Anyone heard about a hunter shot recently Urewera area?
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Anyone heard about a hunter shot recently Urewera area?
Ive heard nothing of this.
Nothing on Google about it
Nope heard nothing but am going to ask around.
I can't find anything either but the source I heard it from is quite sure if happened.
Here's hoping it's just a rumour.....
Nope. Its not a rumor. It appears to be being kept very quiet. Why??? Normally the media would be all over something like this:
Apparently: Early hours Fri morning (1-2am), bunch of pissheads go for a look over the edge of the river bank (Horomanga), spy a 'deer' through the thermal scope and snot another night time hunter (who had left his mate in their 4WD to go look over the edge too). Driver of the 4WD hears the shot and goes to see what is what, sees a bunch of head torches coming down the other bank yipp and yahooing saying they shot a deer...... high powered round has gutted and killed this guy outright.
Very tragic. Should be jail time dished out all round with this flagrant breeching of multiple rules and laws.
Used to hunt in there. Was like queen st at night time with the spotlighters...
Let's wait till its official news.
Whats that these days...
Tragic, unnecessary and entirely preventable.
Why would this be kept quiet?
From memory over the past 30 years every 'hunter shoots hunter' has led the evening news...
Has the 4th estate become so immune to shootings over the past 6 years that they don't count any more?
Nope. Gang shootings also lead the news these days.
Maybe it has been suggested to the media that they dont make an issue out of gun crimes. I mean, sadly its an every day event these days
I've always wondered how you can positively and conclusively id a target with a thermal..
Its not the thermal scope and rifles fault.Its the drunkn idiots behind it.All should be charged with man slaughter.
I thought a theramal showed up a blobby image of heat from the pics Ive seen
Does that look like a human 120yds away.Attachment 238615
That is good enough for me to call red hind.
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Spot the difference.
If this is true, these are the idiot the authorities should be going after rather than the BS range rules and trying to kill off shooting sports.
There should be jail time for atleast the shooter, and probably all involved, and none of them should be allowed a gun licence ever again.
There are freak incidents, and then there is this.
In fact if I were an arms officer I'd be targeting known areas like this and removing peoples guns and licences, enough people have been shot on public land by spotlighters now that there is no excuse for it.
The quality of the thermal and experience of the user does play a big part in how good target identification is. I use top range gear several nights a week and occasionally have to wait until the target moves to get a positive identification
But I never add alcohol to a nights work
As I said. Target identification is exactly the same as with a normal optical sight. Sometimes you need to wait to get a better look before you can 100% identify your target. Wait for the "object" to move, turn, get closer, whatever it takes. You don't shoot at a "brown thing" throught your scope, and you don't shoot at a "white blob" throught your thermal. If you can't 100% identify it, DON'T shoot.
I’m still finding this hard to believe. Surely there would be something on social media about it. Has anyone seen anything posted about this?
tick the boxes...one at a time....moving??? tick..deer shape???....tick....hind or stag??? tick.... moving as a live deer does???? tick can I see its head movement???? tick takes but a second or two to do that.....we all do it bush stalking...night time is no different.
this is a tragedy if true....Im hoping its not. MOST of the country learnt from the Rosemary brushing teeth tragedy...MOST.
Will probably come out in the following days. Media seems to be a day or two late on many stories. But what a tragedy.
its got to be woven into an anti gun diatribe 1st alas . me ,Im bloody horrified and infuriated at same time ,fuckwits all ,someone should have swallowed to put it bluntly.
Guns are simpler to operate than a motor vehicle-we dont have handbooks and reams of regs -we have 7simple rules all based on COMMON SENSE yes COMMON SENSE,but the highest functioning mammals or at least specimens of seem to still be unteachable.
If its true its tragic.
Alcohol comes out once all firearms are locked away, it's just a given. Hope it's a rumor
If this area is so notorious why no patrols, Even use the military, exercise for info gathering. Army got all the gear and would probably appreciate getting out of camp
Police can then deal with it.
I get the. Hebi jebies when people say they bush hunt with a round up the spout encase they need to snap shoot anything.
95% of the time im hunting with an empty chamber.
If i cant cycle a round in quietly IMO i generally dont have enough time to identify the target AND decide if u have good shot placement.