings from it.. What was the guy wearing, what happened etc. But then again they are probably going to say what ever keeps them out of jail anyway.
If the guy was wearing blaze orange I'm going to be selling a brand new blaze orange huntech gillie thats for sure. Are you guys against blaze orange reckoning its worse to wear than a normal camo?

as long as we have people wandering around not iding their targets properly it doesn't matter what you wear after thinking about it a bit it appears to me that complaicency plays a big part in these situations the attitude that ive been doing this all my life so I know what im doing mindset just my opinion tho

Tragic stuff, one of the reasons I don,t go hunting on Easter. Trouble is from now on you have it in the back of your mind some one may have a scope on you!

I wonder if the guy is one of the Leech family from Paeroa. They run a large quarry there