Good on you for being upfront regarding your mistake. On the other hand, shit people are quick to nark to the cops these days...
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 07:13 AM
This person sounds like a fuckwit. Situation might be reversible for them with a lot of hard work and common sense but that's not your prerogative.
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 07:13 AM
Good, honest post. Need more of these, might get us all thinking and stop an accident down the line.
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 07:12 AM
Doing patrol in Woodhill one hunting season a few years back.... Had just left the crossroads heading south on Inland road and as I drove past the then cutover in block 7 I saw 3 orange jackets...
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 07:12 AM
A very salient lesson, bravely posted when it could have been swept under the rug of ego. Using binos or a spotter puts one extra point into the decision loop before you pull the trigger. Does...
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 07:12 AM
Never even knew anyone was concerned about it until the internet came along. And then when it did, it was a completely American concern from what references to it I came across. Now we seem to have...
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 07:11 AM
Wow thats really bad. People like that give me the bloody willies. I always know the state of my rifle whether that is loaded, empty, round in the chamber etc. I must admit that when I was a...
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 07:11 AM
That’s pretty damned bad - especially the muzzle control or lack of it Let alone not knowing the status of his rifle.:o Hopefully he gets one of those warning letters from his ‘employer’!
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 07:11 AM
A customer came into my shop one day with a Parker Hale .308 Norma Magnum for minor repair. As the muzzle swung towards my head I grabbed the muzzle and pushed it up, then took the rifle from him....
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 07:11 AM
Similar combination of mostly thick bush and the odd longer sight path, clearing. Young days, didn’t even own a set of Binos ,the hugh cheap 4X fixed power scope did it all. These days Binos are...
Liked On: 13-12-2022, 07:11 AM
OK confession time. A long long time ago I was guilty of that myself after seeing an experienced hunter using his scope, rifle was empty so I didn’t see the problem. Until one day I did the...
Liked On: 12-12-2022, 08:33 PM
I realise that people have got all up in arms the last little while about this, but to be perfectly honest "scoping" has been going on all the time, and about everyone I know does it. But scoping...
Liked On: 12-12-2022, 08:33 PM
Fantasy...meet reality:D
Liked On: 12-12-2022, 08:32 PM
a good opportunity to put a different way of doing things into practice. let them glass and when they spot something and it's confirmed you can hand over the rifle. it's hard to do things differently...
Liked On: 12-12-2022, 08:08 PM
I hope you have told your newbie mate that the police have got involved - it will help him realise just how much of a no-no it is
Liked On: 12-12-2022, 08:07 PM