[Seabeescotty]

It ain't as expensive as having holes in one's hide repaired!

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moral of the story,don't take blind people hunting.......

[cabinnut]

In 1984 I lost a good friend who was shot by another experienced turkey hunter in the Sumter National forest near NWTF headquarters in Edgefield, SC. Though only the two of them were in there, I know what happened - Wilson was a heck of a voice gobbler and the guy snuck up on him. By that time Wilson had taken a break and was smoking a cigarette, the other guy saw movement, the flash of white and bang. Wilson lived two days before succumbing to massive brain injuries. Hell with the beard - if I can't identify a turkey's EYES I don't shoot! I can always buy a **** bird. There's not a time I pass that little country church with the graveyard around it that I don't think of him. He was good, in a lot of ways.

[BunnyWabbit]

Honestly, I don't believe there is such a thing as a hunting accident when someone gets shot. It is usually by a mistake of one or both parties. And it's usually someone not identifying their target.

[cabinnut]

Quote:       Originally Posted by BunnyWabbit

Honestly, I don't believe there is such a thing as a hunting accident when someone gets shot. It is usually by a mistake of one or both parties. And it's usually someone not identifying their target.

And it's almost always because someone got overly excited at the prospect of killing a stinkin' turkey. Trust me, my 10 year old grandson already knows the Wilson story - I repeat it each time we pass Wilson's old house on the way to the Cabin and I hope he remembers it every time he's about to pull the trigger on a turkey or deer or whatever else he's hunting. I want that lesson in the back of his mind for the rest of his life.

[99dragon99]

He stole my excuse dammit! I already requested turkey permits for my ex-wife and myself...