Thread: 3 reds shot after a short boat trip

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

I notice you had several opportunities to shoot deer silhouetted against the skyline.

Looked to be wild unoccupied country beyond for a bullet to land in if the shooter missed.

I assume you didn't for the sake of keeping to good practice?

"Never assume, it makes an ass out of u and me".

In Scotland there are no true wilderness areas and there are footpaths and walkers everywhere. Here, I don't shoot without seeing the backstop.

In Sweden there are true wilderness areas and shooting birds out of trees with rifles has been done for generations and without incident (and it is a nationally celebrated way of hunting). Here I don't see the bullet backstop other than "that hill" as winter has a way of further emptying desolate spaces plus the snow + unsociable hours you enter these areas gives you a pretty decent indication of "traffic".

In New Zealand I was also in wild areas looking for chamois and tahr. Never fired a shot without seeing the backstop.

Shooting without a backstop or a proper risk assessment seems like a needless way to risk ruining lives.